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Negeb
נֶ֫גֶב
The Negeb, meaning "south," refers to the semi-arid region in the southern part of Israel.
- verses
- 39
- first named
- Genesis 12:9
- last named
- Zechariah 7:7
- feature
- region
Description
Negeb in the text
The Negeb, meaning "south" in Hebrew, refers to the semi-arid region in the southern part of Israel, extending from the Judean hills to the Arabian Desert. It is characterized by its dry climate and sparse vegetation. In the Bible, the Negeb is often mentioned in relation to the patriarchs, the Exodus, and the conquest of Canaan (Gen. 12:9; 13:1; 20:1; 24:62; Num. 13:17, 22; 21:1; Deut. 1:7; 34:3; Josh. 10:40; 11:16; 12:8).
The Negeb was allotted to the tribes of Judah and Simeon (Josh. 15:21; 19:8). It served as a refuge for David when he fled from Saul (1Sam. 27:10; 30:1, 14). The region is also mentioned in prophetic texts, often in the context of God's judgment or restoration (Isa. 21:1; 30:6; Jer. 13:19; 17:26; 32:44; 33:13; Obad. 1:19-20; Zech. 7:7).
Relations
Direct connections
Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
The pattern
Where Negeb is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
39 verses across 14 of 66 books; 52 write the name nowhere. Named in Genesis (5), Numbers (5), Deuteronomy (2), Joshua (6), Judges (3), 1 Samuel (4), 2 Samuel (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (4), Ezekiel (2), Obadiah (2) and Zechariah (1).
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 39, across 14 books. The name is written 42 times in them.
Onward
Where this page goes
Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
Where they appear
What happened here
Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.
- Genesis 13The Negev received Abram on his journey back toward Bethel.
- Genesis 20The Negeb was the region into which Abraham journeyed before settling between Kadesh and Shur.
- Genesis 24The Negeb is where Isaac is living when Rebekah arrives.
- Numbers 13The spies pass through the Negeb on their way into the hill country.
- Numbers 21The Negeb was where the Canaanite king of Arad lived.
- 1 Samuel 30The Negev was raided by the Amalekites.
- Isaiah 30The Negeb is crossed by laden donkeys and camels through hardship, lions, vipers, and flying serpents.
- Jeremiah 13The cities of the Negev were shut tight, and no one could open them.
3 more chapters, from Jeremiah 17 to Zechariah 7
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