נֶ֫גֶב
south
also: south-country, Nekeb fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 101 times (91%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct 9 times (8%)
- Noun, Proper 1 time (1%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 111 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H5045 appears — 97 distinct verses across 18 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 7 verses
- Genesis 12:9 הַ/נֶּֽגְבָּ/ה ptcl def.art + n c ms + sfx dem Abram traveled, going on still toward the South.
- Genesis 13:1 הַ/נֶּֽגְבָּ/ה ptcl def.art + n c ms + sfx dem Abram went up out of Egypt: he, his wife, all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South.
- Genesis 13:3 מִ/נֶּ֖גֶב prep + n c ms He went on his journeys from the South even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
- Genesis 13:14 וָ/נֶ֖גְבָּ/ה conj + n c ms + sfx dem Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, "Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,
- Genesis 20:1 הַ/נֶּ֔גֶב ptcl def.art + n c ms Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foriegner in Gerar.
- Genesis 24:62 הַ/נֶּֽגֶב ptcl def.art + n c ms Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi. For he lived in the land of the South.
- Genesis 28:14 וָ/נֶ֑גְבָּ/ה conj + n c ms + sfx dem Your seed will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.
Exodus 5 verses
- Exodus 26:18 נֶ֥גְבָּ/ה n c ms + sfx dem You shall make the boards for the tent, twenty boards for the south side southward.
- Exodus 27:9 נֶֽגֶב n c ms "You shall make the court of the tent: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen one hundred cubits long for one side:
- Exodus 36:23 נֶ֥גֶב n c ms He made the boards for the tent: twenty boards for the south side southward.
- Exodus 38:9 נֶ֣גֶב n c ms He made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, one hundred cubits;
- Exodus 40:24 נֶֽגְבָּ/ה n c ms + sfx dem He put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the side of the tent southward.
Numbers 8 verses
- Numbers 13:17 בַּ/נֶּ֔גֶב prep det + n c ms Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way by the South, and go up into the hill-country:
- Numbers 13:22 בַ/נֶּגֶב֮ prep det + n c ms They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
- Numbers 13:29 הַ/נֶּ֑גֶב ptcl def.art + n c ms Amalek dwells in the land of the South: and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, dwell in the hill-country; and the Canaanite dwells by the sea, and along by the side of the Jordan.
- Numbers 21:1 הַ/נֶּ֔גֶב ptcl def.art + n c ms The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South, heard tell that Israel came by the way of Atharim; and he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive.
- Numbers 33:40 בַּ/נֶּ֖גֶב prep det + n c ms The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
- Numbers 34:3 נֶ֛גֶב נֶ֔גֶב n c ms n c ms then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward;
- Numbers 34:4 מִ/נֶּ֜גֶב מִ/נֶּ֖גֶב prep + n c ms prep + n c ms and your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and the goings out of it shall be southward of Kadesh-barnea; and it shall go forth to Hazar Addar, and pass along to Azmon;
- Numbers 35:5 נֶגֶב֩ n c ms You shall measure outside of the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the midst. This shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
Deuteronomy 2 verses
- Deuteronomy 1:7 וּ/בַ/נֶּ֖גֶב conj + prep det + n c ms turn you, and take your journey, and go to the hill-country of the Amorites, and to all [the places] near thereunto, in the Arabah, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the South, and by the sea-shore, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
- Deuteronomy 34:3 הַ/נֶּ֗גֶב ptcl def.art + n c ms and the South, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, to Zoar.
Joshua 22 verses
- Joshua 10:40 וְ/הַ/נֶּ֨גֶב conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms So Joshua struck all the land, the hill-country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded.
- Joshua 11:2 נֶ֥גֶב n c ms cs and to the kings who were on the north, in the hill-country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west,
- Joshua 11:16 הַ/נֶּ֨גֶב֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms So Joshua took all that land, the hill-country, and all the South, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the Arabah, and the hill-country of Israel, and the lowland of the same;
- Joshua 12:8 וּ/בַ/נֶּ֑גֶב conj + prep det + n c ms in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the Arabah, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South; the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
- Joshua 15:1 נֶ֖גְבָּ/ה n c ms + sfx dem The lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was to the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south.
- Joshua 15:2 נֶ֔גֶב נֶֽגְבָּ/ה n c ms n c ms + sfx dem Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward;
- Joshua 15:3 מִ/נֶּ֜גֶב מִ/נֶּ֖גֶב prep + n c ms prep + n c ms and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed along by Hezron, and went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka;
- Joshua 15:4 נֶֽגֶב n c ms and it passed along to Azmon, and went out at the brook of Egypt; and the goings out of the border were at the sea: this shall be your south border.
- Joshua 15:7 מִ/נֶּ֖גֶב prep + n c ms and the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river; and the border passed along to the waters of En Shemesh, and the goings out of it were at En Rogel;
- Joshua 15:8 מִ/נֶּ֔גֶב prep + n c ms and the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom to the side of the Jebusite southward (the same is Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the uttermost part of the valley of Rephaim northward;
- Joshua 15:19 הַ/נֶּ֨גֶב֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms She said, Give me a blessing; for that you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. He gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
- Joshua 15:21 בַּ/נֶּ֑גְבָּ/ה prep det + n c ms + sfx dem The uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
- Joshua 17:9 נֶ֣גְבָּ/ה n c ms + sfx dem The border went down to the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook: these cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh: and the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook, and the goings out of it were at the sea:
- Joshua 17:10 נֶ֣גְבָּ/ה n c ms + sfx dem southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea was his border; and they reached to Asher on the north, and to Issachar on the east.
- Joshua 18:5 מִ/נֶּ֔גֶב prep + n c ms They shall divide it into seven portions: Judah shall abide in his border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their border on the north.
- Joshua 18:13 נֶ֔גְבָּ/ה מִ/נֶּ֥גֶב n c ms + sfx dem prep + n c ms The border passed along from there to Luz, to the side of Luz (the same is Bethel), southward; and the border went down to Ataroth Addar, by the mountain that lies on the south of Beth Horon the lower.
- Joshua 18:14 נֶ֗גְבָּ/ה נֶגְבָּ/ה֒ n c ms + sfx dem n c ms + sfx dem The border extended [there], and turned about on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lies before Beth Horon southward; and the goings out of it were at Kiriath Baal (the same is Kiriath Jearim), a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
- Joshua 18:15 נֶ֕גְבָּ/ה n c ms + sfx dem The south quarter was from the uttermost part of Kiriath Jearim; and the border went out westward, and went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah;
- Joshua 18:16 נֶ֔גְבָּ/ה n c ms + sfx dem and the border went down to the uttermost part of the mountain that lies before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En Rogel;
- Joshua 18:19 נֶ֑גְבָּ/ה נֶֽגֶב n c ms + sfx dem n c ms and the border passed along to the side of Beth Hoglah northward; and the goings out of the border were at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this was the south border.
- Joshua 19:8 נֶ֑גֶב n c ms and all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
- Joshua 19:34 מִ/נֶּ֗גֶב prep + n c ms and the border turned westward to Aznoth Tabor, and went out from there to Hukkok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrise.
Judges 4 verses
- Judges 1:9 וְ/הַ/נֶּ֖גֶב conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms Afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill-country, and in the South, and in the lowland.
- Judges 1:15 הַ/נֶּ֨גֶב֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms She said to him, Give me a blessing; for that you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
- Judges 1:16 בְּ/נֶ֣גֶב prep + n c ms cs The children of the Kenite, Moses' brother-in-law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and lived with the people.
- Judges 21:19 וּ/מִ/נֶּ֖גֶב conj + prep + n c ms They said, Behold, there is a feast of Yahweh from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
1 Samuel 5 verses
- 1 Samuel 14:5 מִ/נֶּ֖גֶב prep + n c ms The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba.
- 1 Samuel 20:41 הַ/נֶּ֔גֶב ptcl def.art + n c ms As soon as the boy was gone, David arose out of [a place] toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
- 1 Samuel 27:10 נֶ֤גֶב נֶ֣גֶב נֶ֖גֶב n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs Achish said, Against whom have you made a raid today? David said, Against the South of Judah, and against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.
- 1 Samuel 30:1 נֶ֨גֶב֙ n c ms It happened, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the South, and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire,
- 1 Samuel 30:14 נֶ֧גֶב נֶ֣גֶב n c ms cs n c ms cs We made a raid on the South of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.
2 Samuel 1 verse
1 Kings 2 verses
- 1 Kings 7:25 נֶ֗גְבָּ/ה n c ms + sfx dem It stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was set on them above, and all their hinder parts were inward.
- 1 Kings 7:39 נֶֽגֶב n c ms He set the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.
1 Chronicles 3 verses
- 1 Chronicles 9:24 וָ/נֶֽגְבָּ/ה conj + n c ms + sfx dem On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
- 1 Chronicles 26:15 נֶ֑גְבָּ/ה n c ms + sfx dem To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the store-house.
- 1 Chronicles 26:17 לַ/נֶּ֥גְבָּ/ה prep det + n c ms + sfx dem Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the store-house two and two.
2 Chronicles 3 verses
- 2 Chronicles 4:4 נֶ֗גְבָּ/ה n c ms + sfx dem It stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set on them above, and all their hinder parts were inward.
- 2 Chronicles 4:10 נֶֽגְבָּ/ה n c ms + sfx dem He set the sea on the right side [of the house] eastward, toward the south.
- 2 Chronicles 28:18 וְ/הַ/נֶּגֶב֮ conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the lowland, and of the South of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Soco with the towns of it, and Timnah with the towns of it, Gimzo also and the towns of it: and they lived there.
Psalms 1 verse
Isaiah 2 verses
- Isaiah 21:1 בַּ/נֶּ֨גֶב֙ prep det + n c ms The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from an awesome land.
- Isaiah 30:6 נֶ֑גֶב n c ms The burden of the animals of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit [them].
Jeremiah 4 verses
- Jeremiah 13:19 הַ/נֶּ֛גֶב ptcl def.art + n c ms The cities of the South are shut up, and there is none to open them: Judah is carried away captive, all of it; it is wholly carried away captive.
- Jeremiah 17:26 הַ/נֶּ֔גֶב ptcl def.art + n c ms They shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places round about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowland, and from the hill-country, and from the South, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meal-offerings, and frankincense, and bringing [sacrifices of] thanksgiving, to the house of Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 32:44 הַ/נֶּ֑גֶב ptcl def.art + n c ms Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South: for I will cause their captivity to return, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 33:13 הַ/נֶּ֔גֶב ptcl def.art + n c ms In the cities of the hill-country, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks again pass under the hands of him who numbers them, says Yahweh.
Ezekiel 12 verses
- Ezekiel 20:46 נֶֽגֶב n Proper Son of man, set your face toward the south, and drop [your word] toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;
- Ezekiel 20:47 הַ/נֶּ֔גֶב מִ/נֶּ֥גֶב ptcl def.art + n c ms prep + n c ms and tell the forest of the South, Hear the word of Yahweh: Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burnt thereby.
- Ezekiel 21:4 מִ/נֶּ֥גֶב prep + n c ms Seeing then that I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
- Ezekiel 40:2 מִ/נֶּֽגֶב prep + n c ms In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me down on a very high mountain, whereon was as it were the frame of a city on the south.
- Ezekiel 46:9 נֶ֔גֶב נֶ֔גֶב n c ms n c ms But when the people of the land shall come before Yahweh in the appointed feasts, he who enters by the way of the north gate to worship shall go forth by the way of the south gate; and he who enters by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate by which he came in, but shall go forth straight before him.
- Ezekiel 47:1 מִ/נֶּ֖גֶב prep + n c ms He brought me back to the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward; (for the forefront of the house was toward the east;) and the waters came down from under, from the right side of the house, on the south of the altar.
- Ezekiel 47:19 נֶ֣גֶב נֶֽגְבָּ/ה n c ms n c ms + sfx dem The south side southward shall be from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth Kadesh, to the brook [of Egypt], to the great sea. This is the south side southward.
- Ezekiel 48:10 וְ/נֶ֕גְבָּ/ה conj + n c ms + sfx dem For these, even for the priests, shall be the holy offering: toward the north twenty-five thousand [in length], and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south twenty-five thousand in length: and the sanctuary of Yahweh shall be in the midst of it.
- Ezekiel 48:16 נֶ֕גֶב n c ms These shall be the measures of it: the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.
- Ezekiel 48:17 וְ/נֶ֖גְבָּ/ה conj + n c ms + sfx dem The city shall have suburbs: toward the north two hundred fifty, and toward the south two hundred fifty, and toward the east two hundred fifty, and toward the west two hundred fifty.
- Ezekiel 48:28 נֶ֣גֶב n c ms By the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, to the brook [of Egypt], to the great sea.
- Ezekiel 48:33 נֶ֗גְבָּ/ה n c ms + sfx dem At the south side four thousand and five hundred [reeds] by measure, and three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one.
Daniel 11 verses
- Daniel 8:4 וָ/נֶ֗גְבָּ/ה conj + n c ms + sfx dem I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; and no animals could stand before him, neither was there any who could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and magnified himself.
- Daniel 8:9 הַ/נֶּ֥גֶב ptcl def.art + n c ms Out of one of them came forth a little horn, which grew exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the glorious [land].
- Daniel 11:5 הַ/נֶּ֖גֶב ptcl def.art + n c ms The king of the south shall be strong, and [one] of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.
- Daniel 11:6 הַ/נֶּ֗גֶב ptcl def.art + n c ms At the end of years they shall join themselves together; and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the strength of her arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm; but she shall be given up, and those who brought her, and he who became the father of her, and he who strengthened her in those times.
- Daniel 11:9 הַ/נֶּ֔גֶב ptcl def.art + n c ms He shall come into the realm of the king of the south, but he shall return into his own land.
- Daniel 11:11 הַ/נֶּ֔גֶב ptcl def.art + n c ms The king of the south shall be moved with anger, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north; and he shall set forth a great multitude, and the multitude shall be given into his hand.
- Daniel 11:14 הַ/נֶּ֑גֶב ptcl def.art + n c ms In those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the children of the violent among your people shall lift themselves up to establish the vision; but they shall fall.
- Daniel 11:15 הַ/נֶּ֨גֶב֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mound, and take a well-fortified city: and the forces of the south shall not stand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to stand.
- Daniel 11:25 הַ/נֶּגֶב֮ הַ/נֶּ֗גֶב ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms He shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall war in battle with an exceeding great and mighty army; but he shall not stand; for they shall devise devices against him.
- Daniel 11:29 בַ/נֶּ֑גֶב prep det + n c ms At the time appointed he shall return, and come into the south; but it shall not be in the latter time as it was in the former.
- Daniel 11:40 הַ/נֶּ֔גֶב ptcl def.art + n c ms At the time of the end shall the king of the south contend with him; and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass through.
Obadiah 2 verses
- Obadiah 1:19 הַ/נֶּ֜גֶב ptcl def.art + n c ms Those of the South will possess the mountain of Esau, and those of the lowland, the Philistines. They will possess the field of Ephraim, and the field of Samaria. Benjamin will possess Gilead.
- Obadiah 1:20 הַ/נֶּֽגֶב ptcl def.art + n c ms The captives of this host of the children of Israel, who are among the Canaanites, will possess even to Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem, who are in Sepharad, will possess the cities of the Negev.
Zechariah 3 verses
- Zechariah 7:7 וְ/הַ/נֶּ֥גֶב conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms Aren't these the words which Yahweh proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and its cities around her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?'"
- Zechariah 14:4 נֶֽגְבָּ/ה n c ms + sfx dem His feet will stand in that day on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in two, from east to west, making a very great valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
- Zechariah 14:10 נֶ֖גֶב n c ms cs All the land will be made like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she will be lifted up, and will dwell in her place, from Benjamin's gate to the place of the first gate, to the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel to the king's wine-presses.
About this entry
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“south” is the headline sense of the Hebrew noun נגב (negeb). Scripture first uses it in Genesis 12:9. With 97 verses in 18 books, it is a moderately common word in the Hebrew Bible. Not a single-sense word: its full sense range also takes in “south-country” and “Nekeb”. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H5045 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 97
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 97 distinct verses.
- 18 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 18 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #390
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 390 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 97 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 97 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 57 verses · 59%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 22 verses · 23%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 18 verses · 19%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: South 71×, Southward 15×, Toward the south 8×
- American Standard Version: South 74×, Southward 15×, Toward the south 7×
- Berean Standard Bible: South 49×, Negev 39×, Southern 9×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: South 44×, Negev 31×, Southward 14×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H5045 across 112 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 12 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H5045 across 113 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 14 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H5045 across 108 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 3 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H5045 across 114 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 11 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 5 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. south-country, i.e.
- a. specif. the region S. of Judah, boundaries not exactly defined (see cities in it Jos 15:21–32), but c. from hills S. of Hebron to Ḳadesh, אֶרֶץ הַנּ׳ Gn 20:1 (E), 24:62 (J), Nu 13:29 (JE), Ju 1:15 Jos 15:19; alm. = n.pr. הַנּ׳, הַנֶּ֫גְבָּה, Gn 12:9; 13:1 Nu 13:17, 22; 21:1 (all J), Dt 34:3 (JE), Dt 1:7 Jos 10:40; 11:16; 12:8 (all D), Nu 33:40 Jos 15:21 (both P), Ju 1:9 1 S 20:41 (but read הָאַרְגָּב, i.e. the mound 𝔊 (ἀργαβ) Th We Klo Dr Kit Bu HPS), Je 13:19; 17:26; 32:44; 33:13 Zc 7:7 Ob 20 ψ 126:4 (sim.), Ez 21:3a (= Judah); נ׳ (no art.) Gn 13:3 (J), 1 S 30:1, Is 30:6 (cf. Di); of particular districts in the Negeb: נ׳ עֲרָד Ju 1:16 (cf. GFM), נ׳ יהוּדָה etc. 1 S 27:10(×3) (cf. Dr), 30:14(×2) 2 S 24:7 2 Ch 28:18; v. also Zc 14:10; רָמַת נ׳ Jos 19:8, רָמוֹת נ׳ 1 S 30:27; coll. c. pl. vb. = people of south-land Ob 19. e.g. Joshua 15:21
- b. land S. of Babylon Is 21:1 (cf. Di). e.g. Isaiah 21:1
- c. = Egypt Dn 11:5, 6, 9, 11, 14, 15, 25(×2), 29, 40 (v. Meinh Bev Behrm, cf. v 43). e.g. Daniel 11:5
- 2. hence south (opp. N., E., W.) Gn 13:14; 28:14 (both J), Jos 17:10 (P), 1 K 7:25 = 2 Ch 4:4, 1 Ch 9:24; 26:15, 17 (cf. v 14, 16, 18), Ez 21:3b, 9 Dn 8:4, 9, further 1 K 7:39 Zc 14:4; פְּאַת נֶ֫גְבָּה תֵּימָ֫נָה Ex 26:18, cf. 27:9; 36:23; 38:9; 40:24 (of S. side of tabernacle); שַׁ֫עַר נ׳ Ez 46:9(×2); פְּאַת נ׳ south side or border Nu 34:3; 35:5 Jos 18:15 (all P), Ez 47:19, cf. v 19 48:16, 28, 33; גְּבוּל נ׳ south boundary Nu 34:3 Jos 15:2, 4; 18:19 (all P), cf. מִנֶּ֫גֶב לְ (הַגְּבוּל) on the south of Nu 34:4(×2) Jos 15:3 (אֶל־מִנּ׳ לְ), v 3, 7; 18:13 (all P), Ju 21:19; מִנּ׳ abs. on the south Jos 18:5 (JE), 19:34 (P), 1 S 14:5 Ez 40:2; כֶּ֫תֶף הַיְבוּסִי מִנּ׳ Jos 15:8, cf. 18:13, 16 (all P); נֶ֫גְבָּה 15:1, 2; 18:14(×2), 19 (all P), 2 Ch 4:10 Ez 21:2 (Co; ℌ נגב), 48:10, 17; נֶ֫גְבָּה לְ Jos 17:9 (P).—For נ׳ כִּנְּרוֹת 11:2 read נֶגֶד (𝔊 Di). e.g. Genesis 13:14
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.[m.] south-country, Negeb, south (cf. LagBN 78);—נ׳ abs. Gn 20:1 +; cstr. Jos 11:2 +; נֶ֫גְבָּה Gn 13:14 +;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be parched
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
נֶגֶב
- v. next w.)
- 1. dry soil. Tosef. B. Kam. VIII, 19.
- 2. south (in Talm. דָּרוֹם).).
- 3. pr. n. pl. Negeb, in the district of Ascalon. Tosef. Ohol. XVIII, 15 (Var. גנב).
נָגַב
- (cmp. גַּב) [to have a crust,] to be dry. Ab. Zar. V, 3 (69ᵃ) כדי שישתום … ויִגּוֹב as much time as would be required for a person to bore a hole (uncork), and close it up, and (for the sealing clay) to get dry; ib. כדי שיפתח (את החבית) … ותִיגּוֹב to open the jug and close it up again, and (for the clay) to dry; a. e.—Part. pass. נָגוּב; f. נְגוּבָה; pl. נְגוּבִים, נְגוּבִין; נְגוּבוֹת dry. Ḥag. III, 3 אוכלים נ׳ dry eatables (which have not come in contact with liquids and are, therefore, insusceptible of levitical uncleanness, v. הֶכְשֵׁר); Tosef. ib. III, 11. Ib. 12 וכי יש נגובים לקדש are the exemptions in favor of dry objects applicable to sacred matter?; Ḥag. 24ᵇ וכי יש נגובה וכ׳ (Ms. M. נְגִיבָה). Ib.ᵃ, sq. יד נ׳ מטמאה וכ׳ one dry hand (which has become unclean) makes the other hand unclean; a. e.
- to dry, wipe, scour. Ib. III, 1 (20ᵇ) מתיר ומְנַגֵּב ומטביל (Bab. ed. ומַנְגִּיב, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 3; Y. ed. מתיר ומטביל) he must open (the knots of the garment) and wipe it dry and smooth and then immerse. Lev. R. s. 28, beg. עד שלא יְנַגְּבָהּ before he gets it (the garment) dry and glossy; ib. ומְנַגֵּב את הארץ and makes the earth dry; Koh. R. to I, 3 ומכבסן ומבשלן ומְנַגְּבָן and washes them (the plants) and ripens and glosses them. Ab. Zar. V, 11 מְנַגְּבָהּ he scours it; ib. 74ᵇ במה מְנַגְּבָן וכ׳ wherewith does he scour them? … with ashes, … with water. Ib. 75ᵃ; a. fr.—Part. pass. מְנוּגָּב dry, parched, sapless, bare of. Tem. 16ᵃ (play on הנגב Josh. XV, 19) בית שמנ׳ מכל וכ׳ a household bare of all that is good; Yalk. Josh. 27 אדם המנ׳ וכ׳ a man bare &c. e.g. Joshua 15:19
- 1. same, v. supra.—2) (denom. of נֶגֶב) to go south. Erub. 53ᵇ (in an enigmatic speech) וה׳ למפיבשת and went south to the great scholar (v. מְפִיבשֶׁת).
- to be dried up. Sifra B’ḥuck. ch. I ונִתְנַגְּבָה הארץ the ground was dried up; Lev. R. s. 35.
נְגֵב
- , to be dry, to dry out. Targ. Gen. VIII, 13; a. e.—Y. Sabb. V, beg. 7ᵇ כדו נגיב אינון וכ׳ when it is dry, they name it Egyptian bean; Y. Kil. VIII, 31ᶜ.—Y. Gitt. VII, end, 49ᵃ ונ׳ נהרא the canal dried up. Ib. דיִיגַּב וכ׳ that the canal may dry up; a. e.
- to dry, wipe. B. Mets. 24ᵃ ונ׳ בגלימא וכ׳ wiped (his hands) on his neighbor’s cloak; a. e.—Part. pass. מְנַגַּב; f. מְנַגְּבָא parched. Targ. Y. Num. XI, 6.
- to be dried up. Targ. Y. Gen. I, 9. Targ. Ps. CVI, 9; a. e.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 60 distinct written forms H5045 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 94 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 97 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 12:9
- Exodus 26:18
- Numbers 13:17
- Deuteronomy 1:7
- Joshua 10:40
- Judges 1:9
- 1 Samuel 14:5
- 2 Samuel 24:7
- 1 Kings 7:25
- 1 Chronicles 9:24
- 2 Chronicles 4:4
- Psalms 126:4
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
