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Before

ἔναντιStrong’s G1725

enanti

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Enanti is the Greek word usually translated “before”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,”
Luke 1:8 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “before”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • before 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 1
  • Acts 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἔναντι enanti · before

ἔν-αντι adv., a κοινή word (MM, Exp., xii), before; as prep., with genitive: Luk.1:8, Act.7:10 (WH, ἐναντίον), Act.8:21.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “before” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

BEFO'RE, preposition

[be and fore, that is by fore, near the fore part.]

  1. In front; on the side with the face, at any distance; used of persons.
  2. In presence of, with the idea of power, authority, respect.“Abraham bowed before the people of the land” Genesis 23:12“Wherewithal shall I come before the Lord” Micah 2:13
  3. In sight of; as before the face.
  4. In the presence of, noting cognizance of jurisdiction.
All definitions and other forms of “before”
  1. In the power of, noting the right or ability to choose or possess; free to the choice.“My land is before thee” Genesis 20:15
  2. In front of any object; as before the house; before the fire.
  3. Preceding in time.“Before I was afflicted, I went astray” Psalms 119:67“Before Abraham was, I am” John 8:58
  4. In preference to.
  5. Superior; preceding in dignity.
  6. Prior to; having prior right; preceding in order; as, the eldest son is before the younger in succession.
  7. Previous to; in previous order; in order to.
  8. before the wind, is to move in the direction of the wind by its impulse.

BEFO'RE, adverb

In time preceding.

  1. In time preceding, to the present, or to this time; hitherto; as, tumults then arose which before were unknown.
  2. Further onward in place, in progress, or in front.“Reaching forth to those things which are before” Philippians 3:13
  3. In front; on the fore part.“The battle was before and behind” 2 Chronicles 13:14

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.