Negev נֶ֫גֶב

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Negev
נֶ֫גֶב
Transliterationnegev
Strong's numberH5045 (H5045H, H5045G)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechplace name
Glosssouth
Occurrences112 in 98 verses
Most frequent inJoshua (22)

Negev (Hebrew נֶ֫גֶב, Strong's H5045) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “south”. It occurs 112 times.

Definition

H5045H: south

A sub-meaning of ne.gev (נֶ֫גֶב "Negeb" H5045)
§ 1) south-country, Nekeb, south
1a) south-country
1a1) region of southern Judah, boundaries not specific
1b) south

H5045G: Negeb

region of southern Judah
Also named: ne.gev (נֶ֫גֶב "south" H5045H)
This name means south-country

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVsouth (89), southward (16), side (5), country (2)
BSBsouth (48), negev (37), southern (8), through the negev (3), southward (2), into the negev (1), your southern (1), was to the south (1), mouth (1), was the southern (1), south side (1), whose southern slope (1), and 2 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Negev, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Psalms

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Daniel

Obadiah

Zechariah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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