Quick Definition
ἀπέναντι Adv 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
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
prep. (with gen.) | ἀπό + ἐν + ἀντί
83.42 · Spacial Positions · Opposite, Over Against, Across From, Offshore From
opposite, in front of, before, across from, in the presence of a position over against an object or other position
90.35 · Case · Opposition
against a marker of opposition or hostility, with the implication that something is done in place of something else
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπ-εῖπον : (εἶπον, 2 aor. fr. obsol. ἔπω) ; 1. to speak out, set forth, declare, (Hom. Il. 7, 416 ἀγγελίην ἀπέειπεν, 9, 309 τὸν μῦθον ἀποειπεῖν). 2. to forbid: 1 K. xi. 2, and in Attic writ. 3. to give up, renounce: with ace. of the thing, Job x. 3 (for OND), and often in Grk. writ. fr. Hom. down. In the same sense 1 aor. mid. ἀπειπάμην, 2 Co. iv. 2 [see WH. App. p. 164], (cf. αἰσχύνη, 1); so too in Hdt.1, 59; 5, 56; 7,14, [etc.], and the later writ. fr. Polyb. down.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀπεῖπον apeipon 1x
to refuse, forbid, to renounce, disclaim, 2 Cor. 4:2*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ἀπ-έναντι, adv. c. gen. (Hellenistic, common in LXX); over against (MM, s.v.): Mt 27:61, Mk 12:41, WH, mg.
before, in the presence of: Mt 27:24 (WH, mg.), Ac 3:16, Ro 3:18.
against: Ac 17:7.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀπέναντι. >A. construed with the gen. in the sense of “ over against,” “opposite,” as in Mt 27%, is well illustrated by P Grenf. I. 24 (p.c. 126) ἀπέναντι τῆς θύ(ρας) αὐ(τοῦ) and Syé/ 55817 (i/A.D.) Tov ναὸν τὸν ἀπέναντι TH[S] εἰσόδου. See also P Petr IL. 17 (3) (iii/B.c.), and from the inscriptions Priene 37265 (beginning of ii/B.C.) ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν ἐγκολαπτῶν ὅρων εἰς τὸν ἀπέναντι βουνὸν τὸν λεπρὸν ἐθήκαμεν ὅρον, 0. 4288 ἐπὶ τὴν ἀ. ὀφρύν and Preisigke 3556 (on ἃ mummy). On P Ryl I. 3012 (i/B.c.), a few lines from a historical work, Prof. Hunt observes that “the use of the preposition aréva[v]tt, of which Stephanus quotes no example earlier than Polybius,” may perhaps give “ some indication of the date of the work.” Wackernagel, He//endstica, p. 3 ff, quotes ἵναντι δ. gen. from a very old Cretan inscr., and ἔναντι from Delphi (B.c. 198): in both dialects ἀντί was still used in the old From this Doric Greek it passed into the He goes on to discuss its relations local sense. Kovw7 about B.c. 300. with ἐναντίον, etc.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀπέναντι (apenanti) — opposite. ἀπέναντι, adverb, (ἔναντι) opposite, with genitive, [NT+2nd c.BC+]; before, in the presence of, ἀ. ὑμῶν[NT]; against, with genitive, [LXX+NT]
2. absolutely, εἰς τὸν ἀ. βουνόν[Refs]
3. ={κατὰ ἀνατολὰς νότου}, [Refs 5th c.AD+]