5045 - negeb

Strong's Concordance

Original word: נֶ֫גֶב
Transliteration: negeb
Definition (short): south
Definition (full): south country, the Negeb, south

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from an unused word
Definition: south country, the Negeb, south
NASB Translation: Negev (36), South (11), south (45), south side (2), south* (3), southeast* (1), southern (2), southward (9).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

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: And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
NASB: Abram journeyed on, continuing toward the Negev.
KJV: And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
NASB: So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, he and his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot with him.
KJV: And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
NASB: He went on his journeys from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
KJV: 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, and eastward, and westward:
NASB: The LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, "Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward;
KJV: And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
NASB: Now Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the Negev, and settled between Kadesh and Shur; then he sojourned in Gerar.