Lexical Definition

‎קְרָב‎ qᵉrâb (ker-awb') battle ^H:N-M
from ‎קָרַב‎

battle, war.

• hostile encounter

1) battle, war

See Greek: πόλεμος

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: qe.rav (‎ק‎ְ‎ר‎ָ‎ב‎ "war" קְרָב)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קְרָב‎ noun [masculine] battle, war (hostile approach; Aramaism = ‎קְרָב‎, compare Lag^{Bn 175}); — abs ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Zech 14:3 +; plural ‎קְרָבוֺת‎ Ps 68:31* — || ‎מִלְחָמָח‎ Job 38:23; Ps 144:1 ‎׳‎‎יוֺם ק‎ Zech 14:3; Ps 78:9 ‎׳‎‎כְּלֵיק‎ Eccl 9:18 his heart was war Ps 55:22* (see 19 see √ Qal 1 a); plural Ps 68:31* people that delight in battles; — 2Sam 17:11 read ‎בְּקִרְבָּם‎ ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 Th Dr and most.

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