קָרוֹב I, near; related, relative. Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵃ top (ref. to Deut. IV, 7) ק׳ בכל מיני קריבות (God is) near in every way of nearness (at all times, in all places, in sympathy &c.). Snh. 9ᵃ נמצא … ק׳ וכ׳ if it appears that one of the witnesses is a near relative (of the defendant) or disqualified. Ib.ᵇ אדם ק׳ אצל עצמו ואין וכ׳ every man is considered a relation to himself, and none can incriminate himself. Ib. 10ᵃ אדם ק׳ … ואינו ק׳ אצל ממונו a man cannot testify against himself, but he is not a relative to (disqualified to testify against) his property. Ib. III, 4 היה ק׳ ונתרחק if a person was a relation (by marriage, so as to be disqualified), and became a stranger again. B. Mets. 39ᵃ שבוי … מורידין ק׳ וכ׳ if a person has been carried off captive, they (the court) appoint a relative to manage his estate. Ib. ק׳ מחמת ק׳ an indirect relative (e.g. one’s step-brother’s step-brother); a. v. fr.—Pl. קְרוֹבִים, קְרוֹבִין. Gitt. 14ᵇ ק׳ למלכות connected with royalty, influential. Snh. III, 4 ואלו הן הק׳ the following are considered relatives (disqualified to act as judges or witnesses); a. fr.—Sabb. 152ᵃ ק׳ נעשו רחוקים near objects have become distant (my senses are dull from old age).—[Tanḥ. B’shall. 18 ועברה קרובים; Y. Taan. II, 66ᵃ top שהגיע לקרובין, v. קָרוּכִין.]—Fem. קְרוֹבָה. Y. Ber. l. c. ע"ז נראית ק׳ ואינה וכ׳ the idol is apparently near, but in fact distant. Esth. R. to III, 1 Haman reflected in his heart אם אסתר … קְרוֹבָתִי if Esther is a Jewess, she is my relative. Meg. 14ᵇ חולדה קְרוֹבַת וכ׳ Huldah was a relative of Jeremiah’s; a. fr.—Pl. קְרוֹבוֹת. Gen. R. s. 18 נשא … מקְרוֹבוֹתָיו וכ׳ if a man marries one of his relatives, of him it is said ‘bone of my bones’ (Gen. II, 23). Lev. R. s. 18 רחוקות נעשו ק׳ ק׳ וכ׳ distant objects have become near (things that I could discern at a distance must be brought near me), near objects have become distant, v. supra; a. fr.