נֶ֫גֶב

ne.gevNegeb
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place112 occurrences18 books98 verses
This is the name of the place Negeb: The southern region of Israel, a semi-arid area.

Definition

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)
Traditional renderings: south (country, side, -ward).

Glossary entries

Negeb, Negev

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

112 total
  1. Genesis 12:9הַנֶּֽגְבָּה׃פ · the Negev
    And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.
  2. Genesis 13:1הַנֶּֽגְבָּה׃ · into the Negev
    So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.
  3. Genesis 13:3מִנֶּ֖גֶב · From the Negev
    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,
  4. Genesis 13:14וָנֶ֖גְבָּה · and south
    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,
  5. Genesis 20:1הַנֶּ֔גֶב · of the Negev
    Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,
  6. Genesis 24:62הַנֶּֽגֶב׃ · in the Negev
    Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.
  7. Genesis 28:14וָנֶ֑גְבָּה · and south
    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.
  8. Exodus 26:18נֶ֥גְבָּה · for the south
    Construct twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,
  9. Exodus 27:9נֶֽגֶב־ · On the south
    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,
  10. Exodus 36:23נֶ֥גֶב · for the south
    He constructed twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,
  11. Exodus 38:9נֶ֣גֶב · The south
    Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen,
  12. Exodus 40:24נֶֽגְבָּה׃ · the south
    He also placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle
  13. Numbers 13:17בַּנֶּ֔גֶב · through the Negev
    When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev and into the hill country.
  14. Numbers 13:22בַנֶּגֶב֮ · through the Negev
    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.
  15. Numbers 13:29הַנֶּ֑גֶב · of the Negev
    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.”
  16. Numbers 21:1הַנֶּ֔גֶב · in the Negev
    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.
  17. Numbers 33:40בַּנֶּ֖גֶב · in the Negev
    Now the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming.
  18. Numbers 34:3 (2×)נֶ֛גֶב · southern; נֶ֔גֶב · your southern
    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,
  19. Numbers 34:4 (2×)מִנֶּ֜גֶב · south; מִנֶּ֖גֶב · south
    …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,
  20. Numbers 35:5נֶגֶב֩ · on the south
    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.
  21. Deuteronomy 1:7וּבַנֶּ֖גֶב · in the Negev
    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.
  22. Deuteronomy 34:3הַנֶּ֗גֶב · the Negev
    …the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.
  23. Joshua 10:40וְהַנֶּ֨גֶב · the Negev
    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.
  24. Joshua 11:2נֶ֥גֶב · south
    …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;
  25. Joshua 11:16הַנֶּ֙גֶב֙ · the Negev
    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,
  26. Joshua 12:8וּבַנֶּ֑גֶב · and the Negev
    …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):
  27. Joshua 15:1נֶ֖גְבָּה
    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:
  28. Joshua 15:2 (2×)נֶ֔גֶב · southern; נֶֽגְבָּה׃ · the southern
    Their southern border started at the bay on the southern tip of the Salt Sea,
  29. Joshua 15:3 (2×)מִנֶּ֜גֶב · south; מִנֶּ֖גֶב · to the south
    …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.
  30. Joshua 15:4נֶֽגֶב׃ · southern
    It proceeded to Azmon, joined the Brook of Egypt, and ended at the Sea. This was their southern border.
  31. Joshua 15:7מִנֶּ֖גֶב · south
    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.
  32. Joshua 15:8מִנֶּ֔גֶב · the southern
    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.
  33. Joshua 15:19הַנֶּ֙גֶב֙ · in the Negev
    “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.
  34. Joshua 15:21בַּנֶּ֑גְבָּה · in the Negev
    These were the southernmost cities of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the border of Edom: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
  35. Joshua 17:9נֶ֣גְבָּה · southward
    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.
  36. Joshua 17:10נֶ֣גְבָּה · was to the south
    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.
  37. Joshua 18:5מִנֶּ֔גֶב · in the south
    …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.
  38. Joshua 18:13 (2×)נֶ֔גְבָּה · the southern; מִנֶּ֥גֶב · south
    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.
  39. Joshua 18:14 (2×)נֶ֗גְבָּה · southward; נֶגְבָּה֒ · on the south
    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.
  40. Joshua 18:15נֶ֕גְבָּה · On the south
    On the south side the border began at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim and extended westward to the spring at the Waters of Nephtoah.
  41. Joshua 18:16נֶ֔גְבָּה · the southern
    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.
  42. Joshua 18:19 (2×)נֶ֑גְבָּה · the mouth; נֶֽגֶב׃ · was the southern
    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.
  43. Joshua 19:8נֶ֑גֶב · of the Negev
    …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.