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Lexicon :: Strong's H5045 - neḡeḇ

Aa
נֶגֶב
Transliteration
neḡeḇ
Pronunciation
neh'-gheb
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to be parched
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TWOT Reference: 1288a

Strong’s Definitions

נֶגֶב negeb, neh'-gheb; from an unused root meaning to be parched; the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine):—south (country, side, -ward).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 112x

The KJV translates Strong's H5045 in the following manner: south (89x), southward (16x), south side (5x), south country (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 112x
The KJV translates Strong's H5045 in the following manner: south (89x), southward (16x), south side (5x), south country (2x).

  1. south-country, Nekeb, south

    1. south-country

      1. region of southern Judah, boundaries not specific

    2. south

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נֶגֶב negeb, neh'-gheb; from an unused root meaning to be parched; the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine):—south (country, side, -ward).
STRONGS H5045: Abbreviations
† נֶ֫גֶב noun [masculine]] south-country, Negeb, south (compare LagBN 78); — נ׳ absolute Genesis 20:1 +; construct Joshua 11:2 +; נֶ֫גְבָּה Genesis 13:14 +; —
1. south-country, i.e.
a. specifically the region south of Judah, boundaries not exactly defined (see cities in it Joshua 15:21-32), but with from hills south of Hebron to Kadesh, אֶרֶץ הַנּ׳ Genesis 20:1 (E), Genesis 24:62 (J), Numbers 13:29 (JE), Judges 1:15; Joshua 15:19; almost = proper name הַנּ׳, הַנֶּ֫גְבָּה, Genesis 12:9; Genesis 13:1; Numbers 13:17, 22; Numbers 21:1 (all J), Deuteronomy 34:3 (JE), Deuteronomy 1:7; Joshua 10:40; Joshua 11:16; Joshua 12:8 (all D), Numbers 33:40; Joshua 15:21 (both P), Judges 1:9; 1 Samuel 20:41 (but read הָאַרְגָּב, i.e. the mound Greek Version of the LXX (ἀργαβ) Th We Klo Dr Kit Bu HPS), Jeremiah 13:19; Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 32:44; Jeremiah 33:13; Zechariah 7:7; Obadiah 20; Psalm 126:4 (simile), Ezekiel 21:3a (= Judah); נ׳ (no article) Genesis 13:3 (J), 1 Samuel 30:1; Isaiah 30:6 (compare Di); of particular districts in the Negeb: עֲרָד נ׳ Judges 1:16 (compare GFM), יהוּדָה נ׳ etc. 1 Samuel 27:10 (3 times in verse) (compare Dr), 1 Samuel 30:14 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 24:7; 2 Chronicles 28:18; see also Zechariah 14:10; רָמַת נ׳ Joshua 19:8, רָמוֺת נ׳ 1 Samuel 30:27; collective with plural verb = people of south-land Obadiah 19.
b. land south of Babylon Isaiah 21:1 (compare Di).
c. = Egypt Daniel 11:5, 6, 9, 14, 15, 25 (twice in verse); Daniel 11:29, 40 (see Meinh Bev Behrm, compare Daniel 11:43).
2. hence south (opposed to north, east, west) Genesis 13:14; Genesis 28:14 (both J), Joshua 17:10 (P), 1 Kings 7:25 2 Chronicles 4:4; 1 Chronicles 9:24; 1 Chronicles 26:15, 17 (compare 1 Chronicles 26:14; 1 Chronicles 26:16; 1 Chronicles 26:18), Ezekiel 21:3b; Ezekiel 21:9; Daniel 8:4, 9, further 1 Kings 7:39; Zechariah 14:4; מְּאַת נֶ֫גְבָּה תֵּימָ֫נָה Exodus 26:18, compare Exodus 27:9; Exodus 36:23; Exodus 38:9; Exodus 40:24 (of south side of tabernacle); שַׁ֫עַר נ׳ Ezekiel 46:9 (twice in verse); מְּאַת נ׳ south side or border Numbers 34:3; Numbers 35:5; Joshua 18:15 (all P), Ezekiel 47:19, cf Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:16, 28, 33; גְּבוּל נ׳ south boundary Numbers 34:3; Joshua 15:2, 4; Joshua 18:19 (all P), compare מִנֶּ֫גֶב לְ (הַגְּבוּל) on the south of Numbers 34:4 (twice in verse); Joshua 15:3 (לְ אֶלמִֿנּ׳), Joshua 15:3; Joshua 15:7; Joshua 18:3 (all P), Judges 21:19; מִנּ׳ absolute on the south Joshua 18:5 (JE), Joshua 19:34 (P), 1 Samuel 14:5; Ezekiel 40:2; כֶּ֫תֶף הַיְבוּסִי מִנּ׳ Joshua 15:8, compare Joshua 18:13, 16 (all P); נֶ֫גְבָּה Joshua 15:1, 2; Joshua 18:14 (twice in verse); Joshua 18:19 (all P), 2 Chronicles 4:10; Ezekiel 21:2 (Co; HCT נגב) Ezekiel 48:10, 17; נֶ֫גְבָּה לְ Joshua 17:9 (P). — For בִּנְּרוֺת נ׳ Joshua 11:2 read נֶגֶד (Greek Version of the LXX Di).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:9; 13:1; 13:3; 13:14; 13:14; 20:1; 20:1; 24:62; 28:14

Exodus

26:18; 27:9; 36:23; 38:9; 40:24

Numbers

13:17; 13:22; 13:29; 21:1; 33:40; 34:3; 34:3; 34:4; 35:5

Deuteronomy

1:7; 34:3

Joshua

10:40; 11:2; 11:2; 11:16; 12:8; 15:1; 15:2; 15:2; 15:3; 15:3; 15:4; 15:7; 15:8; 15:19; 15:21; 15:21; 15:22; 15:23; 15:24; 15:25; 15:26; 15:27; 15:28; 15:29; 15:30; 15:31; 15:32; 17:9; 17:10; 18:3; 18:5; 18:13; 18:14; 18:15; 18:16; 18:19; 18:19; 19:8; 19:34

Judges

1:9; 1:15; 1:16; 21:19

1 Samuel

14:5; 20:41; 27:10; 30:1; 30:14; 30:27

2 Samuel

24:7

1 Kings

7:25; 7:39

1 Chronicles

9:24; 26:14; 26:15; 26:16; 26:17; 26:18

2 Chronicles

4:4; 4:10; 28:18

Psalms

126:4

Isaiah

21:1; 30:6

Jeremiah

13:19; 17:26; 32:44; 33:13

Ezekiel

21:2; 21:3; 21:3; 21:9; 40:2; 46:9; 47:19; 47:19; 48:10; 48:16; 48:17; 48:28; 48:33

Daniel

8:4; 8:9; 11:5; 11:6; 11:9; 11:14; 11:15; 11:25; 11:29; 11:40; 11:43

Obadiah

1:19; 1:20

Zechariah

7:7; 14:4; 14:10

H5045

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Strong's Number H5045 matches the Hebrew נֶגֶב (neḡeḇ),
which occurs 111 times in 97 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 12:9–1Sa 20:41)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:9 - And he went on, journeying still to the South.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:1 - And Abram went up out of Egypt with his wife and all he had, and Lot with him, and they came in to the South.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:3 - And travelling on from the South, he came to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el and Ai;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:14 - And the Lord had said to Abram, after Lot was parted from him, From this place where you are take a look to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:1 - And Abraham went on his way from there to the land of the South, and was living between Kadesh and Shur, in Gerar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:62

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:62 - Now Isaac had come through the waste land to Beer-lahai-roi; for he was living in the South.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:14 - Your seed will be like the dust of the earth, covering all the land to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south: you and your seed will be a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:18 - These are the boards needed for the house; twenty boards for the south side,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:9 - And let there be an open space round the House, with hangings for its south side of the best linen, a hundred cubits long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:23 - They made twenty boards for the south side of the House:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:9 - To make the open space, he put hangings on the south side, of the best linen, a hundred cubits long:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24 - The support for the lights he put in the Tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the south side:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:17 - So Moses sent them to have a look at the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up into the South and into the hill-country;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:22 - They went up into the South and came to Hebron; and Ahiman and Sheshai and Talmai, the children of Anak, were living there. (Now the building of Hebron took place seven years before that of Zoan in Egypt.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:29 - And the Amalekites are in the South; and the Hittites and the Jebusites and the Amorites are living in the hill-country; and the Canaanites by the sea and by the side of Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:1 - And it came to the ears of the Canaanite, the king of Arad, living in the South, that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, and he came out against them and took some of them prisoners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:40 - And news of the coming of the children of Israel came to the king of Arad, the Canaanite, who was living in the South in the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:3 - Then your south quarter will be from the waste land of Zin by the side of Edom, and your limit on the south will be from the east end of the Salt Sea,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:4 - And round to the south of the slope of Akrabbim, and on to Zin: and its direction will be south of Kadesh-barnea, and it will go as far as Hazar-addar and on to Azmon:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5 - The measure of this space of land is to be two thousand cubits outside the town on the east, and two thousand cubits on the south and on the west and on the north, the town being in the middle. This space will be the outskirts of their towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - Make a move now, and go on your way into the hill-country of the Amorites and the places near it, in the Arabah and the hill-country and in the lowlands and in the South and by the seaside, all the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:3 - And the South, and the circle of the valley of Jericho, the town of palm-trees, as far as Zoar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:40 - So Joshua overcame all the land, the hill-country and the South and the lowland and the mountain slopes, and all their kings; all were put to death: and every living thing he gave up to the curse, as the Lord, the God of Israel, had given him orders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:2 - And to the kings on the north in the hill-country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in the highlands of Dor on the west,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:16 - So Joshua took all that land, the hill-country and all the South, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland and the Arabah, the hill-country of Israel and its lowland;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:8 - In the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the Arabah, and on the mountain slopes, and in the waste land, and in the South; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:1 - Now the part of the land marked out for the children of Judah by families, went up to the edge of Edom, as far as the waste land of Zin to the south, to the farthest point of it on the south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:2 - Their south limit was from the farthest part of the Salt Sea, from the inlet looking to the south:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:3 - From there it goes south of the slope up to Akrabbim, and on to Zin, then south past Kadesh-barnea, and on by Hezron and up to Addar, turning in the direction of Karka:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:4 - Then on to Azmon, ending at the stream of Egypt: and the end of the limit is at the sea; this will be your limit on the south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:7 - Then the line goes up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so to the north, in the direction of Gilgal, which is opposite the slope up to Adummim, on the south side of the river: and the line goes on to the waters of En-shemesh, ending at En-rogel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:8 - Then the line goes up by the valley of the son of Hinnom to the south side of the Jebusite (which is Jerusalem): then up to the top of the mountain in front of the valley of Hinnom to the west, which is at the farthest point of the valley of Rephaim on the north:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:19 - And she said, Give me a blessing; because you have put me in dry south-land, now give me springs of water. So he gave her the higher spring and the lower spring.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:21 - The farthest towns of the tribe of Judah in the direction of the limits of Edom to the south, were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:9 - And the limit goes down to the stream Kanah, to the south of the stream: these towns were Ephraim's among the towns of Manasseh; Manasseh's limit was on the north side of the stream, ending at the sea:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:10 - To the south it is Ephraim's, and to the north it is Manasseh's, and the sea is his limit; and they are touching Asher on the north, and Issachar on the east.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:5 - And let them make division of it into seven parts: let Judah keep inside his limit on the south, and let the children of Joseph keep inside their limit on the north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:13 - And from there the line goes south to Luz, to the side of Luz (which is Beth-el), then down to Ataroth-addar, by the mountain to the south of Beth-horon the lower.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:14 - And the limit is marked as coming round to the south on the west side from the mountain which is south of Beth-horon, and ending at Kiriath-baal (which is Kiriath-jearim), a town of the children of Judah: this is the west part.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:15 - And the south part is from the farthest point of Kiriath-jearim, and the line goes out to the west to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:16 - And the line goes down to the farthest part of the mountain facing the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is on the north of the valley of Rephaim: from there it goes down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite on the south as far as En-rogel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:19 - And on to the north side of Beth-hoglah, ending at the north inlet of the Salt Sea at the south end of Jordan; this is their limit on the south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:8 - And all the unwalled places round about these towns as far as Baalath-beer-ramah to the south. This is the heritage of the tribe of Simeon by their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:34 - And turning west to Aznoth-tabor, the limit goes out from there to Hukkok, stretching to Zebulun on the south, and Asher on the west, and Judah at Jordan on the east.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:9 - After that the children of Judah went down to make war on the Canaanites living in the hill-country and in the south and in the lowlands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:15 - And she said to him, Give me a blessing; because you have put me in a dry south-land, now give me springs of water. So Caleb gave her the higher spring and the lower spring.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:16 - Now Hobab the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, had come up out of the town of palm-trees, with the children of Judah, into the waste land of Arad; and he went and was living among the Amalekites;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:19 - And they said, See, every year there is a feast of the Lord in Shiloh, which is to the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway which goes up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:5 - The one rock went up on the north in front of Michmash and the other on the south in front of Geba.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:41 - And when the boy had gone, David came from his secret place by the hill, and falling to the earth went down on his face three times: and they gave one another a kiss, weeping together, till David's grief was the greater.

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