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Lexicon :: Strong's H5227 - nōḵaḥ

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נֹכַח
Transliteration
nōḵaḥ
Pronunciation
no'-kakh
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Part of Speech
adjective, adverb, substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as נֵכַח (H5226)
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TWOT Reference: 1365a

Strong’s Definitions

נֹכַח nôkach, no'-kakh; from the same as H5226; properly, the front part; used adverbially (especially with preposition), opposite, in front of, forward, in behalf of:—(over) against, before, direct(-ly), for, right (on).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H5227 in the following manner: against (10x), before (9x), directly (1x), for (1x), on (1x), over (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H5227 in the following manner: against (10x), before (9x), directly (1x), for (1x), on (1x), over (1x).

  1. be in front of

    adverb

  2. in front of, opposite to, in the sight of, before, to the front, right on

    preposition

  3. towards the front of, in front of, on behalf of, as far as in front of

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נֹכַח nôkach, no'-kakh; from the same as H5226; properly, the front part; used adverbially (especially with preposition), opposite, in front of, forward, in behalf of:—(over) against, before, direct(-ly), for, right (on).
STRONGS H5227: Abbreviations
† נֹ֫כַח substantive front, always in prepositional or adverbial phrases, with suffix נִכְחוֺ [H5226 Exodus 14:2; Ezekiel 46:9]: —
1. as adverb accusative in front of, opposite to, [H5226 Exodus 14:2] נִכְחוֺ תַּחֲנוּ, Exodus 26:35 the candlestick נֹכַח הַשֻּׁלְחָן, Exodus 40:24, Joshua 18:17 (in the || Joshua 15:7, נֹכַח לְ : see לְ 5c), 1 Kings 20:29 וַיַּחֲנוּ אֵלֶּה נֹכַח אֵלֶּה, 1 Kings 22:35 (= 2 Chronicles 18:34), Esther 5:1 (twice in verse); H5226Ezekiel 46:9 Qr כִּי נִכְחוֺ יֵצֵא shall go out in front of himself, i.e. straightforward; compare נֶגְדּוֺ, נֶגֶד 1a (b). Figurative Proverbs 5:21 דַּרְכֵי אִישׁ כִּי נֹכַח עֵינֵי י׳ in the sight of י׳'s eyes are, etc., Judges 18:6 דַּרְכְּכֶם נֹכַח י׳ before י׳ is your way, i.e. under his eye and favourable regard. In the phrase פְּנֵי נֹכַח, Jeremiah 17:16 מוֺצָא שְׂפָתַי הָיָה פָּנֶיךָ נֹכַח was before thy face, Lamentations 2:19; Ezekiel 14:3 פְּנֵיהֶם נֹכַח נָֽתְנוּ עֲוֺנָם מִכְשׁוֺל (i.e. they contemplate it with pleasure), Ezekiel 14:4; Ezekiel 14:7.
2. combined with prepositions: —
a. אֶלנֹֿכַח, Numbers 19:4 פני אהל מועד וְהִזָּה אלנֿ׳ and sprinkle it towards the front of, etc.
b. ׃לְֹנכַח
(a) as adverb Proverbs 4:25 יביטו עיניך לנ׳ let thine eyes look to the front or right on (|| ועפיך יַישִׁרוּ נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ);
(b) as preposition Genesis 30:38 לְֹנכַח הַצּאֹן in front of the flocks Genesis 25:21 וַיֶּעְתַּר ֗֗֗ לְֹנכַח אִשְׁתּוֺ in fornt of, i.e. on behalf of (compare pro), his wife;
(c) עַדנֹֿכַח, Judges 19:10 יְבוּס וַיָּבאֹ עַדנֿ׳ as fas as in front of Jebus, Judges 20:43; Ezekiel 47:20 (עַדנֹֿכַח לְ). Synonym נֶגֶד, which see.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

25:21; 30:38

Exodus

26:35; 40:24

Numbers

19:4

Joshua

15:7; 18:17

Judges

18:6; 19:10; 20:43

1 Kings

20:29; 22:35

2 Chronicles

18:34

Esther

5:1

Proverbs

4:25; 5:21

Jeremiah

17:16

Lamentations

2:19

Ezekiel

14:3; 14:4; 14:7; 46:9; 47:20

H5227

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Strong's Number H5227 matches the Hebrew נֹכַח (nōḵaḥ),
which occurs 23 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:21 - And Isaac prayed the Lord concerning Rebecca his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord heard him, and his wife Rebecca conceived in her womb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:38 - And he laid the rods which he had peeled, in the hollows of the watering-troughs, that whensoever the cattle should come to drink, as they should have come to drink before the rods, the cattle might conceive at the rods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:35 - And thou shalt set the table outside the veil, and the candlestick opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle; and thou shalt put the table on the north side of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24 - And he put the candlestick into the tabernacle of witness, on the side of the tabernacle toward the south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:4 - And Eleazar shall take of her blood, and sprinkle of her blood seven times in front of the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:7 - And the borders continue on to [fn]the fourth part of the valley of Achor, and go down to Galgal, which is before the approach of Adammin, which is southward in the valley, and terminate at the water of the fountain of the sun; and their going forth shall be the fountain of Rogel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:17 - And the borders shall go across to the fountain of Bæthsamys:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:6 - And the priest said to them, Go in peace; your way in which ye go, is before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:10 - But the man would not lodge there, but he arose and departed, and came to the part opposite Jebus, (this is Jerusalem,) and there was with him a pair of asses saddled, and his concubine was with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:43 - And they cut down Benjamin, and pursued him from Nua closely till they came opposite Gabaa on the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:29 - (LXX 21:29) And they encamp one over against the other before [fn]them seven days. And it came to pass on the seventh day that the battle drew on, and Israel smote Syria, even a hundred thousand footmen in one day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:35 - And the war was turned in that day, and the king was [fn]standing on the chariot against Syria from morning till evening; and he shed the blood out of his wound, into the bottom of the chariot, and died at even, and the blood ran out of the wound into the [fn]bottom of the chariot.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:34 - And the battle turned in that day; and the king of Israel remained on the chariot against Syria until evening, and died at sunset.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:1 - And it came to pass on the third day, when she had ceased praying, that she put off her mean dress, and put on her glorious apparel. (LXX 5:1a) And being splendidly arrayed, and having called upon God the Overseer and Preserver of all things, she took her two maids, and she leaned upon one, as a delicate female, and the other followed bearing her train. (5:1b) And she was blooming in the perfection of her beauty; and her face was cheerful, as it were benevolent, but her heart was straitened for fear. (5:1c) And having passed through all the doors, she stood before the king: and he was sitting upon his royal throne, and he had put on all his glorious apparel, covered all over with gold and precious stones, and was very terrible. (5:1d) And having raised his face resplendent with glory, he looked with intense anger: and the queen fell, and changed her colour as she fainted; and she bowed herself upon the head of the maid that went before her. (5:1e) But God changed the spirit of the king to gentleness, and in intense feeling he sprang from off his throne, and took her into his arms, until she recovered: and he comforted her with peaceable words, and said to her, (5:1f) What is the matter, Esther? I am thy brother; be of good cheer, thou shalt not die, for our command is openly declared to thee, Draw nigh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:25 - Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids assent to just things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:21 - For the ways of a man are before the eyes of God, and he looks on all his paths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:16 - But I have not been weary of following thee, nor have I desired the day of man; thou knowest; the words that proceed out of my lips are before thy face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:19 - Koph. Arise, rejoice in the night at the beginning of thy watch: pour out thy heart as water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands to him for the life of thine infants, who faint for hunger at the top of all the streets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:3 - Son of man, these men have conceived their devices in their hearts, and have set before their faces the punishment of their iniquities: shall I indeed answer them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:4 - Therefore speak to them, and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord; Any man of the house of Israel, who shall conceive his devices in his heart, and shall set the punishment of his iniquity before his face, and shall come to the prophet; I the Lord will answer him according to the things in which his mind is entangled,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:7 - For any man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, who shall separate himself from me, and conceive his imaginations in his heart, and set before his face the punishment of his iniquity, and come to the prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the Lord will answer him, according to the things wherein he is entangled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:20 - This part of the great sea forms a border, till one comes opposite the entrance of Emath, even as far as the entrance thereof. These are the parts west of Emath.
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