נֶ֫גֶב
ne.gev
“Negeb”
Definition
the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)
from an unused root meaning to be parched;
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun
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Occurrences
נֶ֫גֶב appears 95 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
The lot for the South Gate fell to Obed-edom, and the lot for the storehouses to his sons.
In those times many will rise up against the king of the South. Violent ones among your own people will exalt themselves in fulfillment of the vision, but they will fail.
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Fields will be purchased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah—the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev—because I will restore them from captivity, declares the LORD.”
On the south side the border began at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim and extended westward to the spring at the Waters of Nephtoah.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.