Draw

The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: draw, draws, drawing. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.

At a glance

How often each original word is translated “draw” or one of its forms.

• שָׁאַב shâab10
• קָרַב qârab8
• רוּק rûq6
• נָגַשׁ nâgash5
• שָׁלַף shâlaph4
• דָּרַךְ dârak4
• ἐγγίζω engízō4
• מָשַׁךְ mâshak3
• ἀντλέω antléō3
• προσέρχομαι prosérchomai3
• דָּלָה dâlâh2
• יָצָא yâtsâ2

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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)

• שָׁאַב shâabdrawtranslated this way 10 times of its 19 uses · Strong’s H7579Verb  ·  Translated: draw water 5, draw 5, carriers 3, drew 3

  Genesis 24:11 As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.

  Deuteronomy 29:11 your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—

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• קָרַב qârabcome near, approachtranslated this way 8 times of its 276 uses · Strong’s H7126Verb  ·  Translated: present 65, bring 18, approached 16, presented 14Full study and all 258 verses →
• רוּק rûqmake empty, empty outtranslated this way 6 times of its 19 uses · Strong’s H7324Verb  ·  Translated: draw 6, empty 3, pour 2, poured 2

  Exodus 15:9 The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’

  Leviticus 26:33 But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.

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• נָגַשׁ nâgashdraw near, approachtranslated this way 5 times of its 123 uses · Strong’s H5066Verb  ·  Translated: approached 24, approach 12, come near 9, Bring 9

  Exodus 19:15 “Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”

  Judges 20:23 They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, “Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?” And the LORD answered, “Go up against them.”

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• שָׁלַף shâlaphdraw out, offtranslated this way 4 times of its 20 uses · Strong’s H8025Verb  ·  Translated: drawn 5, Draw 4, armed 3, drew 2

  Judges 8:20 So he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up and kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword; he was fearful because he was still a youth.

  1 Samuel 31:4 Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

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• דָּרַךְ dâraktread, marchtranslated this way 4 times of its 61 uses · Strong’s H1869Verb  ·  Translated: bent 5, treads 4, tread 4, bend 4

  2 Chronicles 14:8 Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin bearing small shields and drawing the bow. All these were mighty men of valor.

  Psalm 58:7 May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.

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• מָשַׁךְ mâshakdraw, dragtranslated this way 3 times of its 34 uses · Strong’s H4900Verb  ·  Translated: draw 3, drew 2, tall 2, Extend 2

  Judges 4:7 And I will draw out Sisera the commander of Jabin’s army, his chariots, and his troops to the River Kishon, and I will deliver him into your hand.’”

  Psalm 85:5 Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?

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• דָּלָה dâlâhdrawtranslated this way 2 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s H1802Verb  ·  Translated: draw water 1, drew water 1, lifted 1, draws 1

  Exodus 2:16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.

  Proverbs 20:5 The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.

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• יָצָא yâtsâgo or come outtranslated this way 2 times of its 1,035 uses · Strong’s H3318Verb  ·  Translated: brought 108, went 103, go 82, came 78Full study and all 975 verses →

Greek words (New Testament)

• ἐγγίζω engízōI come near, approachtranslated this way 4 times of its 40 uses · Strong’s G1448Verb  ·  Translated: near 11, approached 8, approaching 6, drew near 4

  Luke 21:28 When these things begin to happen, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

  Hebrews 7:19 (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.

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• ἀντλέω antléōI draw, draw outtranslated this way 3 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s G501Verb  ·  Translated: draw 3, drawn 1

  John 2:8 “Now draw some out,” He said, “and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so,

  John 4:7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

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• προσέρχομαι prosérchomaiI come near, consent totranslated this way 3 times of its 85 uses · Strong’s G4334Verb  ·  Translated: came 52, went 13, come 4, draw near 3

  Hebrews 7:25 Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.

  Hebrews 10:1 For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship .

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• λαμβάνω lambánōI receive, taketranslated this way 2 times of its 241 uses · Strong’s G2983Verb  ·  Translated: receive 43, received 37, took 36, take 25

  Matthew 26:52 “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.

  John 4:36 Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

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• ἑλκύω helkýōI drag, draw, pull, persuadetranslated this way 2 times of its 8 uses · Strong’s G1670Verb  ·  Translated: dragged 3, draws 1, draw 1, drew 1

  John 6:44 “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

  John 12:32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to Myself.”

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Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.