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Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H5045

נֶגֶב

negebneh'-gheb

Negeb

112 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5045is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 18 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 63
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H5045

the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)

The King James renders it: south (country, side, -ward).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

negeb is rendered "Negeb". It stands 112 times in the Hebrew text, across eighteen books.

  • Twenty-seven of the uses stand in Joshua, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 12:9And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.
  • The Greek text spells it sixty-three different ways.

The first use

And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.

Genesis 12:9הַנֶּֽגְבָּה׃ פ

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in eighteen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 21 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • south15
  • from south14
  • the Negev14
  • the south12
  • south towards10
  • south -ward9
  • and south -ward6
  • Negev of6
  • and the Negev4
  • in the Negev4
  • Negev4
  • and in the Negev2

and 10 more, 112 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

נֶגֶדnegedbeforeUses151
נֶגֶףnegephplagueUses7
נֶגֶדnegedbeforeUses1

All 112, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

63 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • הַנֶּ֔גֶב9
  • מִנֶּ֖גֶב6
  • נֶ֣גֶב5
  • נֶֽגְבָּה׃5
  • הַנֶּ֙גֶב֙4
  • נֶ֔גֶב4
  • נֶ֗גְבָּה4
  • הַנֶּ֑גֶב3
  • הַנֶּ֗גֶב3
  • מִנֶּ֥גֶב3
  • נֶ֥גֶב3
  • נֶ֖גֶב3

and 51 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)19HNcmsa/Sd
  • noun · masculine singular15HNcmsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)15HTd/Npl
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular14HR/Ncmsa
  • proper noun (a name)11HNpl
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular11HTd/Ncmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)6HC/Ncmsa/Sd
  • preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)5HRd/Npl
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)4HC/Td/Npl
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)2HC/Rd/Npl
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmsc
  • preposition + proper noun (a name)2HR/Npl

Genesis

seven uses
  • And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.

    Genesis 12:9

    • הַנֶּֽגְבָּה׃ פhanegbahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the south towards
  • So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.

    Genesis 13:1

    • הַנֶּֽגְבָּה׃hanegbahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Negev towards
  • From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,

    Genesis 13:3

    • מִנֶּ֖גֶבminegevpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Negev
  • After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,

    Genesis 13:14

    • וָנֶ֖גְבָּהvanegbahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: and south -ward
  • Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,

    Genesis 20:1

    • הַנֶּ֔גֶבhanegevthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Negev
  • Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.

    Genesis 24:62

    • הַנֶּֽגֶב׃hanegevthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Negev
  • Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

    Genesis 28:14

    • וָנֶ֑גְבָּהvanegbahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: and south -ward

Exodus

five uses
  • Construct twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,

    Exodus 26:18

    • נֶ֥גְבָּהnegbahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: south -ward
  • You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,

    Exodus 27:9

    • נֶֽגֶב־negev-noun · masculine singulartagged: south
  • He constructed twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,

    Exodus 36:23

    • נֶ֥גֶבnegevnoun · masculine singulartagged: south
  • Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen,

    Exodus 38:9

    • נֶ֣גֶבnegevnoun · masculine singulartagged: south
  • He also placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle

    Exodus 40:24

    • נֶֽגְבָּה׃negbahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: south -ward

Numbers

ten uses
  • When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev and into the hill country.

    Numbers 13:17

    • בַּנֶּ֔גֶבbanegevpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Negev
  • They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.

    Numbers 13:22

    • בַנֶּגֶב֮vanegevpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Negev
  • The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”

    Numbers 13:29

    • הַנֶּ֑גֶבhanegevthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Negev
  • When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked Israel and captured some prisoners.

    Numbers 21:1

    • הַנֶּ֔גֶבhanegevthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Negev
  • Now the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming.

    Numbers 33:40

    • בַּנֶּ֖גֶבbanegevpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Negev
  • Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea,

    Numbers 34:3

    • נֶ֛גֶבnegevnoun · masculine singulartagged: south
    • נֶ֔גֶבnegevnoun · masculine singulartagged: southward
  • cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and go south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go on to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon,

    Numbers 34:4

    • מִנֶּ֜גֶבminegevpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from south
    • מִנֶּ֖גֶבminegevpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from south
  • You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.

    Numbers 35:5

    • נֶגֶב֩negevnoun · masculine singulartagged: south

Deuteronomy

two uses
  • Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.

    Deuteronomy 1:7

    • וּבַנֶּ֖גֶבuvanegevconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: and in the Negev
  • the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.

    Deuteronomy 34:3

    • הַנֶּ֗גֶבhanegevthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Negev

Joshua

twenty-seven uses
  • So Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings—leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.

    Joshua 10:40

    • וְהַנֶּ֨גֶבvehanegevconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and the Negev
  • to the kings of the north in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the foothills, and in Naphoth-dor to the west;

    Joshua 11:2

    • נֶ֥גֶבnegevnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: south of
  • So Joshua took this entire region: the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah, and the mountains of Israel and their foothills,

    Joshua 11:16

    • הַנֶּ֙גֶב֙hanegevthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Negev
  • the hill country, the foothills, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev—the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites):

    Joshua 12:8

    • וּבַנֶּ֑גֶבuvanegevconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: and in the Negev
  • Now the allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah extended to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin at the extreme southern boundary:

    Joshua 15:1

    • נֶ֖גְבָּהnegbahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: south towards
  • Their southern border started at the bay on the southern tip of the Salt Sea,

    Joshua 15:2

    • נֶ֔גֶבnegevnoun · masculine singulartagged: south
    • נֶֽגְבָּה׃negbahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: south towards
  • proceeded south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continued on to Zin, went over to the south of Kadesh-barnea, ran past Hezron up to Addar, and curved toward Karka.

    Joshua 15:3

    • מִנֶּ֜גֶבminegevpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from south
    • מִנֶּ֖גֶבminegevpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from south
  • It proceeded to Azmon, joined the Brook of Egypt, and ended at the Sea. This was their southern border.

    Joshua 15:4

    • נֶֽגֶב׃negevnoun · masculine singulartagged: south
  • Then the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning north to Gilgal, which faces the Ascent of Adummim south of the ravine. It continued along the waters of En-shemesh and came out at En-rogel.

    Joshua 15:7

    • מִנֶּ֖גֶבminegevpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from south
  • From there the border went up the Valley of Hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.

    Joshua 15:8

    • מִנֶּ֔גֶבminegevpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from south
  • “Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.

    Joshua 15:19

    • הַנֶּ֙גֶב֙hanegevthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Negev
  • These were the southernmost cities of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the border of Edom:

    Joshua 15:21

    • בַּנֶּ֑גְבָּהbanegbahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: in the south towards
  • From there the border continued southward to the Brook of Kanah. There were cities belonging to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh, but the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook and ended at the Sea.

    Joshua 17:9

    • נֶ֣גְבָּהnegbahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: south towards
  • Ephraim’s territory was to the south, and Manasseh’s was to the north, having the Sea as its border and adjoining Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.

    Joshua 17:10

    • נֶ֣גְבָּהnegbahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: south -ward
  • and divide the land into seven portions. Judah shall remain in their territory in the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their territory in the north.

    Joshua 18:5

    • מִנֶּ֔גֶבminegevpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from south
  • From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.

    Joshua 18:13

    • נֶ֔גְבָּהnegbahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: south -ward
    • מִנֶּ֥גֶבminegevpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from south
  • On the west side the border curved southward from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south and came out at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the western side.

    Joshua 18:14

    • נֶ֗גְבָּהnegbahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: south -ward
    • נֶגְבָּה֒negbahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: south towards
  • On the south side the border began at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim and extended westward to the spring at the Waters of Nephtoah.

    Joshua 18:15

    • נֶ֕גְבָּהnegbahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: south towards
  • Then it went down to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim and ran down the Valley of Hinnom toward the southern slope of the Jebusites and downward to En-rogel.

    Joshua 18:16

    • נֶ֔גְבָּהnegbahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: south towards
  • The border continued to the northern slope of Beth-hoglah and came out at the northern bay of the Salt Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan. This was the southern border.

    Joshua 18:19

    • נֶ֑גְבָּהnegbahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: south towards
    • נֶֽגֶב׃negevnoun · masculine singulartagged: south
  • and all the villages surrounding these cities as far as Baalath-beer (Ramah of the Negev). This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Simeon.

    Joshua 19:8

    • נֶ֑גֶבnegevproper noun (a name)tagged: Negev
  • Then the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and ran from there to Hukkok, touching Zebulun on the south side, Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan on the east.

    Joshua 19:34

    • מִנֶּ֗גֶבminegevpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from south

Judges

four uses
  • Afterward, the men of Judah marched down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, in the Negev, and in the foothills.

    Judges 1:9

    • וְהַנֶּ֖גֶבvehanegevconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and the Negev
  • “Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.

    Judges 1:15

    • הַנֶּ֙גֶב֙hanegevthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Negev
  • Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live among the people.

    Judges 1:16

    • בְּנֶ֣גֶבbenegevpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Negev
  • “But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”

    Judges 21:19

    • וּמִנֶּ֖גֶבuminegevconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and from south

1 Samuel

nine uses
  • One cliff stood to the north toward Michmash, and the other to the south toward Geba.

    1 Samuel 14:5

    • מִנֶּ֖גֶבminegevpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from south
  • When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.

    1 Samuel 20:41

    • הַנֶּ֔גֶבhanegevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the south
  • who would ask him, “What have you raided today?” And David would reply, “The Negev of Judah,” or “The Negev of Jerahmeel,” or “The Negev of the Kenites.”

    1 Samuel 27:10

    • נֶ֤גֶבnegevproper noun (a name)tagged: Negev of
    • נֶ֣גֶבnegevproper noun (a name)tagged: Negev of
    • נֶ֖גֶבnegevproper noun (a name)tagged: Negev of
  • On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.

    1 Samuel 30:1

    • נֶ֙גֶב֙negevproper noun (a name)tagged: Negev
  • We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”

    1 Samuel 30:14

    • נֶ֧גֶבnegevproper noun (a name)tagged: Negev of
    • נֶ֣גֶבnegevproper noun (a name)tagged: Negev of
  • He sent gifts to those in Bethel, Ramoth Negev, and Jattir;

    1 Samuel 30:27

    • נֶ֖גֶבnegevproper noun (a name)tagged: Negev

2 Samuel

one use
  • They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.

    2 Samuel 24:7

    • נֶ֥גֶבnegevproper noun (a name)tagged: Negev of

1 Kings

two uses
  • The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.

    1 Kings 7:25

    • נֶ֗גְבָּהnegbahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: south towards
  • He set five stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north, and he put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple.

    1 Kings 7:39

    • נֶֽגֶב׃ סnegevnoun · masculine singulartagged: south

1 Chronicles

three uses
  • The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.

    1 Chronicles 9:24

    • וָנֶֽגְבָּה׃vanegbahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: and south -ward
  • The lot for the South Gate fell to Obed-edom, and the lot for the storehouses to his sons.

    1 Chronicles 26:15

    • נֶ֑גְבָּהnegbahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: south towards
  • Each day there were six Levites on the east, four on the north, four on the south, and two pairs at the storehouse.

    1 Chronicles 26:17

    • לַנֶּ֥גְבָּהlanegbahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: to the south towards

2 Chronicles

three uses
  • The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.

    2 Chronicles 4:4

    • נֶ֗גְבָּהnegbahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: south -ward
  • He put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.

    2 Chronicles 4:10

    • נֶֽגְבָּה׃negbahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: south towards
  • The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.

    2 Chronicles 28:18

    • וְהַנֶּגֶב֮vehanegevconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and the Negev

Psalms

one use
  • Restore our captives, O LORD, like streams in the Negev.

    Psalms 126:4

    • בַּנֶּֽגֶב׃banegevpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Negev

Isaiah

two uses
  • This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.

    Isaiah 21:1

    • בַּנֶּ֙גֶב֙banegevpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the south
  • This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.

    Isaiah 30:6

    • נֶ֑גֶבnegevproper noun (a name)tagged: Negev

Jeremiah

four uses
  • The cities of the Negev have been shut tight, and no one can open them. All Judah has been carried into exile, wholly taken captive.

    Jeremiah 13:19

    • הַנֶּ֛גֶבhanegevthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Negev
  • And people will come from the cities of Judah and the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, and from the foothills, the hill country, and the Negev, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.

    Jeremiah 17:26

    • הַנֶּ֔גֶבhanegevthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Negev
  • Fields will be purchased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah—the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev—because I will restore them from captivity, declares the LORD.”

    Jeremiah 32:44

    • הַנֶּ֑גֶבhanegevthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Negev
  • In the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev, in the land of Benjamin and the cities surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the LORD.

    Jeremiah 33:13

    • הַנֶּ֔גֶבhanegevthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Negev

Ezekiel

fifteen uses
  • “Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.

    Ezekiel 20:46

    • נֶֽגֶב׃negevproper noun (a name)tagged: south
  • Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and by it every face from south to north will be scorched.

    Ezekiel 20:47

    • הַנֶּ֔גֶבhanegevthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the south
    • מִנֶּ֥גֶבminegevpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from south
  • Because I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.

    Ezekiel 21:4

    • מִנֶּ֥גֶבminegevpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from south
  • In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose southern slope was a structure that resembled a city.

    Ezekiel 40:2

    • מִנֶּֽגֶב׃minegevpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from south
  • When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by the north gate to worship must go out by the south gate, and whoever enters by the south gate must go out by the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which he entered, but each must go out by the opposite gate.

    Ezekiel 46:9

    • נֶ֔גֶבnegevnoun · masculine singulartagged: south
    • נֶ֔גֶבnegevnoun · masculine singulartagged: south
  • Then the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar.

    Ezekiel 47:1

    • מִנֶּ֖גֶבminegevpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from south
  • On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, and along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea. This will be the southern boundary.

    Ezekiel 47:19

    • נֶ֣גֶבnegevnoun · masculine singulartagged: south
    • נֶֽגְבָּה׃negbahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: south -ward
  • This will be the holy portion for the priests. It will be 25,000 cubits long on the north side, 10,000 cubits wide on the west side, 10,000 cubits wide on the east side, and 25,000 cubits long on the south side. In the center will be the sanctuary of the LORD.

    Ezekiel 48:10

    • וְנֶ֕גְבָּהvenegbahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: and south -ward
  • and will have these measurements: 4,500 cubits on the north side, 4,500 cubits on the south side, 4,500 cubits on the east side, and 4,500 cubits on the west side.

    Ezekiel 48:16

    • נֶ֕גֶבnegevnoun · masculine singulartagged: south
  • The pastureland of the city will extend 250 cubits to the north, 250 cubits to the south, 250 cubits to the east, and 250 cubits to the west.

    Ezekiel 48:17

    • וְנֶ֖גְבָּהvenegbahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: and south -ward
  • The southern border of Gad will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt and out to the Great Sea.

    Ezekiel 48:28

    • נֶ֣גֶבnegevnoun · masculine singulartagged: south
  • On the south side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar, and the gate of Zebulun.

    Ezekiel 48:33

    • נֶ֗גְבָּהnegbahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: south -ward

Daniel

twelve uses
  • I saw the ram charging toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against him, and there was no deliverance from his power. He did as he pleased and became great.

    Daniel 8:4

    • וָנֶ֗גְבָּהvanegbahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: and south -ward
  • From one of these horns a little horn emerged and grew extensively toward the south and the east and toward the Beautiful Land.

    Daniel 8:9

    • הַנֶּ֥גֶבhanegevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the south
  • The king of the South will grow strong, but one of his commanders will grow even stronger and will rule his own kingdom with great authority.

    Daniel 11:5

    • הַנֶּ֖גֶבhanegevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the south
  • After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. But his daughter will not retain her position of power, nor will his strength endure. At that time she will be given up, along with her royal escort and her father and the one who supported her.

    Daniel 11:6

    • הַנֶּ֗גֶבhanegevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the south
  • who will invade the realm of the king of the South and then return to his own land.

    Daniel 11:9

    • הַנֶּ֔גֶבhanegevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the south
  • In a rage, the king of the South will march out to fight the king of the North, who will raise a large army, but it will be delivered into the hand of his enemy.

    Daniel 11:11

    • הַנֶּ֔גֶבhanegevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the south
  • In those times many will rise up against the king of the South. Violent ones among your own people will exalt themselves in fulfillment of the vision, but they will fail.

    Daniel 11:14

    • הַנֶּ֑גֶבhanegevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the south
  • Then the king of the North will come, build up a siege ramp, and capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will not stand; even their best troops will not be able to resist.

    Daniel 11:15

    • הַנֶּ֙גֶב֙hanegevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the south
  • And with a large army he will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South, who will mobilize a very large and powerful army but will not withstand the plots devised against him.

    Daniel 11:25

    • הַנֶּגֶב֮hanegevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the south
    • הַנֶּ֗גֶבhanegevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the south
  • At the appointed time he will invade the South again, but this time will not be like the first.

    Daniel 11:29

    • בַנֶּ֑גֶבvanegevpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the south
  • At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them like a flood.

    Daniel 11:40

    • הַנֶּ֔גֶבhanegevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the south

Obadiah

two uses
  • Those from the Negev will possess the mountains of Esau; those from the foothills will possess the land of the Philistines. They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria, and Benjamin will possess Gilead.

    Obadiah 1:19

    • הַנֶּ֜גֶבhanegevthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Negev
  • And the exiles of this host of the Israelites will possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath; and the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of the Negev.

    Obadiah 1:20

    • הַנֶּֽגֶב׃hanegevthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Negev

Zechariah

three uses
  • Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”

    Zechariah 7:7

    • וְהַנֶּ֥גֶבvehanegevconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and the Negev
  • On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south.

    Zechariah 14:4

    • נֶֽגְבָּה׃negbahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: south -ward
  • All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.

    Zechariah 14:10

    • נֶ֖גֶבnegevnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: south of

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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