ἔμ-προσθεν
adv.
of place (in cl. also of time),
[in LXX chiefly for עֳנִי;]
1. adverbially, before, in front: Lk 19:28; εἰς τὸ ἔ., Lk 19:4; opp. to ὄπισθεν, Re 4:6; opp. to τὰ ὀπίσω, τὰ ἔ., Phl 3:13.
2. As prep., before;
(a) in front of: Mt 5:246:27:611:1027:29, Lk 5:197:2714:2, Jo 3:2810:4, Re 19:1022:8;
(b) in the presence of: Mt 27:11, Ga 2:14, I Th 1:32:193:93:13; ὁμολουεῖν, ἀρνεῖσθαι (Dalman, Words, 210), Mt 10:32, 3326:70, Lk 12:8; in forensic sense, Mt 25:3227:11, Lk 21:36, Ac 18:17, II Co 5:10, I Th 2:19, I Jn 3:19; εὐδοκία (θέλημά) ἐστι ἔ. θεοῦ (a targumic formula; Dalman, Words, 211), Mt 11:2618:14, Lk 10:21;
(c) in the sight of: Mt 5:166:117:223:14, Mk 2:129:2, Lk 19:27, Jo 12:37, Ac 10:4;
(d) of rank and dignity (Dem., Plat., al.; LXX, Ge 48:20): Jo 1:15, 30.†