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title: כַּבִּיר — great · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כַּבִּיר (3524), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: great. BDB 1906: adj. great, mighty, much. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כַּבִּיר

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«כַּבִּיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **great** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 10 times · **Key:** 3524 · **BDB:** כַּבִּיר

### Glosses

mighty (4); \[is\].mighty (1); \[one\].old (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

great [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3524/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. great, mighty, much [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3524/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. great, mighty, much, only poet., and only Jb Is 1:—Is 10:13 Qr (but read as Kt כְּאַבִּיר), 17:22 and 28:2 מים כבירים (usually מַיִם רַבִּים), Jb 8:2 ורוח כביר אמרי פיך a mighty wind, 15:10 כביר מאביך ימים (Ges§131, R 5 a) = aged: of God, 34:17 צַדִּיק כַּבִּיר the just mighty one, 36:5 a, v b כ׳ כֹּחַ לֵב mighty in strength of understanding; 34:24 כבירים mighty men; of quantity = much, Is 16:14 שְׁאָר מְעַט מִזְעָר לוֹא כַבִּיר, Jb 31:25 ובי כביר מצאה ידי had gotten much.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כַּבִּיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3524/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 34:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.34.24/)

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יָרֹ֣עַ כַּבִּירִ֣ים לֹא־חֵ֑קֶר וַיַּעֲמֵ֖ד אֲחֵרִ֣ים תַּחְתָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* he.breaks mighty.\[ones\] not searching and he.appointed others in place.of.them

*JPS 1917:* He breaketh in pieces mighty men without inquisition, and setteth others in their stead.

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[Job 36:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.5/)

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הֶן־אֵ֣ל כַּ֭בִּיר וְלֹ֣א יִמְאָ֑ס כַּ֝בִּ֗יר כֹּ֣חַֽ לֵֽב׃

*Word for word:* there! God \[is\].mighty and not he.rejects mighty strength of.heart

*JPS 1917:* Behold, God is mighty, yet He despiseth not any; He is mighty in strength of understanding.

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