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נֶגֶד H5048

H5048 is the Hebrew word נֶגֶד, transliterated neged and said neh'-ghed. The King James Version most often renders it before.

Word: נֶגֶדTransliteration: negedSaid: neh'-ghedLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 23 verses

What it means

a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before.

Where it comes from

from H5046 (נָגַד).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 18 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

before 5×over against 3×far off 1×doubt before 1×far 1×against 1×eye sight 1×presence of 1×view 1×other side 1×over against them 1×over 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: about, (over) against, [idiom] aloof, [idiom] far (off), [idiom] from, over, presence, [idiom] other side, sight, [idiom] to view.

Verses using נֶגֶד

All 23 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 21:16 · KJV

And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

Genesis 31:32 · KJV

With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.

Numbers 2:2 · KJV

Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father’s house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.

Numbers 25:4 · KJV

And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.

Deuteronomy 28:66 · KJV

And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:

Judges 9:17 · KJV

(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:

Judges 20:34 · KJV

And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.

2 Samuel 22:25 · KJV

Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.

1 Kings 8:22 · KJV

And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:

2 Kings 1:13 · KJV

And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.

2 Kings 2:7 · KJV

And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.

2 Kings 3:22 · KJV

And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:

1 Chronicles 8:32 · KJV

And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.

Nehemiah 3:28 · KJV

From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house.

Nehemiah 11:22 · KJV

The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God.

Nehemiah 13:21 · KJV

Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath.

Psalm 31:22 · KJV

For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

Psalm 38:11 · KJV

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

Psalm 78:12 · KJV

Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

Proverbs 14:7 · KJV

Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

Isaiah 1:16 · KJV

Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

Jeremiah 16:17 · KJV

For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.

Ezekiel 41:16 · KJV

The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;

Common questions

What does Strong's H5048 mean?

H5048 is the Hebrew word נֶגֶד (neged), meaning a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before.

How is H5048 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it before (5 times), over against (3 times), far off (1 time), doubt before (1 time), far (1 time), among others.

How many times does H5048 appear in the Bible?

נֶגֶד (neged) is tagged in 23 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H5048 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H5046 (נָגַד).

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