Definition

the front (as being towards view), i.e. the countenance, aspect, appearance, surface; by implication, presence, person

Etymology

from G4314 (πρός) and (the visage, from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι));

Where the KJV renders it

• (outward) appearance
• X before
• countenance
• face
• fashion
• (men's) person
• presence

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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