before
enopion marks an action, presence, judgment, or position in relation to someone present or regarded.
As a preposition, ἐνώπιον marks the person or group in whose presence, sight, or regard an action occurs: people stand, speak, confess, act, or are evaluated in relation to God, other people, angels, or an assembly.
Senses in use
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Marks presence, sight, or regard in a clause · dominant
The supplied morphology identifies ἐνώπιον as a preposition throughout. In Acts 10:30 the APB renders a man standing “before me,” while in 1 Timothy 5:21 it frames a charge “in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels”; it can likewise mark an evaluative setting, as conduct is described as pleasing or acceptable in 1 Timothy 2:3 and 1 Peter 3:4.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly reflects the preposition with “before,” “in the presence of,” “in the sight of,” or “in their presence.” These renderings show the verse-level relation rather than a fixed English equivalent for every occurrence.