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To present

קָרַבStrong’s H7126

qarav (qa-rav)

Appears in 260 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Qarav is the Hebrew word usually translated “present”, “drew near” and “draw near”. It appears in 260 verses of the Old Testament.

“And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:”
Genesis 12:11 KJV
Meaning
  1. To come near, approach, enter into, draw near(Qal) to approach, draw near · (Niphal) to be brought near · (Piel) to cause to approach, bring near, cause to draw near · (Hiphil) to bring near, bring, present
How it's translated
  • and he will present 15
  • and they drew near 12
  • you will present 12
  • draw near 11
  • and you will bring near 11
  • you will bring near 10
  • and he brought near 10
  • and he presented 8

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Leviticus 91
  • Numbers 55
  • Exodus 16
  • Ezekiel 16
  • Deuteronomy 13
  • Isaiah 13

28 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 260 verses, by book
2 Samuel 3
15:520:1620:17
1 Kings 3
2:12:720:29
2 Kings 2
16:1216:14
1 Chronicles 1
16:1
2 Chronicles 1
35:12
Ezra 1
8:35
Esther 1
5:2
Proverbs 1
5:8
Ecclesiastes 1
5:1
Jeremiah 1
30:21
Lamentations 2
3:574:18
Hosea 1
7:6
Jonah 1
1:6
Zephaniah 1
3:2
Haggai 1
2:14
Malachi 2
1:83:5
Hebrew dictionary

קָרַב qarav · to present

: come/approach 1) to come near, approach, enter into, draw near 1a) (Qal) to approach, draw near 1b) (Niphal) to be brought near 1c) (Piel) to cause to approach, bring near, cause to draw near 1d) (Hiphil) to bring near, bring, present

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “present” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

PRES'ENT, adjective

s as z. [Latin proesens; proe and sum, esse, to be.]

  1. Being in a certain place; opposed to absent.
  2. Being before the face or near; being in company.“These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you” John 14:25
  3. Being now in view or under consideration.
  4. Now existing, or being at this time; not past or future; as the present session of congress.
All definitions and other forms of “present”
  1. Ready at hand; quick in emergency; as present wit.
  2. Favorably attentive; not heedless; propitious.
  3. Not absent of mind; not abstracted; attentive.

PRES'ENT, noun

That which is presented or given; a gift; a donative; something given or offered to another gratuitously; a word of general application.

    PRESENT', verb transitive

    [Low Latin proesento; Latin proesens; proe, before, and sum, esse, to be.]

    1. To set, place or introduce into the presence or before the face of a superior, as to present an envoy to the king; and with the reciprocal pronoun, to come into the presence of a superior.“Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord” Job 1:6
    2. To exhibit to view or notice.
    3. To offer; to exhibit.
    4. To give; to offer gratuitously for reception.
    5. To put into the hands of another in ceremony.
    6. To favor with a gift; as, we present a man with a suit of clothes.
    7. To nominate to an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.
    8. To offer.
    9. To lay before a public body for consideration, as before a legislature, a court of judicature, a corporation, etc.; as, to present a memorial, petition, remonstrance or indictment.
    10. To lay before a court of judicature as an object of inquiry; to give notice officially of a crime or offense.
    11. To point a weapon, particularly some species of fire-arms; as, to present a musket to the breast of another; in manual exercise, to present arms.
    12. To indict; a customary use of the word in the United Stats.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.