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HebrewH5048Adjective

נֶ֫גֶד

ne.ged

121Occurrences
H5048Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

from H5046 (נָגַד);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
subst 1) what is conspicuous, what is in front of adv 2) in front of, straight forward, before, in sight of 3) in front of oneself, straightforward 4) before your face, in your view or purpose with prep 5) what is in front of, corresponding to 6) in front of, before 7) in the sight or presence of 8) parallel to 9) over, for 10) in front, opposite 11) at a distance prep 12) from the front of, away from 13) from before the eyes of, opposite to, at a distance from 14) from before, in front of 15) as far as the front of Aramaic equivalent: ne.ged (*נֶ֫גֶד *"before" H5049)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

H:A

Full Description

Hebrew Adjective

Occurrences

נֶ֫גֶד appears 121 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Nehemiah
18
Psalms
16
Isaiah
9
Genesis
7
Joshua
7
2 Kings
5
2 Samuel
5
Ezk
5

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 5:11BSB

The descendants of Gad lived next to the Reubenites in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah:

2 Samuel 22:25BSB

So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness,according to my cleanness in His sight.

Genesis 33:12BSB

Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.”

Joshua 6:20BSB

So when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into the city and captured it.

Numbers 22:32BSB

The angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perverse before me.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.