πρόσωπον

Noun

prosōpon · face

Search morphology

Strong's ID: 4383

Lexical summary

76

NT occurrences

7

Observed forms

About this Greek word

The face, countenance, visage, Mt. 6:16, 17; 17:2, 6; according to late usage, a person, individual, 2 Cor. 1:11; hence, a personal presence, 1 Thess. 2:17; from the Hebrew, πρόσωπον πρὸς πρόσωπον, face to face, clearly, perfectly, 1 Cor. 13:12; face, surface, external form, figure, appearance, Mt. 16:3; Lk. 12:56; external circumstances, or condition of any one, Mt. 22:16; Mk. 12:14; πρόσωπον λαμβάνειν, to have respect to the external circumstances of any one, Lk. 20:21; Gal. 2:6; ἐν προσώπῳ, in presence of, 2 Cor. 2:10; ἀπὸ προσώπου, from the presence of, from, Acts 3:19; also, from before, Acts 7:45; εἰς πρόσωπον, and κατὰ πρόσωπον, in the presence of, before, Acts 3:13; 2 Cor. 8:24; also, openly, Gal. 2:11; κατὰ πρόσωπον, ἔχειν, to have before one’s face, to have any one present, Acts 25:16; ἀπὸ προσώπου, from, Rev. 12:14; πρὸ προσώπου, before, Acts 13:24

Observed NT forms

These forms and parsing labels come from the attested NT corpus. A missing form is not presented as an unattested grammatical claim.

Noun declension

Noun declension, grouped by number and case
NumberCaseNeuterReferences
SingularNominative
Matthew 17:2
Genitive
Matthew 11:10
Dative
Accusative
Matthew 6:17
Vocative——
PluralNominative
Genitive
Dative——
Accusative
Matthew 6:16
Vocative——

NT distribution

NT Book

πρόσωπον

Book distribution counts: Luke: 13 occurrences; Acts: 12 occurrences; 2 Corinthians: 12 occurrences; Matthew: 10 occurrences; Revelation: 10 occurrences; Mark: 3 occurrences; Galatians: 3 occurrences; 1 Corinthians: 3 occurrences; 1 Thessalonians: 3 occurrences; James: 2 occurrences; Jude: 1 occurrences; 1 Peter: 1 occurrences; Hebrews: 1 occurrences; Colossians: 1 occurrences; 2 Thessalonians: 1 occurrences

Author

πρόσωπον
  • Luke25
  • Paul23
  • John10
  • Matthew10
  • Mark3
  • James2
  • Jude1
  • Peter1
  • Hebrews1

Author distribution counts: Luke: 25 occurrences; Paul: 23 occurrences; John: 10 occurrences; Matthew: 10 occurrences; Mark: 3 occurrences; James: 2 occurrences; Jude: 1 occurrences; Peter: 1 occurrences; Hebrews: 1 occurrences