Already
כְּבָרStrong’s H3528kevar (ke-var)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kevar is the Hebrew word usually translated “already”, “that already” and “who already”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.”
Meaning
- Already, long ago, a great while
How it's translated
- already 7
- in that already 1
- who already 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ecclesiastes 8
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ecclesiastes 2:12And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
- Ecclesiastes 2:16For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
- Ecclesiastes 3:15That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
- Ecclesiastes 4:2Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
- Ecclesiastes 6:10That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
- Ecclesiastes 9:6Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
Hebrew dictionary
כְּבָר kevar · already
already, long ago, a great while
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “already” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ALREAD'Y, adverb
alred'dy. [all and ready. See Ready.]
- “Elias is come already” Matthew 17:12“Joseph was in Egypt already” Exodus 1:5
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.