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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)
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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.
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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

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 1 / 3 (Gen 2:18–2Ch 7:6)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:18 -

Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper [fn]suitable H5048 for him.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:20 - The man gave names to all the livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field, but for [fn]Adam there was not found a helper [fn]suitable H5048 for him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:16 - Then she went and sat down opposite H5048 him, about a bowshot away, for she said, “May I not [fn]see the boy die!” And she sat opposite H5048 him, and raised her voice and wept.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:32 - “The one with whom you find your gods shall not live; in the presence H5048 of our relatives [fn]point out what is yours [fn]among my belongings and take it for yourself.” Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:37 - “Though you have searched through all my property, what have you found of all your household property? Set it here in front H5048 of my relatives and your relatives, so that they may decide between the two of us.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:12 -

Then [fn]Esau said, “Let’s journey on and go, and I will go ahead H5048 of you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:15 - When the money was all spent in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph saying, “Give us [fn]food, for why should we die in your presence H5048? For our money is [fn]gone.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:10 - Then he said to them, “So may the LORD be with you, when I let you and your little ones go! Watch out, for evil is [fn]on your mind!
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:2 - When they set out from Rephidim, they came to the wilderness of Sinai and camped in the wilderness; and there Israel camped in front H5048 of the mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:10 -

Then [fn]God said, “Behold, I am going to make a covenant. Before H5048 all your people I will perform miracles which have not been [fn]produced in all the earth nor among any of the nations; and all the people [fn]among whom you live will see the working of the LORD, for it is a fearful thing that I am going to perform with you.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:2 - “The sons of Israel shall camp, each by his own [fn]flag, with the banners of their fathers’ households; they shall camp around the tent of meeting [fn]at a distance H5048.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:32 - Then the angel of the LORD said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out as an adversary, because your way was reckless and contrary H5048 to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:4 - And the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and [fn]execute them [fn]in broad H5048 daylight before the LORD, so that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:66 - “So your lives will be [fn]hanging in doubt before you; and you will be terrified night and day, and have no assurance of your life.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:11 - when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the place which He will choose, you shall read this Law before H5048 all Israel [fn]so that they hear it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:52 - “For you will see the land at a distance H5048 but you will not go there, into the land which I am giving the sons of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - then the waters which were [fn]flowing down from above stood and rose up in one heap, a great distance away at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those which were [fn]flowing down toward the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. So the people crossed opposite H5048 Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:13 -

Now it came about when Joshua was by Jericho, he raised his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing opposite H5048 him with his sword drawn in his hand, and Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us or for our enemies?”

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:5 - “It shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city will fall down [fn]flat, and the people shall go up, everyone [fn]straight H5048 ahead H5048.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:20 - So the people shouted, and [fn]the priests blew the trumpets; and when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down [fn]flat, so that the people went up into the city, everyone straight H5048 [fn]ahead H5048, and they took the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:11 - Then all the people of war who were with him went up and approached, and arrived in front H5048 of the city; and they camped on the north side of Ai. And there was a valley between him and Ai.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33 - And all Israel with their elders, officers, and their judges were standing on both sides of the ark before H5048 the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, the stranger as well as the native. Half of them stood in front of Mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded at first to bless the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:35 - There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua did not read before H5048 all the assembly of Israel with the women, the little ones, and the strangers who were [fn]living among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:17 - for my father fought for you, and [fn]risked H5048 his life and saved you from the hand of Midian;
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:34 - When ten thousand choice men from all Israel came against H5048 Gibeah, the battle became [fn]fierce; but [fn]Benjamin did not know that disaster was [fn]close to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:4 - “So I thought that I would [fn]inform you, saying, ‘Buy it before H5048 those who are sitting here, and before H5048 the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if [fn]not, tell me so that I may know; for there is no one except you to redeem it, and I am after you.’” And he said, “I will redeem it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:3 - “Here I am; testify against me before H5048 the LORD and His anointed. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I exploited? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to close my eyes with it? I will return it to you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:30 - Then Saul said, “I have sinned; but please honor me now before H5048 the elders of my people and before H5048 all Israel, and go back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:6 -

When they entered, he looked at Eliab and thought, “Surely the LORD’S anointed is standing before H5048 Him.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:20 - “Now then, do not let my blood fall to the ground far H5048 from the presence of the LORD; for the king of Israel has come out to search for a single flea, just as one hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:12 - ‘Indeed, you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before H5048 all Israel, and [fn]in open H5048 daylight.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:13 - “Otherwise, if I had dealt treacherously against [fn]his life (and there is nothing hidden from the king), then you yourself would have [fn]avoided H5048 me.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:13 -

“From the brightness before H5048 Him

Coals of fire were kindled.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:23 -

“For all His ordinances were before H5048 me,

And as for His statutes, I did not deviate from [fn]them.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:25 -

“So the LORD has repaid me in accordance with my righteousness,

In accordance with my cleanliness before H5048 His eyes.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:22 -

Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence H5048 of all the assembly of Israel, and he spread out his hands toward heaven.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:27 - And the sons of Israel were mustered and given provisions, and they went to meet them; and the sons of Israel camped opposite H5048 them like two little flocks of goats, while the Arameans filled the country.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:10 - and seat two worthless men opposite H5048 him, and have them testify against him, saying, ‘You [fn]cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him [fn]to death.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:13 - Then the two worthless men came in and sat opposite H5048 him; and the worthless men testified against him, against Naboth, before H5048 the people, saying, “Naboth [fn]cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him [fn]to death with stones.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:13 -

So the king again sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty men. When the third captain of fifty went up, he came and bowed down on his knees before H5048 Elijah, and begged him and said to him, “You man of God, please let my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours be precious in your sight.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:7 -

Now fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite H5048 them at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:15 -

Now when the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho opposite H5048 him saw him, they said, “The spirit of Elijah has settled on Elisha.” And they came to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:22 - Then they got up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water opposite H5048 them as red as blood.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:25 - So she went on and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel.

When the man of God saw her at a distance H5048, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Behold, that person there is the Shunammite.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:11 -

Now the sons of Gad lived opposite H5048 them in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:32 - Mikloth fathered [fn]Shimeah. They also lived with their relatives in Jerusalem opposite H5048 their other relatives.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:38 - Mikloth fathered Shimeam. And they also lived with their relatives in Jerusalem opposite H5048 their other relatives.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:12 -

Then he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence H5048 of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:13 - For Solomon had made a bronze platform, [fn]five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the courtyard; and he stood on it, knelt on his knees in the presence H5048 of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:6 - The priests stood at their posts, and the Levites also, with the musical instruments for the LORD, which King David had made for giving praise to the LORD—“for His faithfulness is everlasting”—whenever David gave praise through their [fn]ministry; the priests on the other H5048 side H5048 blew trumpets and all Israel was standing.

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