Strong's Definition
from an unused root meaning to be straightforward; properly, the fore part; used adverbially, opposite
KJV Usage: before, over against
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
נֵכַח (ne.khach) — before. subst 1) be in front of adv 2) in front of, opposite to, in the sight of, before, to the front, right on prep 3) towards the front of, in front of, on behalf of, as far as in front of
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · נָכֹחַ
Spatial Referents
in front of, facing, opposite = a referent pointing to a space on the other side of an object or area
EXO 14:2 · EXO 26:35 · EXO 40:24 · JOS 15:7 · JOS 18:17 · JDG 19:10 · JDG 20:43 · 1KI 20:29 · 1KI 22:35 · 2CH 18:34 · EST 5:1 · EST 5:1 · JER 17:16 · EZK 14:3 · EZK 14:4 · EZK 14:7 · EZK 47:20
Spatial Referents
front = a referent pointing to the part of an object that one is facing
Spatial Referents
straight ahead = a referent pointing in the direction that one is facing
See
Collocation: נֹכַח עֵינִַם
visible (to someone) literally: opposite the eyes (of someone); hence: = state in which an event is clearly visible
Willing
Collocation: נֹכַח עֵינִַם
under the favor (of someone) literally: opposite the eyes (of someone)
1 GEN 25:21 The most straightforward explanation, that has support from other passages, is that Isaac prayed in the direct presence of his wife | RSV NRSV GNT ESV "for" LXX περὶ NJPS NJB REB "on behalf of"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
נֹ֫כַח subst. front, always in prep. or adv. phrases as adv. acc. in front of, opposite to
combined with preps.
base