karav · come near, bring near

What it means

karav (קָרַב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “come near, bring near”.

Come near, approach. In the causative form, bring near, present an offering.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To come near to someone or something.
2. To bring something, or offer a gift to YHWH.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

Come near. BDB defines it as to approach, and in the causative form to cause to approach, for whatever purpose. In the laws of worship, to “present” an offering. From this verb come קָרְבָּן, “offering” (H7133), and קָרוֹב, “near” (H7138).

• To come near a place or someone Genesis 12:11Exodus 14:10
• “Do not come near” Exodus 3:5
• To present an offering Leviticus 1:2Leviticus 10:1
• To bring someone near to God Numbers 16:5
• To join two things Ezekiel 37:17

How we translate it

“Present” 90 times, “come near” 34, “came near” 20, “presents” 17, “presented” 15, “bring near” 11, “Draw near” 10, “approach” 10. The simple form is translated “come near” or “draw near”; the causative, in worship, “present”, and outside it, “bring near”. From the same root is קָרְבָּן, the offering, “what is brought near”.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• present ×90
• come near ×34
• came near ×20
• presents ×17
• presented ×15
• bring near ×11
• Draw near ×10
• approach ×10
• brought near ×10
• drew near ×10
• others ×56

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×5
• Exodus×16
• Leviticus×102
• Numbers×62
• Deuteronomy×13
• Joshua×14
• Judges×5
• 1 Samuel×4
• 2 Samuel×3
• 1 Kings×3
• 2 Kings×2
• 1 Chronicles×1
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Ezra×1
• Esther×1
• Job×2
• Psalms×8
• Proverbs×1
• Isaiah×13
• Jeremiah×1
• Lamentations×2
• Ezekiel×17
• Hosea×1
• Jonah×1
• Zephaniah×1
• Haggai×1
• Malachi×2

• Genesis 12:11

  When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “Look, I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance.

• Genesis 20:4

  Now Abimelech had not come near her, and he said, “Adonai, will you kill a nation, even one that is righteous?

• Genesis 27:41

  Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill Jacob my brother.”

• Genesis 37:18

  They saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they plotted against him to kill him.

• Genesis 47:29

  The days of Israel drew near to die, and he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal with me in loyal love and faithfulness: please do not bury me in Egypt.

• Exodus 3:5

  He said, “Do not come near here. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”

• Exodus 12:48

  If a resident alien resides with you and would keep the Passover to YHWH, let all his males be circumcised; then he may come near to keep it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man shall eat of it.

• Exodus 14:10

  As Pharaoh drew near, the sons of Israel lifted up their eyes, and look, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were very afraid, and the sons of Israel cried out to YHWH.

• Exodus 14:20

  and it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. And there was the cloud and the darkness, and it lit up the night; and the one did not come near the other all night.

• Exodus 16:9

  Moses said to Aaron, “Say to all the community of the sons of Israel, ‘Come near before YHWH, for he has heard your grumblings.’ ”

• Exodus 22:8

  If the thief is not found, the owner of the house shall come near to Elohim to declare that he has not put his hand to the goods of his neighbor.

• Exodus 28:1

  And you, bring near to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the sons of Israel, to serve as priest for me: Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron.

• Exodus 29:3

  You shall put them in one basket and present them in the basket, along with the bull and the two rams.

• Exodus 29:4

  Aaron and his sons you shall bring near to the entrance of the tent of meeting, and wash them with water.

• Exodus 29:8

  His sons you shall bring near and clothe them with tunics.

• Exodus 29:10

  You shall bring near the bull before the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull.

• Exodus 32:19

  And it happened, as soon as he came near to the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, that Moses’ anger burned, and he threw the tablets from his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.

• Exodus 36:2

  And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every man wise of heart, in whose heart YHWH had put wisdom, everyone whose heart stirred him to come near to the work to do it.

• Exodus 40:12

  And you shall bring Aaron and his sons near to the entrance of the tent of meeting, and wash them with water.

• Exodus 40:14

  And his sons you shall bring near and clothe them with tunics.

• Exodus 40:32

  When they went into the tent of meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they would wash, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

• Leviticus 1:2

  “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them: When anyone of you presents an offering to YHWH, from the beasts, from the herd or from the flock you shall present your offering.

• Leviticus 1:3

  If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall present a male without defect; at the entrance of the tent of meeting he shall present it, for his acceptance before YHWH.

• Leviticus 1:5

  He shall slaughter the young bull before YHWH, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall present the blood and splash the blood against the altar all around, the altar that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

• Leviticus 1:10

  And if his offering is from the flock, from the lambs or from the goats, for a burnt offering, he shall present a male without defect.

• Leviticus 1:13

  The entrails and the legs he shall wash in water, and the priest shall present all of it and offer it up in smoke on the altar; it is a burnt offering, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to YHWH.

• Leviticus 1:14

  And if his offering to YHWH is a burnt offering from the birds, he shall present his offering from the turtledoves or from the young pigeons.

• Leviticus 1:15

  The priest shall bring it to the altar, wring off its head, and offer it up in smoke on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out on the wall of the altar.

• Leviticus 2:1

  When a person presents a grain offering to YHWH, his offering shall be of fine flour; he shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it.

• Leviticus 2:4

  When you present a grain offering baked in an oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers smeared with oil.

• Leviticus 2:8

  You shall bring the grain offering that is made from these things to YHWH, and he shall present it to the priest, and he shall bring it near to the altar.

• Leviticus 2:11

  No grain offering that you present to YHWH shall be made leavened, for any leaven and any honey— you shall not offer up in smoke any of it as a fire offering to YHWH.

• Leviticus 2:12

  As an offering of firstfruits you may present them to YHWH, but to the altar they shall not go up as a pleasing aroma.

• Leviticus 2:13

  Every offering of your grain offering you shall season with salt; and you shall not leave out the salt of the covenant of your Elohim from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall present salt.

• Leviticus 2:14

  If you present a grain offering of first-ripe fruits to YHWH, you shall present as the grain offering of your first-ripe fruits fresh ears roasted in the fire, crushed new grain.

• Leviticus 3:1

  And if his offering is a sacrifice of peace, if he presents it from the herd, whether male or female, he shall present it without defect before YHWH.

• Leviticus 3:3

  From the sacrifice of peace he shall present as a fire offering to YHWH the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,

• Leviticus 3:6

  And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace to YHWH is from the flock, male or female, he shall present it without defect.

• Leviticus 3:7

  If he presents a lamb as his offering, he shall present it before YHWH.

• Leviticus 3:9

  From the sacrifice of peace he shall present as a fire offering to YHWH its fat: the whole fat tail, which he shall remove close to the backbone, and the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,

And 243 more times.