Lexical Definition

‎קָרוֹב‎ qârôwb (kaw-robe') near ^H:A
or קָרֹב qârôb (kaw-robe'); from ‎קָרַב‎

allied, approach, at hand, [phrase] any of kin, kinsfold(-sman), (that is) near (of kin), neighbour, (that is) next, (them that come) nigh (at hand), more ready, short(-ly).

• near (in place, kindred or time)

1) near
1a) of place
1b) of time
1c) of personal relationship
1c1) kinship

See Greek: ἐγγύς · ταχύ · ταχύς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קָרֹב‎, ‎קָרוֺב‎₇₈ adjective near; — absolute ‎קָרֹב‎ Exod 12:4 +, ‎וֺב‎- 2Sam 19:48 +; plural ‎קְרֹבִים‎ 1Kgs 8:59, ‎קְרוֺבִים‎ Isa 33:13 +; feminine plural ‎קְרֹבוֺת‎ Ezek 22:5, etc.; — near (often opposed to ‎רָחוֺק‎) :

1. of city Gen 19:20 (+ ‎לָנוּס שָׁ֫מָּה‎), Jer 48:24, ‎׳‎‎הַקּ‎ Deut 21:3 the nearest (+‎אֶל‎), compare (of elders) vDeut 21:6 of land 1Kgs 8:46 = 2Chr 6:36 road Exod 13:17 = contiguous, ‎כֶּרֶם‎ 1Kgs 21:2 (+ ‎אֵצֶל בֵּיתִי‎).

2. of person:
a. + ‎אֶל‎ person Gen 45:10; Deut 13:8*; Deut 22:2; 1Chr 12:41* (van d. H. v40); ‎אֶל‎ ‎׳‎‎הַקּ‎ Exod 12:4 the nearest to; with suffix ‎קְרֹבוֺ‎ Exod 32:27, i.e. his neighbour.
b. absolute (opposed to or + ‎רחוק‎, oft,= near and far, i.e. all without distinction), Ezek 6:12; Isa 57:19; Prov 27:10 plural Isa 33:13; Jer 25:26; Dan 9:7; Esth 9:20; Exod 22:5* ‎׳‎‎ק‎ of distress, personified, Ps 22:12*.; — Ezek 23:5; Ezek 23:12 Co Berthol read ‎קְרוּאִים‎ famous; Toy ‎רַבִּים‎ (compare Jer 39:13); Hpt in Toy Krae conjectures ‎קְרוֺדִים‎ (Assyrian ‡urâ du, warrior).
c. of near relationship, + ‎אֶל‎ person2 Sam Jer 19:43; Lev 21:2; Lev 21:3; Lev 25:25 (all H), Num 27:11 (P); ‎ל‎ pers Neh 13:4; Ruth 2:20 + ‎מִן‎ compare Ruth 3:12 of intimacy, ‎קְרֹנוֺ‎ Ps 15:3 (|| ‎רֵעֵהוּ‎), ‎קְרוֺבַי‎ Job 19:14 (|| ‎מְיֻדָּעַי‎) Ps 38:12* (|| ‎אֹהֲנַי וְרֵעַי‎); near, in office, Esth 1:14.
d. near to ‎׳‎‎עַם קְרֹבוֺ י‎ Ps 148:14 (Ri Bae ‎קְרכָו‎ the people of those near him).
e. near to ‎׳‎‎י‎ in ceremon function, with ‎אֶל‎ Ezek 43:19, with ‎ל‎ Ezek 42:13, suffix Lev 10:3. feminine of God (‎׳‎‎י‎), + ‎אֶל‎ person Deut 4:7; Deut 30:14 ‎ל‎ pers Ps 34:19*; Ps 145:18 abs Jer 12:2; Isa 50:8; Isa 55:6; Ps 119:151 ‎אֱלֹהֵי מִקָּרֹב‎ Jer 23:23 a God from near by (opposed to ‎מֵרָחוֺק‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ ); ‎׳‎‎ק‎ of ‎׳‎‎צֶרֶק י‎ Isa 51:5, ‎׳‎‎יֶשַׁע י‎ Ps 85:10* (+ ‎ל‎ of person); — ‎׳‎‎ק‎ ‎שִׁמְךָ‎ Ps 75:2*, read ‎׳‎‎קֹרְאֵי בְּשׁ‎ Dy Che Gr Dr, compare Bae ᵐ5 SyeVer Du.
g. of word, + ‎אֶל‎ person Deut 30:14 prayer, + ‎׳‎‎אֶליֿ‎ 1Kgs 8:59.

3. of time : ‎יוֺם אֵידָם‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Deut 32:35 especially of ‎׳‎‎יוֺם י‎ Zeph 1:7; Zeph 1:14 (twice in verse); Ezek 30:3 (perhaps del as ᵐ5 Co Krae), vEzek 30:3; Isa 13:6; Obad 1:15; Joel 1:15; Joel 2:1; Joel 4:14*, compare Ezek 7:7 + infinitive ‎אֵירמֿוֺאָב לָבוֺא‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Jer 48:16, compare Isa 13:22; Isa 56:1 ‎׳‎‎מְחִתָּה ק‎ Prov 10:14 imminent ruin; ‎מִקָּרוֺכ‎ Deut 32:17 recently, so Ezek 11:3 ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Co Siegf Berthol (for Mt ‎בְּקָרוֺב‎) Ezek 7:8 soon; Job 20:5 of the briefest; — ‎מִפְּנֵי חשֶׁח‎ ‎׳‎‎אוֺר ק‎ Job 17:12 is dubious; Thes (my) light is near to (prope abest a, as Arabic , but not proven in Hebrew) darkness; Di light (they say) is near (breaking away) from darkness, will soon leave it behind; But ‎אוֺר‎ ‎קְרוֺבָם פֶּןיֶֿחְשַׁךְ‎ the light of their intimate friend shall not (?)grow dark.

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