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: Mat.6:16-17, Mrk.14:65, Luk.9:29, 2Co.3:7, Rev.4:7, al.; τὸ π. τῆς γενέτεως (EV, natural face), Jas.1:23; πίπτειν ἐπὶ (τὰ) π. Mat.17:6, Luk.5:12, Rev.7:11, al.; ἀγνοούμενος τῷ π. Gal.1:22; π. οὐ καρδίᾳ, 1Th.2:17; κατὰ πρόσωπον (in front, facing: Thuc. Xen. al.), when present, face to face, Act.25:16, 2Co.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, Act.3:13; similarly ἀπὸ π. (Heb. (פָּנִים מִלִּפְּנֵי); see Dalman, Words, 29), from the presence of, Act.3:19 5:41 7:45, 2Th.1:9, Rev.12:14 20:11; πρὸ π. (Heb. (פָּנִים לִפְנֵי), before, Mat.11:10, Mrk.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, Mat.18:10, Act.20:25, 38, 1Th.3:10, Rev.22:4; ἐμφανισθῆναι τῷ π. τοῦ θεοῦ, Heb.9:24; ἐν π. Χριστοῦ, 2Co.2:10 4:6; μετὰ τοῦ π. σου with thy presence, Act.2:28 (LXX); εἰς π. τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν, 2Co.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, 1Pe.3:12 (LXX)

__(b) form, person: καυχᾶσθαι. ἐν π. καὶ μὴ ἐν καρδίᾳ, 2Co.5:12 (cf. 1Ki.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. Mat.22:16, Mrk.12:14; θαυμάζειν πρόσωπα, Ju 16.

__2. Of things (cf. Dalman, l.with)

__(a) face, appearance (Psa.104:30): Mat.16:3 (WH, R, mg. om.), Luk.12:56, Jas.1:11

__(b) surface (Gen.2:6): Luk.21:35, Act.17:26

(AS)

the face; countenance; when present; face to face; in the presence of; from the presence of; before; to see one's face; with thy presence; to set one's face towards; form; person; face; appearance; surface