קְרֵבqᵉrêb
approach
Pronunciation: ker-abe' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7127
Meanings
Pe`al: approached (Daniel 3:26; Daniel 7:16; Daniel 3:8)
Pa`el: offer (Ezra 7:17)
Haph`el
1. = Pa. (Ezra 6:17; Ezra 6:10)
2. bring near (Daniel 7:13)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Ezra 6:10 Then they will be able to offer acceptable sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the welfare of the king and his sons.
- Ezra 6:17 During the dedication ceremony for the Temple of God, 100 young bulls, 200 rams, and 400 male lambs were sacrificed. And 12 male goats were presented as a sin offering for the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Ezra 7:17 These donations are to be used specifically for the purchase of bulls, rams, male lambs, and the appropriate grain offerings and liquid offerings, all of which will be offered on the altar of the Temple of your God in Jerusalem.
- Daniel 3:8 But some of the astrologers went to the king and informed on the Jews.
- Daniel 3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came as close as he could to the door of the flaming furnace and shouted: “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out! Come here!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego stepped out of the fire.
- Daniel 6:12 So they went straight to the king and reminded him about his law. “Did you not sign a law that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into the den of lions?” “Yes,” the king replied, “that decision stands; it is an official law of the Medes and Persians that cannot be revoked.”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).