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(
KJV
, “that which is convenient”). See
CONVENIENT
. For synonymous words see
BECOME
.¶
BEFORE, BEFORETIME
A. Adverbs.
1.
(
$
, 4412), the neuter of the adjective
(the superlative degree of
, “before”), signifies “first, or at the first,” (a) in order of time, e.g., Luke 10:5; John
18:13; 1 Cor. 15:46; 1 Thess. 4:16; 1 Tim. 3:10; (b) in enumerating various particulars,
e.g., Rom. 3:2; 1 Cor. 11:18; 12:28; Heb. 7:2; Jas. 3:17. It is translated “before” in John
15:18. See
CHIEFLY
,
FIRST
.
2.
(
$ $
, 4386), the neuter of
, the comparative degree of
,
is always used of time, and signifies “aforetime before,” e.g., John 6:62; 9:8; 2 Cor. 1:15;
Heb. 7:27; in Gal. 4:13, “the first time” (
RV
), lit., “the former time,” i.e., the former of
two previous visits; in Heb. 10:32 it is placed between the article and the noun, “the
former days”; so in 1 Pet. 1:14, “the former lusts,” i.e., the lusts formerly indulged. See
FIRST
,
FORMER
.
3.
(
$&
, 4250), “before, formerly” (etymologically akin to
, “before”), has
the force of a conjunction, e.g., Matt. 1:18; 26:34 75; John 14:29; Acts 7:2.
4.
(
+ $
, 1715) is used of place or position only; adverbially,
signifying “in front,” Luke 19:28; Phil. 3:13; Rev. 4:6; as a preposition, e.g., Matt. 5:24;
John 10:4; with the meaning “in the sight of a person,” e.g., Matt. 5:16; 6:1; 17:2; Luke
19:27; John 12:37; 1 Thess. 2:19,
RV
, “before”;
KJV
, “in the presence of”; Rev. 19:10,
RV
,
“before,” especially in phrases signifying in the sight of God, as God wills, Matt. 11:26;
18:14 (lit., “a thing willed before your Father,”
RV
, marg.); Luke 10:21; in the sense of
“priority of rank or position or dignity,” John 1:15, 30 (in some texts, v. 27); in an
antagonistic sense, “against,” Matt. 23:13 (
RV
, marg., “before”).
5.
(
#
&
, 1726), from , “in,” and
, “over against,” the neuter of
the adjective
, and virtually an adverb, is also used as a preposition signifying “in
the presence of, in the sight of,” Luke 20:26; Acts 7:10; 8:32; “in the judgment of,” Luke
24:9.¶
6.
(
+
, 1725), an adverb, used as a preposition, has meanings like those of
No. 5, “before,” Luke 1:8; “in the judgment of,” Acts 8:21. Some texts have the word in
Acts 7:10.¶
7.
(
!
, 561),
, “from,” with No. 6, denotes (a) “opposite,” Matt.
27:61; (b) “in the sight of, before,” Matt. 27:24; Acts 3:16; Rom. 3:18; (c) “against,” Acts
17:7. See
CONTRARY
,
PRESENCE
.¶
8.
(
!
, 2713),
, “down,” with No. 6, lit., “down over against,”
is used (a) of locality, e.g., Mark 11:2; 13:3; Luke 19:30; (b) as “in the sight of,” Rom.
4:17; in most mss. in 2 Cor. 2:17; 12:19.
9.
(
#
0
, 1799), from , “in,” and
, “the eye,” is the neuter of the
adjective
, and is used prepositionally, (a) of place, that which is before or
opposite a person, “towards which he turns his eyes,” e.g., Luke 1:19; Acts 4:10; 6:6;