What does קֶרֶב (qereb) mean in the Bible?
קֶרֶב (qereb): Interior space or deepest part of something, moving from literal organs to figurative interior thoughts and divine presence within.
Hebrew · H7130
קֶרֶב
Properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center , whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
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קֶרֶב H7130
Pronunciation qereb
What does קֶרֶב (qereb) mean in the Bible?
קֶרֶב (qereb): Interior space or deepest part of something, moving from literal organs to figurative interior thoughts and divine presence within.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H7130?
The BSB source-word alignment has 227 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include among you (18), among (16), from among you (15), the entrails (14), in (13).
Where does קֶרֶב (qereb) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 18:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Deuteronomy (41), Psalms (27), Leviticus (24), Joshua (20).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It among you 18× Numbers 14:42, Deuteronomy 13:1, Deuteronomy 13:11, Deuteronomy 13:14
among 16× Genesis 24:3, Numbers 5:27, Numbers 11:21, Deuteronomy 2:16
from among you 15× Exodus 23:25, Deuteronomy 4:3, Deuteronomy 13:5, Deuteronomy 13:13
the entrails 14× Exodus 29:13, Exodus 29:17, Exodus 29:22, Leviticus 1:9
in 13× Deuteronomy 4:5, Deuteronomy 15:11, Deuteronomy 17:20, Deuteronomy 19:10
from among 11× Exodus 31:14, Leviticus 17:4, Leviticus 17:10, Leviticus 18:29
among them 8× Exodus 3:20, Exodus 10:1, Numbers 11:4, Numbers 14:11
. . . 7× Genesis 41:21, Deuteronomy 31:16, Joshua 24:17, Psalms 62:4
in the midst 7× Deuteronomy 11:6, Psalms 78:28, Psalms 110:2, Psalms 138:7
within me 6× Psalms 39:3, Psalms 51:10, Psalms 55:4, Psalms 109:22
from 5× Leviticus 20:3, Leviticus 20:6, Numbers 14:44, Deuteronomy 2:14
within you 5× Psalms 147:13, Jeremiah 4:14, Ezekiel 36:26, Ezekiel 36:27
[them] 4× Leviticus 3:3, Leviticus 3:9, Leviticus 3:14, Leviticus 4:8
- 3× Joshua 7:13, Judges 18:7, Zephaniah 3:3
among us 3× Exodus 17:7, Joshua 9:22, Micah 3:11
from among them 3× Numbers 14:13, Judges 10:16, Isaiah 19:3
in her midst 3× Jeremiah 6:6, Lamentations 4:13, Amos 3:9
is among you 3× Numbers 11:20, Zephaniah 3:15, Zephaniah 3:17
through 3× Deuteronomy 29:16, Joshua 1:11, Joshua 3:2
upon 3× Genesis 48:16, Isaiah 10:23, Isaiah 19:24
with you 3× Exodus 33:3, Exodus 33:5, Deuteronomy 1:42
within him 3× 1 Samuel 25:37, Job 20:14, Zechariah 12:1
him 2× 1 Kings 17:21, 1 Kings 17:22
on 2× Psalms 74:12, Isaiah 24:13
with us 2× Exodus 34:9, 1 Samuel 4:3
Within 2× Psalms 48:9, Psalms 74:4
within her 2× Ezekiel 22:27, Zephaniah 3:5
within them 2× Isaiah 19:1, Ezekiel 11:19
[flee from] 1× Jeremiah 6:1
[is] within 1× Psalms 55:11
[lie] within 1× Psalms 55:10
[lies] within them 1× Psalms 5:9
[was] in him 1× 1 Kings 3:28
against 1× Deuteronomy 21:8
am in 1× Exodus 8:22
am present in 1× Joel 2:27
among her 1× Jeremiah 46:21
among whom you live 1× Exodus 34:10
and inner parts 1× Exodus 12:9
and its entrails 1× Leviticus 4:11
are among us 1× Jeremiah 14:9
are in the midst 1× Numbers 14:14
are there 1× Genesis 18:24
around him 1× Isaiah 29:23
at dawn 1× Isaiah 26:9
but in his heart 1× Jeremiah 9:8
even among 1× Proverbs 14:33
For the inner 1× Psalms 64:6
from the heart 1× Isaiah 4:4
from their midst 1× Jeremiah 30:21
from your midst 1× Micah 5:14
has covered 1× Genesis 45:6
his body 1× Psalms 109:18
in his heart 1× Proverbs 26:24
in my midst 1× Lamentations 1:15
in the presence 1× 1 Samuel 16:13
in their minds 1× Jeremiah 31:33
in your midst 1× Exodus 34:12
in your presence 1× Zechariah 14:1
inside her 1× Genesis 25:22
into her 1× Isaiah 19:14
into the middle 1× 1 Kings 20:39
is in 1× Psalms 36:1
is in him 1× Exodus 23:21
is with them 1× Psalms 55:15
is within her 1× Psalms 46:5
is within them 1× Hosea 5:4
longer with us 1× Deuteronomy 31:17
my inmost being 1× Isaiah 16:11
near them 1× Joshua 10:1
near us 1× Joshua 9:7
of [Moab] 1× Amos 2:3
One among you 1× Hosea 11:9
out of 1× Deuteronomy 4:34
Stretch it out 1× Psalms 74:11
that is within me 1× Psalms 103:1
Their graves 1× Psalms 49:11
them, however 1× Genesis 41:21
there 1× Joshua 24:5
through your midst 1× Amos 5:17
throughout 1× Deuteronomy 23:14
to herself 1× Genesis 18:12
who [is] among you 1× Deuteronomy 7:21
who is among you 1× Deuteronomy 6:15
will remain with you 1× Micah 6:14
with 1× Judges 18:20
within it 1× Isaiah 25:11
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 18:12 בְּקִרְבָּ֣הּ to to herself Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Genesis 18:24 בְּקִרְבָּֽהּ׃ to are there Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Genesis 24:3 בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃ to among Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Genesis 25:22 בְּקִרְבָּ֔הּ to inside her Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Genesis 41:21 קִרְבֶּ֗נָה to them, however Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine plural Genesis 41:21 קִרְבֶּ֔נָה to . . . Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine plural Genesis 45:6 בְּקֶ֣רֶב to has covered Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Genesis 48:16 בְּקֶ֥רֶב to upon Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Exodus 3:20 בְּקִרְבּ֑וֹ to among them Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Exodus 8:22 בְּקֶ֥רֶב to am in Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 18:12
Aligned rows 227
Books represented 24
Genesis 8 Exodus 16 Leviticus 24 Numbers 10 Deuteronomy 41 Joshua 20 Judges 8 1 Samuel 3 1 Kings 4 Job 1 Psalms 27 Proverbs 3 Isaiah 17 Jeremiah 10 Lamentations 4 Ezekiel 4 Hosea 2 Joel 1 Amos 5 Micah 7 Nahum 1 Habakkuk 3 Zephaniah 6 Zechariah 2
Source forms
בְּקֶ֥רֶב 19x bə·qe·reḇ Genesis 48:16, Exodus 8:22, Numbers 5:27, Deuteronomy 17:20
בְּקֶ֣רֶב 18x bə·qe·reḇ Genesis 45:6, Deuteronomy 4:5, Deuteronomy 18:2, Deuteronomy 19:10
מִקֶּ֥רֶב 12x miq·qe·reḇ Exodus 31:14, Leviticus 17:4, Leviticus 17:10, Leviticus 18:29
בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם 8x bə·qir·bə·ḵem Numbers 14:42, Deuteronomy 1:42, Joshua 3:10, Joshua 4:6
בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃ 7x bə·qir·bōw Genesis 24:3, Exodus 10:1, Exodus 23:21, Numbers 14:11
בְּקִרְבּ֔וֹ 6x bə·qir·bōw Numbers 11:4, Deuteronomy 31:16, Judges 1:30, 1 Samuel 25:37
מִקֶּ֣רֶב 6x miq·qe·reḇ Leviticus 20:3, Deuteronomy 2:14, Deuteronomy 2:15, Deuteronomy 4:34
בְּקֶ֖רֶב 5x bə·qe·reḇ Numbers 14:14, Deuteronomy 11:6, Deuteronomy 21:8, Psalms 82:1
Parsing patterns
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct 51x Genesis 45:6, Genesis 48:16, Exodus 8:22, Numbers 5:27
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular 23x Genesis 24:3, Exodus 3:20, Exodus 10:1, Exodus 23:21
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct 19x Exodus 31:14, Leviticus 17:4, Leviticus 17:10, Leviticus 18:29
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular 18x Exodus 33:3, Exodus 33:5, Exodus 34:12, Deuteronomy 6:15
Article | Noun - masculine singular 15x Exodus 29:13, Exodus 29:22, Leviticus 3:3, Leviticus 3:9
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular 15x Genesis 18:12, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 25:22, Judges 18:7
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular 15x Exodus 23:25, Deuteronomy 4:3, Deuteronomy 13:5, Deuteronomy 13:13
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural 12x Numbers 11:20, Numbers 14:42, Deuteronomy 1:42, Joshua 3:5
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Interior space or deepest part of something, moving from literal organs to figurative interior thoughts and divine presence within.
Source Gloss
properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center , whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
Word Origins
קֶרֶב is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain