קֶרֶב
qereb · keh'-reb
properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7126 (קָרַב);
properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] among, [idiom] before, bowels, [idiom] unto charge, [phrase] eat (up), [idiom] heart, [idiom] him, [idiom] in, inward ([idiom] -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, [phrase] out of, purtenance, [idiom] therein, [idiom] through, [idiom] within self.
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 קֶרֶב 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
227 occurrences · 227 OT · 0 NT · 96 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in the midst38 · 21%
- among32 · 18%
- from among25 · 14%
- within22 · 12%
- the inwards11 · 6%
- from the midst7 · 4%
- is in the midst5 · 3%
- through5 · 3%
- out of the midst5 · 3%
- that is upon the inwards4 · 2%
- in3 · 2%
- is not among2 · 1%
- that was upon the inwards2 · 1%
- them from among2 · 1%
- is among2 · 1%
- into the midst2 · 1%
- shall be in the midst2 · 1%
- are in the midst2 · 1%
- their inward2 · 1%
- into him2 · 1%
- that they had eaten them1 · 1%
- and when they had eaten them up1 · 1%
- within her1 · 1%
- that are therein1 · 1%
- within herself1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
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.