Strong H50452 sensesנֶ֫גֶב

The 2 senses of Strong H5045

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H5045 appears in 98 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. southH5045HThe southern region of Israel, a semi-arid area59 verses · 12 books
2. NegebH5045GThe southern region of Israel, a semi-arid area39 verses · 14 books

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• south77
• southward15
• side4
• country2
• be1
• thence1
• thereof1
• unto1

First verses

1. Genesis 12:9
   And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
2. Genesis 13:1
   And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
3. Genesis 13:3
   And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth–el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth–el and Hai;
4. Genesis 13:14
   And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
5. Genesis 20:1
   And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
6. Genesis 24:62
   And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai–roi; for he dwelt in the south country.
7. Genesis 28:14
   And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
8. Exodus 26:18
   And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.
9. Exodus 27:9
   And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:
10. Exodus 36:23
    And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:
11. Exodus 38:9
    And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
12. Exodus 40:24
    And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
13. Numbers 13:17
    And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:
14. Numbers 13:22
    And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
15. Numbers 13:29
    The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
16. Numbers 21:1
    And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
17. Numbers 33:40
    And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
18. Numbers 34:3
    Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:
19. Numbers 34:4
    And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh–barnea, and shall go on to Hazar–addar, and pass on to Azmon:
20. Numbers 35:5
    And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.