קָרֵבqârêb
approaching
Pronunciation: kaw-rabe' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7131
Meanings
1. as predicate (1 Samuel 17:14; Deuteronomy 20:8; 2 Samuel 18:25)
2. approaching, with article (Exodus 40:46; Exodus 45:4; Numbers 1:51)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 1:51 Whenever it is time for the Tabernacle to move, the Levites will take it down. And when it is time to stop, they will set it up again. But any unauthorized person who goes too near the Tabernacle must be put to death.
- Numbers 3:10 Appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood. But any unauthorized person who goes too near the sanctuary must be put to death.”
- Numbers 3:38 The area in front of the Tabernacle, in the east toward the sunrise, was reserved for the tents of Moses and of Aaron and his sons, who had the final responsibility for the sanctuary on behalf of the people of Israel. Anyone other than a priest or Levite who went too near the sanctuary was to be put to death.
- Numbers 17:13 Everyone who even comes close to the Tabernacle of the Lord dies. Are we all doomed to die?”
- Numbers 18:7 But you and your sons, the priests, must personally handle all the priestly rituals associated with the altar and with everything behind the inner curtain. I am giving you the priesthood as your special privilege of service. Any unauthorized person who comes too near the sanctuary will be put to death.”
- Deuteronomy 20:3 He will say to them, ‘Listen to me, all you men of Israel! Do not be afraid as you go out to fight your enemies today! Do not lose heart or panic or tremble before them.
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).