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Lexicon :: Strong's H5045 - neḡeḇ

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נֶגֶב
Transliteration
neḡeḇ
Pronunciation
neh'-gheb
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to be parched
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TWOT Reference: 1288a

Strong’s Definitions

נֶגֶב negeb, neh'-gheb; from an unused root meaning to be parched; the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine):—south (country, side, -ward).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 112x

The KJV translates Strong's H5045 in the following manner: south (89x), southward (16x), south side (5x), south country (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 112x
The KJV translates Strong's H5045 in the following manner: south (89x), southward (16x), south side (5x), south country (2x).

  1. south-country, Nekeb, south

    1. south-country

      1. region of southern Judah, boundaries not specific

    2. south

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נֶגֶב negeb, neh'-gheb; from an unused root meaning to be parched; the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine):—south (country, side, -ward).
STRONGS H5045: Abbreviations
† נֶ֫גֶב noun [masculine]] south-country, Negeb, south (compare LagBN 78); — נ׳ absolute Genesis 20:1 +; construct Joshua 11:2 +; נֶ֫גְבָּה Genesis 13:14 +; —
1. south-country, i.e.
a. specifically the region south of Judah, boundaries not exactly defined (see cities in it Joshua 15:21-32), but with from hills south of Hebron to Kadesh, אֶרֶץ הַנּ׳ Genesis 20:1 (E), Genesis 24:62 (J), Numbers 13:29 (JE), Judges 1:15; Joshua 15:19; almost = proper name הַנּ׳, הַנֶּ֫גְבָּה, Genesis 12:9; Genesis 13:1; Numbers 13:17, 22; Numbers 21:1 (all J), Deuteronomy 34:3 (JE), Deuteronomy 1:7; Joshua 10:40; Joshua 11:16; Joshua 12:8 (all D), Numbers 33:40; Joshua 15:21 (both P), Judges 1:9; 1 Samuel 20:41 (but read הָאַרְגָּב, i.e. the mound Greek Version of the LXX (ἀργαβ) Th We Klo Dr Kit Bu HPS), Jeremiah 13:19; Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 32:44; Jeremiah 33:13; Zechariah 7:7; Obadiah 20; Psalm 126:4 (simile), Ezekiel 21:3a (= Judah); נ׳ (no article) Genesis 13:3 (J), 1 Samuel 30:1; Isaiah 30:6 (compare Di); of particular districts in the Negeb: עֲרָד נ׳ Judges 1:16 (compare GFM), יהוּדָה נ׳ etc. 1 Samuel 27:10 (3 times in verse) (compare Dr), 1 Samuel 30:14 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 24:7; 2 Chronicles 28:18; see also Zechariah 14:10; רָמַת נ׳ Joshua 19:8, רָמוֺת נ׳ 1 Samuel 30:27; collective with plural verb = people of south-land Obadiah 19.
b. land south of Babylon Isaiah 21:1 (compare Di).
c. = Egypt Daniel 11:5, 6, 9, 14, 15, 25 (twice in verse); Daniel 11:29, 40 (see Meinh Bev Behrm, compare Daniel 11:43).
2. hence south (opposed to north, east, west) Genesis 13:14; Genesis 28:14 (both J), Joshua 17:10 (P), 1 Kings 7:25 2 Chronicles 4:4; 1 Chronicles 9:24; 1 Chronicles 26:15, 17 (compare 1 Chronicles 26:14; 1 Chronicles 26:16; 1 Chronicles 26:18), Ezekiel 21:3b; Ezekiel 21:9; Daniel 8:4, 9, further 1 Kings 7:39; Zechariah 14:4; מְּאַת נֶ֫גְבָּה תֵּימָ֫נָה Exodus 26:18, compare Exodus 27:9; Exodus 36:23; Exodus 38:9; Exodus 40:24 (of south side of tabernacle); שַׁ֫עַר נ׳ Ezekiel 46:9 (twice in verse); מְּאַת נ׳ south side or border Numbers 34:3; Numbers 35:5; Joshua 18:15 (all P), Ezekiel 47:19, cf Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:16, 28, 33; גְּבוּל נ׳ south boundary Numbers 34:3; Joshua 15:2, 4; Joshua 18:19 (all P), compare מִנֶּ֫גֶב לְ (הַגְּבוּל) on the south of Numbers 34:4 (twice in verse); Joshua 15:3 (לְ אֶלמִֿנּ׳), Joshua 15:3; Joshua 15:7; Joshua 18:3 (all P), Judges 21:19; מִנּ׳ absolute on the south Joshua 18:5 (JE), Joshua 19:34 (P), 1 Samuel 14:5; Ezekiel 40:2; כֶּ֫תֶף הַיְבוּסִי מִנּ׳ Joshua 15:8, compare Joshua 18:13, 16 (all P); נֶ֫גְבָּה Joshua 15:1, 2; Joshua 18:14 (twice in verse); Joshua 18:19 (all P), 2 Chronicles 4:10; Ezekiel 21:2 (Co; HCT נגב) Ezekiel 48:10, 17; נֶ֫גְבָּה לְ Joshua 17:9 (P). — For בִּנְּרוֺת נ׳ Joshua 11:2 read נֶגֶד (Greek Version of the LXX Di).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:9; 13:1; 13:3; 13:14; 13:14; 20:1; 20:1; 24:62; 28:14

Exodus

26:18; 27:9; 36:23; 38:9; 40:24

Numbers

13:17; 13:22; 13:29; 21:1; 33:40; 34:3; 34:3; 34:4; 35:5

Deuteronomy

1:7; 34:3

Joshua

10:40; 11:2; 11:2; 11:16; 12:8; 15:1; 15:2; 15:2; 15:3; 15:3; 15:4; 15:7; 15:8; 15:19; 15:21; 15:21; 15:22; 15:23; 15:24; 15:25; 15:26; 15:27; 15:28; 15:29; 15:30; 15:31; 15:32; 17:9; 17:10; 18:3; 18:5; 18:13; 18:14; 18:15; 18:16; 18:19; 18:19; 19:8; 19:34

Judges

1:9; 1:15; 1:16; 21:19

1 Samuel

14:5; 20:41; 27:10; 30:1; 30:14; 30:27

2 Samuel

24:7

1 Kings

7:25; 7:39

1 Chronicles

9:24; 26:14; 26:15; 26:16; 26:17; 26:18

2 Chronicles

4:4; 4:10; 28:18

Psalms

126:4

Isaiah

21:1; 30:6

Jeremiah

13:19; 17:26; 32:44; 33:13

Ezekiel

21:2; 21:3; 21:3; 21:9; 40:2; 46:9; 47:19; 47:19; 48:10; 48:16; 48:17; 48:28; 48:33

Daniel

8:4; 8:9; 11:5; 11:6; 11:9; 11:14; 11:15; 11:25; 11:29; 11:40; 11:43

Obadiah

1:19; 1:20

Zechariah

7:7; 14:4; 14:10

H5045

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Strong's Number H5045 matches the Hebrew נֶגֶב (neḡeḇ),
which occurs 27 times in 22 verses in 'Jos' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:40 -

So Joshua struck all the land, the hill country and the [fn]Negev H5045 and the lowland and the slopes, and all their kings. He left no survivor, but he [fn]utterly destroyed all who breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:2 - and to the kings who were of the north in the hill country, and in the Arabah—south H5045 of [fn]Chinneroth and in the lowland, and on the [fn]heights of Dor on the west—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:16 -

So Joshua took all that land: the hill country and all the [fn]Negev H5045, all the land of Goshen, the lowland, the Arabah, the hill country of Israel and its lowland

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:8 - in the hill country, in the lowland, in the Arabah, on the slopes, in the wilderness, and in the [fn]Negev H5045; the Hittite, the Amorite and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:1 -

Now the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families [fn]reached the border of Edom, southward H5045 to the wilderness of Zin at the extreme south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:2 - Their southern H5045 border was from the lower end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that turns to the south H5045.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:3 - Then it proceeded southward H5045 to the ascent of Akrabbim and continued to Zin, then went up by the south H5045 of Kadesh-barnea and continued to Hezron, and went up to Addar and turned to Karka.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:4 - It continued to Azmon and proceeded to the [fn]brook of Egypt, and the [fn]border ended at the sea. This shall be your southern H5045 border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:7 - And the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, and turned northward toward Gilgal which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south H5045 of the valley; and the border continued to the waters of En-shemesh and [fn]it ended at En-rogel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:8 - Then the border went up the Valley of Ben-hinnom to the slope of the Jebusite on the south H5045 (that is, Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the mountain which is opposite the Valley of Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the Valley of Rephaim toward the north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:19 - Then she said, “Give me a blessing; since you have given me the land of the [fn]Negev H5045, give me springs of water also.” So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:21 -

Now the cities at the extremity of the tribe of the sons of Judah toward the border of Edom in the south H5045 were Kabzeel, Eder, and Jagur,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:9 - And the border went down to the [fn]brook of Kanah, southward H5045 of the [fn]brook (these cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh), and the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the [fn]brook, and [fn]it ended at the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:10 - The south H5045 side H5045 belonged to Ephraim and the north side to Manasseh, and the sea was [fn]their border; and they reached to Asher on the north and to Issachar on the east.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:5 - “And they shall divide it into seven portions; Judah shall stay in its territory on the south H5045, and the house of Joseph shall stay in their territory on the north.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:13 - Then from there the border continued to Luz, to the side of Luz (that is, Bethel) southward H5045; and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, near the hill which lies on the south H5045 of lower Beth-horon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:14 - And the border changed direction from there and turned around on the west side southward H5045, from the hill which lies opposite Beth-horon southward H5045; and [fn]it ended at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the west side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:15 - Then the south H5045 side was from the edge of Kiriath-jearim, and the border went westward and went to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:16 - Then the border went down to the edge of the hill which is [fn]in the Valley of Ben-hinnom, which is in the Valley of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the Valley of Hinnom, to the slope of the Jebusite southward H5045, and went down to En-rogel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:19 - Then the border continued to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the [fn]border ended at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south H5045 end of the Jordan. This was the southern H5045 border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:8 - and all the villages which were around these cities as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah H5045 of H5045 the H5045 [fn]Negev H5045. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:34 - Then the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and proceeded from there to Hukkok; and it reached Zebulun on the south H5045 and reached Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan toward the [fn]east.
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