Quick Definition
over against, opposite, in view of, in the presence of
Strong's Definition
from in front, i.e. opposite, before or against
Derivation: from G575 (ἀπό) and G1725 (ἔναντι);
KJV Usage: before, contrary, over against, in the presence of
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπέναντι, adverb, with the genitive (Buttmann, 819 (273));
1. over against, opposite: τοῦ τάφου, Mat_27:61; (τοῦ γαζοφυλακίου, Mar_12:41 Tr text WH marginal reading).
2. in sight of, before: Mat_21:2 R G; (here L Tr WH text κατέναντι); Act_3:16; Rom_3:18 (Psa_35:1-28(36):).
3. in opposition to, against: τῶν δογμάτων Καίσαρος, Act_17:7. (Common in the Sept. and Apocrypha; Polybius 1, 86, 3.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀπέναντι apenanti 5x
some classify as an improper preposition, opposite to, over against, Mat_27:61 ; contrary to, in oppositition to, against, Act_17:7 ; before, in the presence of, Mat_27:24 ; Rom_3:18 ; Act_3:16
ἀπεῖπον apeipon 1x
to refuse, forbid, to renounce, disclaim, 2Co_4:2
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ἀπ -έναντι ,
adv. c . gen . (Hellenistic, common in LXX );
1. over against ( MM , s.v. ): Mat_27:61 , Mar_12:41 , WH , mg .
2. before, in the presence of: Mat_27:24 ( WH , mg .), Act_3:16 , Rom_3:18 .
3. against: Act_17:7 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀπέναντι [page 57]
ἀπέναντι , construed with the gen. in the sense of over against, opposite, as in Mat_27:61 , is well illustrated by P Grenf. I. 21 .14 (B.C. 126) ἀπέναντι τῆς θύ (ρας ) αὐ (τοῦ ) and Syll 558 .17 (i/A.D.) τὸν ναὸν τὸν ἀπέναντι τῆ [ς ] εἰσόδου . See also P Petr II. 17 (3) .3 (iii/B.C.), and from the inscriptions Priene 37 .168 (beginning of ii/B.C.) ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν ἐγκολαπτῶν ὅρων εἰς τὸν ἀπέναντι βουνὸν τὸν λεπρὸν ἐθήκαμεν ὅρον , ib. 42 .59 ἐπὶ τὴν ἀ . ὀφρύν and Preisigke 3556 (on a mummy). On P Ryl I. 3O .12 (i/B.C.), a few lines from a historical work, Prof. Hunt observes that the use of the preposition ἀπένα [ν ]τι , of which Stephanus quotes no example earlier than Polybius, may perhaps give some indication of the date of the work. Wackernagel, Hellenistica , p. 3 ff., quotes ἴναντι c. gen. from a very old Cretan inscr., and ἔναντι from Delphi (B.C. 198) : in both dialects ἀντί was still used in the old local sense. From this Doric Greek it passed into the Κοινή about B.C. 300. He goes on to discuss its relations with ἐναντίον , etc.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀπέναντι [Etym: ἔναντι] "opposite, against", c. gen., NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀπ-έναντι
adv. with genitive (Hellenistic, common in LXX);
__1. over against (MM, see word): Mat.27:61, Mrk.12:41, WH, mg.
__2. before, in the presence of: Mat.27:24 (WH, mg.), Act.3:16, Rom.3:18.
__3. against: Act.17:7.†
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