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Lexicon :: Strong's H5048 - neḡeḏ

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נֶגֶד
Transliteration
neḡeḏ
Pronunciation
neh'-ghed
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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.
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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

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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)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:8 - You have set our iniquities before You,
Our secret sins in the light of Your countenance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:3 - I will set nothing wicked before my eyes;
I hate the work of those who fall away;
It shall not cling to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:7 - He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house;
He who tells lies shall not continue in my presence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:15 - Let them be continually before the LORD,
That He may cut off the memory of them from the earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:14 - I will pay my vows to the LORD
Now in the presence of all His people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:18 - I will pay my vows to the LORD
Now in the presence of all His people,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:46

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:168

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:168 - I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies,
For all my ways are before You.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:1 - A Psalm of David.

I will praise You with my whole heart;
Before the gods I will sing praises to You.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:25 - Let your eyes look straight ahead,
And your eyelids look right before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:7 - Go from the presence of a foolish man,
When you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:11 - Hell[fn] and Destruction[fn] are before the LORD;
So how much more the hearts of the sons of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:30 - There is no wisdom or understanding
Or counsel against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:12 - Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him.
And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:8 - For what more has the wise man than the fool?
What does the poor man have,
Who knows how to walk before the living?

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:5 - Turn your eyes away from me,
For they have overcome me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
Going down from Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:7

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:16 - “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes.
Cease to do evil,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:21 - Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes,
And prudent in their own sight!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:23 - Then the moon will be disgraced
And the sun ashamed;
For the LORD of hosts will reign
On Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
And before His elders, gloriously.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:17 - All nations before Him are as nothing,
And they are counted by Him less than nothing and worthless.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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;
It shall not be a coal to be warmed by,
Nor a fire to sit before!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:16 - See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands;
Your walls are continually before Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:12

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:11 - For as the earth brings forth its bud,
As the garden causes 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:17 - “For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, nor is their iniquity hidden from My eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:39 - “The surveyor’s line shall again extend straight forward over the hill Gareb; then it shall turn toward Goath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:35 - To turn aside the justice due a man
Before the face of the Most High,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:13 - Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one gate chamber to the roof of the other; the width was twenty-five cubits, as door faces door.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:23 - A gate of the inner court was opposite the northern gateway, just as the eastern gateway; and he measured from gateway to gateway, one hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:16 - their doorposts and the beveled window frames. And the galleries all around their three stories opposite the threshold were paneled with wood from the ground to the windows—the windows were covered—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:1 - Then he brought me out into the outer court, by the way toward the north; and he brought me into the chamber which was opposite the separating courtyard, and which was opposite the building toward the north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:3 - Opposite the inner court of twenty cubits, and opposite the pavement of the outer court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:15 - Then it happened, when I, Daniel, had seen the vision and was seeking the meaning, that suddenly there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:13 - “But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; and behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:16 - And suddenly, one having the likeness of the sons[fn] of men touched my lips; then I opened my mouth and spoke, saying to him who stood before me, “My lord, because of the vision my sorrows have overwhelmed me, and I have retained no strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:2 - They do not consider in their hearts
That I remember all their wickedness;
Now their own deeds have surrounded them;
They are before My face.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:3 - You will go out through broken walls,
Each one straight ahead of her,
And you will be cast into Harmon,”
Says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:3 - And though they hide themselves on top of Carmel,
From there I will search and take them;
Though they hide from My sight at the bottom of the sea,
From there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:11 - In the day that you stood on the other side—
In the day that strangers carried captive his forces,
When foreigners entered his gates
And cast lots for Jerusalem—
Even you were as one of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:4 - Then I said, ‘I have been cast out of Your sight;
Yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:3 - Why do You show me iniquity,
And cause me to see trouble?
For plundering and violence are before me;
There is strife, and contention arises.

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