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ne.gev H5045

נֶ֫גֶב (ne.gev) means “Negeb” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

נֶ֫גֶב Hebrew · H5045 112 tagged occurrences in 98 verses

Pronunciation guide: neh'-gheb Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5045G

נֶ֫גֶב · ne.gev · Negeb

region of southern Judah Also named: ne.gev (נֶ֫גֶב "south" H5045H) This name means south-country

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TBESH · H5045H

נֶ֫גֶב · ne.gev · south

A sub-meaning of ne.gev (נֶ֫גֶב "Negeb" H5045) § 1) south-country, Nekeb, south 1a) south-country 1a1) region of southern Judah, boundaries not specific 1b) south

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from an unused root meaning to be parched; the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)

KJV glosses: south (country, side, -ward).

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How translators render H5045

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
the negev 13
in the negev 10
south 10
of the negev 8
of the south 8
on the south 8
the south 6
the southern 5
and south 4
and the negev 4
to the south 4
southern 3
through the negev 3
for the south 2
from south 2
on the south side 2
southward 2
and the south 1
from the negev 1
from the south 1
in the south 1
into the negev 1
negev 1
on whose southern slope 1
the lot for the south gate 1
the mouth 1
this will be the southern 1
those from the negev 1
vvv 1
was the southern 1
was to the south 1
your southern 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
of the south 20
southward 14
the south 8
in the south 6
on the south 5
toward the south 5
and the south 4
from the south 4
on the south side 4
at the south 3
and against the south 2
and in the south 2
and of the south 2
and on the south 2
and southward 2
and toward the south 2
for the south 2
me a south 2
south 2
against the south 1
and all the south country 1
and at the south 1
and from the south 1
and in the south country 1
and south 1
and their south 1
and to the south 1
and upon the south 1
and your south 1
by the south 1
from thence toward the south 1
in south 1
of it toward the south 1
then your south 1
thereof shall be from the south 1
this shall be your south 1
to the south 1
to the south side 1
unto the south 1
with him into the south 1

Verses containing H5045

Page 1 of 2. 98 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Genesis 12:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.

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  2. Genesis 13:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.

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  3. Genesis 13:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,

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  4. Genesis 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,

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  5. Genesis 20:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,

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  6. Genesis 24:62 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.

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  7. Genesis 28:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

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  8. Exodus 26:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Construct twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,

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  9. Exodus 27:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,

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  10. Exodus 36:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He constructed twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,

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  11. Exodus 38:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen,

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  12. Exodus 40:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He also placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle

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  13. Numbers 13:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev and into the hill country.

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  14. Numbers 13:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.

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  15. Numbers 13:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”

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  16. Numbers 21:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked Israel and captured some prisoners.

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  17. Numbers 33:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming.

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  18. Numbers 34:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea,

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  19. Numbers 34:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and go south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go on to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon,

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  20. Numbers 35:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.

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  21. Deuteronomy 1:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.

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  22. Deuteronomy 34:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.

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  23. Joshua 10:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings—leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.

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  24. Joshua 11:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to the kings of the north in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the foothills, and in Naphoth-dor to the west;

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  25. Joshua 11:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Joshua took this entire region: the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah, and the mountains of Israel and their foothills,

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  26. Joshua 12:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the hill country, the foothills, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev—the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites):

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  27. Joshua 15:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah extended to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin at the extreme southern boundary:

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  28. Joshua 15:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Their southern border started at the bay on the southern tip of the Salt Sea,

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  29. Joshua 15:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    proceeded south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continued on to Zin, went over to the south of Kadesh-barnea, ran past Hezron up to Addar, and curved toward Karka.

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  30. Joshua 15:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It proceeded to Azmon, joined the Brook of Egypt, and ended at the Sea. This was their southern border.

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  31. Joshua 15:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning north to Gilgal, which faces the Ascent of Adummim south of the ravine. It continued along the waters of En-shemesh and came out at En-rogel.

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  32. Joshua 15:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    From there the border went up the Valley of Ben-hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.

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  33. Joshua 15:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.

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  34. Joshua 15:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    These were the southernmost cities of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the border of Edom: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

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  35. Joshua 17:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    From there the border continued southward to the Brook of Kanah. There were cities belonging to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh, but the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook and ended at the Sea.

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  36. Joshua 17:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Ephraim’s territory was to the south, and Manasseh’s was to the north, having the Sea as its border and adjoining Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.

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  37. Joshua 18:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and divide the land into seven portions. Judah shall remain in their territory in the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their territory in the north.

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  38. Joshua 18:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.

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  39. Joshua 18:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    On the west side the border curved southward from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south and came out at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the western side.

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  40. Joshua 18:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the south side the border began at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim and extended westward to the spring at the Waters of Nephtoah.

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  41. Joshua 18:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then it went down to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Ben-hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim and ran down the Valley of Hinnom toward the southern slope of the Jebusites and downward to En-rogel.

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  42. Joshua 18:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The border continued to the northern slope of Beth-hoglah and came out at the northern bay of the Salt Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan. This was the southern border.

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  43. Joshua 19:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and all the villages surrounding these cities as far as Baalath-beer (Ramah of the Negev). This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Simeon.

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  44. Joshua 19:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and ran from there to Hukkok, touching Zebulun on the south side, Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan on the east.

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  45. Judges 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Afterward, the men of Judah marched down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, in the Negev, and in the foothills.

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  46. Judges 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.

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  47. Judges 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live among the people.

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  48. Judges 21:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”

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  49. 1 Samuel 14:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    One cliff stood to the north toward Michmash, and the other to the south toward Geba.

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  50. 1 Samuel 20:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.

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