נֹכַחnôkach
front, always in preposition or adverb phrases
Pronunciation: no'-kakh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5227
Meanings
1. in front of, opposite to, as adverb accusative (Exodus 14:2; Exodus 26:35; Exodus 40:24)
2. combined with prepositions
a. towards the front (Numbers 19:4)
b. to the front, right on (Proverbs 4:25; Genesis 30:38; Genesis 25:21)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 25 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 25:21 Isaac pleaded with the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was unable to have children. The Lord answered Isaac’s prayer, and Rebekah became pregnant with twins.
- Genesis 30:38 Then he placed these peeled branches in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink, for that was where they mated.
- Exodus 14:2 “Order the Israelites to turn back and camp by Pi-hahiroth between Migdol and the sea. Camp there along the shore, across from Baal-zephon.
- Exodus 26:35 Place the table outside the inner curtain on the north side of the Tabernacle, and place the lampstand across the room on the south side.
- Exodus 40:24 He set the lampstand in the Tabernacle across from the table on the south side of the Holy Place.
- Numbers 19:4 Eleazar will take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Tabernacle.
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).