H3528 - כְּבָר (kᵉbâr)

H3528 כְּבָר (kᵉbâr) keb-awr'

Hebrew

Adv (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

already

Strong's Definition

properly, extent of time, i.e. a great while; hence, long ago, formerly, hitherto

Derivation: from H3527 (כָּבַר);

KJV Usage: already, (seeing that which), now.

TWOT Reference: 947c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) already, long ago, a great while

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

already, long ago, a great while

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

כְּבָר kebâr BDB Definition: 1) already, long ago, a great while Part of Speech: adverb A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H3527 Same Word by TWOT Number: 947c Total KJV Occurrences: 9

Bible Occurrences (8)

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

Ecclesiastes 1:10

Is there [a case] where one can say..., Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.

Ecclesiastes 2:12

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?

Ecclesiastes 2:16

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!

Ecclesiastes 3:15

What exists has already... been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.

Ecclesiastes 4:2

So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who... are still alive.

Ecclesiastes 6:10

Whatever exists was named... long ago, and it is known what man [is]; but he cannot... contend with one stronger than he.

Ecclesiastes 9:6

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.

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works: