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2.
(
#
0
, 1799) is translated “in the presence of” in Luke 1:19; 13:26;
14:10; 15:10; John 20:30; Rev. 14:10 (twice); in 1 Cor. 1:29
KJV
, “in His presence” (
RV
,
“before God”): see
BEFORE
, A, No. 9.
3.
(
0
, 2714),
, “down,” and No. 2, “in the very presence
of,” is translated “before the presence of” in Jude 24. See
BEFORE
, A, No. 10.
4.
(
!
, 561), “over against, opposite to,” is translated “in the presence
of” in Acts 3:16. See
BEFORE
, A, No. 7.
PRESENT (to be)
A. Verbs.
1.
(
1$
, 3918) signifies (a) “to be by, at hand or present,” of persons, e.g.,
Luke 13:1; Acts 10:33; 24:19; 1 Cor. 5:3; 2 Cor. 10:2, 11; Gal. 4:18, 20; of things, John
7:6, of a particular season in the Lord’s life on earth, “is (not yet) come,” or “is not yet at
hand”; Heb. 12:11, of chastening “(for the) present” (the neuter of the present participle,
used as a noun); in 13:5 “such things as ye have” is, lit., “the things that are present”; 2
Pet. 1:12, of the truth “(which) is with (you)” (not as
KJV
, “the present truth,” as if of
special doctrines applicable to a particular time); in v. 9 “he that lacketh” is lit., “to whom
are not present”; (b) “to have arrived or come,” Matt. 26:50, “thou art come,”
RV
; John
11:28; Acts 10:21; Col. 1:6.
2.
(
#
&
, 1764), “to set in,” or, in the middle voice and perfect tense of
the active voice, “to stand in, be present,” is used of the present in contrast with the past,
Heb. 9:9, where the
RV
correctly has “(for the time)
(
present” (for the incorrect
KJV
,
“then present”); in contrast to the future, Rom. 8:38; 1 Cor. 3:22; Gal. 1:4, “present”; 1
Cor. 7:26, where “the present distress” is set in contrast to both the past and the future; 2
Thess. 2:2, where the
RV
, “is
(
present” gives the correct meaning (
KJV
, incorrectly,
“is at hand”); the saints at Thessalonica, owing to their heavy afflictions were possessed
of the idea that “the day of the Lord,”
RV
(not as
KJV
, “the day of Christ”), had begun;
this mistake the apostle corrects; 2 Tim. 3:1, “shall come.” See
COME
, No. 26.¶
3.
(
# &
, 2186), “to set over, stand over,” is translated “present” in
Acts 28:2. See
ASSAULT
, A,
COME
, No. 27.
4.
(
$ &
, 3854), “to be beside” (
, “by,”
, “to
become”), is translated “were present” in Acts 21:18. See
COME
, No. 13.
5.
(
$1
, 3873), “to lie beside” (
, and
, “to lie”), “to be
near,” is translated “is present” in Rom. 7:18, 21.¶
6.
$
(
1$
, 4840), “to be present with” (sun, with, and No. 1), is
used in Acts 25:24.¶
B. Adverbs.
1.
(
/$
, 737), “just, just now, this moment,” is rendered “(this) present (hour)” in
1 Cor. 4:11; in 1 Cor. 15:6,
RV
, “now” (
KJV
, “this present”). See
NOW
.
2.
$
(
, 3568), “now,” is translated “present,” with reference to this age or period
(“world”), in Rom. 8:18; 11:5; 2 Tim. 4:10; Titus 2:12. See
HENCEFORTH
,
NOW
.