Word

קְרֵב

qᵉrêb · H7127 · Aramaic · 9 occurrences

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Meanings

to approach, to come near, to come forward

Action by which humans or animals move to a location relatively close to the location in focus

Examples
Daniel 3:8 For this reason at that time certain Chaldeans came forward and brought charges against the Jews.
Daniel 3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the furnace of blazing fire; he said, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, come out, you servants of the Most High God, and come here!” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego came out of the middle of the fire.
Daniel 6:12 Then they approached and spoke before the king about the king’s injunction: “Did you not sign an injunction that any person who offers a prayer to any god or person besides you, O king, for thirty days, is to be thrown into the lions’ den?” The king replied, “The statement is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be revoked.”
to bring near

Causative action by which humans cause other humans or animals to move to a location relatively close to the location in focus

Examples
Ezra 6:10 so that they may offer acceptable sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the lives of the king and his sons.
Ezra 6:17 They offered for the dedication of this temple of God a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel twelve male goats, corresponding to the number of the tribes of Israel.
Ezra 7:17 with this money, therefore, you shall diligently buy bulls, rams, and lambs, with their grain offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them on the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

8 occurrences in 6 groups

Not stated: they 3
גְּבַרcertain 1
נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּרNebuchadnezzar 1
נּוּhe 1
Not stated: I 1
Not stated: you (one person) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

הִמּוֹare 1
תּוֹרdove 1
וֹhim 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

7 occurrences in 7 groups

עַלon, upon, over, against+ חַדa 1
עַלon, upon, over, against+ מַדְבַּחaltar 1
קֳדָםbefore+ וֹhim 1
בin/on/with+ וֹhim 1
לto/for+ גֹּבden 1
לto/for+ חֲנֻכָּאdedication 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

כlike/as 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

In the other Testament 1 word

προσέρχομαι prosérchomai · G4334 · to move toward, to approach, to come near to: Greek προσέρχομαι directly renders the Hebrew's core sense of physical or metaphorical approach/drawing near, sharing both the literal motion sense and figurative worship/access extensions attested in both languages.

Semantic domains 8 entries

Move002002001012: Daniel 3:8 recounts that “certain Chaldeans came forward and brought charges against the Jews.”
Associate002003002002: This Associate code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “to draw near” sense; this word's own occurrences illustrate people drawing near or being presented, never a further distinct sense of social alliance or association.
Attach002003001001: This Attach code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “to bring together” sense; this word's own occurrences illustrate people drawing near or being presented, never two things being physically attached together.
Copulate002003001004: This Copulate code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's idiomatic “to approach; to have intercourse” sense; this word's own occurrences illustrate people drawing near or being presented, never a sexual approach or union.
Engage002003003011: This Engage code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “to be about (to do something)” sense; this word's own occurrences illustrate people drawing near or being presented, never being about to undertake some task.
Happen002002003003: This Happen code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “to come near; to approach” sense; this word's own occurrences illustrate the same coming-near and being-presented sense cited above, never a distinct sense of some other event happening.
Know002004002007: Daniel 7:13 recounts that one like a son of man “came up to the Ancient of Days and was presented before Him.”
Space002002001017: This Space code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's idiomatic “to keep (one's) distance” sense; this word's own occurrences illustrate people drawing near or being presented, never keeping one's distance from something.

Word family 9 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

קָרַב qârab · H7126 · to approach, to come near, to come forward · 280×קֶרֶב qereb · H7130 · inner parts, entrails, stomach · 227×קׇרְבָּן qorbân · H7133 · offering, gift, present · 82×קָרוֹב qârôwb · H7138 · near, close · 77×קָרֵב qârêb · H7131 · to approach, to come near, to come forward · 12×קְרֵבqᵉrêb · H7127קְרָב qᵉrâb · H7128 · battle, war · 9×קְרָבָה qᵉrâbâh · H7132 · drawing near (to God) · 2×קְרָב qᵉrâb · H7129 · war · 1×

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0