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Définitions du dictionnaire biblique pour : "Face"
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Face
<1,,4383,prosopon>
denotes "the countenance," lit., "the part towards the eyes" (from pros, "towards," ops, "the eye"), and is used (a) of the "face," Matt. 6:16,17; 2 Cor. 3:7, 2nd part (AV, "countenance"); in 2 Cor. 10:7, in the RV, "things that are before your face" (AV, "outward appearance"), the phrase is figurative of superficial judgment; (b) of the look, i.e., the "face," which by its various movements affords an index of inward thoughts and feelings, e.g., Luke 9:51,53; 1 Pet. 3:12; (c) the presence of a person, the "face" being the noblest part, e.g., Acts 3:13, RV, "before the face of," AV, "in the presence of;" Acts 5:41, "presence;" 2 Cor. 2:10, "person;" 1 Thess. 2:17 (first part), "presence;" 2 Thess. 1:9, RV, "face," AV, "presence;" Rev. 12:14, "face;" (d) the person himself, e.g., Gal. 1:22; 1 Thess. 2:17 (second part); (e) the appearance one presents by his wealth or poverty, his position or state, Matt. 22:16; Mark 12:14; Gal. 2:6; Jude 1:16; (f) the outward appearance of inanimate things, Matt. 16:3; Luke 12:56; 21:35; Acts 17:26.
To spit in a person's face was an expression of the utmost scorn and aversion, e.g., Matt. 26:67 (cp. Matt. 27:30; Mark 10:34; Luke 18:32). See APPEARANCE.
<2,,3799,opsis>
is primarily "the act of seeing;" then, (a) "the face;" of the body of Lazarus, John 11:44; of the "countenance" of Christ in a vision, Rev. 1:16; (b) the "outward appearance" of a person or thing, John 7:24. See APPEARANCE.
Note: The phrase "face to face" translates two phrases in Greek: (1) kata prosopon (kata, "over against," and No. 1), Acts 25:16; (2) stoma pros stoma, lit., "mouth to mouth" (stoma, "a mouth"), 2 John 1:12; 3 John 1:14. See MOUTH. (3) For antophthalmeo, Acts 27:15, RV, has "to face."