πρόσωπον

76 πρόσωπον , -ου, τό ( πρός , ὤψ ), [in LXX chiefly and very freq. for פָּנִים ;] prop., of persons (so always in cl.); the face , countenance : Mt 6:16 , 17 , Mk 14:65 , Lk 9:29 , II Co 3:7 , Re 4:7 , al.; τὸ π. τῆς γενέσεως (EV, natural face ), Ja 1:23 ; πίπτειν ἐπὶ ( τὰ ) π. , Mt 17:6 , Lk 5:12 , Re 7:11 , al.; ἀγνοούμενος τῷ π. , Ga 1:22 ; π., οὐ καρδίᾳ , I Th 2:17 ; κατὰ πρόσωπον ( in front , facing : Thuc., Xen., al.), when present , face to face , Ac 25:16 , II Co 10:1 , 7 , Ga 2:11 ; id. c. gen., as compound prep., in the presence of (not cl.; v. Bl., § 40, 9; M, Pr. , 99 f.; Thackeray, Gr. , 43 f.), Lk 2:31 , Ac 3:13 ; similarly ἀπὸ π. (Heb. מִלִּפְּנֵי ; v. Dalman, Words , 29), from the presence of , Ac 3:19 5:41 7:45 , II Th 1:9 , Re 12:14 20:11 ; πρὸ π. (Heb. לִפְנֵי ), before , Mt 11:10 , Mk 1:2 , Lk 7:27 (LXX) , al.; in other phrases resembling Heb. idiom (Thackeray, Gr. , 42), βλέπειν ( ὁρᾶν , θεωρεῖν , ἰδεῖν ) τὸ π. , to see one's face , i.e. see him in person, Mt 18:10 , Ac 20:25 , 38 , I Th 3:10 , Re 22:4 ; ἐμφανισθῆναι τῷ π. τοῦ θεοῦ , He 9:24 ; ἐν π. Χριστοῦ , II Co 2:10 4:6 ; μετὰ τοῦ π. σου , with thy presence , Ac 2:28 (LXX) ; εἰς π. τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν , II Co 8:24 ; στηρίζειν τὸ π. (Heb. שׂוּם פָּנִים : Je 21:10 , al.; v. Dalman, Words , 30), c. inf., to set one's face towards , Lk 9:51 ; similarly, τὸ π. αὐτοῦ ἦν πορευόμενον ( op. cit. , 31), Lk 9:53 ; τὸ π. τοῦ κυρίου ἐπί , I Pe 3:12 (LXX) ; form , person : καυχᾶσθαι ἐν π. καὶ μὴ ἐν καρδίᾳ , II Co 5:12 (cf. I Ki 16:7 ); metaph., as in Heb. idiom, of judgment according to appearance, external condition or circumstances ( נשָׂאָ probably misspelled נָשָׂא פָּנִים ; v. Dalman, Words , 30; Thackeray, Gr. , 43 f.): λαμβάνειν π. , Lk 20:21 , Ga 2:6 ; βλέπειν εἰς π. , Mt 22:16 , Mk 12:14 ; θαυμάζειν πρόσωπα , Ju 16 . Of things (cf. Dalman, Words , 30); face , appearance ( Ps 103 (104):30 ): Mt 16:3 (WH, R, mg., om.), Lk 12:56 , Ja 1:11 ; surface ( Ge 2:6 ): Lk 21:35 , Ac 17:26 .