קָרֹב qarov

Hebrew word for “near” · Strong’s H7138 · used 77 times in 75 verses

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Meaning

1) near; 1a) of place; 1b) of time; 1c) of personal relationship; 1c1) kinship

How it is translated

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

• near 58
• kinsmen 2
• near person 2
• near future 2
• warriors 2
• neighbor 1
• midst 1
• which from near 1
• close 1
• people near 1
• one near 1
• ones close 1

Where it is used

Also in 11 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 21 (2), Deuteronomy 21 (2), Deuteronomy 32 (2), 1 Kings 8 (2), Isaiah 13 (2), Jeremiah 48 (2), Ezekiel 7 (2), Ezekiel 23 (2), Zephaniah 1 (2), Genesis 19 (1)

Forms

• קרוב 32
• הקרבים 5
• הקרב 4
• קרבים 4
• קרובה 4
• קרבו 3
• וקרוב 3
• קרובים 3
• קרבה 2
• מקרב 2

Words used with it

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

• רָחֹק rachoq “distant” 15
• אָח ach “brother” 7
• ךְ kh “you” 5
• אֵיד ed “calamity” 3
• בָּקָר baqar “cattle” 4
• רֵעַ rea “neighbor” 4
• אִם im “if” 6
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 6
• הֶם hem “them” 6
• מִן־ min “from” 6
• ךָּ ka “you” 5
• עֵת et “time” 4

Key verses

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

• Leviticus 10:3 — Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be…
• Numbers 24:17 — I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite…
• Deuteronomy 32:35 — To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon…
• Job 20:5 — That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
• Psalms 145:18 — The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
• Isaiah 13:6 — Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
• Isaiah 51:5 — My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
• Isaiah 55:6 — Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
• Isaiah 57:19 — I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
• Daniel 9:7 — O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto…
• Joel 2:1 — Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is…
• Zephaniah 1:14 — The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

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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.