קָרֵב qarev
Hebrew word for “approaching” · Strong’s H7131 · used 12 times in 11 verses
Meaning
near, approaching
How it is translated
Glosses given for qarev in context, with how often each is used:
- approaching 9
- person approaching 3
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Numbers 3 (2), Numbers 1 (1), Numbers 17 (1), Numbers 18 (1), Deuteronomy 20 (1), 1 Samuel 17 (1), 2 Samuel 18 (1), 1 Kings 4 (1), Ezekiel 40 (1), Ezekiel 45 (1)
Forms
- הקרב 7
- וקרב 2
- הקרבים 2
- קרבים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with qarev more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- זוּר zur “be a stranger” 4
- מוּת mut “to die” 5
- שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 4
- מִשְׁכָּן mishkan “tabernacle” 3
- כְּהֻנָּה kehunnah “priesthood” 2
- מִשְׁמֶרֶת mishmeret “charge” 2
- מִקְדָּשׁ miqdash “sanctuary” 2
- שָׁרַת sharat “to minister” 2
- חָנָה chanah “to camp” 2
- אַהֲרֹן aharon “Aaron” 2
- מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 2
- כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 2
Key verses
The verses using qarev that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Numbers 1:51 — And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the…
- Numbers 3:10 — And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest’s office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
- Numbers 3:38 — But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons,…
- Numbers 17:13 — Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
- Numbers 18:7 — Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your…
- Deuteronomy 20:3 — And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble,…
- 1 Samuel 17:41 — And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.
- 2 Samuel 18:25 — And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.
- 1 Kings 4:27 — And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon’s table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.
- Ezekiel 40:46 — And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of…
- Ezekiel 45:4 — The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the LORD: and it shall be a place…
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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.