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Lexicon :: Strong's H7138 - qārôḇ

Aa
קָרוֹב
Transliteration
qārôḇ
Pronunciation
kaw-robe'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2065d

Strong’s Definitions

קָרוֹב qârôwb, kaw-robe'; or קָרֹב qârôb; from H7126; near (in place, kindred or time):—allied, approach, at hand, any of kin, kinsfold(-sman), (that is) near (of kin), neighbour, (that is) next, (them that come) nigh (at hand), more ready, short(-ly).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 78x

The KJV translates Strong's H7138 in the following manner: near (35x), nigh (13x), at hand (6x), neighbour (5x), next (5x), kin (3x), approach (2x), short (2x), kinsfolk (1x), kinsmen (1x), miscellaneous (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 78x
The KJV translates Strong's H7138 in the following manner: near (35x), nigh (13x), at hand (6x), neighbour (5x), next (5x), kin (3x), approach (2x), short (2x), kinsfolk (1x), kinsmen (1x), miscellaneous (5x).
  1. near

    1. of place

    2. of time

    3. of personal relationship

      1. kinship

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָרוֹב qârôwb, kaw-robe'; or קָרֹב qârôb; from H7126; near (in place, kindred or time):—allied, approach, at hand, any of kin, kinsfold(-sman), (that is) near (of kin), neighbour, (that is) next, (them that come) nigh (at hand), more ready, short(-ly).
STRONGS H7138: Abbreviations
קָרֹב, קָרוֺב 78 adjective near; — absolute קָרֹב Exodus 12:4 +, וֺב- 2 Samuel 19:48 +; plural קְרֹבִים 1 Kings 8:59, קְרוֺבִים Isaiah 33:13 +; feminine plural קְרֹבוֺת Ezekiel 22:5, etc.; — near (often opposed to רָחוֺק):
1. of city Genesis 19:20 (+ לָנוּס שָׁ֫מָּה), Jeremiah 48:24, הַקּ׳ Deuteronomy 21:3 the nearest (+ אֶל), compare (of elders) Deuteronomy 21:6; of land 1 Kings 8:46 2 Chronicles 6:36; road Exodus 13:17; = contiguous, כֶּרֶם 1 Kings 21:2 (+ אֵצֶל בֵּיתִי).
2. of person:
a. + אֶל person Genesis 45:10; Deuteronomy 13:8; Deuteronomy 22:2; Joshua 9:16; 1 Chronicles 12:41 (van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:40); אֶל הַקּ׳ Exodus 12:4 the nearest to; with suffix קְרֹבוֺ Exodus 32:27, i.e. his neighbour.
b. absolute (opposed to or + רחוק, oft,= near and far, i.e. all without distinction), Ezekiel 6:12; Isaiah 57:19; Proverbs 27:10; plural Isaiah 33:13; Jeremiah 25:26; Daniel 9:7; Esther 9:20; Exodus 22:5; ק׳ of distress, personified, Psalm 22:12; — Ezekiel 23:5, Ezekiel 23:12 Co Berthol read קְרוּאִים famous; Toy רַבִּים (compare Jeremiah 39:13); Hpt in Toy Krae conjectures קְרוֺדִים (Assyrian ḳurâdu, warrior).
c. of near relationship, + אֶל person 2 Samuel 19:43; Leviticus 21:2, 3; Leviticus 25:25 (all H), Numbers 27:11 (P); ל pers Nehemiah 13:4; Ruth 2:20; + מִן compare Ruth 3:12; of intimacy, קְרֹנוֺ Psalm 15:3 (|| רֵעֵהוּ), קְרוֺבַי Job 19:14 (|| מְיֻדָּעַי) Psalm 38:12 (|| אֹהֲנַי וְרֵעַי); near, in office, Esther 1:14.
d. near to עַם קְרֹבוֺ י׳ Psalm 148:14 (Ri Bae קְרכָו the people of those near him).
e. near to י׳ in ceremonial function, with אֶל Ezekiel 43:19, with ל Ezekiel 42:13, suffix Leviticus 10:3.
f. of God (י׳), + אֶל person Deuteronomy 4:7; Deuteronomy 30:14; ל pers Psalm 34:19; Psalm 145:18; abs Jeremiah 12:2; Isaiah 50:8; Isaiah 55:6 Psalm 119:151; אֱלֹהֵי מִקָּרֹב Jeremiah 23:23 a God from near by (opposed to מֵרָחוֺק א׳); ק׳ of צֶרֶק י׳ Isaiah 51:5, יֶשַׁע י׳ Psalm 85:10 (+ ל of person); — ק׳ שִׁמְךָ Psalm 75:2, read קֹרְאֵי בְּשׁ׳ Dy Che Gr Dr, compare Bae Greek Version of the LXX SyeVer Du.
g. of word, + אֶל person Deuteronomy 30:14; prayer, + אֶליֿ׳ 1 Kings 8:59.
3. of time : יוֺם אֵידָם ק׳ Deuteronomy 32:35; especially of יוֺם י׳ Zephaniah 1:7, 14 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 30:3 (perhaps del as Greek Version of the LXX Co Krae), Ezekiel 30:3; Isaiah 13:6; Obadiah 15; Joel 1:15; Joel 2:1; Joel 4:14, compare Ezekiel 7:7; + infinitive אֵירמֿוֺאָב לָבוֺא ק׳ Jeremiah 48:16, compare Isaiah 13:22; Isaiah 56:1; מְחִתָּה ק׳ Proverbs 10:14 imminent ruin; מִקָּרוֺכ Deuteronomy 32:17 recently, so Ezekiel 11:3 Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Co Siegf Berthol (for Mt † בְּקָרוֺב) Ezekiel 7:8 soon; Job 20:5 of the briefest; — חשֶׁךְ מִפְּנֵי ק׳ אוֹר Job 17:12 is dubious; Thes (my) light is near to (prope abest a, as Arabic bdb089802, but not proven in Hebrew) darkness; Di light (they say) is near (breaking away) from darkness, will soon leave it behind; But אוֺר פֶּן־יֶחְשַׁךְ קְרוֺבָם the light of their intimate friend shall not (?) grow dark.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:20; 45:10

Exodus

12:4; 12:4; 13:17; 22:5; 32:27

Leviticus

10:3; 21:2; 21:3; 25:25

Numbers

27:11

Deuteronomy

4:7; 13:8; 21:3; 21:6; 22:2; 30:14; 30:14; 32:17; 32:35

Joshua

9:16

Ruth

2:20; 3:12

2 Samuel

19:43

1 Kings

8:46; 8:59; 8:59; 21:2

1 Chronicles

12:40

2 Chronicles

6:36

Nehemiah

13:4

Esther

1:14; 9:20

Job

17:12; 19:14; 20:5

Psalms

15:3; 22:12; 34:19; 38:12; 75:2; 85:10; 119:151; 145:18; 148:14

Proverbs

10:14; 27:10

Isaiah

13:6; 13:22; 33:13; 33:13; 50:8; 51:5; 55:6; 56:1; 57:19

Jeremiah

12:2; 23:23; 25:26; 39:13; 48:16; 48:24

Ezekiel

6:12; 7:7; 7:8; 11:3; 22:5; 23:5; 23:12; 30:3; 30:3; 42:13; 43:19

Daniel

9:7

Joel

1:15; 2:1

Obadiah

1:15

Zephaniah

1:7; 1:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7138 matches the Hebrew קָרוֹב (qārôḇ),
which occurs 78 times in 76 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 19:20–Isa 50:8)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:20 - now H4994 behold H2009, this H2088 town H5892 is near H7138 enough to flee H5127 to, and it is small H4705. Please H4994, let me escape H4422 there H8033 (is it not small H4705?) [fn]so that my life H5315 may be saved H2421.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:10 - “For you shall live H3427 in the land H776 of Goshen H1657, and you shall be near H7138 me, you and your children H1121 and your [fn]grandchildren H1121, and your flocks H6629 and your herds H1241 and all H3605 that you have.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:4 - ‘Now if H518 the household H1004 is H4591 too H4480 small H4591 for a [fn]lamb H7716, then he and his neighbor H7934 nearest H7138 to his house H1004 are to take H3947 one according to the [fn]number H4373 of persons H5315 in them; in proportion H6310 to [fn]what each H376 one H376 should eat H398, you are to [fn]divide H3699 the lamb H7716.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:17 -

Now when Pharaoh H6547 had let H7971 the people H5971 go H7971, God H430 did not lead H5148 them by the way H1870 of the land H776 of the Philistines H6430, even H3588 though H3588 it was near H7138; for God H430 said H559, “The people H5971 might H6435 change H5162 their minds H5162 when they see H7200 war H4421, and return H7725 to Egypt H4714.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:27 - And he said H559 to them, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478 says H1696: ‘Every H376 man H376 of you put H7760 his sword H2719 on his thigh H3409, and go H5674 H7725 back H7725 and forth H5674 from gate H8179 to gate H8179 in the camp H4264, and kill H2026 every H376 man H376 his brother H251, and every H376 man H376 his friend H7453, and every H376 man H376 his [fn]neighbor H7453.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:3 - Then Moses H4872 said H559 to Aaron H175, “It is what H834 the LORD H3068 spoke H1696, saying H559,

‘By those who come H7126 near H7138 Me I [fn]will be treated H6942 as H6942 holy H6942,

And before H5921 H6440 all H3605 the people H5971 I will be honored H3513.’”

So Aaron H175, therefore, kept H1826 silent H1826.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:2 - except H3588 H518 for his relatives H7607 who are nearest H7138 to him, his mother H517, his father H1, his son H1121, his daughter H1323, and his brother H251,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:3 - also for his virgin H1330 sister H269 who is near H7138 to him [fn]because H834 she has H1961 not had H1961 a husband H376; for her, he may defile H2930 himself.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:25 -

‘If H3588 a fellow H251 countryman H251 of yours becomes H4134 so poor H4134 that he sells H4376 part of his property H272, then his closest H7138 [fn]redeemer H1350 is to come H935 and buy H1350 back H1350 what H4465 his relative H251 has sold H4465.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:17 -

I see H7200 him, but not now H6258;

I look H7789 at H7789 him, but not near H7138;

A star H3556 shall appear H1869 from Jacob H3290,

A scepter H7626 shall rise H6965 from Israel H3478,

And shall smash H4272 the [fn]forehead H6285 of Moab H4124,

And overcome H6979 all H3605 the sons H1121 of Sheth H8352.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:11 - ‘And if H518 his father H1 has H369 no H369 brothers H251, then you shall give H5414 his inheritance H5159 to his nearest H7138 relative H7607 in his own family H4940, and he shall take H3423 possession H3423 of it; and it shall be a statutory H2708 ordinance H4941 to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 has commanded H6680 Moses H4872.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:7 - “For what H4310 great H1419 nation H1471 is there that has a god H430 so near H7138 to it as is the LORD H3068 our God H430 whenever H3605 we call H7121 on Him?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:7 - of the gods H430 of the peoples H5971 who H834 are around H5439 you, near H7138 you, or H176 far H7350 from you, from one end H7097 of the earth H776 to the other end H7097),
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:3 - “And it shall be that the city H5892 which is nearest H7138 to the person H2491 killed H2491, that is, that the elders H2205 of that city H5892 shall take H3947 a heifer H5697 of the herd H1241 that has not been worked H5647 [fn]and has not pulled H4900 in a yoke H5923;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:6 - “And all H3605 the elders H2205 of that city H5892 [fn]which is nearest H7138 to the person H2491 killed H2491 shall wash H7364 their hands H3027 over H5921 the heifer H5697 whose neck H6202 was H6202 broken H6202 in the valley H5158;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:2 - “And if H518 your countryman H251 is not near H7138 you, or if you do not know H3045 him, then you shall bring H622 it to your house H1004, and it shall remain H1961 with you until H5704 your countryman H251 looks H1875 for H1875 it; then you shall restore H7725 it to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:14 - “On H3588 the H3588 contrary H3588, the word H1697 is very H3966 near H7138 you, in your mouth H6310 and in your heart H3824, that you may [fn]follow H6213 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:17 -

“They sacrificed H2076 to demons H7700, who were not God H433,

To gods H430 whom they have not known H3045,

New H2319 gods who came H935 lately H4480 H7138,

Whom your fathers H1 did not know H8175.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:35 -

‘Vengeance H5359 is Mine, and retribution H8005;

In due time H6256 their foot H7272 will slip H4131.

For the day H3117 of their disaster H343 is near H7138,

And the impending H6264 things H6264 are hurrying H2363 to them.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:16 -

However, it came H1961 about H1961 at the end H7097 of three H7969 days H3117 after H310 they had made H3772 a covenant H1285 with them, that they heard H8085 that they were neighbors H7138 and that they were living H3427 [fn]within H7130 their land.

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:20 - Naomi H5281 said H559 to her daughter-in-law H3618, “May he be blessed H1288 of the LORD H3068 who H834 has not withdrawn H5800 His kindness H2617 from the living H2416 and from the dead H4191.” Again Naomi H5281 said H559 to her, “The man H376 is our relative H7138; he is one of our redeemers H1350.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:12 - “But now H6258, although H3588 it is true H551 that I am a redeemer H1350, yet there H3426 is H3426 also H1571 a redeemer H1350 more H4480 closely H7138 related H7138 than H4480 I.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:42 - Then all H3605 the men H376 of Judah H3063 answered H6030 the men H376 of Israel H3478, “Because H3588 the king H4428 is a close H7138 relative H7138 to [fn]us. Why H4100 then are H2734 you angry H2734 about H5921 this H2088 matter H1697? Have we eaten H398 at H398 all H398 [fn]at the king’s H4428 expense, or H518 has anything H5375 been taken H5375 for us?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:46 -

“When H3588 they sin H2398 against You (for there H369 is H369 no H369 person H120 who H834 does not sin H2398) and You are angry H599 with them and turn H5414 them over H5414 to an enemy H340, so that [fn]they take H7617 them away H7617 captive H7617 to the land H776 of the enemy H340, distant H7350 or H176 near H7138;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:59 - “And may these H428 words H1697 of mine, with which H834 I have implored H2603 the [fn]favor H2603 of the LORD H3068, be near H7138 to the LORD H3068 our God H430 day H3119 and night H3915, so that He will maintain H6213 the cause H4941 of His servant H5650 and the cause H4941 of His people H5971 Israel H3478, [fn]as each H3117 day H3117 requires H1697,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:2 - And Ahab H256 spoke H1696 to Naboth H5022, saying H559, “Give H5414 me your vineyard H3754 so that I may have H1961 it for a vegetable H3419 garden H1588, because H3588 it is close H7138 beside H681 my house H1004, and I will give H5414 you a better H2896 H4480 vineyard H3754 in H8478 place H8478 of H8478 it; if H518 [fn]you prefer H2896 H5869, I will give H5414 you what H4242 [fn]it is H4242 worth H4242 in money H3701.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40 - Moreover, those who were near H7138 to them, as far H5704 as Issachar H3485, Zebulun H2074, and Naphtali H5321, brought H935 food H3899 on donkeys H2543, camels H1581, mules H6505, and on oxen H1241, great H7230 quantities H7230 of flour H7058 cakes H7058, fig H1690 cakes H1690 and bunches H6778 of H6778 raisins H6778, wine H3196, oil H8081, oxen H1241, and sheep H6629. There was joy H8057 indeed H3588 in Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:36 -

“When H3588 they sin H2398 against You (for there H369 is H369 no H369 one H120 who H834 does not sin H2398), and You are angry H599 with them and turn H5414 them over H5414 to an enemy H340, so that [fn]they take H7617 them away H7617 captive H7617 to a land H776 far H7350 off or H176 near H7138,

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:4 -

Now prior H6440 to this H2088, Eliashib H475 the priest H3548, who was appointed H5414 over the chambers H3957 of the house H1004 of our God H430, being [fn]related H7138 to Tobiah H2900,

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:14 - and were close H7138 to him, namely, Carshena H3771, Shethar H8369, Admatha H133, Tarshish H8659, Meres H4825, Marsena H4826, and Memucan H4462, the seven H7651 officials H8269 of Persia H6539 and Media H4074 who [fn]had H7200 access H7200 to the king’s H4428 presence H6440 and sat H3427 in the first H7223 place in the kingdom H4438
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:20 -

Then Mordecai H4782 recorded H3789 these H428 events H1697, and he sent H7971 letters H5612 to all H3605 the Jews H3064 who H834 were in all H3605 the provinces H4082 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325, both near H7138 and far H7350,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:12 -

“They make H7760 night H3915 into day H3117, saying,

‘The light H216 is near H7138,’ in the presence H6440 of darkness H2822.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:14 -

“My relatives H7138 have failed H2308,

And my close H3045 friends H3045 have forgotten H7911 me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:5 -

That the rejoicing H7445 of the wicked H7563 is short H4480 H7138,

And the joy H8057 of the godless H2611 momentary H5704 H7281?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:3 -

He does not slander H7270 [fn]with his tongue H3956,

Nor H3808 do H6213 evil H7451 to his neighbor H7453,

Nor H3808 bring H5375 shame H2781 on his friend H7453;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:11 -

Do not be H7368 far H7368 from me, for [fn]trouble H6869 is near H7138;

For there H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 to help H5826.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:18 -

The LORD H3068 is near H7138 to the brokenhearted H7665 H3820

And saves H3467 those who are [fn]crushed H1793 in spirit H7307.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:11 -

My [fn]loved H157 ones and my friends H7453 stand H5975 aloof H4480 H5048 from my plague H5061;

And my kinsmen H7138 stand H5975 far H7350 away H4480.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:1 -

For the music director; set to [fn]Al-tashheth. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song.

We give H3034 thanks H3034 to You, God H430, we give H3034 thanks H3034,

For Your name H8034 is near H7138;

People declare H5608 Your wondrous H6381 works H6381.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:9 -

Certainly H389 His salvation H3468 is near H7138 to those who [fn]fear H3372 Him,

That glory H3519 may dwell H7931 in our land H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:151 -

You are near H7138, LORD H3068,

And all H3605 Your commandments H4687 are truth H571.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:18 -

The LORD H3068 is near H7138 to all H3605 who call H7121 on Him,

To all H3605 who H834 call H7121 on Him in truth H571.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:14 -

And He has lifted H7311 up H7311 a horn H7161 for His people H5971,

Praise H1984 for all H3605 His godly H2623 ones H2623,

For the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, a people H5971 near H7138 to Him.

[fn]Praise H1984 [fn]the LORD H3050!

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:14 -

Wise H2450 people H2450 store H6845 up knowledge H1847,

But with the mouth H6310 of the foolish H191, ruin H4288 is at H7138 hand H7138.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10 -

Do not abandon H5800 your friend H7453 or your father’s H1 friend H7453,

And do not go H935 to your brother’s H251 house H1004 on the day H3117 of your disaster H343;

Better H2896 is a neighbor H7934 who is near H7138 than H4480 a brother H251 far H7350 away.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:1 -

[fn]Guard H8104 your steps H7272 as you go H1980 to the house H1004 of God H430, and approach H7126 to listen H8085 rather H4480 than H4480 to offer H5414 the sacrifice H2077 of fools H3684; for they do not know H3045 that they are doing H6213 evil H7451.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:6 -

Wail H3213, for the day H3117 of the LORD H3068 is near H7138!

It will come H935 as destruction H7701 from [fn]the Almighty H7706.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:22 -

[fn]Hyenas H338 will howl H6030 in their fortified H759 towers H759

And jackals H8565 in their luxurious H6027 palaces H1964.

Her fateful time H6256 also [fn]will soon H7138 come H935,

And her days H3117 will not be prolonged H4900.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:13 -

“You who are far H7350 away H7350, hear H8085 what H834 I have done H6213;

And you who H7138 are near H7138, [fn]acknowledge H3045 My might H1369.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:8 -

He who vindicates H6663 Me is near H7138;

Who H4310 will contend H7378 with Me?

Let us stand H5975 up to each H3162 other H3162.

Who H4310 has H1167 a case H4941 against Me?

Let him approach H5066 Me.


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