1. before, in front of, ahead — Spatial and relational preposition/adverb indicating position or direction in front of someone or something, used both as a preposition with genitive ('before God,' 'before men') and as an adverb ('ahead,' 'in front'). Multilingual translations uniformly confirm a single core spatial-relational meaning: eng 'before/in front/ahead', spa 'delante de/delante/adelante', hin 'saamne/aage' (in front/ahead), arb 'amaam' (in front of), kor 'ap-eseo/apseo' (at the front/ahead), swa 'mbele ya/mbele' (in front of/ahead). Used for spatial position (Matt 5:24, before the altar), metaphorical presence (Matt 10:32-33, before my Father), and temporal priority (John 1:15, he was before me). 48×
AR["أَمامَ","أَمامَكَ","أَمَامَ"]·ben["-সামনে","সামনে"]·DE["vor","vor-"]·EN["before"]·FR["devant"]·heb["לְ-פָנֶיךָ","לְ-פָנָי-ו","לְפָנֶיךָ","לְפָנָיו","לִ-פְנֵי","לִפְנֵי","לִפְנֵיהֶם"]·HI["-के-अअगे","-के-सअमने","-के-सामने","आगे","सबके","सामने"]·ID["di-depan","di-hadapan"]·IT["davanti-a"]·jav["ing-ngajeng","ing-ngajengipun","ing-ngarep","sangajengipun","wonten-ing-ngajeng"]·KO["-앞에","-앞에서","~앞에","~앞에서","앞에서"]·PT["diante","diante-de"]·RU["перед","перед-","пред"]·ES["delante","delante-de","delante‒de"]·SW["-","machoni-pako","mbele","mbele-ya","mbele-ya-","mbele-yake","mbele-yako"]·TR["önünde","önüne"]·urd["-کے-سامنے","سامنے"]
Matt 5:16, Matt 5:24, Matt 6:1, Matt 6:2, Matt 7:6, Matt 10:32, Matt 10:32, Matt 10:33, Matt 10:33, Matt 11:10, Matt 11:26, Matt 17:2 (+36 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἔμπροσθ-εν, sometimes also ἔμπροσθε Refs 8th c.BC+. __I adverb, __I.1 of Place, before, in front, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ and τὰ ἔ. the front, the foreside, Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰς τὸ ἔ. forwards, Refs; στὰς ἐκ τοῦ ἔ. in front, opposite, Refs 5th c.BC+ __I.2 of Time, before, of old, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ ἔ. Refs; οἱ ἔ. our ancestors, Refs 3rd c.BC+ __II as preposition with genitive, before, in front of,…