נֶגֶב negev

Hebrew word for “south” · Strong’s H5045 · used 112 times in 98 verses

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Meaning

A sub-meaning of ne.gev (נֶ֫גֶב "Negeb" H5045);

Senses in the lexicon

• south (69)
• Negeb (43)

How it is translated

Glosses given for negev in context, with how often each is used:

• south 50
• negev 36
• south -ward 15
• south towards 9
• southward 1
• negev towards 1

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Daniel 11 (9), Joshua 15 (8), Joshua 18 (6), Ezekiel 48 (5), Genesis 13 (3), Numbers 13 (3), Judges 1 (3), 1 Samuel 30 (3), Numbers 34 (2), Joshua 11 (2)

Forms

• נגב 28
• הנגב 26
• נגבה 19
• מנגב 15
• בנגב 7
• ונגבה 6
• והנגב 4
• הנגבה 2
• ובנגב 2
• ומנגב 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with negev more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• צָפוֹן tsaphon “north” 29
• יָם yam “sea” 29
• גְּבוּל gevul “border” 18
• שְׁפֵלָה shephelah “Shephelah” 12
• פֵּאָה peah “side” 12
• הַר har “mountain” 18
• תֵּימָן teman “south” 8
• מִזְרָח mizrach “east” 9
• עִיר ir “city” 16
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 15
• כָּתֵף kateph “shoulder” 8
• כְּנַעֲנִי kenaani “Canaanite” 8

Key verses

The verses using negev that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 20:1 — And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
• Genesis 28:14 — And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and…
• Exodus 27:9 — And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits…
• Numbers 13:22 — And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before…
• Joshua 10:40 — So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly…
• Judges 1:16 — And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which…
• Isaiah 30:6 — The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they…
• Ezekiel 20:47 — And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green…
• Ezekiel 47:1 — Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of…
• Daniel 11:40 — And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with…
• Obadiah 1:19 — And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of…
• Zechariah 14:10 — All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.