STRONGS NUMBER G561


Word Summary
apenanti: over against, before
Original Word: ἀπέναντι
Transliteration: 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: ἀπέναντι

ἀπέναντι, 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.)