Dictionary entry

ἐνώπιος

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐνώπιος, -ον

(< ὤψ), [in LXX for פָּנִים, etc.;]

face to face, in sight (Theocr.; ἄρτοι ἐ., Ex 25:29): neut., ἐνώπιον, in vernacular, with force of prep. c. gen. [in LXX for לְעֵינֵי, לִפְנֵי, etc., cf. Dalman, Words, 31 f., 209 f., and Deiss., BS., 213], in NT, most freq. in Lk, Ac, Re, never in Mt, Mk, before, in the presence of: Lk 1:194:7, Ac 4:106:5, Re 1:42:14, al.; esp. ἐ. Κυρίου (θεοῦ), in the sight of God, or with God as witness or as judge, Ro 14:22, I Co 1:29, I Ti 2:3, Ja 4:10, I Pe 3:4, al.