enantion marks a person or group before whom someone stands, acts, speaks, or is described.

As a preposition, enantion marks the person or group before whom a quality, action, speech, or silence is situated: before Pharaoh, God, people, or a shearer.

1. Preposition marking the party before whom something occurs · dominant

   The form is tagged as a preposition in every occurrence. In Acts 7:10 the APB renders Joseph receiving favor and wisdom "before Pharaoh," while Luke 1:6 and Luke 24:19 place righteousness and mighty deeds and words "before God"; Luke 20:26 situates an attempted seizure of Jesus' statement "before the people," and Acts 8:32 has a lamb silent "before its shearer."

   Acts 7:10Acts 8:32Luke 1:6Luke 20:26Luke 24:19

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB repeatedly reflects the prepositional relation with "before" across these verses. Its English wording confirms the clauses' setting rather than isolating a separate rendering in each case.