Chebar
כְּבָרStrong’s H3529kevar (ke-var)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kevar is the Hebrew word usually translated “kebar”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.”
Meaning
- § Chebar = "far-off"
How it's translated
- kebar 8
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 8
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ezekiel 1:3The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
- Ezekiel 3:15Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.
- Ezekiel 3:23Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.
- Ezekiel 10:15And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.
- Ezekiel 10:20This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims.
- Ezekiel 10:22And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.
Hebrew dictionary
כְּבָר kevar · Chebar
§ Chebar = "far-off" a Babylonian river near which many Israelite exiles settled; maybe the 'Habor' or the 'Royal Canal' of Nebuchadnezzar
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.