Hebrew adv · H3528
כְּבָר
kebarkeb-awr'
already
9 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kᵉbâr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3528is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3528
properly, extent of time, i.e. a great while; hence, long ago, formerly, hitherto
The King James renders it: already, (seeing that which), now.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kebar is rendered "already". It stands 9 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.
- Nine of the uses stand in Ecclesiastes, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ecclesiastes 1:10Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.
Ecclesiastes 1:10כְּבָר֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Nine of the word's nine uses are in Ecclesiastes.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- already7
- in that already1
- who already1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| כְּבוּדָּה | kebuddah | glorious | Uses3 |
| כְּבִיר | kebir | quilt | Uses2 |
| כְּבֵדֻת | kebeduth | heaviness | Uses1 |
| כְּבָרָה | kebarah | sieve | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- כְּבָ֣ר3
- כְּבָר֙2
- בְּשֶׁכְּבָ֞ר1
- כְבָ֔ר1
- כְּבָ֖ר1
- שֶׁכְּבָ֣ר1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular7HNcmsa
- preposition + relative particle (“who / which”) + noun · masculine singular1HR/Tr/Ncmsa
- relative particle (“who / which”) + noun · masculine singular1HTr/Ncmsa
Ecclesiastes
nine uses
Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.
- כְּבָר֙kevarnoun · masculine singulartagged: already
Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?
- כְּבָ֖רkevarnoun · masculine singulartagged: already
For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
- בְּשֶׁכְּבָ֞רbeshekevarpreposition + relative particle (“who / which”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: in that already
What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.
- כְּבָ֣רkevarnoun · masculine singulartagged: already
- כְּבָ֣רkevarnoun · masculine singulartagged: already
So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.
- שֶׁכְּבָ֣רshekevarrelative particle (“who / which”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: who already
Whatever exists was named long ago, and what happens to a man is foreknown; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.
- כְּבָר֙kevarnoun · masculine singulartagged: already
Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun.
- כְּבָ֣רkevarnoun · masculine singulartagged: already
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
- כְבָ֔רkhevarnoun · masculine singulartagged: already
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.