Forepart
King James Dictionary [1]
FO'REPART, n.
1. The part first in time as the forepart of the day or week. 2. The part most advanced in place the anterior part as the forepart of any moving body. 3. The beginning as the forepart of a series.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(n.) The part most advanced, or first in time or in place; the beginning.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
fōr´part : The translation of פנים , pānı̄m , "face" ( Exodus 28:27; Exodus 39:20; 1 Kings 6:20 , the Revised Version (British and American) "within"; Ezekiel 42:7 , the Revised Version (British and American) "before"), and of πρώρα , prō̇ra , the forward part of a ship, the prow ( Acts 27:41 , "the forepart stuck fast," the Revised Version (British and American) "the foreship struck").
ARV has "its forepart into" for "with his face towards" ( Joel 2:20 margin "with its forepart"); "in the forepart thereof" for "before it" ( Exodus 28:25; Exodus 39:18 ).
