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Lexicon :: Strong's H7126 - qāraḇ

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קָרַב
Transliteration
qāraḇ
Pronunciation
kaw-rab'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2065

Strong’s Definitions

קָרַב qârab, kaw-rab'; a primitive root; to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose:—(cause to) approach, (cause to) bring (forth, near), (cause to) come (near, nigh), (cause to) draw near (nigh), go (near), be at hand, join, be near, offer, present, produce, make ready, stand, take.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 280x

The KJV translates Strong's H7126 in the following manner: offer (95x), (come, draw, ..) near (58x), bring (58x), (come, draw, ..) nigh (18x), come (12x), approach (10x), at hand (4x), presented (2x), miscellaneous (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 280x
The KJV translates Strong's H7126 in the following manner: offer (95x), (come, draw, ..) near (58x), bring (58x), (come, draw, ..) nigh (18x), come (12x), approach (10x), at hand (4x), presented (2x), miscellaneous (13x).
  1. to come near, approach, enter into, draw near

    1. (Qal) to approach, draw near

    2. (Niphal) to be brought near

    3. (Piel) to cause to approach, bring near, cause to draw near

    4. (Hiphil) to bring near, bring, present

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָרַב qârab, kaw-rab'; a primitive root; to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose:—(cause to) approach, (cause to) bring (forth, near), (cause to) come (near, nigh), (cause to) draw near (nigh), go (near), be at hand, join, be near, offer, present, produce, make ready, stand, take.
STRONGS H7126: Abbreviations
† I. [קָרֵב], קָרַב 279 verb come near, approach (Late Hebrew approach, be offered; Assyrian ḳarâbu, approach; Arabic bdb089701, bdb089702be near, approach; so Ethiopic bdb089703: Sabean קרב approach a woman (sexually, see 1a below), DHMHofmus. No.6.1.2., but also generally דֿ רחק וקרב he who is far and he who is near CISiv, no. 95, 7, 8 compare SabDenkmNo. 12, 9, 10; Aramaic קְרֵב, bdb089704, approach; also, = oblation, Sabean קרבן DHMZMG xxx (1876), 672 Arabic bdb089705, O Aramaic קרבו, Targum קוּרְבָּנָא, Syriac bdb089706; compare Assyrian kurbannu (כ), DIHWS 351); —
Qal93 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ק׳ Genesis 20:4 +; 3rd person feminine singular קָרֵ֑בָה Zephaniah 3:2, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִקְרַב Genesis 37:18 + etc.; Imperative masculine singular קְרַב 2 Samuel 20:16 +, דָמק֫רְבָה Psalm 69:19; masculine plural קִרְבוּ Exodus 16:9; infinitive absolute קָרוֺב Ecclesiastes 4:17 [Ecclesiastes 5:1] De Siegf Ol§ 249 c Sta§ 642 ci. 175; construct קְרֹב Psalm 27:2; Psalm 32:9, לְקָרְבָה Exodus 36:2, etc.; — approach:
1.
a. with אֶל person (27 times) Genesis 37:18; Numbers 18:4; Malachi 3:5 (+ לַמִּשְׁפָּט), Jonah 1:6 +; in kindness 1 Kings 2:7, of י׳ to help Psalm 69:19; for war, battle, Exodus 14:20; Judges 20:24; unto God 1 Samuel 14:36 (+ הֲלוֺם), Zephaniah 3:2, י׳Ezekiel 44:15; Isaiah 48:16; approach sexually, of man, † Genesis 20:4; Isaiah 8:3; Deuteronomy 22:14; Leviticus 18:6, 14, 19 (H) Ezekiel 18:6; of woman † Leviticus 20:16 (אֶל of beast); אֵלֶיךָ ק׳ Isaiah 65:5 = keep to thyself (|| אַלתִּֿגַּשׁבּֿי); with עַל person, in hostility, Psalm 27:2 (+ infinitive purpose), so probably מִקְּרָבלִֿי Psalm 55:19 that none may approach me (ק׳ infinitive construct, so Che Bae Dr, > noun = battle).
b. אֶל location Exodus 32:19; Deuteronomy 2:37; Deuteronomy 20:10; Joshua; Proverbs 5:8; אֶל of thing Joshua 3:3; Ezekiel 42:14; Ezekiel 44:16; Leviticus 22:3 (H), Exodus 36:2 + 5 times P; עַלהַֿמִּזְבֵּחַ 2 Kings 16:12 אֶלהַֿמִּלְחָמָה Deuteronomy 20:2.
†c. לִפְנֵי person (י׳) Exodus 16:9; Leviticus 16:1; Psalm 119:169 (of cry); before men Numbers 9:6; Joshua 17:4.
†d. מוּל of a people Deuteronomy 2:19.
†e. ב location Judges 19:13; Psalm 91:10 (of evil).
†f. ל location Job 33:22; adverb of location הֲלֹם Exodus 3:5, הֵ֫נָּה Isaiah 57:3 (compare g, 2 Samuel 20:16).
†g. draw near for a purpose, with Infinitive 1 Samuel 17:48; 2 Samuel 15:5; Deuteronomy 25:11; Exodus 12:48; Leviticus 21:17; Numbers 17:5; Isaiah 34:1; Ecclesiastes 4:17, + (Infinitive omitted) Leviticus 21:18; with וֵ subordinate 2 Samuel 20:16 (+ עַדהֵֿ֫נָּה); with לַמִּשְׁמָּט Isaiah 41:1 (compare a. Malachi 3:5); + Imperative Deuteronomy 5:24; Joshua 10:24; Leviticus 10:4, + Imperfect Joshua 10:24; Leviticus 10:5
h. absolute (15 times) Joshua 7:14 (3 times in verse) (technically of approach to sanctuary, for trial by lot), Isaiah 5:19 (of י׳'s counsel), Isaiah 41:5 +, Lamentations 3:57 (of י׳, to help); הַמִּלְחָמָה וַחִק׳ 1 Kings 20:29 i.e. the battle was joined; of calamities Ezekiel 9:1, קִצֵּנוּ ק׳ Lamentations 4:18.
†2. of time, draw near, Genesis 27:41; Deuteronomy 15:9; Ezekiel 12:23; specifically לָמות יְמֵי פ׳ ק׳ Genesis 47:27; Deuteronomy 31:14; 1 Kings 2:1
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive וְנִקְרַב אֶלהָֿאֱםהִים Exodus 22:7 he shall be brought unto God (at the sanctuary), also (absolute, reflexive) 2nd person masculine plural consecutive צְנִקְרַבְתֶּם Joshua 7:14 (compare Qal h).
Pi. Perfect 1st person singular קֵרַכְתִּי Isaiah 46:13; 3rd person masculine plural קֵרְבוּ Hosea 7:6 (see below), Ezekiel 36:8; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular וּתְקָרֵב Psalm 65:5; 1st person singular suffix אֲקָֽרְבֶנּוּ Job 31:37; Imperative masculine singular קָרַב Ezekiel 37:17; masculine plural קָֽרְבוּ Isaiah 41:21; — cause to approach, bring near:
1. in space, accusative of thing + אֶל Ezekiel 37:17; = receive, accusative of person Job 31:37 (Thes Du; most approach majestically, march up to), accusative omitted Psalm 65:5; רִיבְכֶם ק׳ Isaiah 41:21 bring on your suit !
2. in time, צִדְקָתִ׳ ק׳ Isaiah 46:13 (of י׳), לָבוֺא ק׳ Ezekiel 36:8 they have brought near to come, brought their coming near, it is at hand (compare Hiph. Genesis 12:11). — Hosea 7:6 read בָּעַר for קֵרְבוּ (קִרְבּוֺ RSProph. iv, N.19), compare Greek Version of the LXX Now.
Hiph.177 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִקְרִיב Genesis 12:11 +, רִב - Numbers 7:19; 2nd person masculine singular וְהִקְרַבְ֫תָּ Exodus 29:3 +, etc.: Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַקְרִיב Ezekiel 44:27 +, רִב- Ezekiel 46:4; וַיַקְרֵב Judges 3:17 +; plural וַנַּקְרֵב Numbers 31:50. etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַקְרֵב Numbers 3:6 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute הֵקְרֵב Leviticus 6:7; construct הַקְרִיב Judges 3:18 +, etc.; Participle מַקְרִיב Leviticus 3:1 +, etc.; —
1.
a. bring near, bring, present, with accusative of thing, Judges 5:25 (+ בְּסֵפֶל), compare Exodus 29:3 (+ בַּסָּל); tribute Psalm 72:10; מִנְחָה Judges 3:17 (+ ל person), Judges 3:18; compare (ל person) Malachi 1:8; שָׂדֶה בְּשָׂדֶה יַק׳ Isaiah 5:8 i.e. join, incorporate; pregnantly with מִן local 2 Kings 16:14 (see RSSemitic i. 466 ff., 2nd ed. 486 ff.); accusative of case, affair, Deuteronomy 1:17 (+ אֶל person), Numbers 27:5 (+ לִפְנֵי י׳); with accusative of person: + אֶל person), Numbers 15:33; Numbers 25:6; Joshua 8:23, + אֶל reflexive Exodus 28:1, + אֶת (perp.) reflexive Numbers 18:2; absolute of person, make an appraoch Exodus 14:10.
b. of time, הִקְרִיב לָבוֺא Genesis 12:11; תַּקְרִיב לָלֶדֶת Isaiah 26:17; וַתַּקְרִיבִי יָמַיִךְ Ezekiel 22:4.
2. as technical term (approximately + 158 times) chiefly in Ezekiel HPS, bring near, of presenting, dedicating, or offering to ׃י׳
a. with accusative of person,
(1) Araron and his sons, and Levites, sometimes with אֶל לְפְנֵי, person or location, Exodus 29:4, 8; Exodus 40:12, 14; Leviticus 3:6; Leviticus 7:35; Leviticus 8:6, 13, 24; Numbers 8:9, 10; Numbers 16:5 (twice in verse); Numbers 16:9, 10, compare (of princ, subj,. י׳) Jeremiah 30:21;
(2) for selection by Joshua 7:16, 17 (twice in verse); Joshua 7:18; 1 Samuel 10:20, 21;
(3) for ordeal of מֵי הַמָּרִים Numbers 5:16,
b. usually (approximately + 142 times) with accusative off offering, with or without further complement (אֶל, לִפְנֵי location לי׳ לִפְנֵי י׳; rarely אֶל, ל of priest, etc.):
(1) animal-offering Leviticus 3:7, 12; Leviticus 8:18, 22 (all + סָמִךְ of offerer), Exodus 29:10; Leviticus 1:15; Leviticus 4:3, 14 +, etc.
(2) צֶבַךְ Leviticus 7:16; עֹלָה Numbers 29:13, 36; אִשֶּׁה Leviticus 3:3, 14; Leviticus 23:8, 25 +;
(3) blood Leviticus 1:5 (+ זָרַק), Leviticus 7:33; Leviticus 9:9;
(4)מִנְחָה Leviticus 2:8; Leviticus 6:7; Leviticus 7:12; Leviticus 23:16; Numbers 5:25; Numbers 6:16; Numbers 15:9; לֶחֶם אֱלֹהָיו Leviticus 21:6, 8, 17, 21, etc.;
(6) especially with accusative of congnate meaning with verb קָרְבָּן Leviticus 1:2 (twice in verse); Leviticus 1:14; Leviticus 2:1, 4; Leviticus 22:18; Numbers 7:10, 11; Numbers 31:50 + (approximately + 33 times);
(7) accusative ommitted, 2 Chronicles 35:12.
c. make an offering Numbers 7:2, 18.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7127.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:11; 12:11; 12:11; 20:4; 20:4; 27:41; 37:18; 37:18; 47:27

Exodus

3:5; 12:48; 14:10; 14:20; 16:9; 16:9; 22:7; 28:1; 29:3; 29:3; 29:4; 29:8; 29:10; 32:19; 36:2; 36:2; 40:12; 40:14

Leviticus

1:2; 1:5; 1:14; 1:15; 2:1; 2:4; 2:8; 3:1; 3:3; 3:6; 3:7; 3:12; 3:14; 4:3; 4:14; 6:7; 6:7; 7:12; 7:16; 7:33; 7:35; 8:6; 8:13; 8:18; 8:22; 8:24; 9:9; 10:1; 10:4; 10:5; 16:1; 18:6; 18:14; 18:19; 20:16; 21:6; 21:8; 21:17; 21:17; 21:18; 21:21; 22:3; 22:18; 23:8; 23:16; 23:25

Numbers

3:4; 3:6; 5:16; 5:25; 6:16; 7:2; 7:10; 7:11; 7:18; 7:19; 8:9; 8:10; 9:6; 15:9; 15:33; 16:5; 16:9; 16:10; 16:17; 16:35; 17:3; 17:4; 17:5; 18:2; 18:4; 25:6; 26:61; 27:5; 29:13; 29:36; 31:50; 31:50

Deuteronomy

1:17; 2:19; 2:37; 5:24; 15:9; 20:2; 20:10; 22:14; 25:11; 31:14

Joshua

3:3; 7:14; 7:14; 7:16; 7:17; 7:18; 8:23; 10:24; 10:24; 17:4

Judges

3:17; 3:17; 3:18; 3:18; 5:25; 19:13; 20:24

1 Samuel

10:20; 10:21; 14:36; 17:48

2 Samuel

15:5; 20:16; 20:16; 20:16

1 Kings

2:1; 2:7; 20:29

2 Kings

16:12; 16:14

2 Chronicles

35:12

Job

31:37; 31:37; 33:22

Psalms

27:2; 27:2; 32:9; 55:19; 65:5; 65:5; 69:19; 69:19; 72:10; 91:10; 119:169

Proverbs

5:8

Ecclesiastes

5:1

Isaiah

5:8; 5:19; 8:3; 26:17; 34:1; 41:1; 41:5; 41:21; 41:21; 46:13; 46:13; 48:16; 57:3; 65:5

Jeremiah

30:21

Lamentations

3:57; 4:18

Ezekiel

9:1; 12:23; 18:6; 22:4; 36:8; 36:8; 37:17; 37:17; 42:14; 44:15; 44:16; 44:27; 46:4

Hosea

7:6; 7:6

Jonah

1:6

Zephaniah

3:2; 3:2

Malachi

1:8; 3:5; 3:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7126 matches the Hebrew קָרַב (qāraḇ),
which occurs 283 times in 263 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 6 (Gen 12:11–Lev 7:8)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:11 - And it came to pass, when he was close to entering Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “Indeed I know that you are a woman of beautiful countenance.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:4 - But Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, “Lord, will You slay a righteous nation also?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41 - So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:18 - Now when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, they conspired against him to kill him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:29 - When the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “Now if I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please do not bury me in Egypt,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:5 - Then He said, “Do not draw near this place. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:48 - “And when a stranger dwells with you and wants to keep the Passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as a native of the land. For no uncircumcised person shall eat it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:10 - And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them. So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel cried out to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:20 - So it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. Thus it was a cloud and darkness to the one, and it gave light by night to the other, so that the one did not come near the other all that night.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:9 - Then Moses spoke to Aaron, “Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, ‘Come near before the LORD, for He has heard your complaints.’ ”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:8 - “If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall be brought to the judges to see whether he has put his hand into his neighbor’s goods.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:1 - “Now take Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to Me as priest, Aaron and Aaron’s sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:3 - “You shall put them in one basket and bring them in the basket, with the bull and the two rams.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:4 - “And Aaron and his sons you shall bring to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and you shall wash them with water.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:8 - “Then you shall bring his sons and put tunics on them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:10 - “You shall also have the bull brought before the tabernacle of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the bull.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:19 - So it was, as soon as he came near the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing. So Moses’ anger became hot, and he cast the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:2 - Then Moses called Bezalel and Aholiab, and every gifted artisan in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, everyone whose heart was stirred, to come and do the work.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:12 - “Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of meeting and wash them with water.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:14 - “And you shall bring his sons and clothe them with tunics.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:32 - Whenever they went into the tabernacle of meeting, and when they came near the altar, they washed, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:2 - “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When any one of you brings an offering to the LORD, you shall bring your offering of the livestock—of the herd and of the flock.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:3 - ‘If his offering is a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish; he shall offer it of his own free will at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:5 - ‘He shall kill the bull before the LORD; and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall bring the blood and sprinkle the blood all around on the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:10 - ‘If his offering is of the flocks—of the sheep or of the goats—as a burnt sacrifice, he shall bring a male without blemish.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:13 - ‘but he shall wash the entrails and the legs with water. Then the priest shall bring it all and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:14 - ‘And if the burnt sacrifice of his offering to the LORD is of birds, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves or young pigeons.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:15 - ‘The priest shall bring it to the altar, wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; its blood shall be drained out at the side of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:1 - ‘When anyone offers a grain offering to the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour. And he shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense on it.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:4 - ‘And if you bring as an offering a grain offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:8 - ‘You shall bring the grain offering that is made of these things to the LORD. And when it is presented to the priest, he shall bring it to the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:11 - ‘No grain offering which you bring to the LORD shall be made with leaven, for you shall burn no leaven nor any honey in any offering to the LORD made by fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:12 - ‘As for the offering of the firstfruits, you shall offer them to the LORD, but they shall not be burned on the altar for a sweet aroma.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:13 - ‘And every offering of your grain offering you shall season with salt; you shall not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your grain offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:14 - ‘If you offer a grain offering of your firstfruits to the LORD, you shall offer for the grain offering of your firstfruits green heads of grain roasted on the fire, grain beaten from full heads.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:1 - ‘When his offering is a sacrifice of a peace offering, if he offers it of the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:3 - ‘Then he shall offer from the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire to the LORD. The fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:6 - ‘If his offering as a sacrifice of a peace offering to the LORD is of the flock, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:7 - ‘If he offers a lamb as his offering, then he shall offer it before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:9 - ‘Then he shall offer from the sacrifice of the peace offering, as an offering made by fire to the LORD, its fat and the whole fat tail which he shall remove close to the backbone. And the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:12 - ‘And if his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:14 - ‘Then he shall offer from it his offering, as an offering made by fire to the LORD. The fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:3 - ‘if the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, then let him offer to the LORD for his sin which he has sinned a young bull without blemish as a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:14 - ‘when the sin which they have committed becomes known, then the assembly shall offer a young bull for the sin, and bring it before the tabernacle of meeting.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:8 - ‘And he shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off its head from its neck, but shall not divide it completely.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:14 - ‘This is the law of the grain offering: The sons of Aaron shall offer it on the altar before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:20 - “This is the offering of Aaron and his sons, which they shall offer to the LORD, beginning on the day when he is anointed: one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a daily grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it at night.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:21 - “It shall be made in a pan with oil. When it is mixed, you shall bring it in. The baked pieces of the grain offering you shall offer for a sweet aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:3 - ‘And he shall offer from it all its fat. The fat tail and the fat that covers the entrails,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:8 - ‘And the priest who offers anyone’s burnt offering, that priest shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering which he has offered.

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