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Esther 1:14
“And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king’s face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H7138 · Hebrew
- Definition
- near (in place, kindred or time)
- Derivation
- or קָרֹב; from H7126 (קָרַב);
- KJV renderings
- allied, approach, at hand, [phrase] any of kin, kinsfold(-sman), (that is) near (of kin), neighbour, (that is) next, (them that come) nigh (at hand), more ready, short(-ly).
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הַ — particle (definite article)
- קָּרֹ֣ב — adjective, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 78 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 19:20Genesis 45:10Exodus 12:4Exodus 13:17Exodus 32:27
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read קָרוֹב here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.