πρόσωπον prosōpon

Greek word for “face” · Strong’s G4383 · used 76 times in 71 verses

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Meaning

πρόσωπον, -ου, τό; (πρός, ὤψ);

How it is translated

Glosses given for prosōpon in context, with how often each is used:

• face 49
• appearance 9
• presence 7
• faces 6
• his face 3
• any person 1
• persons 1

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 9 (4), 2 Corinthians 3 (3), Matthew 6 (2), Matthew 17 (2), Matthew 26 (2), Acts 3 (2), Acts 20 (2), 2 Corinthians 10 (2), Galatians 2 (2), James 1 (2)

Forms

• πρόσωπον 40
• προσώπου 18
• πρόσωπα 7
• προσώπῳ 7
• πρόσωπόν 3
• προσώπων 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with prosōpon more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• πίπτω piptō “to collapse” 8
• πρό pro “before” 6
• ἄγγελος angelos “angel” 8
• ὁδός hodos “road” 7
• ὑπέρ huper “above/for” 7
• καιρός kairos “time/right time” 6
• ἀποστέλλω apostellō “to send” 6
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 8
• βλέπω blepō “to see” 5
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 6
• οἶδα oida “to know” 6
• κατά kata “according to” 7

Key verses

The verses using prosōpon that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 18:10 — Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in…
• Matthew 22:16 — And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest…
• Matthew 26:39 — And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will,…
• Acts 3:13 — The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of…
• Acts 3:19 — Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
• 2 Corinthians 3:18 — But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the…
• 2 Corinthians 4:6 — For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of…
• 2 Corinthians 10:1 — Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:
• 2 Thessalonians 1:9 — Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
• Hebrews 9:24 — For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God…
• Jude 1:16 — These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of…
• Revelation 20:11 — And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.