the Week of Proper 27 / Ordinary 32
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Strong's #5227 - נֹכַח
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- Strong
- subst
- 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.
נֹכַח pr. subst. what is over against, in sight, used as a prep.
(1) over against, opposite, Exodus 26:35, 40:24 Joshua 15:7, 18:17 1 Kings 20:29.
(2) before. נֹכַח יְהֹוָה i.q. לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה before Jehovah, i.e. acceptable to him, Judges 18:6. נֹכַח פְּנֵי יְהֹוָה before Jehovah, Lamentations 2:19 metaph. known to him, Jeremiah 17:16 compare Proverbs 5:21. שׂוּם נֹכַח פָּנִים to put (any thing) before one’s own face, i.e. regard it with favour, to delight in it, Ezekiel 14:7 (verse Ezekiel 14:3 for שׂוּם there is נָתַן).
With prefixes
(1) אֶל נֹכַח pr. towards the face or front of, any thing; towards, Numbers 19:4.
(2) לְנֹכַח
(a) adv. towards what is opposite, i.e. straight before oneself (gerade vor fich, Luth. ftracks) Proverbs 4:25.
(b) before, Genesis 30:38 hence
(c) for (comp. Germ. vor and für, the latter of which has properly a local signification), used after a verb of interceding, Genesis 25:21.
(3) עַד נֹכַח unto, even to (the place which is) over against, Judges 19:20; Ezekiel 47:20.