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Strong's #5226 - נֵכַח
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- be in front of
- adv
- in front of, opposite to, in the sight of, before, to the front, right on
- prep
- 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.
