# כְּבָר (kevar)

Israeli respelling: ke-var. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H3528. 8 Old Testament occurrences.

properly, extent of time, i.e. a great while; hence, long ago, formerly, hitherto

King James renderings: already, (seeing that which), now.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/kevar-h3528

## Occurrences

- [Ecclesiastes 1:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/1/10) — Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
- [Ecclesiastes 2:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/2/12) — And 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…
- [Ecclesiastes 2:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/2/16) — For 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…
- [Ecclesiastes 3:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/3/15) — That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
- [Ecclesiastes 4:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/4/2) — Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
- [Ecclesiastes 6:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/6/10) — That 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 9:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/9/6) — Also 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…
- [Ecclesiastes 9:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/9/7) — Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.