Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NIV

NIV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H6903 - qᵊḇēl

Choose a new font size and typeface
קְבֵל
Transliteration
qᵊḇēl
Pronunciation
keb-ale'
Listen
Part of Speech
preposition, substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to קֳבָל (H6905)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2965

Strong’s Definitions

קְבֵל qᵉbêl, keb-ale'; (Aramaic) or קֳבֵל qŏbêl; (Aramaic), (corresponding to H6905; (adverbially) in front of; usually (with other particles) on account of, so as, since, hence:— according to, as, because, before, for this cause, forasmuch as, by this means, over against, by reason of, that, therefore, though, wherefore.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x

The KJV translates Strong's H6903 in the following manner: as (with H3606) (5x), because (with H3606) (4x), therefore (with H3606) (3x), before (3x), as (2x), wherefore (with H3606) (2x), according (1x), against (1x), miscellaneous (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x
The KJV translates Strong's H6903 in the following manner: as (with H3606) (5x), because (with H3606) (4x), therefore (with H3606) (3x), before (3x), as (2x), wherefore (with H3606) (2x), according (1x), against (1x), miscellaneous (8x).
substantive

  1. front

    preposition

  2. in front of, before, because of, in view of, by reason of, because of this, therefore

    conjunction

  3. because that, inasmuch as, although, according as, before

    adverb

  4. accordingly, then

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קְבֵל qᵉbêl, keb-ale'; (Aramaic) or קֳבֵל qŏbêl; (Aramaic), (corresponding to H6905; (adverbially) in front of; usually (with other particles) on account of, so as, since, hence:— according to, as, because, before, for this cause, forasmuch as, by this means, over against, by reason of, that, therefore, though, wherefore.
STRONGS H6903: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

קֳבֵל 29 substantive front, as preposition in front of, before, because of; followed by דִּי as conjunction because that (perhaps in form a diminutive, BevDaniel 2:8; Targum קְבֵיל, with לְ, לִקְבֵיל, suffix לְקִבֵלִי, etc., in front of (Dalm§ 47, 7); Syriac bdb111001, bdb111002 aspect, bdb111003 in front, bdb111004, suffix bdb111005 in front (of), opposite (to), compare Genesis 15:10 Targum Syriac Version; Palmyrene לקבל before (Cooke321, compare 193)); — construct לָקֳבֵל Daniel 2:8 +, suffix לְקָבְלָךְ † Daniel 2:31; —
† 1. with לְ
a. Daniel 3:3 צַלְמָא לק׳ before the image, Daniel 2:31; Daniel 5:1, 5; in view of, by reason of, Daniel 5:10 מַלְכָּא מִלֵּ׳ לק׳ by reason of the words, etc., Ezra 4:16 לָקֳבֵל דְּנָה (compare Egyptian Aramaic לקבל זנה זי, RES361 B 5).
b. followed by דִּי as conjunction because that Ezra 6:13 (so Palmyrene CISii. 164).
2. with כֹּל, כָּלקֳֿבֵל in view of, because of (but read probably כְּלָקֳבֵל according to the front of, i.e. having regard to, because of : LuzzChald. Gr. § 123 LambertRÉJ, 1895, 47 f. Marti§ 95 d NöLCB, 1896, 703 NesOLZ, 1902, 487 Strack56 and others; compare Biblical Hebrew I. H5980 עֻמָּה d):
a. as preposition כָּלקֳֿבֵל דְּנָה because of this, therefore, † Daniel 2:12, 24; Daniel 3:7, 8; Daniel 6:10; Ezra 7:17; Daniel 3:22 pointing forwards, כָּלקֳֿבֵל דִּנָה דִּנָה מִןדִּֿי וג׳ on this account, (namely) because that, etc.
b. followed by דִּי as conjunction because that, inasmuch as, Daniel 2:8 כָּלקֳֿבֵל (כְּלָקֳבֵל) דִּי חֲזֵיתוּן because ye see, Daniel 2:10; Daniel 2:41; Daniel 2:45 +, Ezra 4:14; Ezra 7:14; Daniel 5:22 = although. In Daniel 2:40; Daniel 6:11 taken by Greek Version of the LXX (ὂν τρόπον, καθώς), Ges (Thes, not Lex), Ew Hi as = according as (as Ecclesiastes 5:15 Targum כל קבל דאתא according as he came), but not Bev Behrm Marti. [Occasionally in Targum, usually = before; compare in TargumJ Genesis 28:17; Genesis 31:32, D§§ 47.7; 50].
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:10; 28:17; 31:32

Ezra

4:14; 4:16; 6:13; 7:14; 7:17

Ecclesiastes

5:15

Daniel

2:8; 2:8; 2:8; 2:10; 2:12; 2:24; 2:31; 2:31; 2:40; 2:41; 2:45; 3:3; 3:7; 3:8; 3:22; 5:1; 5:5; 5:10; 5:22; 6:10; 6:11

H6903

Read the Full Entry

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6903 matches the Hebrew קְבֵל (qᵊḇēl),
which occurs 29 times in 29 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:14 - Now since we are under obligation to the palace and it is not proper for us to see the king dishonored, we are sending this message to inform the king,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:16 - We inform the king that if this city is built and its walls are restored, you will be left with nothing in Trans-Euphrates.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:13 - Then, because of the decree King Darius had sent, Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai and their associates carried it out with diligence.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:14 - You are sent by the king and his seven advisers to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem with regard to the Law of your God, which is in your hand.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:17 - With this money be sure to buy bulls, rams and male lambs, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings, and sacrifice them on the altar of the temple of your God in Jerusalem.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:8 - Then the king answered, “I am certain that you are trying to gain time, because you realize that this is what I have firmly decided:

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10 - The astrologers answered the king, “There is no one on earth who can do what the king asks! No king, however great and mighty, has ever asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or astrologer.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:12 - This made the king so angry and furious that he ordered the execution of all the wise men of Babylon.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:24 - Then Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to execute the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, “Do not execute the wise men of Babylon. Take me to the king, and I will interpret his dream for him.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:31 - “Your Majesty looked, and there before you stood a large statue—an enormous, dazzling statue, awesome in appearance.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:40

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:40 - Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron—for iron breaks and smashes everything—and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:41 - Just as you saw that the feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom; yet it will have some of the strength of iron in it, even as you saw iron mixed with clay.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:45

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:45 - This is the meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands—a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces. “The great God has shown the king what will take place in the future. The dream is true and its interpretation is trustworthy.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:3 - So the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the other provincial officials assembled for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up, and they stood before it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:7 - Therefore, as soon as they heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp and all kinds of music, all the nations and peoples of every language fell down and worshiped the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:8 - At this time some astrologers[fn] came forward and denounced the Jews.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:22 - The king’s command was so urgent and the furnace so hot that the flames of the fire killed the soldiers who took up Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:29 - Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego be cut into pieces and their houses be turned into piles of rubble, for no other god can save in this way.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:18 - “This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, had. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me what it means, for none of the wise men in my kingdom can interpret it for me. But you can, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:1 - King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles and drank wine with them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:5 - Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:10 - The queen,[fn] hearing the voices of the king and his nobles, came into the banquet hall. “May the king live forever!” she said. “Don’t be alarmed! Don’t look so pale!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:12 - He did this because Daniel, whom the king called Belteshazzar, was found to have a keen mind and knowledge and understanding, and also the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles and solve difficult problems. Call for Daniel, and he will tell you what the writing means.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:22 - “But you, Belshazzar, his son,[fn] have not humbled yourself, though you knew all this.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:3 - Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:4 - At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:9 - So King Darius put the decree in writing.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:10 - Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:22 - My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.”
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NIV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NIV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.