קֶרֶב qerev

Hebrew word for “entrails” · Strong’s H7130 · used 227 times in 220 verses

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Meaning

: among/within; 1) midst, among, inner part, middle;

Senses in the lexicon

• entrails: among (199)
• entrails: inner parts (28)

How it is translated

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

• midst 155
• inner being 23
• entrails 20
• inward parts 10
• among 8
• within 6
• will be in midst 3
• has been in the midst 1
• middle 1

Where it is used

Also in 12 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Zephaniah 3 (6), Numbers 14 (5), Deuteronomy 13 (5), Micah 5 (5), Leviticus 20 (4), Deuteronomy 17 (4), Judges 1 (4), Psalms 55 (4), Isaiah 19 (4), Exodus 29 (3)

Forms

• בקרב 51
• בקרבך 26
• בקרבו 23
• מקרב 20
• מקרבך 16
• בקרבה 15
• הקרב 15
• בקרבכם 12
• בקרבי 11
• בקרבנו 6

Words used with it

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

• כָּרַת karat “to cut” 19
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 23
• רַע ra “bad” 18
• לֵב lev “heart” 17
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 19
• בָּעַר baar “to burn” 10
• כֶּרַע kara “leg” 7
• רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 13
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 15
• זֶה zeh “this” 17
• חֵלֶב chelev “fat” 9
• סוּר sur “to turn aside” 11

Key verses

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

• Genesis 48:16 — The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow…
• Deuteronomy 4:34 — Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand,…
• Deuteronomy 31:16 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the…
• Isaiah 5:25 — Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did…
• Isaiah 12:6 — Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
• Isaiah 19:1 — The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the…
• Jeremiah 4:14 — O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
• Jeremiah 30:21 — And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto…
• Jeremiah 31:33 — But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write…
• Micah 3:11 — The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and…
• Habakkuk 3:2 — O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember…
• Zephaniah 3:17 — The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

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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.