Occurrences
Negeb occurs 112 times in 98 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (7), Exodus (5), Numbers (8), Deuteronomy (2), Joshua (22), Judges (4), 1 Samuel (6), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (3), 2 Chronicles (3), Psalms (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (4), Ezekiel (12), Daniel (11), Obadiah (2), Zechariah (3)
- Genesis 12:9 — And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south (הַנֶּֽגְבָּה).
- 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 (הַנֶּֽגְבָּה).
- Genesis 13:3 — And he went on his journeys from the south (מִנֶּ֖גֶב) even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Hai;
- 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 (וָנֶ֖גְבָּה), and eastward, and westward:
- Genesis 20:1 — And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south (הַנֶּ֔גֶב) country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
- Genesis 24:62 — And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the south (הַנֶּֽגֶב) country.
- 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 (וָנֶ֑גְבָּה): and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
- Exodus 26:18 — And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south (נֶ֥גְבָּה) side southward.
- Exodus 27:9 — And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south (נֶֽגֶב) side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:
- Exodus 36:23 — And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south (נֶ֥גֶב) side southward:
- Exodus 38:9 — And he made the court: on the south (נֶ֣גֶב) side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
- 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 (נֶֽגְבָּה).
- Numbers 13:17 — And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward (בַּנֶּ֔גֶב), and go up into the mountain:
- Numbers 13:22 — And they ascended by the south (בַנֶּגֶב֮), and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
- Numbers 13:29 — The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south (הַנֶּ֑גֶב): 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.
- Numbers 21:1 — And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south (הַנֶּ֔גֶב), heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
- Numbers 33:40 — And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south (בַּנֶּ֖גֶב) in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
- Numbers 34:3 — Then your south (נֶ֛גֶב) 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:
- Numbers 34:3 — Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south (נֶ֔גֶב) border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:
- Numbers 34:4 — And your border shall turn from the south (מִנֶּ֜גֶב) 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:
- 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 (מִנֶּ֖גֶב) to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon:
- Numbers 35:5 — And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south (נֶגֶב֩) 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.
- Deuteronomy 1:7 — Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south (וּבַנֶּ֖גֶב), and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
- Deuteronomy 34:3 — And the south (הַנֶּ֗גֶב), and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
- Joshua 10:40 — So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south (וְהַנֶּ֨גֶב), and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.
- Joshua 11:2 — And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south (נֶ֥גֶב) of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,
- Joshua 11:16 — So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country (הַנֶּ֙גֶב֙), and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;
- Joshua 12:8 — In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south (וּבַנֶּ֑גֶב) country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
- Joshua 15:1 — This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward (נֶ֖גְבָּה) was the uttermost part of the south coast.
- Joshua 15:2 — And their south (נֶ֔גֶב) border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
- Joshua 15:2 — And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward (נֶֽגְבָּה):
- Joshua 15:3 — And it went out to the south side (מִנֶּ֜גֶב) to Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:
- Joshua 15:3 — And it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side (מִנֶּ֖גֶב) unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:
- Joshua 15:4 — From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south (נֶֽגֶב) coast.
- Joshua 15:7 — And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side (מִנֶּ֖גֶב) of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel:
- Joshua 15:8 — And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south (מִנֶּ֔גֶב) side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:
- Joshua 15:19 — Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south (הַנֶּ֙גֶב֙) land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.
- Joshua 15:21 — And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward (בַּנֶּ֑גְבָּה) were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
- Joshua 17:9 — And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward (נֶ֣גְבָּה) of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea:
- Joshua 17:10 — Southward (נֶ֣גְבָּה) it was Ephraim’s, and northward it was Manasseh’s, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.
- Joshua 18:5 — And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south (מִנֶּ֔גֶב), and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
- Joshua 18:13 — And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth-el, southward (נֶ֔גְבָּה); and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon.
- Joshua 18:13 — And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth-el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side (מִנֶּ֥גֶב) of the nether Beth-horon.
- Joshua 18:14 — And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward (נֶ֗גְבָּה), from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
- Joshua 18:14 — And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon southward (נֶגְבָּה֒); and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
- Joshua 18:15 — And the south (נֶ֕גְבָּה) quarter was from the end of Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:
- Joshua 18:16 — And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south (נֶ֔גְבָּה), and descended to En-rogel,
- Joshua 18:19 — And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south (נֶ֑גְבָּה) end of Jordan: this was the south coast.
- Joshua 18:19 — And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south (נֶֽגֶב) coast.
- Joshua 19:8 — And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramath of the south (נֶ֑גֶב). This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.