Neged — H5048

Definition

substantive

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

1. subst
2. what is conspicuous, what is in front of
3. adv
4. in front of, straight forward, before, in sight of
5. in front of oneself, straightforward
6. before your face, in your view or purpose
7. with prep
8. what is in front of, corresponding to
9. in front of, before
10. in the sight or presence of
11. parallel to
12. over, for
13. in front, opposite
14. at a distance
15. prep
16. from the front of, away from
17. from before the eyes of, opposite to, at a distance from
18. from before, in front of
19. as far as the front of

Usually translated as

presence, against, from, far, other side, sight, to view, about, over, aloof

Origin

from H5046

• Derived from Nâgad (H5046)

Greek equivalents

• blépō (G991)
• enantíon (G1726)
• enantíos (G1727)
• érchomai (G2064)
• euthéōs (G2112)
• euthýs (G2117)
• échō (G2192)
• hómoios (G3664)
• oûs (G3775)

Occurrences

Neged occurs 151 times in 143 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (7), Exodus (3), Numbers (3), Deuteronomy (3), Joshua (7), Judges (2), Ruth (1), 1 Samuel (4), 2 Samuel (5), 1 Kings (4), 2 Kings (5), 1 Chronicles (3), 2 Chronicles (4), Nehemiah (19), Job (3), Psalms (36), Proverbs (4), Ecclesiastes (2), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (9), Jeremiah (2), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (5), Daniel (3), Hosea (1), Joel (1), Amos (2), Obadiah (1), Jonah (1), Habakkuk (1)

• Genesis 2:18 — And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him (כְּנֶגְדּֽוֹ).
• Genesis 2:20 — And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him (כְּנֶגְדּֽוֹ).
• Genesis 21:16 — And she went, and sat her down over against (מִנֶּ֗גֶד) him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: 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 21:16 — And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against (מִנֶּ֔גֶד) him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
• Genesis 31:32 — With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before (נֶ֣גֶד) our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.
• Genesis 31:37 — Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before (נֶ֥גֶד) my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.
• Genesis 33:12 — And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before (לְנֶגְדֶּֽךָ) thee.
• Genesis 47:15 — And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence (נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ)? for the money faileth.
• Exodus 10:10 — And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before (נֶ֥גֶד) you.
• Exodus 19:2 — For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before (נֶ֥גֶד) the mount.
• Exodus 34:10 — And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before (נֶ֤גֶד) all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.
• Numbers 2:2 — Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father’s house: far off (מִנֶּ֕גֶד) about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
• Numbers 22:32 — And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before (לְנֶגְדִּֽי) me:
• Numbers 25:4 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against (נֶ֣גֶד) the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.
• Deuteronomy 28:66 — And thy life shall hang in doubt before (מִנֶּ֑גֶד) thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
• Deuteronomy 31:11 — When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before (נֶ֥גֶד) all Israel in their hearing.
• Deuteronomy 32:52 — Yet thou shalt see the land before (מִנֶּ֖גֶד) thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.
• Joshua 3:16 — That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against (נֶ֥גֶד) Jericho.
• Joshua 5:13 — And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against (לְנֶגְדּ֔וֹ) him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
• Joshua 6:5 — And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before (נֶגְדּֽוֹ) him.
• Joshua 6:20 — So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before (נֶגְדּ֔וֹ) him, and they took the city.
• Joshua 8:11 — And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before (נֶ֣גֶד) the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.
• Joshua 8:33 — And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before (נֶגֶד֩) the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.
• Joshua 8:35 — There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before (נֶ֣גֶד) all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.
• Judges 9:17 — (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far (מִנֶּ֔גֶד), and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
• Judges 20:34 — And there came against (מִנֶּ֨גֶד) Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
• Ruth 4:4 — And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before (נֶ֥גֶד) the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
• Ruth 4:4 — And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before (וְנֶ֣גֶד) the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
• 1 Samuel 12:3 — Behold, here I am: witness against me before (נֶ֨גֶד) the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
• 1 Samuel 12:3 — Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before (וְנֶ֣גֶד) his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
• 1 Samuel 15:30 — Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before (נֶ֥גֶד) the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.
• 1 Samuel 15:30 — Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before (וְנֶ֣גֶד) Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.
• 1 Samuel 16:6 — And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD’s anointed is before (נֶ֥גֶד) him.
• 1 Samuel 26:20 — Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before (מִנֶּ֖גֶד) the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
• 2 Samuel 12:12 — For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before (נֶ֥גֶד) all Israel, and before the sun.
• 2 Samuel 12:12 — For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before (וְנֶ֥גֶד) the sun.
• 2 Samuel 18:13 — Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against (מִנֶּֽגֶד) me.
• 2 Samuel 22:13 — Through the brightness before (נֶגְדּ֑וֹ) him were coals of fire kindled.
• 2 Samuel 22:23 — For all his judgments were before (לְנֶגְדִּ֑י) me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
• 2 Samuel 22:25 — Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in (לְנֶ֥גֶד) his eye sight.
• 1 Kings 8:22 — And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence (נֶ֖גֶד) of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
• 1 Kings 20:27 — And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before (נֶגְדָּ֗ם) them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
• 1 Kings 21:10 — And set two men, sons of Belial, before (נֶגְדּוֹ֒) him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
• 1 Kings 21:13 — And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before (נֶגְדּוֹ֒) him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
• 1 Kings 21:13 — And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence (נֶ֤גֶד) of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
• 2 Kings 1:13 — 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 (לְנֶ֣גֶד) 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 — And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view (מִנֶּ֖גֶד) afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.
• 2 Kings 2:15 — And when the sons of the prophets which were to view (מִנֶּ֔גֶד) at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
• 2 Kings 3:22 — 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 (מִנֶּ֛גֶד) as red as blood:
• 2 Kings 4:25 — So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off (מִנֶּ֔גֶד), that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite: