קָרֵב
qârêb · H7131 · Hebrew · 12 occurrences
Meanings
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to approach, to come near, to come forward
Action by which humans move to a location relatively close to the location in focus
ExamplesNumbers 1:51 “So when the tabernacle is to move on, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle encamps, the Levites shall set it up. But the layman who comes near it shall be put to death.
Numbers 3:10 “So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons that they may keep their priesthood, but the layman who comes near shall be put to death.”
Numbers 3:38 Now those who were to camp in front of the tabernacle eastward, in front of the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons, performing the duties of the sanctuary for the obligation of the sons of Israel; but the layman coming near was to be put to death.
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
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 3 groups
- אֵלto, toward+ יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 1
- מִןfrom+ בֵּןson 1
- לto/for+ שָׁרַתto minister, to serve, to attend 1
Named alongside itApposition
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- קָרֵבnear, approaching 2
- כֹּהֵןpriest 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מוּתto die 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כּוּלto provide for, to contain 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אַתָּהyou 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.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- ἐγγίζω engízō · G1448 · to draw near, to come near, to approach
- Greek ἐγγίζω renders Hebrew קָרֵב in LXX contexts denoting spatial or relational approach, both terms sharing the core sense of drawing near or coming close.
Semantic domains 1 entry
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- The word means to come or draw near, directly illustrated by the repeated warning that any layman who comes near the tabernacle or altar shall be put to death (Numbers 1:51, 3:10, 38, 18:7).
Word family 9 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7131. qareb קָרֵב verbal adjective approaching; — ׳ק 1Sa 17:41 +; plural קְרִבִים Eze…
קָרֵב verbal adjective approaching; — ׳ק 1Sa 17:41 +; plural קְרִבִים Eze 40:46; Eze 45:4; — approaching:
1 as predicate, וְק ׳הֹלֵח אֶלדָּֿוִד 1Sa 17:14, לַמִּלְחָמָה קְרֵבִים אַתֶּס Deu 20:8; abs וְק ׳הָלוֺח 2Sa 18:25; c, article as substantive, 1Ki 5:7 (+ אֶלוֺשֻׁלְחָן), Numbers 17:28 (twice in verse) (+ י ׳מִשְׁכַּן אֶלֿ).
2 with article approaching ׳י temple or tabernacle, for service, with לְשָׁרֵת Exodus 40:46 (+ ׳אֶליֿ), Ex 45:4; absolute הַקּ ׳הַוָּר Num 1:51; Num 3:10, Num 3:38; Num 18:7.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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.
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
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