What does Qereb mean?

Qereb (קֶרֶב, Strong's H7130) is a Hebrew word. Strong's defines it as properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition). The King James Bible translates it as × among, × before, bowels, × unto charge, eat (up), × heart, × him, × in, inward (× -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, out of, purtenance, × therein, × through, × within self.

What is the Strong's number for Qereb?

The Strong's number for Qereb (קֶרֶב) is H7130. It is a Hebrew word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

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Qereb (Strong’s H7130): Meaning in the Bible

Qereb (קֶרֶב) is the Hebrew word numbered H7130 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition). In the King James Bible it is translated bowels, eat (up), part, -s, thought).

קֶרֶב

qereb · Hebrew

Strong’s H7130 · keh'-reb

Original wordקֶרֶב
Transliterationqereb
Pronunciationkeh'-reb
Part of speechnoun (masculine) (n-m)
Strong’s numberH7130
LanguageHebrew

The full Strong’s definition

properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)

Derivation. from H7126;

How the King James Bible translates it

× among, × before, bowels, × unto charge, eat (up), × heart, × him, × in, inward (× -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, out of, purtenance, × therein, × through, × within self. (The × marks places where the word shapes the phrasing rather than being rendered by a single English word.)

Where Qereb appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Qereb (H7130) stands behind 225 English renderings in 219 verses across 24 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Deuteronomy (41), Psalms (27), Leviticus (24).

How the King James Bible renders Qereb, by count

among76 of 225 (34 percent)
midst73 of 225 (32 percent)
within24 of 225 (11 percent)
inwards19 of 225 (8 percent)
in6 of 225 (3 percent)
through5 of 225 (2 percent)

Three places to read Qereb

Genesis 18:12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
Deuteronomy 18:2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
Psalms 94:19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Qereb in the original Hebrew lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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