Neged נֶ֫גֶד

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Neged
נֶ֫גֶד
Transliterationneged
Strong's numberH5048
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechadjective
Glossbefore
Occurrences151 in 143 verses
Most frequent inPsalms (36)

Neged (Hebrew נֶ֫גֶד, Strong's H5048) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “before”. It occurs 151 times in 143 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

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)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVbefore (6), against (4), sight (2), off (1), far (1), view (1), side (1), them (1), over (1), about (1), presence (1)
BSBbefore (27), before me (11), opposite (10), front (8), presence (7), before you (7), me (4), facing (3), suitable (2), nearby (2), distance (2), straight (2), and 37 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Neged, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

Ruth

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Nehemiah

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

Daniel

Hosea

Joel

Amos

Obadiah

Jonah

Habakkuk

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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