kerev · draw near, offer

What it means

kerev (קְרֵב) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “draw near, offer”.

To draw near; in its causative form, to offer, to present an offering (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "qarav".

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 approach someone.
2. To present someone or give a sacrifice.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• came near ×4
• came forward ×1
• offering ×1
• they brought him near ×1
• they offered ×1
• you shall offer ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Ezra×3
• Daniel×6

• Ezra 6:10

  so that they may be offering offerings of pleasing aroma to the Elah of the heavens and praying for the life of the king and his sons.

• Ezra 6:17

  And they offered for the dedication of this house of Elah one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and twelve male goats as a sin offering for all Israel, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

• Ezra 7:17

  Therefore, with diligence you shall buy with this silver bulls, rams, lambs, and their grain offerings and their libations, and you shall offer them on the altar of the house of your Elah which is in Jerusalem.

• Daniel 3:8

  Because of this, at that time, certain Chaldean men came forward and accused the Jews.

• Daniel 3:26

  Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the furnace of fire blazing; he answered and said, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of Elah Illaya, come out and come!” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the midst of the fire.

• Daniel 6:12

  Then they came near and said before the king concerning the prohibition of the king, “Did you not sign a prohibition, that any man who makes a request of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be thrown into the den of the lions?” The king answered and said, “The matter is certain, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be revoked.”

• Daniel 6:20

  And as he came near to the den, to Daniel he cried out with an anguished voice. The king answered and said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living Elah, has your Elah, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”

• Daniel 7:13

  I was looking in the visions of the night, and look, with the clouds of the heavens one like a son of man was coming, and he came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought him near before him.

• Daniel 7:16

  I came near to one of those standing there and was asking him the truth about all this; and he spoke to me and made known to me the interpretation of the matters: