קָרַב
to approach
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘bring near’
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘draw near for a purpose’
- Piel
- An intensive or resultative active stem. Here: ‘in space’
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”).
Form
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
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).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
90 distinct verses where H7126 appears in the Qal stem, across 21 books. Filtered view — show all forms. 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 4 verses
- Genesis 20:4 קָרַ֖ב Qal pf 3ms Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, "Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?
- Genesis 27:41 יִקְרְבוּ֙ Qal impf 3mp Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob."
- Genesis 37:18 יִקְרַ֣ב Qal impf 3ms They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.
- Genesis 47:29 וַ/יִּקְרְב֣וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The time drew near that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please don't bury me in Egypt,
Exodus 7 verses
- Exodus 3:5 תִּקְרַ֣ב Qal juss 2ms He said, "Don't come close. Take off your sandals from off your feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground."
- Exodus 12:48 יִקְרַ֣ב Qal juss 3ms When a stranger shall live as a foreigner with you, and will keep the Passover to Yahweh, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one who is born in the land: but no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.
- Exodus 14:20 קָרַ֥ב Qal pf 3ms It came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and the one didn't come near the other all the night.
- Exodus 16:9 קִרְב֖וּ Qal impv 2mp Moses said to Aaron, "Tell all the congregation of the children of Israel, 'Come near before Yahweh, for he has heard your murmurings.'"
- Exodus 32:19 קָרַב֙ Qal pf 3ms It happened, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses' anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain.
- Exodus 36:2 לְ/קָרְבָ֥ה prep + Qal inf.cs Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart Yahweh had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to the work to do it:
- Exodus 40:32 וּ/בְ/קָרְבָתָ֛/ם conj + prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp When they went into the tent of meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they washed, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Leviticus 13 verses
- Leviticus 9:5 וַֽ/יִּקְרְבוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They brought what Moses commanded before the Tent of Meeting: and all the congregation drew near and stood before Yahweh.
- Leviticus 9:7 קְרַ֤ב Qal impv 2ms Moses said to Aaron, "Draw near to the altar, and offer your sin offering, and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself, and for the people; and offer the offering of the people, and make atonement for them; as Yahweh commanded."
- Leviticus 9:8 וַ/יִּקְרַ֥ב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms So Aaron drew near to the altar, and killed the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.
- Leviticus 10:4 קִ֠רְב֞וּ Qal impv 2mp Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, "Draw near, carry your brothers from before the sanctuary out of the camp."
- Leviticus 10:5 וַֽ/יִּקְרְב֗וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp So they drew near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses had said.
- Leviticus 16:1 בְּ/קָרְבָתָ֥/ם prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp Yahweh spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before Yahweh, and died;
- Leviticus 18:6 תִקְרְב֖וּ Qal impf 2mp "'None of you shall approach anyone who are his close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh.
- Leviticus 18:14 תִקְרָ֔ב Qal impf 2ms "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, you shall not approach his wife: she is your aunt.
- Leviticus 18:19 תִקְרַ֔ב Qal impf 2ms "'You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.
- Leviticus 20:16 תִּקְרַ֤ב Qal impf 3fs "'If a woman approaches any animal, and lies down with it, you shall kill the woman, and the animal: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
- Leviticus 21:17 יִקְרַ֔ב לְ/הַקְרִ֖יב Qal impf 3ms prep + Hiphil inf.cs "Say to Aaron, 'None of your seed throughout their generations who has a blemish, may approach to offer the bread of his God.
- Leviticus 21:18 יִקְרָ֑ב Qal impf 3ms For whatever man he is that has a blemish, he shall not draw near: a blind man, or a lame, or he who has a flat nose, or any deformity,
- Leviticus 22:3 יִקְרַ֣ב Qal impf 3ms Tell them, 'If anyone of all your seed throughout your generations approaches the holy things, which the children of Israel make holy to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from before me. I am Yahweh.
Numbers 8 verses
- Numbers 9:6 וַֽ/יִּקְרְב֞וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp There were certain men, who were unclean because of the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.
- Numbers 16:40 יִקְרַ֜ב Qal impf 3ms to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, who isn't of the seed of Aaron, comes near to burn incense before Yahweh; that he not be as Korah, and as his company: as Yahweh spoke to him by Moses.
- Numbers 18:3 יִקְרָ֔בוּ Qal impf 3mp They shall keep your charge, and the charge of all the Tent: only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they not die, neither they, nor you.
- Numbers 18:4 יִקְרַ֥ב Qal impf 3ms They shall be joined to you, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the Tent: and a stranger shall not come near to you.
- Numbers 18:22 יִקְרְב֥וּ Qal impf 3mp Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
- Numbers 27:1 וַ/תִּקְרַ֜בְנָה conj + Qal wimpf 3fp Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
- Numbers 31:48 וַֽ/יִּקְרְבוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The officers who were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses;
- Numbers 36:1 וַֽ/יִּקְרְב֞וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The heads of the fathers' [houses] of the family of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spoke before Moses, and before the princes, the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel:
Deuteronomy 12 verses
- Deuteronomy 1:22 וַ/תִּקְרְב֣וּ/ן conj + Qal wimpf 2mp + sfx n You came near to me everyone of you, and said, Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and the cities to which we shall come.
- Deuteronomy 2:19 וְ/קָרַבְתָּ֗ conj + Qal wpf 2ms and when you come near over against the children of Ammon, don't bother them, nor contend with them; for I will not give you of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession; because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession.
- Deuteronomy 2:37 קָרָ֑בְתָּ Qal pf 2ms only to the land of the children of Ammon you didn't come near; all the side of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill-country, and wherever Yahweh our God forbade us.
- Deuteronomy 4:11 וַ/תִּקְרְב֥וּ/ן conj + Qal wimpf 2mp + sfx n You came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
- Deuteronomy 5:23 וַ/תִּקְרְב֣וּ/ן conj + Qal wimpf 2mp + sfx n It happened, when you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that you came near to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
- Deuteronomy 5:27 קְרַ֤ב Qal impv 2ms Go you near, and hear all that Yahweh our God shall say: and speak you to us all that Yahweh our God shall speak to you; and we will hear it, and do it.
- Deuteronomy 15:9 קָֽרְבָ֣ה Qal pf 3fs Beware that there not be a base thought in your heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.
- Deuteronomy 20:2 כְּ/קָֽרָבְ/כֶ֖ם prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 2mp It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,
- Deuteronomy 20:10 תִקְרַ֣ב Qal impf 2ms When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.
- Deuteronomy 22:14 וָ/אֶקְרַ֣ב conj + Qal wimpf 1cs and lay shameful things to her charge, and bring up an evil name on her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I didn't find in her the tokens of virginity;
- Deuteronomy 25:11 וְ/קָֽרְבָה֙ conj + Qal wpf 3fs When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts forth her hand, and takes him by the secrets;
- Deuteronomy 31:14 קָרְב֣וּ Qal pf 3cp Yahweh said to Moses, Behold, your days approach that you must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge. Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.
Joshua 5 verses
- Joshua 3:4 תִּקְרְב֣וּ Qal juss 2mp Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: don't come near to it, that you may know the way by which you must go; for you have not passed this way heretofore.
- Joshua 7:14 וְ/נִקְרַבְתֶּ֥ם יִקְרַ֣ב תִּקְרַ֣ב יִקְרַ֖ב conj + Niphal wpf 2mp Qal impf 3ms Qal impf 3fs Qal impf 3ms In the morning therefore you shall be brought near by your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which Yahweh takes shall come near by families; and the family which Yahweh shall take shall come near by households; and the household which Yahweh shall take shall come near man by man.
- Joshua 8:5 נִקְרַ֖ב Qal impf 1cp and I, and all the people who are with me, will approach to the city. It shall happen, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them;
- Joshua 10:24 קִרְב֗וּ וַֽ/יִּקְרְב֔וּ Qal impv 2mp conj + Qal wimpf 3mp It happened, when they brought forth those kings to Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who went with him, Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings. They came near, and put their feet on the necks of them.
- Joshua 17:4 וַ/תִּקְרַ֡בְנָה conj + Qal wimpf 3fp They came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, Yahweh commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers: therefore according to the commandment of Yahweh he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father.
Judges 2 verses
1 Samuel 2 verses
- 1 Samuel 14:36 נִקְרְבָ֥ה Qal coh 1cp Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. They said, Do whatever seems good to you. Then said the priest, Let us draw near here to God.
- 1 Samuel 17:48 וַ/יִּקְרַ֖ב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It happened, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
2 Samuel 3 verses
- 2 Samuel 15:5 בִּ/קְרָב prep + Qal inf.cs It was so, that when any man came near to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.
- 2 Samuel 20:16 קְרַ֣ב Qal impv 2ms Then cried a wise woman out of the city, "Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, 'Come near here, that I may speak with you.'"
- 2 Samuel 20:17 וַ/יִּקְרַ֣ב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He came near to her; and the woman said, Are you Joab? He answered, I am. Then she said to him, Hear the words of your handmaid. He answered, I do hear.
1 Kings 3 verses
- 1 Kings 2:1 וַ/יִּקְרְב֥וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
- 1 Kings 2:7 קָרְב֣וּ Qal pf 3cp But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those who eat at your table; for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.
- 1 Kings 20:29 וַ/תִּקְרַב֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3fs They encamped one over against the other seven days. So it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel killed of the Syrians one hundred thousand footmen in one day.
2 Kings 1 verse
Esther 1 verse
Job 1 verse
Psalms 6 verses
- Psalms 27:2 בִּ/קְרֹ֤ב prep + Qal inf.cs When evil-doers came at me to eat up my flesh, Even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
- Psalms 32:9 קְרֹ֣ב Qal inf.cs Don't be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, Who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.
- Psalms 69:18 קָרְבָ֣/ה Qal impv 2ms + sfx h Draw near to my soul, and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.
- Psalms 91:10 יִקְרַ֥ב Qal impf 3ms No evil shall happen to you, Neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.
- Psalms 119:150 קָ֭רְבוּ Qal pf 3cp They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.
- Psalms 119:169 תִּקְרַ֤ב Qal impf 3fs Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. Give me understanding according to your word.
Proverbs 1 verse
Isaiah 9 verses
- Isaiah 5:19 וְ/תִקְרַ֣ב conj + Qal impf 3fs Who say, "Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, That we may know it!"
- Isaiah 8:3 וָ/אֶקְרַב֙ conj + Qal wimpf 1cs I went to the prophetess; and she conceived, and bore a son. Then said Yahweh to me, Call his name Maher Shalal Hash Baz.
- Isaiah 34:1 קִרְב֤וּ Qal impv 2mp Come near, you nations, to hear; and listen, you peoples: let the earth hear, and the fullness of it; the world, and all things that come forth from it.
- Isaiah 41:1 נִקְרָֽבָה Qal coh 1cp Keep silence before me, islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.
- Isaiah 41:5 קָרְב֖וּ Qal pf 3cp The isles have seen, and fear; the ends of the earth tremble; they draw near, and come.
- Isaiah 48:16 קִרְב֧וּ Qal impv 2mp Come you near to me, hear you this; from the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord Yahweh has sent me, and his Spirit.
- Isaiah 54:14 תִקְרַ֖ב Qal impf 3fs In righteousness shall you be established: you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not be afraid; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.
- Isaiah 57:3 קִרְבוּ Qal impv 2mp But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the prostitute.
- Isaiah 65:5 קְרַ֣ב Qal impv 2ms who say, Stand by yourself, don't come near to me, for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all the day.
Lamentations 2 verses
Ezekiel 7 verses
- Ezekiel 9:1 קָרְב֖וּ Qal impv 2mp Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause you them that have charge over the city to draw near, every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.
- Ezekiel 12:23 קָֽרְבוּ֙ Qal pf 3cp Tell them therefore, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but tell them, The days are at hand, and the fulfillment of every vision.
- Ezekiel 18:6 יִקְרָֽב Qal impf 3ms and has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither has defiled his neighbor's wife, neither has come near to a woman in her impurity,
- Ezekiel 37:7 וַ/תִּקְרְב֣וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3fp So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and, behold, an earthquake; and the bones came together, bone to its bone.
- Ezekiel 42:14 וְ/קָרְב֖וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp When the priests enter in, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the outer court, but there they shall lay their garments in which they minister; for they are holy: and they shall put on other garments, and shall approach to that which pertains to the people.
- Ezekiel 44:15 יִקְרְב֥וּ לְ/הַקְרִ֥יב Qal impf 3mp prep + Hiphil inf.cs But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister to me; and they shall stand before me to offer to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord Yahweh:
- Ezekiel 44:16 יִקְרְב֥וּ Qal impf 3mp they shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charge.
Jonah 1 verse
Zephaniah 1 verse
Malachi 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
קרב — transliterated qârab — is a Hebrew verb carrying the sense “to approach.” Its English rendering has broadened — “offer” classically, “present” (Berean Standard Bible) and “and” (unfoldingWord Literal Text) in modern versions; see the renderings breakdown. Spanning 263 verses in 27 books, it ranks among the common words of the Hebrew Bible. Its uses concentrate in Leviticus (35% of all occurrences). Read the stem: it spans 4 stems, including Qal and Niphal. See the sense tree, 263-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H7126 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 →
- 263
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 263 distinct verses.
- 27 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 27 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #177
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 177 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 263 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 263 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 184 verses · 70%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 62 verses · 24%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 17 verses · 6%
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: Offer 15×, He shall offer 14×, He brought 12×
- American Standard Version: He shall offer 17×, Ye shall offer 13×, Offer 12×
- Berean Standard Bible: Present 23×, Approached 12×, You are to present 12×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: And 29×, He shall present 19×, Present 19×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H7126 across 281 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 96 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 H7126 across 279 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 114 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 H7126 across 276 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 103 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 4 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H7126 across 359 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 71 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
21 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each.
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 21 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.
Qal
- Pf. 3 ms. ק׳ Gn 20:4 +; 3 fs. קָרֵ֑בָה Zp 3:2, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִקְרַב Gn 37:18 + etc.; Imv. ms. קְרַב 2 S 20:16 +, קָ֫רְבָה ψ 69:19; mpl. קִרְבוּ Ex 16:9; Inf. abs. קָרוֹב Ec 4:17 De Siegf Ol§ 249c Sta§ 642c Köi. 175; cstr. קְרֹב ψ 27:2; 32:9, לְקָרְבָה Ex 36:2, etc.;—approach: e.g. Genesis 20:4
- 1.
- a. c. אֶל pers. (27 times) Gn 37:18; Nu 18:4; Mal 3:5 (+ לַמִּשְׁפָּט), Jon 1:6 +; in kindness 1 K 2:7, of י׳ to help ψ 69:19; for war, battle, Ex 14:20; Ju 20:24; unto God †1 S 14:36 (+ הֲלוֹם), Zp 3:2, י׳ †Ez 44:15; Is 48:16; approach sexually, of man, †Gn 20:4; Is 8:3; Dt 22:14; Lv 18:6, 14, 19; (H) Ez 18:6; of woman †Lv 20:16 (אֶל of beast); ק׳ אֵלֶיךָ Is 65:5 = keep to thyself (‖ אַל־תִּגַּשׁ־בִּי); c. עַל pers., in hostility, ψ 27:2 (+ inf. purpose), so prob. מִקְרָב־לִי ψ 55:19 that none may approach me (ק׳ inf. cstr., so Che Bae Dr, > n. = battle). e.g. Genesis 37:18
- b. אֶל loc. Ex 32:19; Dt 2:37; 20:10; Jos 8:5; Pr 5:8; אֶל rei Jos 3:3; Ez 42:14; 44:16; Lv 22:3; (H), Ex 36:2 + 5 times P; עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ 2 K 16:12; אֶל־הַמִּלְחָמָה Dt 20:2. e.g. Exodus 32:19
- c. לִפְנֵי pers. (י׳) Ex 16:9; Lv 16:1 ψ 119:169 (of cry); before men Nu 9:6; Jos 17:4. e.g. Exodus 16:9
- d. מוּל gent. Dt 2:19. e.g. Deuteronomy 2:19
- e. ב loc. Ju 19:13 ψ 91:10 (of evil). e.g. Judges 19:13
- f. ל loc. Jb 33:22; adv. loc. הֲלֹם Ex 3:5, הֵ֫נָּה Is 57:3 (cf. g, 2 S 20:16). e.g. Job 33:22
- g. draw near for a purpose, c. Inf. 1 S 17:48; 2 S 15:5; Dt 25:11; Ex 12:48; Lv 21:17; Nu 17:5; Is 34:1; Ec 4:17, + (Inf. om.) Lv 21:18; c. וְ subord. 2 S 20:16 (+ עַד־הֵ֫נָּה); c. לַמִּשְׁפָּט Is 41:1 (cf. a. Mal 3:5); + Imv. Dt 5:24; Jos 10:24; Lv 10:4, + Impf. Jos 10:24; Lv 10:5. e.g. 1 Samuel 17:48
- h. abs. (15 times) Jos 7:14(×3) (technically of approach to sanctuary, for trial by lot), Is 5:19 (of י׳’s counsel), 41:5 +, La 3:57 (of י׳, to help); וַתִּק׳ הַמִּלְחָמָה 1 K 20:29 i.e. the battle was joined; of calamities Ez 9:1, ק׳ קִצֵּנוּ La 4:18. e.g. Joshua 7:14
- 2. of time, draw near, Gn 27:41; Dt 15:9; Ez 12:23; spec. ק׳ יְמֵי פ׳ לָמוּת Gn 47:29; Dt 31:14; 1 K 2:1. e.g. Genesis 27:41
Niphal
- Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְנִקְרַב אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִים Ex 22:7 he shall be brought unto God (at the sanctuary), also (abs., reflex.) 2 mpl. consec. וְנִקְרַבְתֶּם Jos 7:14 (cf. Qal 1 h). e.g. Exodus 22:7
Piel
- Pf. 1 s. קֵרַבְתִּי Is 46:13; 3 pl. קֵרְבוּ Ho 7:6 (v. infr.), Ez 36:8; Impf. 2 ms. וּתְקָרֵב ψ 65:5; 1 s. sf. אֲקָֽרְבֶנּוּ Jb 31:37; Imv. ms. קָרַב Ez 37:17; mpl. קָֽרְבוּ Is 41:21;—cause to approach, bring near: e.g. Isaiah 46:13
- 1. in space, acc. rei + אֶל Ez 37:17; = receive, acc. pers. Jb 31:37 (Thes Du; most approach majestically, march up to), acc. om. ψ 65:5; ק׳ רִיבְכֶם Is 41:21 bring on your suit! e.g. Ezekiel 37:17
- 2. in time, ק׳ צִדְקָתִי Is 46:13 (of י׳), ק׳ לָבוֹא Ez 36:8 they have brought near to come, brought their coming near, it is at hand (cf. Hiph. Gn 12:11).—Ho 7:6 read בָּעַר for קֵרְבוּ (קִרְבּוֹ RSProph. iv, N. 19), cf. 𝔊 Now. e.g. Isaiah 46:13
Hiphil
- Pf. 3 ms. הִקְרִיב Gn 12:11 +, -רִב Nu 7:19; 2 ms. וְהִקְרַבְתָּ֫ Ex 29:3 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יַקְרִיב Ez 44:27 +, -רִב 46:4; וַיַּקְרֵב Ju 3:17 +; 1 pl. וַנַּקְרֵב Nu 31:50, etc.; Imv. ms. הַקְרֵב Nu 3:6 +, etc.; Inf. abs. הַקְרֵב Lv 6:7; cstr. הַקְרִיב Ju 3:18 +, etc.; Pt. מַקְרִיב Lv 3:1 +, etc.;— e.g. Genesis 12:11
- 1.
- a. bring near, bring, present, c. acc. rei, Ju 5:25 (+ בְּסֵפֶל), cf. Ex 29:3 (+ בַּסָּל); tribute ψ 72:10; מִנְחָה Ju 3:17 (+ ל pers.), v 18; cf. (ל pers.) Mal 1:8; שָׂדֶה בְּשָׂדֶה יַק׳ Is 5:8 i.e. join, incorporate; pregn., c. מִן loc. 2 K 16:14 (v. RSSem i. 466 ff., 2nd ed. 486 ff.); acc. of case, affair, †Dt 1:17 (+ אֶל pers.), Nu 27:5 (+ לִפְנֵי י׳); c. acc. pers.: + אֶל pers. Nu 15:33; 25:6; Jos 8:23, + אֶל reflex. Ex 28:1, + אֶת (prep.) reflex. Nu 18:2; abs., of pers., make an approach Ex 14:10. e.g. Judges 5:25
- b. of time, הִקְרִיב לָבוֹא Gn 12:11; תַּקְרִיב לָלֶדֶת Is 26:17; וַתַּקְרִיבִי יָמַיִךְ Ez 22:4. e.g. Genesis 12:11
- 2. as term. techn. (c. 158 times), chiefly in Ez HP, bring near, of presenting, dedicating, or offering to י׳:
- a. c. acc. pers., (1) Aaron and his sons, and Levites, sometimes c. אֶל, לְפְנֵי, pers. or loc., Ex 29:4, 8; 40:12, 14; Lv 3:6; 7:35; 8:6, 13, 24 Nu 8:9, 10; 16:5(×2), 9, 10, cf. (of prince, subj. י׳) Je 30:21; (2) for selection by let Jos 7:16, 17(×2), 18; 1 S 10:20, 21; (3) for ordeal of מֵי הַמָּרִים Nu 5:16. e.g. Exodus 29:4
- b. usually (c. 142 times) c. acc. of offering, with or without further complement (אֶל, לִפְנֵי loc., לי׳, לְפְנֵי י׳; rarely אֶל, ל, of priest, etc.): (1) animal-offering Lv 3:7, 12; 8:18, 22 (all + סָמַךְ of offerer), Ex 29:10; Lv 1:15; 4:3, 14 +, etc.; (2) זֶבַח Lv 7:16; עֹלָה Nu 29:13, 36; אִשֶּׁה Lv 3:3, 14; 23:8, 25 +; †(3) blood Lv 1:5 (+ זָרַק), 7:33; 9:9; (4) מִנְחָה Lv 2:8; 6:7; 7:12; 23:16; Nu 5:25; 6:16; 15:9; לֶחֶם אֱלֹהָיו Lv 21:6, 8, 17, 21, etc.; (5) incense Nu 16:35, censer v 17; 17:3, 4; אֵשׁ זָרָה Lv 10:1 Nu 3:4; 26:61; (6) especially c. acc. cogn. קָרְבָּן Lv 1:2(×2), 14; 2:1, 4; 22:18 Nu 7:10, 11; 31:50 + (c. 33 times); (7) acc. om. 2 Ch 35:12. e.g. Leviticus 3:7
- c. abs. make an offering Nu 7:2, 18. e.g. Numbers 7:2
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
vb. come near, approach (NH approach, be offered; Assyrian ḳarâbu, approach; Arabic قَرِبَ, قَرُبَ be near, approach; so Ethiopic ቀርበ: Sab. קרב approach a woman (sexually, v. 1 a infr.), DHMHofmus. No. 6. 1. 2, but also gen. דֿ רחק וקרב he who is far and he who is near CISiv, no. 95, 7, 8 cf. SabDenkmNo. 12, 9, 10; Aramaic קְרֵב, ܩܪܶܒ, approach; also, = oblation, Sab. קרבן DHMZMG xxx (1876), 672 Arabic قُرْبَانٌ, Old Aramaic קרבן, 𝔗 קוּרְבָּנָא, Syriac ܩܽܘܪܒܳܢܳܐ; cf. Assyrian kurbannu (כ), DlHWB 351);—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive root
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.
קָרֵב
- (b. h.)
- 1. to join, come near, be near; to be offered as קָרְבָּן. Zeb. VIII, 2 יִקְרַב לשם מי שהוא let it be offered in behalf of him to whom it may belong. Ib. 5 אם ק׳ … יִקְרְבוּ וכ׳ if one of the heads has been offered, let all of them be offered. Ib. 67ᵇ; Ḳinnim III, 3 חטאת קְרֵיבָה למעלה וכ׳ the sin-offering may have been offered on top and the burnt-offering beneath it. Men. VI, 1 הקומץ ק׳ … קְרֵבִים לעצמן the handful (of the priests’ meal-offering) is offered separately and the remainder separately; Y. Sot. III, 19ᵇ top קְרֵיבִין. Sifré Num. 29 קבע זמן לקריבים … למקריבים a time is fixed for the things to be offered (Lev. XXII, 27), and a time for those who offer (Num. VI, 10); a. fr. e.g. Leviticus 22:27
- 2. to come before court; to sue, complain. Gen. R. s. 96 (ref. to ויקרבו, Gen. XLVII, 29) כאדם … ק׳ על וכ׳ as one says, that man has brought suit against his neighbor, v. קָבַל II; Yalk. ib. 156 קבל (corr. acc.). e.g. Genesis 47:29
- 1. same, same, to come near. Ex. R. s. 20, beg. לא קי׳ אצל וכ׳ he had not come near Sarah.—Esp. to approach; to pray, intercede, mediate, conciliate. Y. Ber. IV, 8ᵇ top זה שעובר … בא וקָרֵב עשה קרבנינו וכ׳ we do not say to him who is to pass before the ark (v. תֵּיבָה), ‘come and pray’, but, ‘come, draw near’, (which means) ‘do our offerings’, ‘satisfy our needs’ &c.
- 2. to bring near; to befriend, attract, invite. B. Kam. 24ᵃ ק׳ נגיחותיו if the ox did his gorings in near intervals (of less than three days). Eduy. VIII, 7 אין אליהו … לרחק ולְקָרֵב … המְקוֹרָבִין בזרוע וכ׳ Elijah shall come not to decide between clean and unclean, nor to expel (declare genealogically degraded) and to receive (reinstate), but to expel those who have been received by force, and to reinstate those who have been expelled by force. Ib. משפחת … וקֵרְבָהּ בן וכ׳ there was a family … which Ben-Zion expelled by force, and another which they received by force (Bab. ed. וקֵרְבוּהָ בני וב׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 40); Tosef. ib. III, 4; Kidd. 71ᵃ. Eduy. l. c. לא לרחק ולא לקרב וכ׳ neither to expel nor to reinstate, but to make peace &c. Sabb. 31ᵃ קֵירְבָנוּ תחת וכ׳, v. עִנְוְתָנוּת. Ib. שקֵרַבְתַּנִי וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שהקרבתני) thou hast brought us near &c. Tanḥ. Tsav 8 (ref. to Ps. LXV, 5) אשרי מי שבחרו … קֵרְבוֹ blessed he whom the Lord has chosen, although he did not bring him near; Num. R. s. 3 הקריבו. Ib. ק׳ את עצמו he brought himself near (to God, through his own deeds); ib. יתרו קרבו הקב"ה the Lord brought Jethro near (caused him to be converted); Yalk. Ex. 379; a. fr.—Sifré Num. 94 (expl. לזרא, Num. XI, 20, cmp. זָר) שתהיו מרחיקים … מְקָרְבִים אותו you will keep it at a distance (loathe it) more than you have been inviting (wishing for) it; Lev. R. s. 48.—Part. pass. מְקוֹרָב; pl. מְקוֹרָבִין, v. supra. e.g. Psalms 65:5
- 1. to bring near, receive. Y. Dem. II, 23ᵃ top מַקְרִיבִין לכנפים, v. כָּנָף. Num. R. l. c.; Sabb. l. c., v. supra; a. fr.
- 2. to offer, sacrifice. Men. XIII, 10 יַקְרִיבֶנָּה במקדש he must offer it in the Temple (of Jerusalem), ואם הִקְרִיבָהּ וכ׳ but if he offered it in the Temple of Ḥonyo (in Egypt). Zeb. 67ᵇ ותַקְרִיבֶנָּה למעלה and let her offer it on top, (v. supra Kal); Kinn. III, 6 ויַקְרִיבֶנָּה וכ׳ Mish. (Bab. ed. ויקרבנה, corr. acc.) and he (the priest) must offer it &c. Ber. 6ᵇ כאילו ה׳ תודה as if he had offered a thank-offering. Ib. 17ᵃ as long as the Temple stood אדם חוטא ומַקְרִיב וכ׳ a man sinned and brought a sacrifice; ואין מקריבין וכ׳ yet only its fat and its blood were offered; כאילו הִקְרַבְתִּיו לפניך וכ׳ as if I had offered it (my fat and blood) on the altar before thee; a. v. fr.
- to be offered. Y. Meg. I, 70ᶜ top ונִקְרְבוּ מהן וכ׳ and from their contributions was taken the wood for sacrifices; (Y. Taan. IV, 68ᵇ; Y. Shek. IV, beg. 47ᵈ וקרבו).
- 1. to be brought near, be received. Num. R. s. 3 יש נבחר ונדחה ונ׳ וכ׳ some are chosen and repelled (disgraced) and received again &c. Sifra Tsav, Milluïm ידע משה שנ׳ אהרן Moses learned that Aaron was received again (in grace); Yalk. Lev. 515; a. fr.
- 2. to be offered, sacrificed. Y. Taan. l. c. שלא יהא קרבן מִתְקָרֵב וכ׳ that none but their contributions should be offered first. Pirké d’R. El. ch. XXXI אותו האיל … ובא להִתְקָרֵב וכ׳ that ram … ran and came to offer himself as a sacrifice in place of Isaac &c.; Yalk. Gen. 101; a. e.
- 3. to claim relationship. Deut. R. s. 2 אם קרובו עני … פלוני מתקרב לי if a man’s relative is poor, he makes himself the main person and him subordinate, saying, this man claims relationship to me; Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵇ (in mutilated text) ההן פלן מתקרב לן.
קְרֵב
- 1. to be near, come near, touch. Targ. Num. XXVII, 1. Targ. Ex. XXXVI, 2. Targ. I Kings II, 1; a. fr.—Pesik. Zakhor, p. 24ᵇ קריב לגביה, v. בָּלַם II. Eduy. VIII, 4 דיִקְרַב במיתא he who touches a corpse; a. e.
- 2. to intercede, protect. Y. Dem. I, 22ᵃ בני קרתי קוֹרְבִין לי (not קרתיה) fellow-citizens, protect me!; בני דודי קורבין לי (not דידי) children of my friend (the Lord), protect you me!; Y. Taan. III, 66ᶜ top בני דילי וכ׳ (corr. acc.).
- 3. to complain, sue. Y. B. Bath. IX, beg. 16ᵈ אתון בנוי קַרְבוּן וכ׳ his sons came and complained before R. E. Ib. אתת וקְרֵיבָה וכ׳ she came and complained &c.
- 4. to bring near; to offer, v. infra.
- 1. to bring near; to offer. Targ. Gen. XLVIII, 9, sq. Ib. 13 (Y. ed. Vien. קְריב; h. text ויַּגֵּשׁ). Targ. Is. LVIII, 3 (h. text תִּנְגּשׁוֹּ!). Targ. O. Lev. I, 2 יְקָרֵיב (Y. יִקְרַב). Ib. 3 (Y. יַקְרִיב Af.). Ib. 14 (Y. also יַקְרִיב); a. fr.—Gitt. 56ᵃ סבור רבנן לקָרוּבֵיה the rabbis were of the opinion that it should be offered. Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵈ top הוה … אתי למִיקָרְבָה וכ׳ (or למִיקְרְבָה) when a man came to offer, to the idol, an ox &c. Y. Snh. X, 29ᵇ מְקָרְבָא לגיחזי to bring Gehazi near (befriend him again). Num. R. s. 3 אלהכון מאן הוא בעי מְקָרֵיב does your God bring near him (grace) whomever he chooses to? B. Bath. 168ᵃ אפי׳ צורבא … לְקָרוּבֵיה even in the case of a young scholar whom it may be supposed his intended father-in-law likes to bring into his family; a. fr.—Part. pass. מְקָרַב; f. מְקָרְבָא, מְקָרְבָה; pl. מְקָרְבִין; מְקָרְבָן near, friendly. Sabb. 104ᵃ מ"ט שקר ק׳ מיליה אמת וכ׳ why are the letters of שקר (falsehood) near together (in the order of the alphabet), and those of אמת (truth) far apart? Snh. 29ᵃ מק׳ דעתיה he is friendly, v. רְחַק.—3) to intercede, lead in prayer. Midr. Till. to Ps. XIX חזיוה לחזנא דקָרֵיב וכ׳ they noticed that the officer of the synagogue led in prayer and said &c.
- to bring near; to offer. Targ. Mal. II, 12; a. fr.—Gitt. l. c. אי מַקְרְבִין ליה (or מְקָרְבִין Pa.), v. קָרְבַּן. Ḥag. 8ᵇ האי דלא אַקְרְבִינְהוּ וכ׳ the reason why they did not offer them was &c.; a. fr.—Yeb. 39ᵇ איקרבת ית וכ׳ (read: אַקְרִיבַת) she brought before us (the court) such and such a person &c.
- 1. to approach, come near. Targ. Y. Deut. XX, 3; O. ib. ed. Berl. (oth. ed. קריבין). Ib. XXV, 9; a. fr.—Keth. 56ᵃ משום אִיקָּרוּבֵי דעתא הוא והא אִיקָּרְבָא דעתא (when a man promises his bride an additional jointure,) it is in order that an attachment be formed; well, now, the attachment has been formed (and we have a right to assume that he wanted his bride to get that addition, even if he should die before the wedding).
- 2. to claim relationship, v. preced.
קֶרֶב
- preced.)
- 1. inside, intestine.—Du. קְרָבַיִם, קְרָבַיִים; constr. קִרְבֵּי, קִירְ׳. Num. R. s. 7 (ref. to Num. XIV, 11 בקרבו) אטר אעשה עמו … בקרבו כמה … עשיתי בקִרְבֵּיהֶן וכ׳ it does not read, ‘which I do with them’, but ‘which I do within them’:… how many signs and wonders have I done in their intestines (that the manna was entirely resorbed in their bowels) &c. (with ref. to קֶרֶב Lev. VIII, 21). Tam. IV, 2. Ḥull. 16ᵇ קירבי דגים entrails of fish. Y. Sabb. II, 4ᵈ ק׳ דגים כל זמן וכ׳ the fat of fish entrails (used as oil) has no bad odor as long as it burns. B. Mets. 60ᵇ, v. נָפַח; a. fr.—Ned. 54ᵇ ק׳ לאו בשר וכ׳ entrails are no meat and he who eats them is no man; Y. ib. VII, beg. 40ᵇ קרבייא (ch. form). Ber. 10ᵃ; a. fr. e.g. Numbers 14:11
- 2. innermost; בְּקֶרֶב within. Pesik. R. s. 13 בְּקִרְבַּנוּ, v. רָחַשׁ; a. e.
קָרֵב ²
- m., v. קָרֵיב
קְרָב
- preced. wds.) hostile contact, attack, war. Y. Sot. VIII, 21ᶜ top רומי לק׳ the Roman (Latin) language is adapted for military affairs; Y. Meg. I, 71ᵇ bot.; Esth. R. to I, 22. Sabb. 59ᵃ בשעה שבורח מן הק׳ וכ׳ when he flees from the battle, he puts it on &c.; a. e.
קְרָב ²
- Targ. II Sam. XXI, 15. Targ. Ps. XXVII, 3. Ib. XXXV, 1; a. fr.—Ib. קְרַבְתִּי, v. קְרָבוּ.—Tosef. Sot. XIII, 5, v. נְגַח; Y. ib. IX, 24ᵇ; Bab. ib. 33ᵃ. Lev. R. s. 22 דעבד ק׳ עם וכ׳ who wages war with a king &c. Gitt. 56ᵃ ניפוק … ק׳ בהדייהו let us go out and offer them (the Romans) battle; a. fr.—Pl. קְרָבִין, קְרָבַיָּא. Targ. Num. XXI, 14. Targ. I Chr. XXVIII, 3; a. e.
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Forms in the corpus
The 204 distinct written forms H7126 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 144 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H7126, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- קרב qᵉrêb H7127 to approach
- קרב qᵉrâb H7128 battle
- קרב qereb H7130 midst
- קרב qârêb H7131 near
- קרבה qᵉrâbâh H7132 approach
- קרבן qorbân H7133 offering
- קרוב qârôwb H7138 near
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 8 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 256 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 263 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 12:11
- Exodus 3:5
- Leviticus 1:2
- Numbers 1:51
- Deuteronomy 1:17
- Joshua 3:4
- Judges 3:17
- 1 Samuel 10:20
- 2 Samuel 15:5
- 1 Kings 2:1
- 2 Kings 16:12
- 1 Chronicles 16:1
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.
