Bible Dictionary
FOREFRONT
Forefront means the front, face, leading position, or foremost part of something. It may describe a building, a head covering, a battlefield, or a prominent physical feature.
Definition
Forefront means the front, face, leading part, or foremost position of something. It may describe the front of a building or garment, the foremost place in battle, a prominent part of a head covering, or the front of a physical feature.
Biblical Usage
Biblical passages use forefront for the front of priestly headgear, the hottest part of a battle, the leading position of an army, and the front of a temple or structure. In a geographical description, the word may refer to a crag standing before a place.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>for'-frunt (panim):</p><p>For "forefront," "front" is now generally used, since "back-front" has gone out of use. "Forefront" is the translation of panim, "face" (2Ki 16:14; Eze 40:19; 47:1); of mul panim, "over against the face" (Ex 26:9; Le 8:9, "And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate"; for "upon his forefront" the Revised Version (British and American) has "in front; 2Sa 11:15, "in the forefront of the hottest battle"); of ro'sh, "head" (2Ch 20:27); of shen, "tooth" (1Sa 14:5, "The forefront (The King James Version, margin "Hebrew tooth") of the one was situated northward over against Michmash," the Revised Version (British and American) "The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmash"); in /APC 1Macc 4:57 margin it is the translation of prosopon, "face": "They decked the forefront of the temple with crowns of gold."</p><p>The Revised Version (British and American) has "forefront" for "face" (Eze 40:15), "in the forefront of" for "over against" (Jos 22:11).</p><p>W. L. Walker</p>