{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H3528",
  "lemma": "כְּבָר",
  "transliteration": "kᵉbâr",
  "definition": "properly, extent of time, i.e. a great while; hence, long ago, formerly, hitherto",
  "kjv": "already, (seeing that which), now.",
  "occurrences": 9,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H3527",
      "lemma": "כָּבַר",
      "transliteration": "kâbar",
      "meaning": "to plait together",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H3527"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "כְּבָר adv. (late) already"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Ecclesiastes 1:10",
      "text": "Is there a thing of which it may be said, “Behold, this is new”? It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/1?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ecclesiastes 2:12",
      "text": "I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly; for what can the king’s successor do? Just that which has been…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/2?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ecclesiastes 2:16",
      "text": "For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory forever, since in the days to come all will have been long…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/2?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ecclesiastes 3:15",
      "text": "That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago. God seeks again that which is passed away.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/3?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ecclesiastes 4:2",
      "text": "Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/4?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ecclesiastes 6:10",
      "text": "Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/6?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ecclesiastes 9:6",
      "text": "Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither do they any longer have a portion forever…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/9?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ecclesiastes 9:7",
      "text": "Go your way—eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/9?v=7"
    }
  ],
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