πρόσωπον

πρόσωπον, -ου, τό

(πρός, ὤψ), [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for פָּנִים ;]

1. prop., of persons (so always in cl.);

(a) the face, countenance: Matt 6,16-17, Mark 14,65, Luk 9,29, 2 Kor 3,7, Åb 4,7, al.; τὸ π. τῆς γενέτεως (EV, natural face), Jak 1,23 πίπτειν ἐπὶ (τὰ) π., Matt 17,6, Luk 5,12, Åb 7,11, al.; ἀγνοούμενος τῷ π., Gal 1,22 π., οὐ καρδίᾳ, 1 Thess 2,17 κατὰ πρόσωπον (in front, facing: Thuc., Xen., al.), when present, face to face, ApG 25,16, 2 Kor 10,1; 10,7, Gal 2,11; id. with genitive, as compound prep., in the presence of (not cl.; see Bl., § 40, 9; M, Pr., 99 f.; Thackeray, Gr., 43 f.), Luk 2,31, ApG 3,13; similarly ἀπὸ π. (Heb. (פָּנִים מִלִּפְּנֵי); see Dalman, Words, 29), from the presence of, ApG 3,19; 5,41; 7,45, 2 Thess 1,9, Åb 12,14; 20,11; πρὸ π. (Heb. (פָּנִים לִפְנֵי), before, Matt 11,10, Mark 1,2, Luk 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, Matt 18,10, ApG 20,25, 38, 1 Thess 3,10, Åb 22,4; ἐμφανισθῆναι τῷ π. τοῦ θεοῦ, Hebr 9,24 ἐν π. Χριστοῦ, 2 Kor 2,10; 4,6; μετὰ τοῦ π. σου with thy presence, ApG 2,28 (LXX); εἰς π. τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν, 2 Kor 8,24 στηρίζειν τὸ π. (Heb. פָּנִים שׂוּם: Jer 21,10, al.; see Dalman, Words, 30), with inf., to set one's face towards, Luk 9,51 similarly, τὸ π. αὐτοῦ ἦν πορευόμενον (op. cit., 31), Luk 9,53 τὸ π. τοῦ κυρίου ἐπί, 1 Pet 3,12 (LXX)

(b) form, person: καυχᾶσθαι. ἐν π. καὶ μὴ ἐν καρδίᾳ, 2 Kor 5,12 (cf. 1 Sam 16,7); metaphorically, as in Heb. idiom, of judgment according to appearance, external condition or circumstances (פָּנִים H5387; see Dalman, Words, 30; Thackeray, Gr., 43 f.): λαμβάνειν π., Luk 20,21, Gal 2,6; βλέπειν εἰς π., Matt 22,16, Mark 12,14; θαυμάζειν πρόσωπα, Jud 16.

2. Of things (cf. Dalman, l.with)

(a) face, appearance (Sl 104,30): Matt 16,3 (WH, R, mg., om.), Luk 12,56, Jak 1,11

(b) surface (1 Mos 2,6): Luk 21,35, ApG 17,26