Greek word · G1725

ἔναντι

enanti

before

"Before / in the sight of every human being." Enanti is a Septuagint preposition for "in front of, in the eyes of".

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Greek New Testament. ·

What it means

ἔν-αντι

adv.,

a κοινή word (MM, Exp., xii),

before; as prep., with genitive: Luke 1:8, Acts 7:10 (WH, ἐναντίον), Acts 8:21.†

(AS)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of Sirach 41:24

Range of meaning

"Before / in the sight of every human being." Enanti is a Septuagint preposition for "in front of, in the eyes of".

Against the English

"All men" (KJV, Brenton) can sound as if it means men only. Anthrōpos means a person of either sex. WEB's "every man" has the same problem.

Used elsewhere in the period

The Hebrew appears to read bĕ'ênê kol ḥay, "in the eyes of all the living". The Greek translator, Ben Sira's grandson, made this more concrete as "every human".

Similar words

Where it appears

Luke · 1

  1. Luke 1:8 ἔναντι before

    One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,

Acts · 1

  1. Acts 8:21 ἔναντι before

    You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.

    Here: 'In front of, in the sight of.' God is the one who looks at the heart and judges it, whatever it looks like to people. Simon had been baptized and looked like a believer (8:13).

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