2001 Translation

EMPROSTHEN, emprosthen

Sounds Like: em-PROS-then

Translations: before, in front, in front of, in the presence of, ahead, formerly, previously

From the root: ἘΜΠΡΟΣΘΕΝ

Part of Speech: Adverb, Preposition

Explanation: This word functions as both an adverb and a preposition. As an adverb, it means 'before' or 'in front,' indicating a position or time. As a preposition, it means 'in front of' or 'in the presence of,' typically taking the genitive case. It can also refer to something that happened 'formerly' or 'previously.'

Inflection: Does not inflect

Strong’s number: G1715 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 89:47, 100:13

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 3:4, 11:4, 12:11

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 41:2

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to Polycarp — 8:1

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 26:228

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 4:109
• Book 2 — 6:128
• Book 3 — 1:4, 1:14, 15:320
• Book 4 — 6:125
• Book 5 — 9:324
• Book 6 — 1:1, 6:105, 11:212, 11:233, 13:315
• Book 7 — 1:31, 8:179, 13:330
• Book 8 — 2:48, 6:155, 15:405
• Book 9 — 2:19, 4:79, 5:95, 6:117
• Book 10 — 9:177, 11:262, 11:276
• Book 11 — 1:6, 5:156
• Book 12 — 6:211, 6:213
• Book 13 — 1:13, 1:30, 3:64, 5:163, 5:167
• Book 14 — 4:75, 10:192, 12:307
• Book 15 — 7:250

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Five — 2:2, 5:24
• Book Six — 1:78, 4:3, 7:9

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 16:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 15:5, 34:7, 79:4, 114:5, 118:2, 126:6, 140:4

Pseudo-Baruch

• The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 6:2, 7:3, 8:1, 9:3, 11:9

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 24:7, 32:16, 33:3, 33:14, 41:43, 45:5, 45:7, 46:28, 48:20
• Numbers — 14:43
• Joshua — 3:6, 4:5, 4:11, 4:12, 4:23, 5:1, 6:9, 8:6
• Judges — 1:11, 1:23, 3:27, 4:14, 4:23, 18:21
• Ruth — 4:7
• 1 Samuel — 2:29, 8:20, 9:9, 9:15, 9:19, 9:27, 10:5, 10:8, 18:13, 23:24, 25:19, 30:20
• 2 Samuel — 5:24, 6:4, 10:15, 10:16, 10:19, 15:1, 19:17, 20:8, 24:13
• 1 Kings — 1:5, 3:12, 8:5, 16:25, 16:30, 16:33, 18:46, 22:54
• 2 Kings — 4:31, 5:23, 9:17, 10:29, 17:2, 18:5, 21:11, 23:25
• 1 Chronicles — 4:40, 9:20, 14:15, 15:24, 17:13, 19:16, 21:30, 22:5, 29:25
• 2 Chronicles — 3:15, 5:6, 9:11, 13:13, 13:14, 15:8, 20:21, 35:19
• Ezra (Alpha) — 1:5, 1:10, 1:22, 6:13, 8:87, 8:88
• Ezra (Beta) — 4:18
• Nehemiah — 8:1, 12:36
• Judith — 5:13, 8:35, 11:22
• Tobit — 11:3
• 1 Maccabees — 3:30, 5:43, 13:27
• 2 Maccabees — 14:38, 15:23
• 3 Maccabees — 1:24, 2:4, 4:14, 5:50, 6:22, 7:21
• 4 Maccabees — 8:12
• Psalms — 79:10, 104:17
• Ecclesiastes — 1:10, 1:16, 2:7, 2:9, 4:16
• Job — 21:33, 29:2, 41:13, 42:10, 42:12
• Isaiah — 41:26, 43:10, 45:1, 45:2, 58:8
• Jeremiah — 7:12, 7:24
• Lamentations — 5:21
• Letter of Jeremiah — 1:5
• Ezekiel — 2:10, 36:11, 38:17
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 6:10, 7:7, 7:8, 7:10, 7:24, 13:28
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 1:5, 6:10
• Micah — 2:8, 7:20
• Joel — 2:3, 2:23
• Jonah — 3:2
• Haggai — 2:3
• Zechariah — 1:4, 7:7, 7:12, 8:11
• Malachi — 3:4
• Enoch — 89:47

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 4 — 2:2

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 5:16, 5:24, 6:1, 6:2, 7:6, 10:32, 10:33, 11:10, 11:26, 17:2, 18:14, 23:13, 25:32, 26:70, 27:11, 27:29
• Mark — 2:12, 9:2
• Luke — 5:19, 7:27, 10:21, 12:8, 14:2, 19:4, 19:27, 19:28, 21:36
• John — 1:15, 1:30, 3:28, 10:4, 12:37
• Acts — 10:4, 18:17
• 2 Corinthians — 5:10
• Galatians — 2:14
• Philippians — 3:14
• 1 Thessalonians — 1:3, 2:19, 3:9, 3:13
• 1 John — 3:19
• Revelation — 19:10, 22:8

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΜΠΡΟΣΘΕΝ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ἘΜΠΡΟΣΘΕ — before, in front, in the presence of, in the sight of, formerly, previously

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