--- title: קָרֹוב — near · The Tanakh dictionary description: קָרֹוב (7138), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 77 times: near. BDB 1906: adj. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7138.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ק](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1511-3.md)‎ / קָרֹוב‎ # קָרֹוב «קָרֹוב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **near** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 77 times · **Key:** 7138 · **BDB:** קָרֹב ### Glosses near (33); \[is\].near (23); \[are\].near (3) ### Meaning (OSHB) near [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7138/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) adj. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7138/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** adj. near;—abs. קָרֹב Ex 12:4 +; -וֹב 2 S 19:43 +; pl. קְרֹבִים 1 K 8:59, קְרוֹבִים Is 33:13 +; fpl. קְרֹבוֹת Ez 22:5, etc.;—near (often opp. רָחוֹק): of city Gn 19:20 (+ לָנוּם שָׁ֫מָּה), Je 48:24, הַקּ׳ Dt 21:3 the nearest (+ אֶל), cf. (of elders) v 6; of land 1 K 8:46 = 2 Ch 6:36; road Ex 13:17; = contiguous, כֶּרֶם 1 K 21:2 (+ אֵצֶל בֵּיתִי). of pers.: + אֶל pers. Gn 45:10; Dt 13:8; 22:2 Jos 9:16; 1 Ch 12:41 (van d. H. v 40); הַקּ׳ אֶל Ex 12:4 the nearest to; c. sf. קְרֹבוֹ Ex 32:27, i.e. his neighbour. abs. (opp. or + רחוק, often = near and far, i.e. all without distinction), Ez 6:12; Is 57:19; Pr 27:10; pl. Is 33:13; Je 25:26; Dn 9:7; Est 9:20; Ez 22:5; ק׳ of distress, personif., 22:12.—Ez 23:5, 12 Co Berthol read קְרוּאִים famous; Toy רַבִּים (cf. Je 39:13); Hpt in Toy Krae conj. קְרוֹדִים (Assyrian ḳurâdu, warrior). of near relationship, + אֶל pers. 2 S 19:43; Lv 21:2, 3; 25:25 (all H), Nu 27:11 (P); ל pers. Ne 13:4; Ru 2:20; + מִן comp. 3:12; of intimacy, קְרֹבוֹ ψ 15:3 (‖ רֵעֵהוּ), קְרוֹבַי Jb 19:14 (‖ מְיֻדָּעַי), ψ 38:12 (‖ אֹהֲבַי וְרֵעַי); near, in office, Est 1:14. near to י׳, עַם קְרֹבוֹ ψ 148:14 (Rie Bae קְרֹבָו the people of those near him). near to י׳ in ceremon. function, c. אֶל Ez 43:19, c. ל 42:13, sf. Lv 10:3. of God (י׳), + אֶל pers. Dt 4:7; 30:14; ל pers. ψ 34:19; 145:18; abs. Je 12:2; Is 50:3; 55:6 ψ 119:151; אֱלֹהֵי מִקָּרֹב Je 23:23 a God from near by (opp. א׳ מֵרָחוֹק); ק׳ of צֶדֶק י׳ Is 51:5, יֶשַׁע י׳ ψ 85:10 (+ ל pers.);—ק׳ שִׁמְךָ ψ 75:2, read קֹרְאֵי בְּשׁ׳ Dy Che Gr Dr, cf. Bae 𝔊 𝔖 Du. of word, + אֶל pers. Dt 30:14; prayer, + אֶל־י׳ 1 K 8:59. of time: ק׳ יוֹם אֵידָם Dt 32:35; especially of יוֹם י׳ Zp 1:7, 14(×2); Ez 30:3 (perhaps del. as 𝔊 Co Krae), v 3 Is 13:6; Ob 15; Jo 1:15; 2:1; 4:14, cf. Ez 7:7; + inf. ק׳ אֵיד־מוֹאָב לָבוֹא Je 48:16, cf. Is 13:22; 56:1; מְחִתָּה ק׳ Pr 10:14 imminent ruin; מִקָּרוֹב Dt 32:17 recently, so Ez 11:3 𝔊 𝔙 Co Siegf Berthol (for MT †בְּקָרוֹב); Ez 7:8 soon; Jb 20:5 of the briefest.—אוֹר ק׳ מִפְּנֵי חֹשֶׁךְ Jb 17:12 is dub.; Thes (my) light is near to (prope abest a, as Arabic قَرِبَ مِن, but not proven in Heb.) darkness; Di light (they say) is near (breaking away) from darkness, will soon leave it behind; Bu אוֹר קְרוֹבָם פֶּן־יֶחְשַׁךְ the light of their intimate friend shall not (?) grow dark. Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 72 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «קָרֹוב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7138/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Job 19:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.14/) חָדְל֥וּ קְרוֹבָ֑י וּֽמְיֻדָּעַ֥י שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃ *Word for word:* they.have.ceased my kindred and acquaintances my they have.forgotten.me *JPS 1917:* My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. [Psalms 119:151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.151/) קָר֣וֹב אַתָּ֣ה יְהוָ֑ה וְֽכָל־מִצְוֺתֶ֥יךָ אֱמֶֽת׃ *Word for word:* \[are\].near you O.Yahweh and all commandments your \[are\].truth *JPS 1917:* Thou art nigh, O LORD; and all Thy commandments are truth. - ← previous: [קָרָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5e7_5b8_5e8_5b8_5d4.md) - next →: [קָרַח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7139.md) - ↑ back to [ק](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1511-3.md)