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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #5045 - נֶגֶב

Transliteration

negeb

Phonetics

neh'-gheb

Origin

from an unused root meaning to be parched

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1288a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

south-country, Nekeb, south
1. south-country
  1. region of southern Judah, boundaries not specific
2. south

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2048 ‑ ἔρημος (er'‑ay‑mos); 3047 ‑ λίψ (leeps); 3314 ‑ μεσημβρία (mes‑ame‑bree'‑ah); 3558 ‑ νότος (not'‑os);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (113)

Genesis 7

Exodus 5

Numbers 10

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 28

Judges 4

1 Samuel 9

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 3

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 15

Daniel 12

Obadiah 2

Zechariah 3

BSB (107)

Genesis 7

Exodus 5

Numbers 10

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 27

Judges 4

1 Samuel 9

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 3

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 15

Daniel 12

Obadiah 2

Zechariah 3

CSB (97)

Genesis 7

Exodus 5

Numbers 10

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 26

Judges 4

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 3

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 14

Daniel 12

Obadiah 2

Zechariah 3

ESV (99)

Genesis 7

Exodus 5

Numbers 10

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 27

Judges 4

1 Samuel 9

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 3

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 15

Daniel 12

Zechariah 3

KJV (112)

Genesis 7

Exodus 5

Numbers 10

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 27

Judges 4

1 Samuel 9

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 3

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 15

Daniel 12

Obadiah 2

Zechariah 3

LEB (102)

Genesis 7

Exodus 5

Numbers 10

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 22

Judges 4

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 2

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 14

Daniel 11

Obadiah 2

Zechariah 3

LSB (107)

Genesis 7

Exodus 1

Numbers 10

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 27

Judges 5

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 2

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 15

Daniel 12

Obadiah 2

Zechariah 3

N95 (106)

Genesis 7

Exodus 1

Numbers 10

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 27

Judges 5

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 2

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 15

Daniel 12

Obadiah 2

Zechariah 3

NAS (107)

Genesis 7

Exodus 4

Numbers 10

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 27

Judges 5

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 3

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 15

Daniel 12

Obadiah 2

Zechariah 3

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (114)

Genesis 7

Exodus 5

Numbers 10

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 29

Judges 4

1 Samuel 9

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 3

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 15

Daniel 12

Obadiah 2

Zechariah 3

ASV (113)

about southward 1

against the south 1

and against the south 2

and all the land 1

and all the south 1

and at the south 1

and for the south 1

and from the south 1

and in the south 3

and of the south 1

and on the south 1

and south 1

and southward 2

and the south 6

and their south 1

and they of the south 1

and to the south 1

and toward the south 2

and upon the south 1

and your south 1

at the south 2

by the south 1

for the south 4

from the south 3

in the south 6

into the south 1

of it toward the south 1

of the ascent 1

of the south 24

on the south 5

south 2

southward 14

that lieth on the south 1

the south 3

then your south 1

thereof shall be southward 1

this shall be your south 1

this was the south 1

this way by the south 1

to the south 1

toward the south 4

upon the south 2

which is in the south 1

which is on the south side 1

with him, into the south 1

BSB (107)

and south 4

and the negev 4

and the south 1

for the south 2

from south 2

from the negev 1

from the south 1

in the negev 10

in the south 1

into the negev 1

negev 1

of the negev 7

of the south 8

on the south 8

on the south side 2

on whose southern slope 1

south 10

southern 3

southward 2

the lot for the south gate 1

the mouth 1

the negev 13

the south 6

the southern 5

this will be the southern 1

those from the negev 1

through the negev 3

to the south 4

was the southern 1

was to the south 1

your southern 1

CSB (97)

country 5

over the negev 1

region 1

side 1

south 9

southern 5

southward 1

the negev 31

the south 40

the southern 3

ESV (99)

negeb 37

south 48

south side 1

southern 5

southward 7

stone heap 1

KJV (112)

country 2

side 5

south 89

southward 16

LEB (102)

⌊and on the south 1

⌊to the far south⌋ 1

and in the negev 2

and on the south 1

and south 2

and southward 1

and southwards 1

and the negeb 1

and the negev 1

and to the south 2

and your southern 1

for the ⌊south⌋ 2

for the south 2

for the southern 1

him to the negev 1

in the negeb 1

in the negev 2

into the south 1

is in the negev 1

is the southern 1

south 3

south of 2

southern 1

southward 2

southwards 1

the negev 20

the negev of 6

the south 23

the south is ephraim 1

the southern 1

those of the negev 1

through the negev 1

to the negev 1

to the south 8

toward the negev 1

toward the south 1

went out the south 1

will be your southern 1

your southern 1

LSB (107)

negev 37

side 2

south 57

southern 2

southward 9

N95 (106)

negev 36

side 2

south 57

southern 2

southward 9

NAS (107)

negev 36

side 2

south 55

southern 5

southward 9

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (114)

about southward 1

against the south 2

all the land 1

all the south 1

and against the south 1

and for the south 1

and from the south 1

and in the south 2

and of the south 1

and on the south 2

and south 1

and southward 2

and the south 4

and to the south 1

and toward the south 2

and your south 1

at the south 3

by the south 1

for the south 4

from the south 3

in the negev 1

in the south 5

into the south 1

of it shall be southward 1

of it toward the south 1

of the ascent 1

of the negev 1

of the south 23

on the south 7

out of the south 1

south 2

southward 14

that lies on the south 1

the hill country 1

the south 4

their south 1

then your south 1

this shall be your south 1

this was the south 1

this way by the south 1

those of the south 1

to the south 1

toward the south 4

which is in the south 1

which is on the south side 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2371) b c n (נגב NGB) AC: ? CO: South AB: ?

N^m ) b c n (נגב NGB) - South: KJV (112): south, southward - Strongs: H5045 (נֶגֶב)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

נֶ֫גֶב noun [masculine]] south-country, Negeb, south (compare Lag^{BN 78}); — ׳נ absolute Genesis 20:1 +; construct Joshua 11:2 +; נֶ֫גְבָּה Genesis 13:14 +; —

1 south-country, i.e.

a. specifically the region south of Judah, boundaries not exactly defined (see cities in it Joshua 15:21-32), but with from hills south of Hebron to Kadesh, ׳אֶרֶץ הַנּ Genesis 20:1 (E), Genesis 24:62 (J), Numbers 13:29 (JE), Judges 1:15; Joshua 15:19; almost = proper name ׳הַנּ, הַנֶּ֫גְבָּה, Genesis 12:9; Genesis 13:1; Numbers 13:17,22; Numbers 21:1 (all J), Deuteronomy 34:3 (JE), Deuteronomy 1:7; Joshua 10:40; Joshua 11:16; Joshua 12:8 (all D), Numbers 33:40; Joshua 15:21 (both P), Judges 1:9; 1 Samuel 20:41 (but read הָאַרְגָּב, i.e. the mound ᵐ5 (ἀργαβ) Th We Klo Dr Kit Bu HPS), Jeremiah 13:19; Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 32:44; Jeremiah 33:13; Zechariah 7:7; Obadiah 20; Psalm 126:4 (simile), Ezekiel 21:3 a (= Judah); ׳נ (no article) Genesis 13:3 (J), 1 Samuel 30:1; Isaiah 30:6 (compare Di); of particular districts in the Negeb: עֲרָד׳נ Judges 1:16 (compare GFM), יהוּדָה׳נ etc. 1 Samuel 27:10 (3t. in verse) (compare Dr), 1 Samuel 30:14 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 24:7; 2 Chronicles 28:18; see also Zechariah 14:10; ׳רָמַת נ Joshua 19:8, ׳רָמוֺת נ 1 Samuel 30:27; collective with plural verb = people of south-land Obadiah 19..

b. land south of Babylon Isaiah 21:1 (compare Di).

c. = Egypt Daniel 11:5,6,9,14,15,25 (twice in verse); Daniel 11:29,40 (see Meinh Bev Behrm, compare Daniel 11:43).

2 hence south (opposed to north, east, west) Genesis 13:14; Genesis 28:14 (both J), Joshua 17:10 (P), 1 Kings 7:25 2 Chronicles 4:4; 1 Chronicles 9:24; 1 Chronicles 26:15,17 (compare 1 Chronicles 26:14; 1 Chronicles 26:16; 1 Chronicles 26:18), Ezekiel 21:3 b; Ezekiel 21:9; Daniel 8:4,9, further 1 Kings 7:39; Zechariah 14:4; מְּאַתנֶ֫גְבָּה תֵּימָ֫נָה Exodus 26:18, compare Exodus 27:9; Exodus 36:23; Exodus 38:9; Exodus 40:24 (of south side of tabernacle); ׳שַׁ֫עַר נ Ezekiel 46:9 (twice in verse); ׳מְּאַת נ south side or border Numbers 34:3; Numbers 35:5; Joshua 18:15 (all P), Ezekiel 47:19, cf Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:16,28,33; ׳גְּבוּל נ south boundary Numbers 34:3; Joshua 15:2,4; Joshua 18:19 (all P), compare מִנֶּ֫גֶב לְ (הַגְּבוּל) on the south of Numbers 34:4 (twice in verse); Joshua 15:3 (לְ׳אֶלמִֿנּ), Joshua 15:3; Joshua 15:7; Joshua 18:3 (all P), Judges 21:19; ׳מִנּ absolute on the south Joshua 18:5 (JE), Joshua 19:34 (P), 1 Samuel 14:5; Ezekiel 40:2; ׳כֶּ֫תֶף הַיְבוּסִי מִנּ Joshua 15:8, compare Joshua 18:13,16 (all P); נֶ֫גְבָּה Joshua 15:1,2; Joshua 18:14 (twice in verse); Joshua 18:19 (all P), 2 Chronicles 4:10; Ezekiel 21:2 (Co; HCT נגב) Ezekiel 48:10,17; נֶ֫גְבָּה לְ Joshua 17:9 (P). — For בִּנְּרוֺת׳נ Joshua 11:2 read נֶגֶד (ᵐ5 Di).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

נֶגֶב m. the south, the southern quarter, Exodus 27:9; Isaiah 21:1, etc. גְּבוּל נֶגֶב the southern boundary, Joshua 15:4. In acc. adv. נֶגֶב כִּנֲּרוֹת to the south of the lake Cinneroth. Joshua 11:2. Hence אֶרֶץ הַנֶּגֶב Joshua 15:19, and simply נֶגֶב Psalms 126:4, south country; specially

(a) the southern district of Palestine, Genesis 13:3, 20:1 24:62 Deuteronomy 34:3; Joshua 10:40.

(b) Egypt, Isaiah 30:6; Daniel 11:5, seq.-With ־ָה parag. נֶגְבָּה southward, Exodus 40:24 followed by לְ Joshua 17:9, 10 Joshua 17:10, נֶגְבָּה לְאֶפְרַיִם “southward (it was) Ephraim’s;” and מִן Joshua 18:14, נֶגְבָּה מִן הָהָר “southward of the mountain.” Also with pref. בַּנֶּגְבָּה Joshua 15:21, “in (the region lying) towards the south,” and לַנֶּגְבָּה 1 Chronicles 26:17. Compare צָפוֹן.

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List of Word Forms

בְּנֶ֣גֶב בַּנֶּ֑גְבָּה בַּנֶּ֔גֶב בַּנֶּ֖גֶב בַּנֶּ֙גֶב֙ בַּנֶּֽגֶב׃ בַנֶּ֑גֶב בַנֶּגֶב֮ בנגב בנגב׃ בנגבה הַנֶּ֑גֶב הַנֶּ֔גֶב הַנֶּ֖גֶב הַנֶּ֗גֶב הַנֶּ֙גֶב֙ הַנֶּ֛גֶב הַנֶּ֜גֶב הַנֶּ֥גֶב הַנֶּֽגְבָּה׃ הַנֶּֽגֶב׃ הַנֶּגֶב֮ הנגב הנגב׃ הנגבה׃ וְהַנֶּ֖גֶב וְהַנֶּ֥גֶב וְהַנֶּ֨גֶב וְהַנֶּגֶב֮ וְנֶ֕גְבָּה וְנֶ֖גְבָּה וָנֶ֑גְבָּה וָנֶ֖גְבָּה וָנֶ֗גְבָּה וָנֶֽגְבָּה׃ וּבַנֶּ֑גֶב וּבַנֶּ֖גֶב וּמִנֶּ֖גֶב ובנגב והנגב ומנגב ונגבה ונגבה׃ לַנֶּ֥גְבָּה לנגבה מִנֶּ֔גֶב מִנֶּ֖גֶב מִנֶּ֗גֶב מִנֶּ֜גֶב מִנֶּ֥גֶב מִנֶּֽגֶב׃ מנגב מנגב׃ נֶ֑גְבָּה נֶ֑גֶב נֶ֔גְבָּה נֶ֔גֶב נֶ֕גְבָּה נֶ֕גֶב נֶ֖גְבָּה נֶ֖גֶב נֶ֗גְבָּה נֶ֙גֶב֙ נֶ֛גֶב נֶ֣גְבָּה נֶ֣גֶב נֶ֤גֶב נֶ֥גְבָּה נֶ֥גֶב נֶ֧גֶב נֶֽגְבָּה׃ נֶֽגֶב־ נֶֽגֶב׃ נֶגְבָּה֒ נֶגֶב֩ נגב נגב־ נגב׃ נגבה נגבה׃ ban·ne·ḡeḇ ḇan·ne·ḡeḇ ban·neḡ·bāh banNegbah banneḡbāh banneḡeḇ ḇanneḡeḇ banNegev bə·ne·ḡeḇ bəneḡeḇ beNegev han·ne·ḡeḇ han·neḡ·bāh hanNegbah hanneḡbāh hanneḡeḇ hanNegev lan·neḡ·bāh lanNegbah lanneḡbāh min·ne·ḡeḇ minneḡeḇ minNegev ne·ḡeḇ ne·ḡeḇ- neḡ·bāh Negbah neḡbāh neḡeḇ neḡeḇ- negev ū·ḇan·ne·ḡeḇ ū·min·ne·ḡeḇ ūḇanneḡeḇ ūminneḡeḇ uminNegev uvanNegev vaNegbah vanneGev vehanNegev veNegbah wā·neḡ·bāh wāneḡbāh wə·han·ne·ḡeḇ wə·neḡ·bāh wəhanneḡeḇ wəneḡbāh