Strong's Lexicon

H3530

H3530 — כִּברָה

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

Hebrewkibrahnoun femOccurrences: 3TWOT: 947b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3530
Word:	כִּברָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	feminine of H3528
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	3
Transliteration:	kibrah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	kib-raw'
Meaning:	1. (properly) length, i.e. a measure (of uncertain dimension)
KJV Renderings:	X little.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3901

[כִּבְרָה] noun feminine apparently distance, only in the phrase כִּבְרַת (ה)ארץ a distance of land or length of way, Gen 35:16 לָכוֺא אֶפְרָתָה ׳ ה ׳ וַיְהִי עוֺד כ, Gen 48:7 לָבאֹ אֶפְרָתָה ׳ א ׳ בְּעוֺד כ, 2Kgs 5:19 אָ֑רֶץ ׳ וַיֵּלֶךְ מֵאִתּוֺ כ. The distance meant is uncertain, but from 2Kgs 5:19 it would seem to have been a short one; see further Di^{Gen 35:16
and} Thes (Assyrian kibrâti is a (widely extended) territory, quarter of the world, etc., Dl^{HWB 315}; according to Hoffm.^{GGAbh. xxxvi (1890), 23-25} perhaps the distance that one can see).

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כברה (kiv-rah’)

Genesis 35:16

KJV: And they journeyed from Beth–el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.a little…: Heb. a little piece of ground

EHCC: there was but event way (marg. a little

2 Kings 2:19

KJV: And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.barren: Heb. causing to miscarry

EHCC: be dopa trom him a little way. (marg.