Help QuickNav Adv. Options
BBE

BBE

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G1715 - emprosthen

Aa
ἔμπροσθεν
Transliteration
emprosthen (Key)
Pronunciation
em'-pros-then
Listen
Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
48x in 2 unique form(s) TR
48x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
128x in 3 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

Strong’s Definitions

ἔμπροσθεν émprosthen, em'-pros-then; from G1722 and G4314; in front of (in place (literally or figuratively) or time):—against, at, before, (in presence, sight) of.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x

The KJV translates Strong's G1715 in the following manner: before (41x), in (one's) sight (2x), of (1x), against (1x), in the sight of (1x), in the presence of (1x), at (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x
The KJV translates Strong's G1715 in the following manner: before (41x), in (one's) sight (2x), of (1x), against (1x), in the sight of (1x), in the presence of (1x), at (1x).

  1. in front, before

    1. before, i.e. in that local region which is in front of a person or thing

    2. before, in the presence of, i.e. opposite to, over against one

    3. before, in the sight of

    4. before, denoting rank

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἔμπροσθεν émprosthen, em'-pros-then; from G1722 and G4314; in front of (in place (literally or figuratively) or time):—against, at, before, (in presence, sight) of.
STRONGS G1715:
ἔμπροσθεν (Tdf. in Revelation 4:6 ἐνπροσθεν (see ἐν, III. 3; cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) 8)), adverb of place and of time (from ἐν and πρόσθεν, properly, in the fore part); (from Herodotus down); the Sept. chiefly for לִפְנֵי; before. In the N. T. used only of place;
1. adverbially, in front, before: Revelation 4:6 (opposed to ὄπισθεν, as in Palaeph. 29, 2). before: πορεύεσθαι, to precede, to go before, Luke 19:28; προδραμών ἔμπροσθεν, Luke 19:4 (T WH εἰς τό ἔμπροσθεν, cf. Herodotus 4, 61 (8, 89)), like προπορεύεσθαι ἔμπροσθεν, Xenophon, Cyril 4, 2, 23 (figuratively, Plato, Gorgias, p. 497 a. προιθι εἰς τό ἔμπροσθεν); τά ἔμπροσθεν the things which lie before one advancing, the goal set before one, Philippians 3:13 (14) (opposed to τά ὀπίσω).
2. it serves as a preposition, with the genitive (Buttmann, 319 (274); Winers Grammar, § 54, 6);
a. before, i. e. in that local region which is in front of a person or a thing: Matthew 5:24; Matthew 7:6; Luke 5:19; Luke 14:2; to prostrate oneself ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ποδῶν τίνος, Revelation 19:10; Revelation 22:8; γονυπέτειν ἔμπροσθεν τίνος, Matthew 27:29; πορεύεσθαι ἔμπροσθεν τίνος, to go before one, John 10:4; ἀποστέλλεσθαι ἔμπροσθεν τίνος, to be sent before one, John 3:28; σαλπίζειν ἔμπροσθεν τίνος, Matthew 6:2; τήν ὁδόν κατασκευάσαι, where ἔμπροσθεν τίνος is nearly equivalent to a dative (cf. Buttmann, 172 (150)), Matthew 11:10; Mark 1:2 Rec.; Luke 7:27.
b. before, in the presence of, equivalent to opposite to, over against one: στῆναι, Matthew 27:11; ὁμολογεῖν and ἀρνεῖσθαι (Buttmann, 176 (153)), Matthew 10:32; Matthew 26:70; Luke 12:8,(9 Lachmann); also Galatians 2:14; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:19; 1 Thessalonians 3:9, 13; before one, i. e. at his tribunal: Matthew 25:32; Matthew 27:11; Luke 21:36; Acts 18:17; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 1 Thessalonians 2:19; (1 John 3:19). Here belong the expressions εὐδοκία, θέλημα ἐστι ἔμπροσθεν Θεοῦ, it is the good pleasure, the will of God, Matthew 11:26; Matthew 18:14; Luke 10:21, formed after Chaldean usage; for in 1 Samuel 12:22 the words יְהוָה הואִיל, God wills, Jonathan the targumist renders יְהוָה קֲדָם רַעֲוָא; cf. Fischer, De vitiis lexamples N. T. etc., p. 329f; (cf. Buttmann, 172 (150)).
c. before i. e. in the sight of one: Matthew 5:16; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 17:2; Matthew 23:13 (Matt 23:14); Mark 2:12 T Tr marginal reading WH; Mark 9:2; Luke 19:27; John 12:37; Acts 10:4 L T Tr WH.
d. before, denoting rank: γεγονέναι ἔμπροσθεν τίνος, to have obtained greater dignity than another, John 1:15, 30, also John 1:27 R L brackets; (Genesis 48:20 ἔθηκε τόν Αφραιμ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Μανασσῆ; (cf. Plato, legg. 1,631 d.; 5, 743 e.; 7, 805 d.)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
48:20
1 Samuel
12:22
Matthew
5:16; 5:24; 6:1; 6:2; 7:6; 10:32; 11:10; 11:26; 17:2; 18:14; 23:13; 23:14; 25:32; 26:70; 27:11; 27:11; 27:29
Mark
1:2; 2:12; 9:2
Luke
5:19; 7:27; 10:21; 12:8; 14:2; 19:4; 19:27; 19:28; 21:36
John
1:15; 1:27; 1:30; 3:28; 10:4; 12:37
Acts
10:4; 18:17
2 Corinthians
5:10
Galatians
2:14
Philippians
3:13
1 Thessalonians
1:3; 2:19; 2:19; 3:9; 3:13
1 John
3:19
Revelation
4:6; 4:6; 19:10; 22:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1715 matches the Greek ἔμπροσθεν (emprosthen),
which occurs 48 times in 45 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:16 - Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:24 - While your offering is still before the altar, first go and make peace with your brother, then come and make your offering.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:1 - Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:2 - When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:6 - Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:32 - To everyone, then, who gives witness to me before men, I will give witness before my Father in heaven.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:33 - But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before my Father in heaven.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:10 - This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:26 - Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing in your eyes.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:2 - And he was changed in form before them; and his face was shining like the sun, and his clothing became white as light.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:14 - Even so it is not the pleasure of your Father in heaven for one of these little ones to come to destruction.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:13 - But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:32 - And before him all the nations will come together; and they will be parted one from another, as the sheep are parted from the goats by the keeper.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:70

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:70 - But he said before them all that it was false, saying, I have no knowledge of what you say.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:11 - And Jesus was before the ruler, who put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, You say so.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:29 - And they made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and put a rod in his right hand, and they went down on their knees before him, and made sport of him, saying, Long life to the King of the Jews.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:12 - And he got up, and straight away took up the bed and went out before them all, so that they were all full of wonder, and gave glory to God, saying, We have never seen anything like this.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:2 - And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and made them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves: and he was changed in form before them:

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:19 - And because of the mass of people, there was no way to get him in; so they went up on the top of the house and let him down through the roof, on his bed, into the middle in front of Jesus.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:27 - This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:21 - In that same hour he was full of joy in the Holy Spirit and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children: for so, O Father, it was pleasing in your eyes.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:8 - And I say to you that to everyone who gives witness to me before men, the Son of man will give witness before the angels of God.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:2 - And a certain man was there who had a disease.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:4 - And he went quickly in front of them and got up into a tree to see him, for he was going that way.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:27 - And as for those who were against me, who would not have me for their ruler, let them come here, and be put to death before me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:28 - And when he had said this, he went on in front of them, going up to Jerusalem.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:36 - But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:15 - John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:30 - This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence before me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:28 - You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:4 - When he has got them all out, he goes before them, and the sheep go after him, for they have knowledge of his voice.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:37 - But though he had done such a number of signs before them, they still had no belief in him:

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:4 - And he, looking on him in fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your offerings have come up to God, and he has kept them in mind.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:17 - And they all made an attack on Sosthenes, the ruler of the Synagogue, and gave him blows before the judge's seat; but Gallio gave no attention to these things.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:10 - For we all have to come before Christ to be judged; so that every one of us may get his reward for the things done in the body, good or bad.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:14 - But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews?

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:13 - Brothers, it is clear to me that I have not come to that knowledge; but one thing I do, letting go those things which are past, and stretching out to the things which are before,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:3 - Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:19 - For what is our hope or joy or crown of glory? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus, at his coming?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:9 - For how great is the praise which we give to God for you, and how great the joy with which we are glad because of you before our God;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:13 - So that your hearts may be strong and free from all sin before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:19 - In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:6 - And before the high seat there was, as it seemed, a clear sea of glass; and in the middle of the high seat, and round about it, four beasts full of eyes round about.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:10 - And I went on my face before his feet to give him worship. And he said to me, See you do it not: I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers who keep the witness of Jesus: give worship to God: for the witness of Jesus is the spirit of the prophet's word.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:8 - And I, John, am he who saw these things and to whose ears they came. And when I had seen and given ear, I went down on my face to give worship at the feet of the angel who made these things clear to me.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
BBE
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
BBE
Daily Devotionals

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan