H5045 negeb

Meaning and word study

Transliteration

neh'-gheb

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

KJV phrases tagged with this entry

of the south (21), southward (16), the south (10), from the south (6), in the south (6), on the south side (6), toward the south (5), on the south (5), And the south (4), at the south (4), and against the south (3), Against the south (3), and southward (2), for the south (2), Then your south (2), and your south (2)

These counts show English words or phrases whose source tags include this entry. They are not necessarily literal translations of this word.

Source: Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary, CrossWire distribution. License: Public domain. KJV word-tag alignment supplied by the CrossWire KJV module.