πρόσωπον

provswpon provswpon,
proswvpou,
tov (from
prov" and
w[y, cf.
mevtwpon), from Homer down; the Septuagint hundreds of times for !ynIP;, also for !yIp'a', etc.;1. a. the face, i. e. the anterior part of the human head: ,; ; ; ; Luke (9:29); (T Tr WH omit; Lachmann brackets the clause); ; ,,; (11:20); ; ; ;
tov
provswpon
th'"
genevsew", the face with which one is born (A. V. his natural face), ;
pivptein
ejpiv
provswpon (cf. Winer's Grammar, sec. 27, 1 n.; 122 (116)) and
ejpiv
tov
provswpon, ; ; ; ; ; ( Rec.;
e[pesan
ejpiv
tav
provswpa, ; G L T Tr WH);
ajgnwumeno"
tivni
tw'/
proswvpw/, unknown to one by face, i. e. personally unknown, ; bereaved of one
proswvpw/,
ouj
kardiva (A. V. in presence, not in heart), ;
katav
provswpon, in or toward (i. e. so as to look into) the face, i. e. before, in the presence of (see
katav, II. 1 c.): opposed to
ajpwvn, ; with
tivno" added, before (the face of) one, ; ;
e[cw
tina
katav
provswpon, i. e. to have one present in person (A. V. face to face), ;
ajntevsthn
katav
provswpon, I resisted him to the face (with a suggestion of fearlessness), (
katav
provswpon
levgein
touv"
lovgou", Polybius 25, 5, 2; add ; but in ; ; ; ,
ajntisth'nai
katav
provswpon
tivno" simply denotes to stand against, resist, withstand);
tav
katav
provswpon the things before the face, i. e. open, known to all, . Expressions modelled after the Hebrew:
oJra'n
tov
provswpon
tivno", to see one's face, see him personally, ; ;
ijdei'n, ; ;
qewrei'n, (cf.
qewrevw, 2 a.); particularly,
blevpein
tov
provswpon
tou'
Qeou' (see
blevpw, 1 b.
b.), ;
oJra'n
tov
provswpon
tou'
Qeou' (see
oJravw, 1), ;
ejmfanisqh'nai
tw'/
provswpon
tou'
Qeou', to appear before the face of God, spoken of Christ, the eternal priest, who has entered into the heavenly sanctuary, ; in imitation of the Hebrew !ynIP;Alae !ynIP; we have the phrase
provswpon
prov"
provswpon, face (turned (see
prov", I. 1 a., p. 541b)) to face (
ei\don
tina, ; ): tropically,
blevpw namely,
tovn
Qeovn, see God face to face, i. e. discern perfectly his nature, will, purposes, ; a person is said to be sent or to go
prov
proswvpou
tivno" (p ynEpli) (cf. Winer's Grammar, sec.