Word Summary
apenanti: over against, before
Original Word: ἀπέναντιTransliteration: apenanti
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-en'-an-tee)
Part of Speech: Adverb
Short Definition: over against, before
Meaning: over against, before
Strong's Concordance
before, contrary, over against.
From apo and enanti; from in front, i.e. Opposite, before or against -- before, contrary, over against, in the presence of.
see GREEK apo
see GREEK enanti
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 561: ἀπέναντιἀπέναντι, adverb, with the genitive (
Buttmann, 819 (273));
1. over against, opposite: τοῦ τάφου, Matthew 27:61; (τοῦ γαζοφυλακίου, Mark 12:41 Tr text WH marginal reading).
2. in sight of, before: Matthew 21:2 R G; (here L Tr WH text κατέναντι); Acts 3:16; Romans 3:18 (Ps. 35(36):). 3. in opposition to, against: τῶν δογμάτων Καίσαρος, Acts 17:7. (Common in the Sept. and Apocrypha; Polybius 1, 86, 3.)