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Hebrew verb (Aramaic) · H7127

קְרֵב

qerebker-abe'

to approach

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

Concordance spelling: qᵉrêb

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7127is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 2 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 9
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H7127

{to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose}

The King James renders it: approach, come (near, nigh), draw near.

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

qereb is rendered "to approach". It stands 9 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.

  • Six of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 6:10Then they will be able to offer sacrifices of a sweet aroma to the God of heaven and to pray for the lives of the king and his sons.
  • The Greek text spells it nine different ways.

The first use

Then they will be able to offer sacrifices of a sweet aroma to the God of heaven and to pray for the lives of the king and his sons.

Ezra 6:10מְהַקְרְבִ֛ין

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

Where the word stands

Six of the word's nine uses are in Daniel.

The other 37 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

  • they approached2
  • and just as approached he1
  • and they offered1
  • he approached1
  • I approached1
  • offering1
  • so you may offer1
  • they brought near him1

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.

All 9, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

9 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

  • הַקְרְבֽוּהִי׃1
  • וְהַקְרִ֗בוּ1
  • וּכְמִקְרְבֵ֣הּ1
  • וּתְקָרֵ֣ב1
  • מְהַקְרְבִ֛ין1
  • קְרֵ֣ב1
  • קְרִ֖בוּ1
  • קִרְבֵ֗ת1
  • קְרִ֨יבוּ1

The grammar of each form

  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine plural2AVqp3mp
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1AC/R/Vqcc/Sp3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1AC/Vhp3mp
  • AC/Vpu2ms1AC/Vpu2ms
  • verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1AVhp3mp/Sp3ms
  • verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine plural1AVhrmpa
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular1AVqp1cs
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1AVqp3ms

Ezra

three uses
  • Then they will be able to offer sacrifices of a sweet aroma to the God of heaven and to pray for the lives of the king and his sons.

    Ezra 6:10

    • מְהַקְרְבִ֛יןmehakrevinverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine pluraltagged: offering
  • For the dedication of the house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for all Israel of twelve male goats, one for each tribe of Israel.

    Ezra 6:17

    • וְהַקְרִ֗בוּvehakrivuconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and they offered
  • With this money, therefore, you are to buy as many bulls, rams, and lambs as needed, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings, and offer them on the altar at the house of your God in Jerusalem.

    Ezra 7:17

    • וּתְקָרֵ֣בutekarevAC/Vpu2mstagged: so you may offer

Daniel

six uses
  • At this time some astrologers came forward and maliciously accused the Jews,

    Daniel 3:8

    • קְרִ֖בוּkerivuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they approached
  • Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the blazing fiery furnace and called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire,

    Daniel 3:26

    • קְרֵ֣בkerevverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he approached
  • So they approached the king and asked about his royal decree: “Did you not sign a decree that for thirty days any man who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions?” The king replied, “According to the law of the Medes and Persians the order stands, and it cannot be repealed.”

    Daniel 6:12

    • קְרִ֨יבוּkerivuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they approached
  • When he reached the den, he cried out in a voice of anguish, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”

    Daniel 6:20

    • וּכְמִקְרְבֵ֣הּukhemikrevehconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and just as approached he
  • In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence.

    Daniel 7:13

    • הַקְרְבֽוּהִי׃hakrevuhiverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: they brought near him
  • I approached one of those who were standing there, and I asked him the true meaning of all this. So he told me the interpretation of these things:

    Daniel 7:16

    • קִרְבֵ֗תkirvetverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I approached

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

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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