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Strong's #5226 - נֵכַח
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- Strong
1) be in front of
2) in front of, opposite to, in the sight of, before, to the front, right on
3) towards the front of, in front of, on behalf of, as far as in front of
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2403) hkn (נכהה NKHh) AC: ? CO: Straight AB: ?
Nm ) hkn (נכהה NKHh) - Before: In front of or opposite to something. KJV (2): before, against - Strongs: H5226 (נֵכַח)
cm) hfkn (נכוהה NKWHh) - Straight: In the sense of being in front. KJV (4): right, uprightness, plain - Strongs: H5228 (נָכֹחַ)
cf1) ehfkn (נכוההה NKWHhH) - Straightness: In the sense of being in front. KJV (4): uprightness, right, equity - Strongs: H5229 (נְכֹחָה)
gm) hkfn (נוכהה NWKHh) - Before: In front of or opposite to something. KJV (23): against, before, directly, for, on, over - Strongs: H5227 (נֹכַח)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
preposition or
adverb phrases, with suffix נִכְחוֺ Exodus 14:2; Ezekiel 46:9: —
1 as adverb accusative in front of, opposite to, Exodus 14:2 נִכְחוֺתַּחֲנוּ, 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); Ezekiel 46:9 Qr כִּי נִכְחוֺ יֵצֵא shall go out in front of himself, i.e. straightforward; compare נֶגְדּוֺ, נֶגֶד
1 a ( 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 נֹכַח מְּנֵי, Jeremiah 17:16 מוֺצָא שְׂפָתַינֹכַח מָּנֶיךָ הָיָה was before thy face, Lamentations 2:19; Ezekiel 14:3 מִכְשׁוֺל עֲוֺנָם נָָֽתְנוּ נֹכַח מְּנֵיהֶם (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 ("" ועפיךיַישִׁרוּ 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, q. v.
נֵכַח with suff. נִכְחוֹ id. opposite, over against, Exodus 14:2; Ezekiel 46:9.
