נֶגֶדneged

what is conspicuous or in front, in front of, in sight of, opposite to, always as adverb or preposition

Pronunciation: neh'-ghed · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5048

Meanings

1. in front of, as adverb

a. locally (rather stronger and distincter than לִפְנֵי) (Genesis 31:32; Genesis 31:37; Genesis 47:15)

b. mentally, = vividly present to (Psalms 38:18; Psalms 44:16; Psalms 51:5)

2. With prepositions

a. corresponding to, כְּנֶגֶד according to what is in front of = (Genesis 2:18; Genesis 2:20)

b. לְנֶגֶד in front of, before (Genesis 33:12; Numbers 22:32; 2 Kings 1:13)

c. from the front of, away from, opposite to, מִנֶּגֶד (a) adverb off (מִן 1.c.) the front, in front, opposite, ex adverso, as a preposition (Genesis 21:16; 2 Kings 2:7; Deuteronomy 28:66)

d. עַד נֶגֶד as far as the front of (Nehemiah 3:16; Nehemiah 3:26)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 151 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 2:18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.”
  • Genesis 2:20 He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. But still there was no helper just right for him.
  • Genesis 21:16 Then she went and sat down by herself about a hundred yards away. “I don’t want to watch the boy die,” she said, as she burst into tears.
  • Genesis 31:32 But as for your gods, see if you can find them, and let the person who has taken them die! And if you find anything else that belongs to you, identify it before all these relatives of ours, and I will give it back!” But Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the household idols.
  • Genesis 31:37 You have rummaged through everything I own. Now show me what you found that belongs to you! Set it out here in front of us, before our relatives, for all to see. Let them judge between us!
  • Genesis 33:12 “Well,” Esau said, “let’s be going. I will lead the way.”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).