Bᵉʻad — H1157

H1157 · Hebrew — בעד

Pronunciation: beh-ad'

Definition

preposition

  1. behind, through, round about, on behalf of, away from, about
    1. through (of action)
    2. behind (with verbs of shutting)
    3. about (with verbs of fencing)
    4. on behalf of (metaph. especially with Hithpael)

in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.

Usually translated as

for, through, upon, about, within, at by, over, up

Origin

from H5704 with prepositional prefix

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Bᵉʻad occurs 104 times in 81 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (4), Exodus (2), Leviticus (5), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (1), Judges (4), 1 Samuel (7), 2 Samuel (4), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (8), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (2), Job (7), Psalms (4), Proverbs (4), Song of Songs (3), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (8), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (3), Joel (2), Amos (1), Jonah (1), Zechariah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — B