נֹכַח nokhach
Hebrew word for “before” · Strong’s H5227 · used 25 times in 24 verses
Meaning
subst; 1) be in front of;
How it is translated
Glosses given for nokhach in context, with how often each is used:
- before 13
- opposite 7
- opposite to 5
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezekiel | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Exodus | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Judges | 3 | 0.3 | |
| Genesis | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Joshua | 2 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Kings | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Esther | 2 | 0.7 | |
| Proverbs | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 |
Chapters where it is used most
Ezekiel 14 (3), Genesis 25 (1), Genesis 30 (1), Exodus 14 (1), Exodus 26 (1), Exodus 40 (1), Numbers 19 (1), Joshua 15 (1), Joshua 18 (1), Judges 18 (1)
Forms
- נכח 20
- לנכח 3
- נכחו 2
Words used with it
Words that share verses with nokhach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מִכְשׁוֹל mikhshol “stumbling” 3
- צָפוֹן tsaphon “north” 4
- עָלָה alah “to ascend” 6
- גִּלּוּל gillul “idol” 3
- אֲדֻמִּים adummim “Adummim” 2
- עֵין שֶׁמֶשׁ en shemesh “En-shemesh” 2
- נֶגֶב negev “south” 3
- אֲרָם aram “Syria” 3
- שׂוּם sum “to set” 4
- לֵב lev “heart” 4
- מַעֲלֶה maaleh “ascent” 2
- מוֹעֵד moed “meeting” 3
Key verses
The verses using nokhach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 25:21 — And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
- Exodus 14:2 — Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon: before it shall ye…
- Exodus 40:24 — And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
- Joshua 15:7 — And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the…
- Esther 5:1 — Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house:…
- Proverbs 4:25 — Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
- Proverbs 5:21 — For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
- Jeremiah 17:16 — As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was…
- Lamentations 2:19 — Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the…
- Ezekiel 14:3 — Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by…
- Ezekiel 14:4 — Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the…
- Ezekiel 14:7 — For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart,…
See all 24 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.