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Lexicon :: Strong's H3528 - kᵊḇār

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כְּבָר
Transliteration
kᵊḇār
Pronunciation
keb-awr'
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 947c

Strong’s Definitions

כְּבָר kᵉbâr, keb-awr'; from H3527; properly, extent of time, i.e. a great while; hence, long ago, formerly, hitherto:—already, (seeing that which), now.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H3528 in the following manner: already (5x), now (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H3528 in the following manner: already (5x), now (4x).

  1. already, long ago, a great while

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כְּבָר kᵉbâr, keb-awr'; from H3527; properly, extent of time, i.e. a great while; hence, long ago, formerly, hitherto:—already, (seeing that which), now.
STRONGS H3528: Abbreviations
I. כְּבָר adverb (late) already (frequently in Mishna and Late Hebrew; Targum כבר (rare); Syriac bdb046009 usually perhaps, occasionally already (Matthew 11:21; Hebrews 10:2); Mandean כבאר already, NöM. p. 202. Der. uncertain, connection with √ כבר being dubious) — already, Ecclesiastes 1:10 כְּבָר הָיָה it hath already been, Ecclesiastes 2:12,16; Ecclesiastes 3:15 (twice in verse); Ecclesiastes 4:2; Ecclesiastes 6:10; Ecclesiastes 9:6,7.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ecclesiastes

1:10; 2:12; 2:16; 3:15; 4:2; 6:10; 9:6; 9:7

Matthew

11:21

Hebrews

10:2

H3528

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Strong's Number H3528 matches the Hebrew כְּבָר (kᵊḇār),
which occurs 9 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:10 - Is there a thing of which it is said,
“See, this is new”?
It has been already
in the ages before us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:12 - So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:16 - For of the wise as of the fool there is no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. How the wise dies just like the fool!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:15 - That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God seeks what has been driven away.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:2 - And I thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:10 - Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:6 - Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:7 - Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.
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