Lexical 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. |