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Strong's H7138 קָרוֹב (qarob)

Qarob means “allied” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H7138
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 76
Books 24

Strong's H7138 Quick Answer

Strong's H7138 קָרוֹב קָרוֹב (qarowb) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. qarowb (kaw-robe') (or qarob {kaw-robe'}) adj. 1. near (in place, kindred or time) [from H7126] It has 76 linked Bible usages across 24 books. Visible English usage signals include near, hand, any, hands, and time. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
qarowb (kaw-robe') (or qarob {kaw-robe'}) adj. 1. near (in place, kindred or time) [from H7126]
Usage
76 linked usages
Books
24 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
near, hand, any, hands, and time

Meaning and Definition

qarowb (kaw-robe') (or qarob {kaw-robe'}) adj. 1. near (in place, kindred or time) [from H7126] KJV: allied, approach, at hand, + any of kin, kinsfold(-sman), (that is) near (of kin), neighbour, (that is) next, (them that come) nigh (at hand), more ready, short(-ly). Root(s): H7126

Original Word
קָרוֹב קָרוֹב
Transliteration
qarowb
Derivation
Root: קרב First root strongs: 7126
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7138. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H7138 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render qarowb, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's H7138 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 76 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H7138 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H7138 in the Old Testament

76 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 19:20 KJV

Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.

Genesis 45:10 KJV

And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:

Exodus 12:4 KJV

And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.

Usage Excerpts

First 76 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7138.

Genesis 19:20 Old Testament, KJV
Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
Genesis 45:10 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
Exodus 12:4 Old Testament, KJV
And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
Exodus 13:17 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
Exodus 32:27 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
Leviticus 10:3 Old Testament, KJV
Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
Leviticus 21:2 Old Testament, KJV
But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother.
Leviticus 21:3 Old Testament, KJV
And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.
Leviticus 25:25 Old Testament, KJV
If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.
Numbers 24:17 Old Testament, KJV
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Numbers 27:11 Old Testament, KJV
And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Deuteronomy 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
Deuteronomy 13:7 Old Testament, KJV
Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;
Deuteronomy 21:3 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;
Deuteronomy 21:6 Old Testament, KJV
And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
Deuteronomy 22:2 Old Testament, KJV
And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.
Deuteronomy 30:14 Old Testament, KJV
But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Deuteronomy 32:17 Old Testament, KJV
They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
Deuteronomy 32:35 Old Testament, KJV
To me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
Joshua 9:16 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.
Ruth 2:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
Ruth 3:12 Old Testament, KJV
And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
2 Samuel 19:42 Old Testament, KJV
And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?
1 Kings 8:46 Old Testament, KJV
If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
1 Kings 8:59 Old Testament, KJV
And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:
1 Kings 21:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
1 Chronicles 12:40 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
2 Chronicles 6:36 Old Testament, KJV
If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;
Nehemiah 13:4 Old Testament, KJV
And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:
Esther 1:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
Esther 9:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,
Job 17:12 Old Testament, KJV
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
Job 19:14 Old Testament, KJV
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
Job 20:5 Old Testament, KJV
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Psalms 15:3 Old Testament, KJV
He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
Psalms 22:11 Old Testament, KJV
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
Psalms 34:18 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Psalms 38:11 Old Testament, KJV
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
Psalms 75:1 Old Testament, KJV
Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
Psalms 85:9 Old Testament, KJV
Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
Psalms 119:151 Old Testament, KJV
Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
Psalms 145:18 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
Psalms 148:14 Old Testament, KJV
He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.
Proverbs 10:14 Old Testament, KJV
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
Proverbs 27:10 Old Testament, KJV
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
Ecclesiastes 5:1 Old Testament, KJV
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
Isaiah 13:6 Old Testament, KJV
Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Isaiah 13:22 Old Testament, KJV
And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Isaiah 33:13 Old Testament, KJV
Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might.
Isaiah 50:8 Old Testament, KJV
He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
Isaiah 51:5 Old Testament, KJV
My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
Isaiah 55:6 Old Testament, KJV
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Isaiah 56:1 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
Isaiah 57:19 Old Testament, KJV
I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
Jeremiah 12:2 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.
Jeremiah 23:23 Old Testament, KJV
Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?
Jeremiah 25:26 Old Testament, KJV
And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
Jeremiah 48:16 Old Testament, KJV
The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
Jeremiah 48:24 Old Testament, KJV
And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
Ezekiel 6:12 Old Testament, KJV
He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.
Ezekiel 7:7 Old Testament, KJV
The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.
Ezekiel 7:8 Old Testament, KJV
Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations.
Ezekiel 11:3 Old Testament, KJV
Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.
Ezekiel 22:5 Old Testament, KJV
Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
Ezekiel 23:5 Old Testament, KJV
And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,
Ezekiel 23:12 Old Testament, KJV
She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men.
Ezekiel 30:3 Old Testament, KJV
For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
Ezekiel 42:13 Old Testament, KJV
Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.
Ezekiel 43:19 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering.
Daniel 9:7 Old Testament, KJV
O LORD, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
Joel 1:15 Old Testament, KJV
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Joel 2:1 Old Testament, KJV
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
Joel 3:14 Old Testament, KJV
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
Obadiah 1:15 Old Testament, KJV
For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
Zephaniah 1:7 Old Testament, KJV
Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.
Zephaniah 1:14 Old Testament, KJV
The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7138, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 3 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 4 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 8 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Old Testament
Ruth 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Esther 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 9 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 8 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 10 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Old Testament
Joel 3 usages, Old Testament
Obadiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H7138 FAQ

What does qarob (קָרוֹב) mean?

Qarob (Strong's H7138) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "allied". qarowb (kaw-robe') (or qarob {kaw-robe'}) adj. 1. near (in place, kindred or time) [from H7126]

How many times is qarob (קָרוֹב) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 76 linked usages for Strong's H7138 across 24 books.

Where can I study qarob (קָרוֹב) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7138 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate qarob (קָרוֹב)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as near, hand, any, hands, time, and allied. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.