# H5227 נֹכַח

נֹכַח (nôkach), Strong’s H5227: properly, the front part; used adverbially (especially with preposition), opposite, in front of, forward, in behalf of KJV: (over) against, before, direct(-ly), for…

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*nôkach* — properly, the front part; used adverbially (especially with preposition), opposite, in front of, forward, in behalf of

KJV: (over) against, before, direct(-ly), for, right (on).

Derived from [נֵכַח nêkach](https://besorah.bible/word/H5226) (the fore part)

Occurs 23 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- נֹ֫כַח subst. front, always in prep. or adv. phrases
- 1 as adv. acc. in front of, opposite to
- 2 combined with preps.

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 25:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/25?v=21) — Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren. The LORD was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife…
- [Genesis 30:38](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/30?v=38) — He set the rods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. They…
- [Exodus 26:35](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/26?v=35) — You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lamp stand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward…
- [Exodus 40:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/40?v=24) — He put the lamp stand in the Tent of Meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.
- [Numbers 19:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/19?v=4) — Eleazar the priest shall take some of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the Tent of…
- [Joshua 15:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/15?v=7) — The border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that faces the ascent of…
- [Joshua 18:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/18?v=17) — It extended northward, went out at En Shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim. It…
- [Judges 18:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/18?v=6) — The priest said to them, “Go in peace. Your way in which you go is before the LORD.”
- [Judges 19:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/19?v=10) — But the man wouldn’t stay that night, but he rose up and went near Jebus (also called Jerusalem). With him were a…
- [Judges 20:43](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/20?v=43) — They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them, and trod them down at their resting place, as far as near Gibeah toward…