קְרֵב
qᵉrêb · ker-abe'
{to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H7126 (קָרַב)
{to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: approach, come (near, nigh), draw near.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest › the house, what is within
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קְרֵב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- came near2 · 22%
- that they may offer1 · 11%
- and offered1 · 11%
- and offer1 · 11%
- they came near1 · 11%
- and when he came1 · 11%
- and they brought him near1 · 11%
- i came near1 · 11%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.