Strong's Lexicon

H3527

H3527 — כָּבַר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewkabarverb-stemOccurrences: 1TWOT: 947

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3527
Word:	כָּבַר
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	1
Transliteration:	kabar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	kaw-bar'
Meaning:	1. (properly) to plait together, i.e. (figuratively) to augment (especially in number or quantity, to accumulate)
KJV Renderings:	in abundance, multiply.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3899

I. [כָּבַר] verb be much, many (Assyrian kabâru , be great, mighty; kabru , great, huge; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2426] be great, in body, rank, or age, [untranscribed source text 2427] great, noble, aged; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 2428] be honoured, magnified; [untranscribed source text 2429] honoured, glorious; Sabean epithet כבר Hal^{Et. Sab. JAs Dec. 1874, No. 90}; Syriac [untranscribed source text 2430], [untranscribed source text 2431] for Hebrew רָבָה, הִרְבָּה, [untranscribed source text 2432] (rare) much; Zinjirli be abundant, numerous) —

Hiph`il (only Elihu) make many, Job 35:16 בִּבְלִי דַעַת מִלִּין יַכְבִּר (compare וְיֶרֶב אֲמָרָיו Job 34:37) > make great, Bu^{Beitr. 138}, comparing Job 8:2 מַכְבִּיר with the force of a substantive (Ew^{§ 160 c} ) Job 36:31 לְמַכְֶבִּיר יתן אכל giveth food in abundance (= prose לָרֹב, e.g. 2Chr 11:23).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כבר (kah-var’)

Job 35:16

KJV: Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

EHCC: he multiplicth words without knowledge.

Job 36:31

KJV: For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.

EHCC: סמ. giveth meat in abundance.