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Lexicon :: Strong's H7138 - qārôḇ

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קָרוֹב
Transliteration
qārôḇ
Pronunciation
kaw-robe'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2065d

Strong’s Definitions

קָרוֹב qârôwb, kaw-robe'; or קָרֹב qârôb; from H7126; near (in place, kindred or time):—allied, approach, at hand, any of kin, kinsfold(-sman), (that is) near (of kin), neighbour, (that is) next, (them that come) nigh (at hand), more ready, short(-ly).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 78x

The KJV translates Strong's H7138 in the following manner: near (35x), nigh (13x), at hand (6x), neighbour (5x), next (5x), kin (3x), approach (2x), short (2x), kinsfolk (1x), kinsmen (1x), miscellaneous (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 78x
The KJV translates Strong's H7138 in the following manner: near (35x), nigh (13x), at hand (6x), neighbour (5x), next (5x), kin (3x), approach (2x), short (2x), kinsfolk (1x), kinsmen (1x), miscellaneous (5x).

  1. near

    1. of place

    2. of time

    3. of personal relationship

      1. kinship

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָרוֹב qârôwb, kaw-robe'; or קָרֹב qârôb; from H7126; near (in place, kindred or time):—allied, approach, at hand, any of kin, kinsfold(-sman), (that is) near (of kin), neighbour, (that is) next, (them that come) nigh (at hand), more ready, short(-ly).
STRONGS H7138: Abbreviations
† קָרֹב, קָרוֺב 78 adjective near; — absolute קָרֹב Exodus 12:4 +, וֺב- 2 Samuel 19:48 +; plural קְרֹבִים 1 Kings 8:59, קְרוֺבִים Isaiah 33:13 +; feminine plural קְרֹבוֺת Ezekiel 22:5, etc.; — near (often opposed to רָחוֺק):
1. of city Genesis 19:20 (+ לָנוּס שָׁ֫מָּה), Jeremiah 48:24, הַקּ׳ Deuteronomy 21:3 the nearest (+ אֶל), compare (of elders) Deuteronomy 21:6; of land 1 Kings 8:46 2 Chronicles 6:36; road Exodus 13:17; = contiguous, כֶּרֶם 1 Kings 21:2 (+ אֵצֶל בֵּיתִי).
2. of person:
a. + אֶל person Genesis 45:10; Deuteronomy 13:8; Deuteronomy 22:2; Joshua 9:16; 1 Chronicles 12:41 (van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:40); אֶל הַקּ׳ Exodus 12:4 the nearest to; with suffix קְרֹבוֺ Exodus 32:27, i.e. his neighbour.
b. absolute (opposed to or + רחוק, oft,= near and far, i.e. all without distinction), Ezekiel 6:12; Isaiah 57:19; Proverbs 27:10; plural Isaiah 33:13; Jeremiah 25:26; Daniel 9:7; Esther 9:20; Exodus 22:5; ק׳ of distress, personified, Psalm 22:12; — Ezekiel 23:5, Ezekiel 23:12 Co Berthol read קְרוּאִים famous; Toy רַבִּים (compare Jeremiah 39:13); Hpt in Toy Krae conjectures קְרוֺדִים (Assyrian ḳurâdu, warrior).
c. of near relationship, + אֶל person 2 Samuel 19:43; Leviticus 21:2, 3; Leviticus 25:25 (all H), Numbers 27:11 (P); ל pers Nehemiah 13:4; Ruth 2:20; + מִן compare Ruth 3:12; of intimacy, קְרֹנוֺ Psalm 15:3 (|| רֵעֵהוּ), קְרוֺבַי Job 19:14 (|| מְיֻדָּעַי) Psalm 38:12 (|| אֹהֲנַי וְרֵעַי); near, in office, Esther 1:14.
d. near to עַם קְרֹבוֺ י׳ Psalm 148:14 (Ri Bae קְרכָו the people of those near him).
e. near to י׳ in ceremonial function, with אֶל Ezekiel 43:19, with ל Ezekiel 42:13, suffix Leviticus 10:3.
f. of God (י׳), + אֶל person Deuteronomy 4:7; Deuteronomy 30:14; ל pers Psalm 34:19; Psalm 145:18; abs Jeremiah 12:2; Isaiah 50:8; Isaiah 55:6 Psalm 119:151; אֱלֹהֵי מִקָּרֹב Jeremiah 23:23 a God from near by (opposed to מֵרָחוֺק א׳); ק׳ of צֶרֶק י׳ Isaiah 51:5, יֶשַׁע י׳ Psalm 85:10 (+ ל of person); — ק׳ שִׁמְךָ Psalm 75:2, read קֹרְאֵי בְּשׁ׳ Dy Che Gr Dr, compare Bae Greek Version of the LXX SyeVer Du.
g. of word, + אֶל person Deuteronomy 30:14; prayer, + אֶליֿ׳ 1 Kings 8:59.
3. of time : יוֺם אֵידָם ק׳ Deuteronomy 32:35; especially of יוֺם י׳ Zephaniah 1:7, 14 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 30:3 (perhaps del as Greek Version of the LXX Co Krae), Ezekiel 30:3; Isaiah 13:6; Obadiah 15; Joel 1:15; Joel 2:1; Joel 4:14, compare Ezekiel 7:7; + infinitive אֵירמֿוֺאָב לָבוֺא ק׳ Jeremiah 48:16, compare Isaiah 13:22; Isaiah 56:1; מְחִתָּה ק׳ Proverbs 10:14 imminent ruin; מִקָּרוֺכ Deuteronomy 32:17 recently, so Ezekiel 11:3 Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Co Siegf Berthol (for Mt † בְּקָרוֺב) Ezekiel 7:8 soon; Job 20:5 of the briefest; — חשֶׁךְ מִפְּנֵי ק׳ אוֹר Job 17:12 is dubious; Thes (my) light is near to (prope abest a, as Arabic bdb089802, but not proven in Hebrew) darkness; Di light (they say) is near (breaking away) from darkness, will soon leave it behind; But אוֺר פֶּן־יֶחְשַׁךְ קְרוֺבָם the light of their intimate friend shall not (?) grow dark.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:20; 45:10

Exodus

12:4; 12:4; 13:17; 22:5; 32:27

Leviticus

10:3; 21:2; 21:3; 25:25

Numbers

27:11

Deuteronomy

4:7; 13:8; 21:3; 21:6; 22:2; 30:14; 30:14; 32:17; 32:35

Joshua

9:16

Ruth

2:20; 3:12

2 Samuel

19:43

1 Kings

8:46; 8:59; 8:59; 21:2

1 Chronicles

12:40

2 Chronicles

6:36

Nehemiah

13:4

Esther

1:14; 9:20

Job

17:12; 19:14; 20:5

Psalms

15:3; 22:12; 34:19; 38:12; 75:2; 85:10; 119:151; 145:18; 148:14

Proverbs

10:14; 27:10

Isaiah

13:6; 13:22; 33:13; 33:13; 50:8; 51:5; 55:6; 56:1; 57:19

Jeremiah

12:2; 23:23; 25:26; 39:13; 48:16; 48:24

Ezekiel

6:12; 7:7; 7:8; 11:3; 22:5; 23:5; 23:12; 30:3; 30:3; 42:13; 43:19

Daniel

9:7

Joel

1:15; 2:1

Obadiah

1:15

Zephaniah

1:7; 1:14

H7138

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Strong's Number H7138 matches the Hebrew קָרוֹב (qārôḇ),
which occurs 78 times in 76 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 19:20–Isa 50:8)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:10 - You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to me, you, your children, your children's children, your flocks, your herds, and all that you have.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:2 - except for his relatives that are near to him: for his mother, for his father, for his son, for his daughter, for his brother,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:3 - and for his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:25 - If your brother becomes poor, and sells some of his possession, then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and shall redeem that which his brother has sold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:7 - For what great nation is there, that has a god so near to them, as the LORD our God is whenever we call on him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:7 - of the gods of the peoples who are round about you, near to you, or far off from you, from the one end of the eretz even to the other end of the eretz;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:2 - If your brother isn't near to you, or if you don't know him, then you shall bring it home to your house, and it shall be with you until your brother seek after it, and you shall restore it to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:14 - But the word is very near to you, in your mouth, and in your heart, that you may do it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:17 - They sacrificed to demons, which were no God, To gods that they didn't know, To new gods that came up of late, Which your fathers didn't dread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:35 - Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, The things that are to come on them shall make haste.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:12 - Now it is true that I am a near kinsman; however there is a kinsman nearer than I.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40 - Moreover those who were near to them, even as far as Yissakhar and Zevulun and Naftali, brought bread on donkeys, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, victuals of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance: for there was joy in Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:20 - Mordekhai wrote these things, and sent letters to all the Yehudim who were in all the provinces of the king Achashverosh, both near and far,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:12 - They change the night into day, Saying 'The light is near' in the presence of darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:14 - My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:5 - That the triumphing of the wicked is short, The joy of the godless but for a moment?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:3 - He who doesn't slander with his tongue, Nor does evil to his friend, Nor casts slurs against his fellow man;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:11 - Don't be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is none to help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:18 - The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, And saves those who have a crushed spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:11 - My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:1 - For the Chief Musician. To the tune "Do Not Destroy." A Psalm by Asaf. A song. We give thanks to you, God, We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:9 - Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, That glory may dwell in our land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:151

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:151 - You are near, LORD. All your mitzvot are truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 145:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:18 - The LORD is near to all those who call on him, To all who call on him in truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:14 - He has lifted up the horn of his people, The praise of all his holy ones; Even of the children of Yisra'el, a people near to him. Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:14 - Wise men lay up knowledge, But the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10 - Don't forsake your friend and your father's friend. Don't go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: Better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:1 - Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don't know that they do evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:6 - Wail; for the day of the LORD is at hand; as destruction from Shaddai shall it come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:22 - Wolves shall cry in their castles, and jackals in the pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:13 - Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and, you who are near, acknowledge my might.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:8 - He is near who justifies me; who will bring charges against me? Let us stand up together: who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.

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