Hebrew adjective · H7131
קָרֵב
qarebkaw-rabe'
approaching
12 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: qârêb
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7131is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7131
near
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
qareb is rendered "approaching". It stands 12 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Six of the uses stand in Numbers, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Numbers 1:51Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death.
Numbers 1:51הַקָּרֵ֖ב
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the approaching9
- and approaching2
- approaching1
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.
The words it stands beside
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 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
- הַקָּרֵ֖ב4
- הַקָּרֵ֛ב2
- הַקָּרֵ֧ב׀1
- הַקְּרֵבִ֧ים1
- הַקְּרֵבִ֖ים1
- וְקָרֵ֖ב1
- וְקָרֵֽב׃1
- קְרֵבִ֥ים1
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singular7HTd/Aamsa
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular2HC/Aamsa
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine plural2HTd/Aampa
- adjective · masculine plural1HAampa
Numbers
six uses
Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death.
- הַקָּרֵ֖בhakarevthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the approaching
So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”
- הַקָּרֵ֖בhakarevthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the approaching
Moses, Aaron, and Aaron’s sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, before the Tent of Meeting. They were to perform the duties of the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites; but any outsider who approached the sanctuary was to be put to death.
- הַקָּרֵ֖בhakarevthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the approaching
Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”
- הַקָּרֵ֧ב׀hakarevthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the approaching
- הַקָּרֵ֛בhakarevthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the approaching
But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”
- הַקָּרֵ֖בhakarevthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the approaching
Deuteronomy
one use
saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.
- קְרֵבִ֥יםkerevimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: approaching
1 Samuel
one use
Now the Philistine came closer and closer to David, with his shield-bearer before him.
- וְקָרֵ֖בvekarevconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and approaching
2 Samuel
one use
So he called out and told the king. “If he is alone,” the king replied, “he bears good news.” As the first runner drew near,
- וְקָרֵֽב׃vekarevconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and approaching
1 Kings
one use
Each month the governors in turn provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking.
- הַקָּרֵ֛בhakarevthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the approaching
Ezekiel
two uses
and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the only Levites who may approach the LORD to minister before Him.”
- הַקְּרֵבִ֧יםhakerevimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the approaching
It will be a holy portion of the land to be used by the priests who minister in the sanctuary, who draw near to minister before the LORD. It will be a place for their houses, as well as a holy area for the sanctuary.
- הַקְּרֵבִ֖יםhakerevimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the approaching
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.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.