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Hebrew adjective · H5048

נֶגֶד

negedneh'-ghed

before

151 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5048is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 30 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 70
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H5048

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

The King James renders it: about, (over) against, [idiom] aloof, [idiom] far (off), [idiom] from, over, presence, [idiom] other side, sight, [idiom] to view.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

neged is rendered "before". It stands 151 times in the Hebrew text, across thirty books.

  • Thirty-six of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 2:18The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
  • The Greek text spells it seventy different ways.

The first use

The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”

Genesis 2:18כְּנֶגְדּֽוֹ׃

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • before52
  • from before21
  • to before13
  • to before me10
  • and before8
  • before you8
  • before him7
  • before me6
  • from in front3
  • to before them3
  • to before you3
  • before himself2

and 11 more, 151 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

נֶגֶףnegephplagueUses7
נֶגֶדnegedbeforeUses1

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

All 151, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

70 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • נֶ֥גֶד17
  • נֶ֣גֶד13
  • לְנֶ֣גֶד8
  • נֶ֖גֶד6
  • וְנֶ֣גֶד5
  • מִנֶּ֔גֶד5
  • לְנֶ֥גֶד4
  • מִנֶּ֣גֶד4
  • נֶ֧גֶד4
  • נֶגְדּ֑וֹ4
  • וְנֶ֥גֶד3
  • לְנֶגְדִּ֑י3

and 58 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)51HAcmsc
  • preposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)25HR/Acmsc
  • preposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular12HR/Acmsa
  • number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular11HAcmsc/Sp3ms
  • preposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular11HR/Acmsc/Sp1bs
  • number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular8HAcmsc/Sp2ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)8HC/Acmsc
  • number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular6HAcmsc/Sp1bs
  • preposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural5HR/Acmsc/Sp3mp
  • preposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular4HR/Acmsc/Sp3ms
  • number (cardinal) · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)2HAcmsa/Sd
  • number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2HAcmsc/Sp3mp

Genesis

eight uses
  • The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”

    Genesis 2:18

    • כְּנֶגְדּֽוֹ׃kenegdopreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: like before him
  • The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.

    Genesis 2:20

    • כְּנֶגְדּֽוֹ׃kenegdopreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: like before him
  • Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.

    Genesis 21:16

    • מִנֶּ֗גֶדminegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singulartagged: from before
    • מִנֶּ֔גֶדminegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singulartagged: from before
  • If you find your gods with anyone here, he shall not live! In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself if anything is yours, and take it back.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.

    Genesis 31:32

    • נֶ֣גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • You have searched all my goods! Have you found anything that belongs to you? Put it here before my brothers and yours, that they may judge between the two of us.

    Genesis 31:37

    • נֶ֥גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.”

    Genesis 33:12

    • לְנֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃lenegdekhapreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: to before you
  • When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our funds have run out!”

    Genesis 47:15

    • נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָnegdekhanumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: before you

Exodus

three uses
  • Then Pharaoh told them, “May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil.

    Exodus 10:10

    • נֶ֥גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.

    Exodus 19:2

    • נֶ֥גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • And the LORD said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done in any nation in all the world. All the people among whom you live will see the LORD’s work, for it is an awesome thing that I am doing with you.

    Exodus 34:10

    • נֶ֤גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before

Numbers

three uses
  • “The Israelites are to camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance from it, each man under his standard, with the banners of his family.

    Numbers 2:2

    • מִנֶּ֕גֶדminegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from before
  • 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.

    Numbers 22:32

    • לְנֶגְדִּֽי׃lenegdipreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to before me
  • Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”

    Numbers 25:4

    • נֶ֣גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before

Deuteronomy

three uses
  • So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.

    Deuteronomy 28:66

    • מִנֶּ֑גֶדminegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singulartagged: from in front
  • when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel.

    Deuteronomy 31:11

    • נֶ֥גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • Although you shall see from a distance the land that I am giving the Israelites, you shall not enter it.”

    Deuteronomy 32:52

    • מִנֶּ֖גֶדminegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singulartagged: from before

Joshua

seven uses
  • the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

    Joshua 3:16

    • נֶ֥גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”

    Joshua 5:13

    • לְנֶגְדּ֔וֹlenegdopreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to before him
  • And when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city.”

    Joshua 6:5

    • נֶגְדּֽוֹ׃negdonumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: before himself
  • 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.

    Joshua 6:20

    • נֶגְדּ֔וֹnegdonumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: before himself
  • Then all the troops who were with him marched up and approached the city. They arrived in front of Ai and camped to the north of it, with the valley between them and the city.

    Joshua 8:11

    • נֶ֣גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.

    Joshua 8:33

    • נֶגֶד֩negednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua failed to read before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who lived among them.

    Joshua 8:35

    • נֶ֣גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before

Judges

two uses
  • for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,

    Judges 9:17

    • מִנֶּ֔גֶדminegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singulartagged: from in front
  • Then 10,000 select men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not realize that disaster was upon them.

    Judges 20:34

    • מִנֶּ֨גֶדminegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singulartagged: from before

Ruth

two uses
  • I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.

    Ruth 4:4

    • נֶ֥גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
    • וְנֶ֣גֶדvenegedconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and before

1 Samuel

six uses
  • Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”

    1 Samuel 12:3

    • נֶ֨גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
    • וְנֶ֣גֶדvenegedconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and before
  • “I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”

    1 Samuel 15:30

    • נֶ֥גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
    • וְנֶ֣גֶדvenegedconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and before
  • When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”

    1 Samuel 16:6

    • נֶ֥גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”

    1 Samuel 26:20

    • מִנֶּ֖גֶדminegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from before

2 Samuel

six uses
  • You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”

    2 Samuel 12:12

    • נֶ֥גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
    • וְנֶ֥גֶדvenegedconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and before
  • If I had jeopardized my own life—and nothing is hidden from the king—you would have abandoned me.”

    2 Samuel 18:13

    • מִנֶּֽגֶד׃minegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singulartagged: from in front
  • From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.

    2 Samuel 22:13

    • נֶגְדּ֑וֹnegdonumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: before him
  • For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.

    2 Samuel 22:23

    • לְנֶגְדִּ֑יlenegdipreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to before me
  • So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight.

    2 Samuel 22:25

    • לְנֶ֥גֶדlenegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to before

1 Kings

five uses
  • Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,

    1 Kings 8:22

    • נֶ֖גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • The Israelites also mobilized, gathered supplies, and marched out to meet them. The Israelites camped before them like two small flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the countryside.

    1 Kings 20:27

    • נֶגְדָּ֗םnegdamnumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: before them
  • But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”

    1 Kings 21:10

    • נֶגְדּוֹ֒negdonumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: before him
  • And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.

    1 Kings 21:13

    • נֶגְדּוֹ֒negdonumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: before him
    • נֶ֤גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before

2 Kings

five uses
  • So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants please be precious in your sight.

    2 Kings 1:13

    • לְנֶ֣גֶדlenegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to before
  • Then a company of fifty of the sons of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing Elijah and Elisha as the two of them stood by the Jordan.

    2 Kings 2:7

    • מִנֶּ֖גֶדminegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singulartagged: from before
  • When the sons of the prophets who were facing him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

    2 Kings 2:15

    • מִנֶּ֔גֶדminegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singulartagged: from before
  • When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and it looked as red as blood to the Moabites across the way.

    2 Kings 3:22

    • מִנֶּ֛גֶדminegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singulartagged: from before
  • So she set out and went to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, there is the Shunammite woman.

    2 Kings 4:25

    • מִנֶּ֔גֶדminegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singulartagged: from before

1 Chronicles

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

    1 Chronicles 5:11

    • לְנֶגְדָּ֗םlenegdampreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to before them
  • and Mikloth, who was the father of Shimeah. These also lived alongside their relatives in Jerusalem.

    1 Chronicles 8:32

    • נֶ֧גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. They too lived alongside their relatives in Jerusalem.

    1 Chronicles 9:38

    • נֶ֧גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before

2 Chronicles

four uses
  • Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.

    2 Chronicles 6:12

    • נֶ֖גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,

    2 Chronicles 6:13

    • נֶ֚גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devotion endures forever.” Across from the Levites, the priests sounded trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.

    2 Chronicles 7:6

    • נֶגְדָּ֔םnegdamnumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: before them
  • In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.

    2 Chronicles 8:14

    • נֶ֤גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before

Nehemiah

nineteen uses
  • next to him, Jedaiah son of Harumaph made repairs across from his house; and next to him, Hattush son of Hashabneiah made repairs.

    Nehemiah 3:10

    • וְנֶ֣גֶדvenegedconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and before
  • Beyond him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of a half-district of Beth-zur, made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Mighty.

    Nehemiah 3:16

    • נֶ֙גֶד֙negednumber (cardinal) · masculine singulartagged: before
  • And next to him, Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the Ascent to the Armory, near the angle in the wall.

    Nehemiah 3:19

    • מִנֶּ֕גֶדminegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from before
  • Beyond them, Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs in front of their house, and next to them, Azariah son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, made repairs beside his house.

    Nehemiah 3:23

    • נֶ֣גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • and Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the angle and the tower that juts out from the upper palace of the king near the courtyard of the guard. Next to him, Pedaiah son of Parosh

    Nehemiah 3:25

    • מִנֶּ֣גֶדminegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from before
  • and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out.

    Nehemiah 3:26

    • נֶ֜גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • And next to them, the Tekoites repaired another section, from a point opposite the great tower that juts out to the wall of Ophel.

    Nehemiah 3:27

    • מִנֶּ֜גֶדminegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from before
  • Above the Horse Gate, each of the priests made repairs in front of his own house.

    Nehemiah 3:28

    • לְנֶ֥גֶדlenegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to before
  • Next to them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house, and next to him, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the guard of the East Gate, made repairs.

    Nehemiah 3:29

    • נֶ֣גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • Next to him, Hananiah son of Shelemiah, as well as Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. Next to them, Meshullam son of Berechiah made repairs opposite his own quarters.

    Nehemiah 3:30

    • נֶ֖גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • Next to him, Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the upper room above the corner.

    Nehemiah 3:31

    • נֶ֚גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.

    Nehemiah 4:5

    • לְנֶ֥גֶדlenegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to before
  • And I told them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. While the guards are on duty, keep the doors shut and securely fastened. And appoint the residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their own homes.”

    Nehemiah 7:3

    • נֶ֥גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.

    Nehemiah 8:3

    • נֶ֛גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • Now the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. He was one of Asaph’s descendants, who were the singers in charge of the service of the house of God.

    Nehemiah 11:22

    • לְנֶ֖גֶדlenegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to before
  • Bakbukiah and Unni, their associates, stood across from them in the services.

    Nehemiah 12:9

    • לְנֶגְדָּ֖םlenegdampreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to before them
  • The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.

    Nehemiah 12:24

    • לְנֶגְדָּ֔םlenegdampreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to before them
  • At the Fountain Gate they climbed the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall and passed above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east.

    Nehemiah 12:37

    • וְנֶגְדָּ֗םvenegdamconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and before themselves
  • but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath.

    Nehemiah 13:21

    • נֶ֣גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before

Job

three uses
  • It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:

    Job 4:16

    • לְנֶ֣גֶדlenegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to before
  • You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave.

    Job 10:17

    • נֶגְדִּ֗יnegdinumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: before me
  • Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

    Job 26:6

    • נֶגְדּ֑וֹnegdonumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: before him

Psalms

thirty-six uses
  • The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.

    Psalms 5:5

    • לְנֶ֣גֶדlenegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to before
  • He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.

    Psalms 10:5

    • מִנֶּגְדּ֑וֹminegdopreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: from before him
  • I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

    Psalms 16:8

    • לְנֶגְדִּ֣יlenegdipreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to before me
  • From the brightness of His presence His clouds advanced— hailstones and coals of fire.

    Psalms 18:12

    • נֶ֫גְדּ֥וֹnegdonumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: before him
  • For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.

    Psalms 18:22

    • לְנֶגְדִּ֑יlenegdipreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to before me
  • So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

    Psalms 18:24

    • לְנֶ֣גֶדlenegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to before
  • My praise for You resounds in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear You.

    Psalms 22:25

    • נֶ֣גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

    Psalms 23:5

    • נֶ֥גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.

    Psalms 26:3

    • לְנֶ֣גֶדlenegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to before
  • How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!

    Psalms 31:19

    • נֶ֝֗גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.

    Psalms 31:22

    • מִנֶּ֪גֶדminegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from before
  • An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.

    Psalms 36:1

    • לְנֶ֣גֶדlenegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to before
  • O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.

    Psalms 38:9

    • נֶגְדְּךָ֥negdekhanumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: before you
  • My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.

    Psalms 38:11

    • מִנֶּ֣גֶדminegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from before
  • For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.

    Psalms 38:17

    • נֶגְדִּ֣יnegdinumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: before me
  • I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”

    Psalms 39:1

    • לְנֶגְדִּֽי׃lenegdipreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to before me
  • You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah

    Psalms 39:5

    • נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָnegdekhanumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: before you
  • All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,

    Psalms 44:15

    • נֶגְדִּ֑יnegdinumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: before me
  • I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.

    Psalms 50:8

    • לְנֶגְדִּ֣יlenegdipreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to before me
  • For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.

    Psalms 51:3

    • נֶגְדִּ֣יnegdinumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: before me
  • I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name— for it is good— in the presence of Your saints.

    Psalms 52:9

    • נֶ֣גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life— men with no regard for God. Selah

    Psalms 54:3

    • לְנֶגְדָּ֣םlenegdampreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to before themselves
  • You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.

    Psalms 69:19

    • נֶ֝גְדְּךָ֗negdekhanumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: before you
  • He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.

    Psalms 78:12

    • נֶ֣גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • The arrogant rise against me, O God; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, with no regard for You.

    Psalms 86:14

    • לְנֶגְדָּֽם׃lenegdampreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to before themselves
  • O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.

    Psalms 88:1

    • נֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃negdekhanumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: before you
  • his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,

    Psalms 89:36

    • נֶגְדִּֽי׃negdinumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: before me
  • You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

    Psalms 90:8

    • לְנֶגְדֶּ֑ךָlenegdekhapreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: to before you
  • I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

    Psalms 101:3

    • לְנֶ֥גֶדlenegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to before
  • No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.

    Psalms 101:7

    • לְנֶ֣גֶדlenegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to before
  • May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.

    Psalms 109:15

    • נֶֽגֶד־neged-number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all His people.

    Psalms 116:14

    • נֶגְדָה־negdah-number (cardinal) · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: before towards
  • I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all His people,

    Psalms 116:18

    • נֶגְדָה־negdah-number (cardinal) · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: before towards
  • I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.

    Psalms 119:46

    • נֶ֥גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You.

    Psalms 119:168

    • נֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃negdekhanumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: before you
  • I give You thanks with all my heart; before the gods I sing Your praises.

    Psalms 138:1

    • נֶ֖גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before

Proverbs

four uses
  • Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.

    Proverbs 4:25

    • נֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃negdekhanumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: before you
  • Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech.

    Proverbs 14:7

    • מִ֭נֶּגֶדminegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from before
  • Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD—how much more the hearts of men!

    Proverbs 15:11

    • נֶ֣גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.

    Proverbs 21:30

    • לְנֶ֣גֶדlenegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to before

Ecclesiastes

two uses
  • And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

    Ecclesiastes 4:12

    • נֶגְדּ֑וֹnegdonumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: before him
  • What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?

    Ecclesiastes 6:8

    • נֶ֥גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before

Song of Solomon

one use
  • Turn your eyes away from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down from Gilead.

    Song of Solomon 6:5

    • מִנֶּגְדִּ֔יminegdipreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: from before me

Isaiah

nine uses
  • Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers.

    Isaiah 1:7

    • לְנֶגְדְּכֶם֙lenegdekhempreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: to before you
  • Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!

    Isaiah 1:16

    • מִנֶּ֣גֶדminegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from before
  • Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.

    Isaiah 5:21

    • וְנֶ֥גֶדvenegedconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and before
  • The moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory.

    Isaiah 24:23

    • וְנֶ֥גֶדvenegedconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and before
  • All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.

    Isaiah 40:17

    • נֶגְדּ֑וֹnegdonumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: before him
  • Surely they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals to warm them or fire to sit beside.

    Isaiah 47:14

    • נֶגְדּֽוֹ׃negdonumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: before it
  • Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.

    Isaiah 49:16

    • נֶגְדִּ֖יnegdinumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: before me
  • For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:

    Isaiah 59:12

    • נֶגְדֶּ֔ךָnegdekhanumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: before you
  • For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.

    Isaiah 61:11

    • נֶ֖גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before

Jeremiah

two uses
  • For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.

    Jeremiah 16:17

    • מִנֶּ֥גֶדminegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from before
  • The measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn toward Goah.

    Jeremiah 31:39

    • נֶגְדּ֔וֹnegdonumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: before itself

Lamentations

one use
  • to deny a man justice before the Most High,

    Lamentations 3:35

    • נֶ֖גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before

Ezekiel

seven uses
  • Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one gate chamber to the roof of the opposite one; the distance was twenty-five cubits from doorway to doorway.

    Ezekiel 40:13

    • נֶ֥גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured the distance from gateway to gateway to be a hundred cubits.

    Ezekiel 40:23

    • נֶ֣גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • as well as the thresholds and the beveled windows and the galleries all around with their three levels opposite the threshold, were overlaid with wood on all sides. They were paneled from the ground to the windows, and the windows were covered.

    Ezekiel 41:16

    • נֶ֧גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • Then the man led me out northward into the outer court, and he brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple courtyard and the outer wall on the north side.

    Ezekiel 42:1

    • נֶ֧גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
    • נֶ֥גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
  • Gallery faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court.

    Ezekiel 42:3

    • נֶ֣גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
    • וְנֶ֣גֶדvenegedconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and before

Daniel

three uses
  • While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.

    Daniel 8:15

    • לְנֶגְדִּ֖יlenegdipreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to before me
  • However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia.

    Daniel 10:13

    • לְנֶגְדִּי֙lenegdipreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to before me
  • And suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome with anguish, and I have no strength.

    Daniel 10:16

    • לְנֶגְדִּ֔יlenegdipreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to before me

Hosea

one use
  • But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.

    Hosea 7:2

    • נֶ֥גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before

Joel

one use
  • Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes—joy and gladness from the house of our God?

    Joel 1:16

    • נֶ֥גֶדnegednumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before

Amos

two uses
  • You will go out through broken walls, each one straight ahead of her, and you will be cast out toward Harmon,” declares the LORD.

    Amos 4:3

    • נֶגְדָּ֑הּnegdahnumber (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: before herself
  • Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.

    Amos 9:3

    • מִנֶּ֤גֶדminegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from before

Obadiah

one use
  • On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.

    Obadiah 1:11

    • מִנֶּ֔גֶדminegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singulartagged: from before

Jonah

one use
  • At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’

    Jonah 2:4

    • מִנֶּ֣גֶדminegedpreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from before

Habakkuk

one use
  • Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.

    Habakkuk 1:3

    • לְנֶגְדִּ֑יlenegdipreposition + number (cardinal) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to before me

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How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in the first 120 verses where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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