Strong's H5045

נֶגֶב

Transliteration

negeb

Pronunciation

neh'-gheb

Definition

the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)

KJV usage

south (country, side, -ward).

Derivation

from an unused root meaning to be parched;

From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Hebrew dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.