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Strong's #7130 - קֶרֶב
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- midst, among, inner part, middle
- inward part
- physical sense
- as seat of thought and emotion
- as faculty of thought and emotion
- in the midst, among, from among (of a number of persons)
- entrails (of sacrificial animals)
- inward part
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2729) brq (קרב QRB) AC: Approach CO: Near AB: ?: A bringing, giving or approaching of someone or something to be close, at hand or among.
V) brq (קרב QRB) - Approach: To come near. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (289): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Piel) offer, near, bring, nigh, come, approach, at hand, present - Strongs: H7126 (קָרַב), H7127 (קְרֵב)
Nm) brq (קרב QRB) - I. Within:In the sense of being close. II. N KJV (248): among, midst, within, inward, in, nigh, near, approach, came, battle, war - Strongs: H7128 (קְרָב), H7129 (קְרָב), H7130 (קֶרֶב), H7131 (קָרֵב)
Nf1 ) ebrq (קרבה QRBH) - N |kjv: near, approach - Strongs: H7132 (קִרְבָה)
cm ) bfrq (קרוב QRWB) - I. N II. Kin:As a near relative. KJV (78): near, nigh, neighbour, next, kin, approach, short, kinsfolk, kinsmen - Strongs: H7138 (קָרֹב)
gmm) nbrfq (קורבנ QWRBN) - Offering: As brought near to another. KJV (82): offering, oblation, sacrifice - Strongs: H7133 (קֻרְבָּן)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
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a. inward part of human body, physical sense, ׳בְּק within one's body Genesis 25:22 (J), compare Genesis 18:12 (J), 1 Samuel 25:37; Jeremiah 23:9; Job 20:14 ("" בְּמֵעָיו), compare Isaiah 19:1 (of nation personified) into his body Psalm 109:18 (simile); as seat of life (וַ)תָּשָׁב נֶפֶשׁהַֿיּלֶד עַלקִֿרְבּוֺ 1 Kings 17:21,22, compare (of idol) Habakkuk 2:19 (see also 2).
b. = belly, of kine ׳אֶלקֿ Genesis 41:21; Genesis 14:21
c. of city (׳בְּק within it, ׳מִקּ etc.) Genesis 18:24; Judges 18:7; Amos 3:9 + 18:t compare Isaiah 25:11 חוּצוֺת׳בְּק Isaiah 5:25. d of house Psalm 101:2; Psalm 101:7; temple Psalm 48:10; מוֺעֲ דֶ֑ךָ׳בְּק Psalm 74:4. e. of land (earth) Genesis 45:6; Genesis 48:16; Amos 2:3; Isaiah 5:8; Isaiah 24:13 ("" בְּתוֺח הָעַמִּים), + 10t. (׳בְּק׳מִקּ). f. of a number of person, ׳כְּק in the midst, among, ׳מִקּ from among: especially (1) people (96t.; 80t. as singular collective, 15t. plural Amos 7:8; Genesis 24:3; Exodus 23:25; Deuteronomy 31:17; Jeremiah 46:21; 1 Samuel 4:3; Joshua 7:12; Judges 10:16 +, ׳יִשׂ׳בְּק Deuteronomy 17:10 +, ׳בְּק׳בֵּית יִשׂ Amos 7:10 הַכְּנַעֲנִי׳בְּק Judges 1:32,33; Judges 3:5, גּוֺי׳מִקּ Deuteronomy 4:34 etc (2) ) הַמַּחֲנֶה׳(מִק ׳בְּק Joshua 1:11; Numbers 14:44 6t. (3) אֶחָיו׳בְּק Deuteronomy 18:2; 1 Samuel 16:13, and (׳מִק) Deuteronomy 17:15; Deuteronomy 18:18. (4) עַמֶּיהָ׳מִקּ Exodus 31:14 (II.עַם) (5) אֹיְכֶיךָ׳בְּק Psalm 110:2 compare (of wicked) Psalm 55:16 חֲכָמִים׳בְּק Proverbs 15:31. (6) אֱלֹהִים יִשְׁמֹּט׳בְּק Psalm 82:1 -7הַמִּלְחָמָה׳בְּק 1 Kings 20:39 into the midst of the battle, the thick of the fight; צָרָה׳בְּק Palam 1 Kings 138:7. (8) of nations, הַגּוֺיִם׳בְּק Deuteronomy 29:15, הָעַמִּים Lamentations 3:45, compare Joshua 24:17; Micah 5:6; Micah 5:7. g.חוקך ׳מִקּ Psalm 74:11 (Qr חֵיקְךָ) thy hand from within thy bosom, (anthropomorphism of ׳י; see I כלה Pi`el 2 c). h. of a period of time,שָׁנִים׳בְּק Habakkuk 3:2 (twice in verse) 2 of inward part of man; a. as seat of thought and emotion : ׳בְּק 1 Kings 3:28; Jeremiah 4:14; Jeremiah 9:7; Proverbs 26:24; Psalm 62:5; Psalm 94:19; "" בְלֵב Proverbs 14:33, עַללֵֿב Jeremiah 31:33; seat of לֵב Psalm 39:4; Psalm 55:5; Psalm 109:22; Lamentations 1:20; of רוּחַ Ezekiel 11:19; Ezekiel 36:26,27; Zechariah 12:1; Isaiah 26:6; Psalm 51:12, compare Isaiah 19:3,14; לִבִּי׳בְּק Psalm 36:2 (read לִבּוֺ Vrss Hup Now Che Bae and others) b. as faculty of thought and emotion, sujb. (no perp.) Isaiah 16:11 ("" מֵעַי) Psalm 64:7 ("" לֵב) Psalm 5:10; כָּלקְֿרָבַי Psalm 103:1 (only here plural; "" נַפְשִׁי); — Psalm 49:12 read קִבְרָםᵐ5 ᵑ6ᵑ7, or קְבָרִם, Ew Gr Ol Bi Che Bae and others (for קִרְבָּם) 3 technical term in P of entrails of sacrificial animals (Di Leviticus 1:9,13; Leviticus 3:3 (twice in verse); Leviticus 3:9 (twice in verse); Leviticus 3:14 (twice in verse); Leviticus 4:8 (twice in verse); Leviticus 4:11; Leviticus 7:3; Leviticus 8:16,21,25; Leviticus 9:14.
קֶרֶב with suff. קִרְבִּי (Arab. قَلْبُ, the letter ר being softened into ל), pl. with suff. קְרֳבַי, once, Psalms 103:1.
(1) the interior, midst of a thing. בְּקֶרֶב in the middle, becomes commonly a prep. (like בְּתוֹךְ), בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ in (the midst of) the land, Genesis 45:6; Exodus 8:18; Isaiah 7:22, 10:23. בְּקֶרֶב חֻצוֹת in (the midst of) the streets, Isaiah 5:25. בְּקֶרֶב הַכְּנַעֲנִי amongst the Canaanites, Judges 1:32 after a verb of motion בְּקֶרֶב הַמִּלְחָמָה into (the midst of) the battle, 1 Kings 20:39 to pass בְּקֶרֶב הַמַּחֲנֶה through the midst of the camp, Joshua 1:11. Used of time, בְּקֶרֶב שָׁנִים amid the years, Habakkuk 3:2.
(2) specially the inside of the body
(a) the bowels, Genesis 41:21; Exodus 29:13, 22 Exodus 29:22.
(b) the heart, the mind, as the seat of thought and desire, Psalms 5:10, 49:12 64:7.