קֶרֶב
qereb · H7130 · Hebrew · 227 occurrences
Meanings
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inner parts, entrails, stomach, womb
The inner parts of the body of humans or animals, such as stomach, intestines, womb, etc
ExamplesGenesis 25:22 But the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If it is so, why am I in this condition?” So she went to inquire of the LORD.
Genesis 41:21 “Yet when they had devoured them, it could not be detected that they had devoured them, for they were just as ugly as before. Then I awoke.
Exodus 12:9 ‘Do not eat any of it raw or boiled at all with water, but rather roasted with fire, both its head and its legs along with its entrails.
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Literally: inner parts (of a community); hence: a person's position as member of a group or as part of a community (midst (of a community), among)
ExamplesGenesis 24:3 and I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live;
Exodus 10:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, so that I may perform these signs of Mine among them,
Exodus 17:7 Then he named the place Massah and Meribah because of the quarrel of the sons of Israel, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us, or not?”
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Literally: inner parts; hence: the inner person, the place where all non-physical processes are located (midst (of a person), within)
ExamplesGenesis 18:12 So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I have become old, am I to have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
1 Kings 3:28 When all Israel heard about the judgment which the king had handed down, they feared the king, because they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.
1 Kings 17:21 Then he stretched himself out over the boy three times, and called to the LORD and said, “LORD, my God, please, let this boy’s life return to him.”
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Literally: inner parts (of a place); hence: a reference to the location within a space, such as a city, a camp, or a country (within (a place))
ExamplesGenesis 18:24 “Suppose there are fifty righteous people within the city; will You indeed sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it?
Genesis 45:6 “For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.
Genesis 48:16 The angel who has redeemed me from all evil, Bless the boys; And may my name live on in them, And the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; And may they grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”
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Literally: inner parts (of an event); hence: a full participation in a certain event (midst (of an event))
ExamplesPsalm 138:7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will reach out with Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, And Your right hand will save me.
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Literally: inner parts (of years); hence: a reference to the middle of a certain period of time (midst (of time))
ExamplesHabakkuk 3:2 LORD, I have heard the report about You, and I was afraid. LORD, revive Your work in the midst of the years, In the midst of the years make it known. In anger remember mercy.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
211 occurrences in 33 groups
- הוּhis 34
- ךָyour 33
- עַםpeople 19
- הּher 17
- כֶםyour 14
- אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 13
- Other words · 19 groups that occur once or twice (23) 23
What is done to itIt is the object
14 occurrences in 5 groups
- כָּסָהto cover 6
- רָחַץto wash, to bathe 5
- יָדַעto know 1
- אָמַרto say 1
- שָׁמַעto hear, to listen, to obey 1
What it is said to bePredicate
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- בַּיִתhouse, household 1
- הַוָּהdestruction, calamity 1
- עָמֹקdeep 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
21 occurrences in 17 groups
- יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 3
- אַתָּהyou 3
- Other words · 15 groups that occur once or twice (16) 16
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
210 occurrences in 4 groups
- בin/on/with 257
- מִןfrom 85
- עַלon, upon, over, against 13
- אֵלto, toward 4
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.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- תָּוֶךְ tâvek · H8432 · middle, between, midst
- Both lexemes denote spatial interiority and "in the midst/among" senses; this is genuine overlapping synonymy (both can substitute in contexts expressing "among/midst").
In the other Testament 2 words
- μέσος mésos · G3319 · among, with, in the middle
- Greek μέσος renders Hebrew קֶרֶב in its spatial/locational sense ('midst, middle, among'), capturing the core positional semantics where קֶרֶב (qereb, H7130) denotes interior location or central position within a group or space.
- κοιλία koilía · G2836 · belly, internal organs, womb
- κοιλία (koilía, G2836) serves as the Greek anatomical equivalent for קֶרֶב (qereb, H7130) in its literal sense of internal organs/abdomen, and both extend figuratively to denote inner emotional/psychological states (heart, inward parts); the semantic overlap encompasses both the concrete bodily cavity and the metaphorical interior life of a person.
Semantic domains 5 entries
- Associate002003002002
- This domain is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations, which show the word's ordinary "within/among" locative use rather than an association being formed.
- Self003001016
- The word's reflexive idiom "within herself" directly illustrates this sense, as when Sarah laughed to herself (Genesis 18:12).
- Spatial Referents003002005
- The word most commonly marks being within or among a group or place, directly illustrated by fifty righteous people "within the city" (Genesis 18:24) and Rebekah's family living "among" the Canaanites (Genesis 24:3).
- Circumstantial Referents003002002
- The idiom "why am I in this condition" (literally "within me") directly illustrates this sense, as Rebekah asks about the struggle within her (Genesis 25:22).
- Temporal Referents003002006
- This domain is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations, which all mark spatial or circumstantial location rather than a point in time.
Word family 9 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7130. qereb קֶ֫רֶב227 noun [masculine] inward part, midst; — ׳ק absolute Exo 29:13 +…
קֶ֫רֶב227 noun [masculine] inward part, midst; — ׳ק absolute Exo 29:13 + (only 3); construct Gen 45:6 +; suffix קִרְבִּי Jos 9:7 +, 3 feminine plural קִרְבֶֹּנָה Gen 41:21, בֶֹּנָה- Gen 41:21 (Ges§ 91i. Köii.1488 N.I), etc.; plural only (suffix) קְרָבַי Psa 103:1; — usually with preposition (׳בְּק143t. ׳מִקּ43t.); —
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a. inward part of human body, physical sense, ׳בְּק within one's body Gen 25:22 (J), compare Gen 18:12 (J), 1Sa 25:37; Jer 23:9; Job 20:14 (|| בְּמֵעָיו), compare Isa 19:1 (of nation personified) into his body Psa 109:18 (simile); as seat of life עַלקִֿרְבּוֺ נֶפֶשׁהַֿיּלֶד (וַ)תָּשָׁב 1Ki 17:21-22, compare (of idol) Hab 2:19 (see also 2).
b. = belly, of kine ׳אֶלקֿ Gen 41:21; Gen 14:21
c. of city (׳בְּק within it, ׳מִקּ etc.) Gen 18:24; Jdg 18:7; Amo 3:9 + 18:t compare Isa 25:11 ׳בְּק חוּצוֺת Isa 5:25.
d of house Psa 101:2; Psa 101:7; temple Psa 48:10; ׳בְּק דֶ֑ךָ מוֺעֲ Psa 74:4.
e. of land (earth) Gen 45:6; Gen 48:16; Amo 2:3; Isa 5:8; Isa 24:13 (|| הָעַמִּים בְּתוֺח), + 10 t. (׳מִקּ ׳בְּק).
f. of a number of person, ׳כְּק in the midst, among, ׳מִקּ from among: especially (1) people (96 t.; 80 t. as singular collective, 15 t. plural Amo 7:8; Gen 24:3; Exo 23:25; Deu 31:17; Jer 46:21; 1Sa 4:3; Jos 7:12; Jdg 10:16 +, ׳בְּק ׳יִשׂ Deu 17:10 +, יִשׂ ׳בֵּית ׳בְּק Amo 7:10 ׳בְּק הַכְּנַעֲנִי Jdg 1:32-33, Jdg 3:5, ׳מִקּ גּוֺי Deu 4:34 etc (2) ׳בְּק הַמַּחֲנֶה׳(מִק ) Jos 1:11; Num 14:44 Num 14:6t. (3) ׳בְּק אֶחָיו Deu 18:2; 1Sa 16:13, and (׳מִק) Deu 17:15; Deu 18:18. (4) ׳מִקּ עַמֶּיהָ Exo 31:14 (II.עַם) (5) ׳בְּק אֹיְכֶיךָ Psa 110:2 compare (of wicked) Psa 55:16 ׳בְּק חֲכָמִים Pro 15:31. (6) ׳בְּק יִשְׁמֹּט אֱלֹהִים Psa 82:1 -7׳בְּק הַמִּלְחָמָה 1Ki 20:39 into the midst of the battle, the thick of the fight; ׳בְּק צָרָה Palam 1Ki 138:7. (8) of nations, ׳בְּק הַגּוֺיִם Deu 29:15, הָעַמִּים Lam 3:45, compare Jos 24:17; Mic 5:6; Mic 5:7.
g. ׳מִקּ חוקך Psa 74:11 (Qr חֵיקְךָ) thy hand from within thy bosom, (anthropomorphism of ׳י; see I כלה Pi`el 2 c).
h. of a period of time,׳בְּק שָׁנִים Hab 3:2 (twice in verse)
2 of inward part of man;
a. as seat of thought and emotion : ׳בְּק 1Ki 3:28; Jer 4:14; Jer 9:7; Pro 26:24; Psa 62:5; Psa 94:19; || בְלֵב Pro 14:33, עַללֵֿב Jer 31:33; seat of לֵב Psa 39:4; Psa 55:5; Psa 109:22; Lam 1:20; of רוּחַ Eze 11:19; Eze 36:26-27, Zec 12:1; Isa 26:6; Psa 51:12, compare Isa 19:3, Isa 19:14; ׳בְּק לִבִּי Psa 36:2 (read לִבּוֺ Vrss Hup Now Che Bae and others)
b. as faculty of thought and emotion, sujb. (no perp.) Isa 16:11 (|| מֵעַי) Psa 64:7 (|| לֵב) Psa 5:10; כָּלקְֿרָבַי Psa 103:1 (only here plural; || נַפְשִׁי); — Psa 49:12 read ᵑ7 ᵑ6 ᵐ5 קִבְרָם, or קְבָרִם, Ew Gr Ol Bi Che Bae and others (for קִרְבָּם)
3 technical term in P of entrails of sacrificial animals (Di Lev 1:9, Lev 1:13; Lev 3:3 (twice in verse); Lev 3:9 (twice in verse); Lev 3:14 (twice in verse); Lev 4:8 (twice in verse); Lev 4:11; Lev 7:3; Lev 8:16, Lev 8:21, Lev 8:25; Lev 9:14.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 5 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; 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.
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