Hebrew prep · H6903
קְבֵל
qebelkeb-ale'
before
29 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: qᵉbêl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6903is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 12spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6903
(adverbially) in front of; usually (with other particles) on account of, so as, since, hence
The King James renders it: [phrase] according to, [phrase] as, [phrase] because, before, [phrase] for this cause, [phrase] forasmuch as, [phrase] by this means, over against, by reason of, [phrase] that, [phrase] therefore, [phrase] though, [phrase] wherefore.
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
qebel is rendered "before". It stands 29 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Twenty-four of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 4:14Now because we are in the service of the palace and it is not fitting for us to allow the king to be dishonored, we have sent to inform the king
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
Now because we are in the service of the palace and it is not fitting for us to allow the king to be dishonored, we have sent to inform the king
Ezra 4:14קֳבֵל֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- because22
- to before5
- and to before1
- to before you1
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.
All 29, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 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
- קֳבֵל֙6
- קֳבֵ֗ל6
- קֳבֵ֣ל6
- לָקֳבֵ֣ל3
- וְלָקֳבֵ֥ל1
- לָקֳבֵ֨ל1
- לָקֳבֵ֗ל1
- לְקָבְלָ֑ךְ1
- קֳבֵ֤ל1
- קֳבֵ֡ל1
- קֳבֵ֕ל1
- קֳבֵ֖ל1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine or feminine singular22ANcbsa
- preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)4AR/Ncbsc
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1AC/R/Ncbsc
- preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular1AR/Ncbsa
- preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1AR/Ncbsc/Sp2ms
Ezra
five uses
Now because we are in the service of the palace and it is not fitting for us to allow the king to be dishonored, we have sent to inform the king
- קֳבֵל֙kovelnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: because
We advise the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, you will have no dominion west of the Euphrates.
- לָקֳבֵ֣לlokovelpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: to before
In response, Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates diligently carried out what King Darius had decreed.
- לָקֳבֵ֗לlokovelpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to before
You are sent by the king and his seven counselors to evaluate Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God, which is in your hand.
- קֳבֵ֗לkovelnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: because
With this money, therefore, you are to buy as many bulls, rams, and lambs as needed, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings, and offer them on the altar at the house of your God in Jerusalem.
- קֳבֵ֣לkovelnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: because
Daniel
twenty-four uses
The king replied, “I know for sure that you are stalling for time, because you see that my word is final.
- קֳבֵל֙kovelnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: because
The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer.
- קֳבֵ֗לkovelnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: because
This response made the king so furious with anger that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
- קֳבֵ֣לkovelnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: because
Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, “Do not execute the wise men of Babylon! Bring me before the king, and I will give him the interpretation.”
- קֳבֵ֣לkovelnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: because
As you, O king, were watching, a great statue appeared. A great and dazzling statue stood before you, and its form was awesome.
- לְקָבְלָ֑ךְlekavelakhpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: to before you
Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron; for iron shatters and crushes all things, and like iron that crushes all things, it will shatter and crush all the others.
- קֳבֵ֗לkovelnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: because
And just as you saw that the feet and toes were made partly of fired clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom, yet some of the strength of iron will be in it—just as you saw the iron mixed with clay.
- קֳבֵל֙kovelnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: because
And just as you saw a stone being cut out of the mountain without human hands, and it shattered the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold, so the great God has told the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its interpretation is trustworthy.”
- קֳבֵ֣לkovelnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: because
So the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the rulers of the provinces assembled for the dedication of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up, and they stood before it.
- לָקֳבֵ֣לlokovelpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to before
Therefore, as soon as all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, and all kinds of music, the people of every nation and language would fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
- קֳבֵ֣לkovelnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: because
At this time some astrologers came forward and maliciously accused the Jews,
- קֳבֵ֤לkovelnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: because
The king’s command was so urgent and the furnace so hot that the fiery flames killed the men who carried up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
- קֳבֵ֣לkovelnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: because
Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who can deliver in this way.”
- קֳבֵ֗לkovelnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: because
This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me the interpretation, because none of the wise men of my kingdom can interpret it for me. But you are able, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”
- קֳבֵל֙kovelnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: because
Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.
- וְלָקֳבֵ֥לvelokovelconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and to before
At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,
- לָקֳבֵ֣לlokovelpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to before
Hearing the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen entered the banquet hall. “O king, may you live forever!” she said. “Do not let your thoughts terrify you, or your face grow pale.
- לָקֳבֵ֨לlokovelpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to before
did this because Daniel, the one he named Belteshazzar, was found to have an extraordinary spirit, as well as knowledge, understanding, and the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve difficult problems. Summon Daniel, therefore, and he will give you the interpretation.”
- קֳבֵ֡לkovelnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: because
But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.
- קֳבֵ֕לkovelnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: because
Soon, by his extraordinary spirit, Daniel distinguished himself among the administrators and satraps. So the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.
- קֳבֵ֗לkovelnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: because
Thus the administrators and satraps sought a charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no charge or corruption, because he was trustworthy, and no negligence or corruption was found in him.
- קֳבֵל֙kovelnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: because
Therefore King Darius signed the written decree.
- קֳבֵ֖לkovelnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: because
Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
- קֳבֵל֙kovelnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: because
My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”
- קֳבֵ֗לkovelnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: because
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.
