Definition

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

Etymology

from the same as H5226 (נֵכַח);

Word family

• נֵכַח nêkach

How the KJV renders it

• (over) against
• before
• direct(-ly)
• for
• right (on)

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.