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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 anything of which one can say, “Look! This is something new”? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:12 - Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom, and also madness and folly. What more can the king’s successor do than what has already been done?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:16 - For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered; the days have already come when both have been forgotten. Like the fool, the wise too must die!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:15 - Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:2 - And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:10 - Whatever exists has already been named, and what humanity is has been known; no one can contend with someone who is stronger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:6 - Their love, their hate and their jealousy have long since vanished; never again will they have a part in anything that happens under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:7

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