Strong's Definition
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)
KJV Usage: south (country, side, -ward)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
נֶ֫גֶב (ne.gev) — Negeb.
region of southern Judah Also named: ne.gev (נֶ֫גֶב "south" H5045H) This name means south-country
נֶ֫גֶב (ne.gev) — south.
A sub-meaning of ne.gev (נֶ֫גֶב "Negeb" H5045) § 1) south-country, Nekeb, south 1a) south-country 1a1) region of southern Judah, boundaries not specific 1b) south
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Names of Locations | ≈ תֵּימָן
Negeb, Negev = an area of land located in the south of Israel, consisting of little vegetation and with very little annual rainfall; inhabited by numerous peoples - initially by the Canaanites in Arad and the Amelekites, later, the people of Judah
GEN 12:9 · GEN 13:1 · GEN 13:3 · GEN 20:1 · GEN 24:62 · NUM 13:17 · NUM 13:22 · NUM 13:29 · NUM 21:1 · NUM 33:40 · DEU 1:7 · DEU 34:3 · JOS 10:40 · JOS 11:16 · JOS 12:8 · JOS 15:19 · JOS 19:8 · JDG 1:9 · JDG 1:15 · JDG 1:16 · 1SA 27:10 · 1SA 27:10 · 1SA 27:10 · 1SA 30:1 · 1SA 30:14 · 1SA 30:14 · 1SA 30:27 · 2SA 24:7 · 2CH 28:18 · PSA 126:4 · ISA 21:1 · ISA 30:6 · JER 13:19 · JER 17:26 · JER 32:44 · JER 33:13 · EZK 21:2 · EZK 21:3 · OBA 1:19 · OBA 1:20 · ZEC 7:7
Spatial Referents | ≈ דָּרֹום · יָמִין · תֵּימָן | ≠ צָפֹון · שְׂמֹאל
south, southerly, southward, southern = a referent pointing in the direction to the right of a person facing the direction of the rising sun, ◄ which is the direction of the Negev desert
GEN 13:14 · GEN 28:14 · EXO 26:18 · EXO 27:9 · EXO 36:23 · EXO 38:9 · EXO 40:24 · NUM 34:3 · NUM 34:3 · NUM 34:4 · NUM 34:4 · NUM 35:5 · JOS 11:2 · JOS 15:1 · JOS 15:2 · JOS 15:2 · JOS 15:3 · JOS 15:3 · JOS 15:4 · JOS 15:7 · JOS 15:8 · JOS 15:21 · JOS 17:9 · JOS 17:10 · JOS 18:5 · JOS 18:13 · JOS 18:13 · JOS 18:14 · JOS 18:14 · JOS 18:15 · JOS 18:16 · JOS 18:19 · JOS 18:19 · JOS 19:34 · JDG 21:19 · 1SA 14:5 · 1SA 20:41 · 1KI 7:25 · 1KI 7:39 · 1CH 9:24 · 1CH 26:15 · 1CH 26:17 · 2CH 4:4 · 2CH 4:10 · EZK 21:3 · EZK 21:9 · EZK 40:2 · EZK 46:9 · EZK 46:9 · EZK 47:1 · EZK 47:19 · EZK 47:19 · EZK 48:10 · EZK 48:16 · EZK 48:17 · EZK 48:28 · EZK 48:33 · DAN 8:4 · DAN 8:9 · DAN 11:5 · DAN 11:6 · DAN 11:9 · DAN 11:11 · DAN 11:14 · DAN 11:15 · DAN 11:25 · DAN 11:25 · DAN 11:29 · DAN 11:40 · ZEC 14:4 · ZEC 14:10
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
נֶ֫גֶב n.[m.] south-country, Negeb, south base