קָרוֹב
qârôwb · kaw-robe'
near (in place, kindred or time)
Lexicon
Derivation: or קָרֹב; from H7126 (קָרַב);
near (in place, kindred or time)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: allied, approach, at hand, [phrase] any of kin, kinsfold(-sman), (that is) near (of kin), neighbour, (that is) next, (them that come) nigh (at hand), more ready, short(-ly).
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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 › to fasten and establish › the house, what is within
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָרוֹב 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
77 occurrences · 77 OT · 0 NT · 50 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- is near14 · 28%
- is at hand4 · 8%
- or near3 · 6%
- is nigh3 · 6%
- is near of kin2 · 4%
- is short2 · 4%
- thou art near2 · 4%
- that is near2 · 4%
- her neighbours2 · 4%
- in them that come nigh1 · 2%
- nigh1 · 2%
- his neighbour1 · 2%
- that was near1 · 2%
- that is nigh1 · 2%
- that are next1 · 2%
- which is next1 · 2%
- you, nigh1 · 2%
- so nigh1 · 2%
- that is next1 · 2%
- him, but not nigh1 · 2%
- and if any of his kin1 · 2%
- be not nigh1 · 2%
- next1 · 2%
- newly1 · 2%
- and thou shalt be near1 · 2%
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.