STRONGS NUMBER H7131


Word Summary
qareb: approaching
Original Word: קָרֵב
Transliteration: qareb
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-rabe')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: approaching
Meaning: approaching
Strong's Concordance
approach, come near, nigh, draw near

From qarab; near -- approach, come (near, nigh), draw near.

see HEBREW qarab

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7131. qareb

קָרֵבverbal adjective approaching; — ׳ק1 Samuel 17:41 +; plural קְרִבִיםEzekiel 40:46; 45:4; — approaching:

1 as predicate, וְק ׳הֹלֵח אֶלדָּֿוִד1 Samuel 17:14, לַמִּלְחָמָה קְרֵבִים אַתֶּסDeuteronomy 20:8; abs וְק ׳הָלוֺח2 Samuel 18:25; c, article as substantive, 1 Kings 5:7 (+ אֶלוֺשֻׁלְחָן‎), Numbers 17:28 (twice in verse) (+ י ׳מִשְׁכַּן אֶלֿ‎).

2 with article approaching ׳י‎ temple or tabernacle, for service, with לְשָׁרֵת‎ Exodus 40:46 (+ ׳אֶליֿ‎), Ex 45:4; absolute הַקּ ׳הַוָּרNumbers 1:51; 3:10, 38; 18:7.