kerav · battle, war

What it means

kerav (קְרָב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “battle, war”.

Combat, battle; the moment when two sides draw near to fight. It comes from the idea of "drawing near." It is a different word from the usual one for "war."

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. Armed clash between armies.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• battle ×7
• battles ×1
• war ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• 2 Samuel×1
• Job×1
• Psalms×5
• Ecclesiastes×1
• Zechariah×1

• 2 Samuel 17:11

  So I counsel that all Israel be surely gathered to you, from Dan to Beersheba, like the sand that is by the sea in multitude, and that you in person go into battle.

• Job 38:23

  which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war?

• Psalms 55:18

  He has ransomed in peace my soul from the battle against me, for many were against me.

• Psalms 55:21

  Smoother than butter is his mouth, but battle is in his heart; softer than oil are his words, but they are drawn swords.

• Psalms 68:30

  Rebuke the beast of the reeds, the community of bulls with the calves of the peoples, the one who humbles himself with pieces of silver; he has scattered the peoples who delight in battles.

• Psalms 78:9

  The sons of Ephraim, armed shooters of the bow, turned back on the day of battle.

• Psalms 144:1

  Of David. Blessed be YHWH, my Rock, who trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war;

• Ecclesiastes 9:18

  Better is wisdom than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.

• Zechariah 14:3

  And YHWH will go out and fight against those nations, as on the day when he fought on the day of battle.