Dictionary entry

Forepart

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

for'-part: The translation of panim, "face" (Ex 28:27;39:20;1Ki 6:20, the Revised Version (British and American) "within";Eze 42:7, the Revised Version (British and American) "before"), and of prora, the forward part of a ship, the prow (Ac 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" (Joe 2:20margin "with its forepart"); "in the forepart thereof" for "before it" (Ex 28:25;39:18).