H7126 קָרַב (qârab) kaw-rab'

Hebrew

Verb (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

to present: come

Strong's Definition

to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: (cause to) approach, (cause to) bring (forth, near), (cause to) come (near, nigh), (cause to) draw near (nigh), go (near), be at hand, join, be near, offer, present, produce, make ready, stand, take.

TWOT Reference: 2065

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to come near, approach, enter into, draw near

1a) (Qal) to approach, draw near

1b) (Niphal) to be brought near

1c) (Piel) to cause to approach, bring near, cause to draw near

1d) (Hiphil) to bring near, bring, present

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

קָרַב (qa.rav) — to present: come. : come/approach 1) to come near, approach, enter into, draw near 1a) (Qal) to approach, draw near 1b) (Niphal) to be brought near 1c) (Piel) to cause to approach, bring near, cause to draw near 1d) (Hiphil) to bring near, bring, present

קָרַב (qa.rav) — to present: bring. : bring/offer 1) to come near, approach, enter into, draw near 1a) (Qal) to approach, draw near 1b) (Niphal) to be brought near 1c) (Piel) to cause to approach, bring near, cause to draw near 1d) (Hiphil) to bring near, bring, present

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

קרב (H7126 · A7127)

verb · קְרָב · קָרֵב · קִרְבָה · קָרְבָּן · קֻרְבָּן · קָרֹוב

Move | verb qal, verb pe'al, verb pi, verb hif, verb nif

to approach, to come near, to come forward = action by which humans or animals move to a location relatively close to the location in focus

GEN 37:18 · EXO 3:5 · EXO 12:48 · EXO 14:10 · EXO 14:20 · EXO 16:9 · EXO 22:7 · EXO 32:19 · EXO 36:2 · EXO 40:32 · LEV 9:5 · LEV 9:7 · LEV 9:8 · LEV 10:4 · LEV 10:5 · LEV 16:1 · LEV 21:17 · LEV 21:18 · LEV 22:3 · NUM 9:6 · NUM 17:5 · NUM 18:3 · NUM 18:4 · NUM 18:22 · NUM 27:1 · NUM 31:48 · NUM 36:1 · DEU 1:22 · DEU 2:19 · DEU 2:37 · DEU 4:11 · DEU 5:23 · DEU 5:27 · DEU 20:2 · DEU 20:10 · DEU 22:14 · DEU 25:11 · JOS 3:4 · JOS 7:14 · JOS 7:14 · JOS 7:14 · JOS 8:5 · JOS 10:24 · JOS 10:24 · JOS 17:4 · JDG 19:13 · JDG 20:24 · 1SA 14:36 · 1SA 17:48 · 2SA 15:5 · 2SA 20:16 · 2SA 20:17 · 1KI 2:7 · 2KI 16:12 · EST 5:2 · JOB 31:37 · JOB 33:22 · PSA 27:2 · PSA 32:9 · PSA 69:19 · PSA 119:150 · PRO 5:8 · ECC 4:17 · ISA 34:1 · ISA 41:1 · ISA 41:5 · ISA 48:16 · ISA 57:3 · LAM 3:57 · EZK 37:7 · EZK 42:14 · EZK 44:15 · EZK 44:16 · DAN 3:8 · DAN 3:26 · DAN 6:13 · DAN 6:21 · DAN 7:16 · HOS 7:6 · JON 1:6 · MAL 3:5

Move | verb hif, verb haf'el, verb pi, verb pa, verb nif

to bring near = causative action by which humans cause other humans or animals to move to a location relatively close to the location in focus

EXO 28:1 · EXO 29:3 · EXO 29:4 · EXO 29:8 · EXO 29:10 · EXO 40:12 · EXO 40:14 · LEV 1:2 · LEV 1:2 · LEV 1:3 · LEV 1:3 · LEV 1:5 · LEV 1:10 · LEV 1:13 · LEV 1:14 · LEV 1:15 · LEV 2:1 · LEV 2:4 · LEV 2:8 · LEV 2:11 · LEV 2:12 · LEV 2:13 · LEV 2:14 · LEV 2:14 · LEV 3:1 · LEV 3:1 · LEV 3:3 · LEV 3:6 · LEV 3:7 · LEV 3:7 · LEV 3:9 · LEV 3:12 · LEV 3:14 · LEV 4:3 · LEV 4:14 · LEV 5:8 · LEV 6:7 · LEV 6:13 · LEV 6:14 · LEV 7:3 · LEV 7:8 · LEV 7:8 · LEV 7:9 · LEV 7:11 · LEV 7:12 · LEV 7:12 · LEV 7:13 · LEV 7:14 · LEV 7:16 · LEV 7:18 · LEV 7:25 · LEV 7:29 · LEV 7:33 · LEV 7:35 · LEV 7:38 · LEV 8:6 · LEV 8:13 · LEV 8:18 · LEV 8:22 · LEV 8:24 · LEV 9:2 · LEV 9:9 · LEV 9:15 · LEV 9:16 · LEV 9:17 · LEV 10:1 · LEV 10:19 · LEV 12:7 · LEV 14:12 · LEV 16:6 · LEV 16:9 · LEV 16:11 · LEV 16:20 · LEV 17:4 · LEV 21:6 · LEV 21:8 · LEV 21:17 · LEV 21:21 · LEV 21:21 · LEV 22:18 · LEV 22:18 · LEV 22:20 · LEV 22:21 · LEV 22:22 · LEV 22:24 · LEV 22:25 · LEV 23:8 · LEV 23:16 · LEV 23:18 · LEV 23:25 · LEV 23:27 · LEV 23:36 · LEV 23:36 · LEV 23:37 · LEV 27:9 · LEV 27:11 · NUM 3:4 · NUM 3:6 · NUM 5:9 · NUM 5:16 · NUM 5:25 · NUM 6:14 · NUM 6:16 · NUM 7:2 · NUM 7:3 · NUM 7:10 · NUM 7:10 · NUM 7:11 · NUM 7:12 · NUM 7:18 · NUM 7:19 · NUM 8:9 · NUM 8:10 · NUM 9:7 · NUM 9:13 · NUM 15:4 · NUM 15:4 · NUM 15:7 · NUM 15:9 · NUM 15:10 · NUM 15:13 · NUM 15:27 · NUM 15:33 · NUM 16:5 · NUM 16:5 · NUM 16:9 · NUM 16:10 · NUM 16:17 · NUM 16:35 · NUM 17:3 · NUM 17:4 · NUM 18:2 · NUM 18:15 · NUM 25:6 · NUM 26:61 · NUM 27:5 · NUM 28:2 · NUM 28:3 · NUM 28:11 · NUM 28:19 · NUM 28:26 · NUM 28:27 · NUM 29:8 · NUM 29:13 · NUM 29:36 · NUM 31:50 · DEU 1:17 · JOS 7:14 · JOS 7:16 · JOS 7:17 · JOS 7:17 · JOS 7:18 · JOS 8:23 · JDG 3:17 · JDG 3:18 · JDG 5:25 · 1SA 10:20 · 1SA 10:21 · 2KI 16:14 · 1CH 16:1 · 2CH 35:12 · EZR 6:10 · EZR 6:17 · EZR 7:17 · EZR 8:35 · PSA 65:5 · PSA 72:10 · ISA 5:8 · JER 30:21 · EZK 9:1 · EZK 22:4 · EZK 43:22 · EZK 43:23 · EZK 43:24 · EZK 44:7 · EZK 44:15 · EZK 44:27 · EZK 46:4 · DAN 7:13 · HAG 2:14 · MAL 1:8

Associate | verb qal | ≈ בטח

to draw near = action by which humans entrust themselves to a deity

ZEP 3:2

Attach | verb pi

to bring together literally: to bring near; hence: = causative action by which humans put one object against another to make them seem to be one

EZK 37:17

Copulate | verb qal

to approach, to have intercourse literally: to approach; hence: = action by which humans have sexual intercourse with others

GEN 20:4 · LEV 18:6 · LEV 18:14 · LEV 18:19 · LEV 20:16 · ISA 8:3 · EZK 18:6

Engage | verb hif, verb pi

to be about (to do something) literally: to draw near; hence: = state in which a person is about to perform an activity

GEN 12:11 · ISA 26:17 · EZK 36:8

Happen | verb qal

to come near, to approach = process by which a moment in time is about to happen

GEN 27:41 · GEN 47:29 · DEU 15:9 · DEU 31:14 · 1KI 2:1 · 1KI 20:29 · PSA 91:10 · PSA 119:169 · ISA 5:19 · ISA 54:14 · LAM 4:18 · EZK 12:23 · ZEP 1:14

Happen | verb pi

to bring near literally: to bring near; hence: = causative process by which deities bring about a certain condition

ISA 46:13

Know | verb pi

to submit, to present literally: to bring near; hence: = causative action by which humans make a certain matter publicly known

ISA 41:21

Space | verb qal

to keep (one's) distance literally: to stay close (to oneself)

ISA 65:5

Graham S. Ogden

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[קָרֵב], קָרַב 279 vb. come near, approach Qal 93 approach

Niph. he shall be brought unto God

Pi. cause to approach, bring near

Hiph. 177 bring near, bring, present

of time

as term techn. (c. 158 t.), chiefly Ez HP, bring near, of presenting, dedicating, or offering to י׳

base

Bible Occurrences (260)

12:11 20:4 27:41 37:18 47:29

3:5 12:48 14:10 14:20 16:9 22:8 28:1 29:3 29:4 29:8 29:10 32:19 36:2 40:12 40:14 40:32

1:2 1:3 1:5 1:10 1:13 1:14 1:15 2:1 2:4 2:8 2:11 2:12 2:13 2:14 3:1 3:3 3:6 3:7 3:9 3:12 3:14 4:3 4:14 5:8 6:14 6:20 6:21 7:3 7:8 7:9 7:11 7:12 7:13 7:14 7:16 7:18 7:25 7:29 7:33 7:35 7:38 8:6 8:13 8:18 8:22 8:24 9:2 9:5 9:7 9:8 9:9 9:15 9:16 9:17 10:1 10:4 10:5 10:19 12:7 14:12 16:1 16:6 16:9 16:11 16:20 17:4 18:6 18:14 18:19 20:16 21:6 21:8 21:17 21:18 21:21 22:3 22:18 22:20 22:21 22:22 22:24 22:25 23:8 23:16 23:18 23:25 23:27 23:36 23:37 27:9 27:11

3:4 3:6 5:9 5:16 5:25 6:14 6:16 7:2 7:3 7:10 7:11 7:12 7:18 7:19 8:9 8:10 9:6 9:7 9:13 15:4 15:7 15:9 15:10 15:13 15:27 15:33 16:5 16:9 16:10 16:17 16:35 16:38 16:39 16:40 18:2 18:3 18:4 18:15 18:22 25:6 26:61 27:1 27:5 28:2 28:3 28:11 28:19 28:26 28:27 29:8 29:13 29:36 31:48 31:50 36:1

1:17 1:22 2:19 2:37 4:11 5:23 5:27 15:9 20:2 20:10 22:14 25:11 31:14

3:4 7:14 7:16 7:17 7:18 8:5 8:23 10:24 17:4

3:17 3:18 5:25 19:13 20:24

10:20 10:21 14:36 17:48

15:5 20:16 20:17

2:1 2:7 20:29

16:12 16:14

16:1

35:12

8:35

5:2

31:37 33:22

27:2 32:9 65:4 69:18 72:10 91:10 119:150 119:169

5:8

5:1

5:8 5:19 8:3 26:17 34:1 41:1 41:5 41:21 46:13 48:16 54:14 57:3 65:5

30:21

3:57 4:18

9:1 12:23 18:6 22:4 36:8 37:7 37:17 42:14 43:22 43:23 43:24 44:7 44:15 44:16 44:27 46:4

7:6

1:6

3:2

2:14

1:8 3:5

Genesis 12:11

As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, Look,... I know that you [are] a beautiful... woman,

Genesis 20:4

Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?

Genesis 27:41

Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.

Genesis 37:18

Now [Joseph’s brothers] saw him in the distance, and before he arrived,... they plotted to kill him.

Genesis 47:29

When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, If... I have found favor in your eyes, put... your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not... bury me in Egypt,

Exodus 3:5

Do not come any closer, [God] said. Take off your sandals......, for the place where you are standing... is holy... ground.

Exodus 12:48

If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males [in the household] must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land.... But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.

Exodus 14:10

As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites... looked up... and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and [they]... were terrified... and cried out to the LORD.