Nevertheless
בְּרַםStrong’s H1297beram (be-ram)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Beram is the Aramaic word usually translated “nevertheless”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;”
Meaning
- Only, nevertheless, but
How it's translated
- nevertheless 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 4
- Ezra 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 4:15In contextNevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:
- Daniel 4:23In contextAnd whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;
- Daniel 5:17In contextThen Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
- Ezra 5:13But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
Aramaic dictionary
בְּרַם beram · nevertheless
only, nevertheless, but
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “nevertheless” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NEVERTHELESS, adverb
Not the less; notwithstanding; that is, in opposition to any thing, or without regarding it. It rained, nevertheless we proceeded on our journey; we did not the less proceed on our journey; we proceeded in opposition to the rain, without regarding it, or without being prevented.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.