King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7131
Transliteration: qareb
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-rabe')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: approaching
Meaning: approaching
Word Summary
qareb: approaching
Original Word: קָרֵבTransliteration: 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
קָרֵב verbal adjective approaching; — ׳ק 1 Samuel 17:41 +; plural קְרִבִים Ezekiel 40:46; 45:4; — approaching:
1 as predicate, וְק ׳הֹלֵח אֶלדָּֿוִד 1 Samuel 17:14, לַמִּלְחָמָה קְרֵבִים אַתֶּס Deuteronomy 20:8; abs וְק ׳הָלוֺח 2 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 ׳הַוָּר Numbers 1:51; 3:10, 38; 18:7.