Help QuickNav Adv. Options
KJV

KJV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H5048 - neḡeḏ

Choose a new font size and typeface
נֶגֶד
Transliteration
neḡeḏ
Pronunciation
neh'-ghed
Listen
Part of Speech
adjective, adverb (with a preposition), substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1289a

Strong’s Definitions

נֶגֶד neged, neh'-ghed; from H5046; a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before:—about, (over) against, × aloof, × far (off), × from, over, presence, × other side, sight, × to view.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H5048 in the following manner: before, against, in the presence, about.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H5048 in the following manner: before, against, in the presence, about.
substantive

  1. what is conspicuous, what is in front of

    adverb

  2. in front of, straight forward, before, in sight of

  3. in front of oneself, straightforward

  4. before your face, in your view or purpose

    with preposition

  5. what is in front of, corresponding to

  6. in front of, before

  7. in the sight or presence of

  8. parallel to

  9. over, for

  10. in front, opposite

  11. at a distance

    preposition

  12. from the front of, away from

  13. from before the eyes of, opposite to, at a distance from

  14. from before, in front of

  15. as far as the front of

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נֶגֶד neged, neh'-ghed; from H5046; a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before:—about, (over) against, × aloof, × far (off), × from, over, presence, × other side, sight, × to view.
STRONGS H5048: Abbreviations
נֶ֫גֶד 151 substantive what is conspicuous or in front, always as adverb or preposition in front of, in sight of, opposite to, נֶ֑גֶד, construct נֶגֶד, suffix נֶגְדִּי Psalm 38:11 +, נֶגְדְּךָ Psalm 38:10 +, etc.; with ה locative נֶ֫גְדָּה Psalm 116:14; Psalm 116:18; —
1. as adverb accusative in front of,
a. locally (rather stronger and distincter than לִפְנֵי),
(a) Genesis 31:32 נֶגֶד אַחֵינוּ הַכֶּרנָֿא in front of our brethren own it, now, Genesis 31:37; Genesis 47:15 ולמה נמות נגדך why should we die in thy sight ? Exodus 19:2 Israel encamped נגד ההר in front of the mountain, Exodus 34:10 נגד כלעֿמך אעשׂה נִפְלָאֹת, before, in sight of, all thy people (compare Psalm 78:12), Joshua 3:16 the people passed over נגד ירחו in front of J., 1 Kings 20:27, etc.; Nehemiah 3:23 in front of their house, Nehemiah 3:29; נגד (כלׅ ישׂראל Deuteronomy 31:11; Joshua 8:35 = 1 Samuel 15:30; 2 Samuel 12:12 +; 1 Kings 21:13 set Naboth נֶגֶד הָעָם; נגד י׳ 1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 16:6 מְשִׁיחוֺ אַךְ נֶגֶד י׳, so נֶגְדִּי Psalm 89:37, נֶגְדּוֺ Psalm 18:13; נגד השׁמשׁ Numbers 25:4; 2 Samuel 12:12; Psalm 22:26 יראיו נ׳, Psalm 52:11 (so in poetry נֶגְדָּה לְ Psalm 116:14; Psalm 116:18); hostilely, Job 10:17; with collateral idea of to the mortification of, Psalm 23:5; Psalm 31:20, compare Joel 1:16; with collateral idea of being open or known to, Proverbs 15:11 שׁאול ואבדון נגד י׳, Job 26:6; Psalm 38:10 נגדך כלתֿאותי (|| נסתרה לא ממך), Psalm 69:20 (|| יָדַעְתָּ), Psalm 119:168; Isaiah 59:12; so הָיוּ פָּנַי נֶגֶד Hosea 7:2.
(b) with reflexive suffix, and verb of motion, to go in front of oneself, i.e. straightforward, Joshua 6:5 ועלו העם אישׁ נגדו each straightforward, Joshua 6:20; Amos 4:3; Jeremiah 31:29; Nehemiah 12:37, compare Proverbs 4:25.
b. mentally, = vividly present to, Psalm 38:18 ומכאובי נגדי תמיד, Psalm 44:16; Psalm 51:5 וחטאתי נגדי תמיד, Psalm 109:15 י׳ נ׳ (remembered by): nearly = בְּעֵינָיו, כְּאַיִן נֶגְדּוֺ Isaiah 40:17; Psalm 39:6; so וְנ׳ נְבוֺנִים פְּנֵיהֶם Isaiah 5:21. But Exodus 10:10 כי רעה נגד פניכם before your face is = in your view, or purpose (compare לא אשׁית לְנֶגֶד עֵינַי דברבֿליעל Psalm 101:3).
2. With prepositions:
a. † כְּנֶגֶד according to what is in front of = corresponding to, Genesis 2:18 I will make him עֵזֶר כְּנֶגְדּוֺ a help corresponding to him i.e. equal and adequate to himself, Genesis 2:20 among the animals there was no עֵזֶר כְּנֶגְדּוֺ. **Note that in Late Hebrew מכנגד = in front of, Ber 4:5; 9:5; Ab 2:10, מכנגד פני Git 7:7 and elsewhere.
b. לְנֶגֶד in front of, before, Genesis 33:12 וְֵֽֽֽאלְכָה לְנֶנְדֶּ֑ךָ, Numbers 22:32; 2 Kings 1:13 fell on his knees לנגד אליהו, Isaiah 1:7 your ground לנגדכם זרים אֹכלים אותהּ; with עָמַד Joshua 5:13; Daniel 8:15; Daniel 10:16, in a hostile sense Daniel 10:13, compare Proverbs 21:30; in the sight or presence of, Habakkuk 1:3 וְשֹׁד וְחָמָס לְנֶגְדִּי, Psalm 39:2 בעוד רשׁע לנגדי, Psalm 50:8 ועולֹתיך לנגדי תמיד, Nehemiah 3:37; opposite to (probably of opposite choirs), Nehemiah 12:9, 24; = parallel to, 1 Chronicles 5:11; = over, for, a business (peculiar) Nehemiah 11:22; figurative of what is visible morally, Psalm 18:23 כי כל משׁפטיו לנגדי (|| לֹא אָסִיר מֶנִּי), with to set or place Psalm 16:8; Psalm 54:5 לא שׂמו אלהים לנגדם (compare Psalm 86:14,), Psalm 90:8; often in the phrase לְנֶגֶד עֵינֵי ֗֗֗, both literal, as Job 4:16 תְּמוּנָה עֵינָ֑י לנ׳, Psalm 5:6 עיניך לא יתיצבו הוללים לנ׳ (compare Psalm 101:7); and in a moral sense, Psalm 18:25 עיניו כְּבֹר ידי לנ׳, Psalm 26:3 עיני כי חסדך לנ׳ i.e. is ever present to my mind, Psalm 36:2 עיניו אין פחד אלהים לנ׳ i.e. he has no eye to discern God's awe-inspiring judgments (compare Psalm 10:5); with לא אשׁית i.e. have in view, purpose (|| שׂנאתי) Psalm 101:3.
c. † מִנֶּגֶד
(a) adverb off (מִן 1c) the front, in front, opposite, ex adverso, Genesis 21:16 ותשׁב להּ מנגד sat her down opposite, Genesis 21:16, 2 Kings 2:7; Deuteronomy 28:66 והיו חייך תלואים לך מנגד shall be hung up for thee in front (i.e. suspended, as by a thread, in front of thee); Judges 9:17 וישׁלך נפשׁו מנגד and flung away his life in front or straight away (i.e. hazarded it); = some way off, from or at a distance, Numbers 2:2; Deuteronomy 32:52 כי מִנֶּגֶד תראה את הארץ, 2 Kings 2:15 וַיִּרְאֻהוּ מנ׳ at a distance, 2 Kings 3:22; 2 Kings 4:25; aloof, 2 Samuel 18:13 ואתה תתיצב מנגד, Obadiah 11.
(b) as a preposition
(α) from the front of, away from, Songs 6:5 הָסֵבִּי עֵינַיִךְ מִנֶּגְדִּי, 1 Samuel 26:20 אליֿפֹל פני י׳ דמי ארצה מנ׳; מנגד עיני from before the eyes of, with verbs of removing Isaiah 1:16, cutting off Psalm 31:23; Jonah 2:5, hiding Amos 9:3; Jeremiah 16:17.
(β) opposite to, Nehemiah 3:19, 25, 27; at a distance from, Psalm 10:5 מרום משׁפטיך מנגדו, Psalm 38:12 מנגד נגעי יעמדו.
(γ) מִנֶּגֶד לְ from before, Proverbs 14:7, in front of Judges 20:34.
d. † עַד נֶגֶד as far as the front of, Nehemiah 3:16, 26.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:18; 2:20; 21:16; 21:16; 31:32; 31:37; 33:12; 47:15

Exodus

10:10; 19:2; 34:10

Numbers

2:2; 22:32; 25:4

Deuteronomy

28:66; 31:11; 32:52

Joshua

3:16; 5:13; 6:5; 6:20; 8:35

Judges

9:17; 20:34

1 Samuel

12:3; 15:30; 16:6; 26:20

2 Samuel

12:12; 12:12; 18:13

1 Kings

20:27; 21:13

2 Kings

1:13; 2:7; 2:15; 3:22; 4:25

1 Chronicles

5:11

Nehemiah

3:16; 3:19; 3:23; 3:25; 3:26; 3:27; 3:29; 11:22; 12:9; 12:24; 12:37

Job

4:16; 10:17; 26:6

Psalms

5:6; 10:5; 10:5; 16:8; 18:13; 18:23; 18:25; 22:26; 23:5; 26:3; 31:20; 31:23; 36:2; 38:10; 38:10; 38:11; 38:12; 38:18; 39:2; 39:6; 44:16; 50:8; 51:5; 54:5; 69:20; 78:12; 86:14; 89:37; 90:8; 101:3; 101:3; 101:7; 109:15; 116:14; 116:14; 116:18; 116:18; 119:168

Proverbs

4:25; 14:7; 15:11; 21:30

Song of Songs

6:5

Isaiah

1:7; 1:16; 5:21; 40:17; 59:12

Jeremiah

16:17; 31:29

Daniel

8:15; 10:13; 10:16

Hosea

7:2

Joel

1:16

Amos

4:3; 9:3

Obadiah

1:11

Jonah

2:5

Habakkuk

1:3

H5048

Read the Full Entry

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5048 matches the Hebrew נֶגֶד (neḡeḏ),
which occurs 151 times in 143 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 3 (Psa 90:8–Hab 1:3)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:8 - Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 101:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:3 - I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 101:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:7 - He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:15 - Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:14 - I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:18 - I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:46

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:46 - I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:168

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:168 - I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 138:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:1 - [[A Psalm of David.]] I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:25 - Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:7 - Go from the presence H5048 of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:11 - Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:30 - There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:12 - And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:8 - For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:5 - Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:7 - Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:16 - Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before H5048 mine eyes; cease to do evil;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:21 - Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:23 - Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:17 - All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:14 - Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:16 - Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:12 - For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:11 - For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:17 - For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from H5048 mine eyes.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:39 - And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:35 - To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:13 - He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:23 - And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:16 - The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against H5048 the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:1 - Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the north.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:3 - Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:15 - And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:13 - But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:16 - And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:2 - And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:16 - Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:3 - And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:3 - And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:11 - In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:4 - Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:3 - Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.

Search Results Continued...

1. LOAD PAGE 1 Gen 2:18–2Ch 7:6

2. LOAD PAGE 2 2Ch 8:14–Psa 89:36

3. Currently on page 3/3 (Psa 90:8–Hab 1:3) Psa 90:8–Hab 1:3

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
KJV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
KJV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.