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Lexical Definition
Strong's Greek G4383
the front (as being towards view), i.e. the countenance, aspect, appearance, surface; by implication, presence, person
KJV usage: :--(outward) appearance, X before, countenance, face, fashion, (men's) person, presence.
Etymology: from and (the visage, from );
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
the face, countenance, visage, Mt. 6:16, 17; 17:2, 6; according to late usage, a person, individual, 2 Cor. 1:11; hence, a personal presence, 1 Thess. 2:17; from the Hebrew, πρόσωπον πρὸς πρόσωπον, face to face, clearly, perfectly, 1 Cor. 13:12; face, surface, external form, figure, appearance, Mt. 16:3; Lk. 12:56; external circumstances, or condition of any one, Mt. 22:16; Mk. 12:14; πρόσωπον λαμβάνειν, to have respect to the external circumstances of any one, Lk. 20:21; Gal. 2:6; ἐν προσώπῳ, in presence of, 2 Cor. 2:10; ἀπὸ προσώπου, from the presence of, from, Acts 3:19; also, from before, Acts 7:45; εἰς πρόσωπον, and κατὰ πρόσωπον, in the presence of, before, Acts 3:13; 2 Cor. 8:24; also, openly, Gal. 2:11; κατὰ πρόσωπον, ἔχειν, to have before one’s face, to have any one present, Acts …