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A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd ed. is unavailable, but you can change that!

Described as an "invaluable reference work" (Classical Philology) and "a tool indispensable for the study of early Christian literature" (Religious Studies Review) in its previous edition, this new updated American edition of Walter Bauer's Wörterbuch zu den Schriften des Neuen Testaments builds on its predecessor's staggering deposit of extraordinary erudition relating to Greek literature from...

influence of Is 8:4; but Just., D. 56, 2 (Gen 19:27) and 18 (Gen 18:22) ἔ. for LXX ἐναντίον]; JWackernagel, Hellenistica 1907, 1ff) ① pert. to being in front of an object, opposite, before ἔ. τοῦ θεοῦ before God, i.e. in the temple (Ex 28:29) Lk 1:8. ② pert. to someone’s perspective or perception of someth., before fig. in the eyes, in the judgment ἔ. τοῦ θεοῦ Ac 8:21; 1 Cl 39:4 (Job 4:17 v.l.); ἔ. Φαραώ Ac 7:10 v.l.—DELG s.v. ἄντα 2.
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