# Negev

## Facts:

The Negev is a desert region in the southern part of Israel, southwest of the Salt Sea.

* The original word means “the South,” and some English versions translate it this way.
* It could be that the “South” is not located where the Negev Desert is today.
* When Abraham lived in the city of Kadesh, he was in the Negev or southern region.
* Isaac was living in the Negev when Rebekah traveled to meet him and become his wife.
* The Jewish tribes of Judah and Simeon lived in this southern region.
* The largest city in the Negev region was Beersheba.

(Translation suggestions: [How to Translate Names](rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names))

(See also: [Abraham](../names/abraham.md), [Beersheba](../names/beersheba.md), [Israel](../kt/israel.md), [Judah](../names/judah.md), [Kadesh](../names/kadesh.md), [Salt Sea](../names/saltsea.md), [Simeon](../names/simeon.md))

## Bible References:

* [Genesis 12:9](rc://en/tn/help/gen/12/09)
* [Genesis 20:1-3](rc://en/tn/help/gen/20/01)
* [Genesis 24:62](rc://en/tn/help/gen/24/62)
* [Joshua 3:14-16](rc://en/tn/help/jos/03/14)
* [Numbers 13:17-20](rc://en/tn/help/num/13/17)

## Word Data:

* Strong’s: H5045, H6160
