Word

קְרָבָה

qᵉrâbâh · H7132 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

Literally: approaching (God); hence: process by which humans draw close to a deity by living according to his commands (drawing near (to God))

Examples
Psalm 73:28 But as for me, the nearness of God is good for me; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, So that I may tell of all Your works.
Isaiah 58:2 “Yet they seek Me day by day and delight to know My ways, As a nation that has done righteousness And has not forsaken the ordinance of their God. They ask Me for just decisions, They delight in the nearness of God.

How it’s used In 3 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

2 occurrences in 1 groups

אֱלֹהִיםGod, gods 2

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

חָפֵץto like, to be pleased, to desire 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

טוֹבgood 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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Semantic domains 1 entry

Associate002003002002: The word means nearness or approach, illustrated by the psalmist's declaration that "the nearness of God is good for me" (Psalm 73:28) and the nation that "delights in the nearness of God" (Isaiah 58:2).

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×קְרֵב qᵉrêb · H7127 · approach, come, draw near · 9×קְרָב qᵉrâb · H7128 · battle, war · 9×קְרָבָהqᵉrâbâh · H7132קְרָב qᵉrâb · H7129 · war · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7132. qirbah [קִרְבָה] LagBn 82 Kö1.174] noun feminine approach — construct In phr…

H7132. qirbah
[קִרְבָה] LagBn 82 Kö1.174]
noun feminine approach — construct In phr אֱלֹהִים קִרְבַת approach to God (CheIntr. Is. 325) Isa 58:2; Psa 73:28.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Associate2 occurrences

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