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קָרוֹב
qârôwb · Hebrew · Strong's H7138 · 78 occurrences
The KJV renders 8 different Hebrew and Greek words as “next”
What it means
near (in place, kindred or time)
or קָרֹב; from H7126 (קָרַב);
How the KJV renders it
allied, approach, at hand, kinsfold, near, neighbour, next, nigh, more ready, short
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“next”
“neighbour”
also renders períoikos (G4040), plēsíon (G4139), geítōn (G1069), ʻâmîyth (H5997), rêaʻ (H7453), rᵉʻûwth (H7468)
“approach”
also renders engízō (G1448), qᵉrêb (H7127)
“at hand”
also renders engýs (G1451)
“nigh”
also renders qᵉrêb (H7127)
Answers that weigh this word
- Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
- Is the Sabbath command moral law or ceremonial law?
- Does Hebrews 4 teach a remaining Sabbath rest?
- Does Galatians 4:10 condemn observing days?
Where it appears
78 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 12:40 · HTd/Aampa
Moreover those who were near to them, as far as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali, brought bread on donkeys, on camels, on mules, and on oxen: supplies of flour, cakes of figs, clusters of raisins, wine, oil, cattle, and sheep in abundance; for there was joy in Israel.
1 Kings 8:46 · HAafsa
If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn’t sin), and you are angry with them and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near;
1 Kings 8:59 · HAampa
Let these my words, with which I have made supplication before Yahweh, be near to Yahweh our God day and night, that he may maintain the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel, as every day requires;
1 Kings 21:2 · HAamsa
Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near my house; and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it. Or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money.”
2 Chronicles 6:36 · HAafsa
“If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn’t sin), and you are angry with them and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to a land far off or near;
2 Samuel 19:42 · HAamsa
All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is a close relative to us. Why then are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king’s cost? Or has he given us any gift?”
Daniel 9:7 HTd/AampaDeuteronomy 4:7 HAampaDeuteronomy 13:7 HTd/AampaDeuteronomy 21:3 HTd/AafsaDeuteronomy 21:6 HTd/AampaDeuteronomy 22:2 HAamsaDeuteronomy 30:14 HAamsaDeuteronomy 32:17 HR/AamsaDeuteronomy 32:35 HAamsaEcclesiastes 5:1 HC/VqaEsther 1:14 HC/Td/AamsaEsther 9:20 HTd/AampaExodus 12:4 HTd/AamsaExodus 13:17 HAamsaExodus 32:27 HAamsc/Sp3msEzekiel 6:12 HC/Td/AamsaEzekiel 7:7 HAamsaEzekiel 7:8 HR/AamsaEzekiel 11:3 HR/AamsaEzekiel 22:5 HTd/AafpaEzekiel 23:5 HAampaEzekiel 23:12 HAampaEzekiel 30:3 HAamsaEzekiel 42:13 HAampaEzekiel 43:19 HTd/AampaGenesis 19:20 HAafsaGenesis 45:10 HAamsaIsaiah 13:6 HAamsaIsaiah 13:22 HC/AamsaIsaiah 33:13 HAampaIsaiah 50:8 HAamsaIsaiah 51:5 HAamsaIsaiah 55:6 HAamsaIsaiah 56:1 HAafsaIsaiah 57:19 HC/Rd/AamsaJeremiah 12:2 HAamsaJeremiah 23:23 HR/AamsaJeremiah 25:26 HTd/AampaJeremiah 48:16 HAamsaJeremiah 48:24 HC/Td/AafpaJob 17:12 HAamsaJob 19:14 HAampc/Sp1csJob 20:5 HR/AamsaJoel 1:15 HAamsaJoel 2:1 HAamsaJoel 3:14 HAamsaJoshua 9:16 HAampaLeviticus 10:3 HR/Aampc/Sp1csLeviticus 21:2 HTd/AamsaLeviticus 21:3 HTd/AafsaLeviticus 25:25 HTd/AamsaNehemiah 13:4 HAamsaNumbers 24:17 HAamsaNumbers 27:11 HTd/Aamsa
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