Word

קְבֵל

qᵉbêl · H6903 · Aramaic · 29 occurrences

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Meanings

A causal conjunction meaning "because," "for this reason," or "on account of," introducing the grounds or rationale for a preceding statement or action

Examples
Daniel 2:8 The king replied, 'I know for certain that you are trying to buy time, because you have perceived that the command from me is firm,'
Daniel 3:22 For this reason, because the king's command was harsh and the furnace had been made extremely hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.
Daniel 6:23 Then the king was very glad and gave orders for Daniel to be lifted up out of the den. So Daniel was lifted up out of the den, and no injury whatever was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.
A prepositional phrase meaning "in the presence of," "before," or "opposite to," indicating spatial or relational positioning

Examples
Daniel 2:31 You, O king, were watching and behold, there was a single great statue; that statue, which was large and of extraordinary radiance, was standing in front of you, and its appearance was awesome.
Daniel 5:1 Belshazzar the king held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in the presence of the thousand.
Daniel 5:5 Suddenly the fingers of a human hand emerged and began writing opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, and the king saw the back of the hand that did the writing.
A compound preposition meaning "according to," "in accordance with," or "just as," expressing conformity or correspondence to a standard or pattern

Examples
Ezra 6:13 Then Tattenai, the governor of the province beyond the Euphrates River, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues carried out the decree with all diligence, just as King Darius had ordered.
Ezra 7:14 Since you are sent on the part of the king and his seven advisers to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God which is in your hand,

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

13 occurrences in 6 groups

דֵּןthis 8
מִלָּהcommandment 1
נֶבְרְשָׁאcandlestick 1
אֲלַףthousand 1
צֶלֶםstatue, image 1
ךָּyou 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

16 occurrences in 18 groups

חֲזָאto see, to have a vision 3
שְׁכַחfind 3
Other words · 16 groups that occur once or twice (18) 18

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

יְדַעcertify 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

7 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for 13

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

καθάπερ katháper · G2509 · just as, precisely as: Greek καθάπερ emphasizes exact comparison ('exactly as'), whereas Aramaic קְבֵל covers broader prepositional/conjunction functions including causal ('because'), spatial ('before', 'over against'), and manner ('according to') senses beyond strict comparison.

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

קָבַל qâbal · H6901 · to take hold of, to receive, to accept · 13×קְבֵלqᵉbêl · H6903קְבַל qᵉbal · H6902 · receive, take · 3×קֹבֶל qôbel · H6904 · battering-ram, before, in front of · 1×קָבָל qâbâl · H6905 · battering-ram, before, in front of · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6903. qobel קֳבֵל29 substantive front, as preposition in front of, before, because of;…

H6903. qobel
קֳבֵל29 substantive front, as
preposition in front of, before, because of; followed by דִּי as
conjunction because that (perhaps in form a diminutive, BevDan 2:8; קְבֵיל ᵑ7, with לִקְבֵיל לְ,, suffix לְקִבֵלִי, etc., in front of (Dalm§ 47, 7); Syriac , aspect, in front, , suffix in front (of), opposite (to), compare Gen 15:10 ᵑ6 ᵑ7; Palmyrene לקבל before (Cooke321, compare193)); — construct לָקֳבֵל Dan 2:8 +, suffix לְקָבְלָךְ Dan 2:31; —
1 with לְ
a. Dan 3:3 ׳לק צַלְמָא before the image, Dan 2:31; Dan 5:1, Dan 5:5; in view of, by reason of, Dan 5:10 ׳לק ׳מִלֵּ מַלְכָּא by reason of the words, etc., Ezr 4:16 דְּנָה לָקֳבֵל (compare Egyptian Aramaic זי זנה לקבל, RES361B5).
b. followed by דִּי as
conjunction because that Ezr 6:13 (so Palmyrene CISii. 164).
2 with כָּלקֳֿבֵל כֹּל, in view of, because of (but read probably כְּלָקֳבֵל according to the front of, i.e. having regard to, because of : LuzzChald. Gr. § 123 LambertRÉJ, 1895, 47 f. Marti§ 95 d NöLCB, 1896, 703 NesOLZ, 1902, 487 Str56 and others; compare Biblical Hebrew I. עֻמָּה
d):
a. as
preposition דְּנָה כָּלקֳֿבֵל because of this, therefore, Dan 2:12, Dan 2:24; Dan 3:7-8, Dan 6:10; Ezr 7:17; Dan 3:22 pointing forwards, וג מִןדִּֿי דִּנָה דִּנָה ׳כָּלקֳֿבֵל on this account, (namely) because that, etc.
b. followed by דִּי as
conjunction because that, inasmuch as, Dan 2:8 חֲזֵיתוּן דִּי (כְּלָקֳבֵל) כָּלקֳֿבֵל because ye see, Dan 2:10; Dan 2:41; Dan 2:45 +, Ezr 4:14; Ezr 7:14; Dan 5:22 = although. In Dan 2:40; Dan 6:11 taken by ᵐ5 (ὂν τρόπον, καθώς), Ges (Thes, not Lex), Ew Hi as = according as (as Ecc 5:15 דאתא קבל כל ᵑ7 according as he came), but not Bev Behrm Marti. [Occasionally in ᵑ7, usually = before; compare in ᵑ7J Gen 28:17; Gen 31:32, D§§ 47.7; 50].

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0