Definition

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

Etymology

from H5046 (נָגַד);

Where the KJV renders it

• about
• (over) against
• aloof
• far (off)
• from
• over
• presence
• other side
• sight
• to view

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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