קָבָל
qâbâl · H6905 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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before, in front of
Relation linking an event to the location right in front of an object
Examples2 Kings 15:10 Then Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck him in the presence of the people and killed him, and reigned in his place.
How it’s used
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Near synonyms 1 word
- פָּנִים pânîym · H6440 · face, person
- Hebrew prepositional phrase (construct of פָּנֶה) expressing 'before' in spatial, temporal, or hierarchical sense, the most common Hebrew equivalent for the sense expressed by קָבָל
In the other Testament 2 words
- ἔμπροσθεν émprosthen · G1715 · in front of, before, in front
- Greek prepositional/adverbial equivalent expressing spatial or temporal anteriority, the standard translation equivalent for 'before' in the sense of 'in the presence of' or 'in front of'
- ἐνώπιον enṓpion · G1799 · in front of, before, in the sight of
- Greek prepositional equivalent expressing presence before someone, commonly used to translate Hebrew/Aramaic 'before' in the sense of being in someone's sight or presence
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Weapons001003001001020
- This war-related sense is shared with the closely related form קֹבֶל (qôbel, H6904), whose own citation directly illustrates a battering ram; it is not independently attested in this word's own sampled citation.
- Space002002001017
- The word functions as a preposition meaning "before" or "in the presence of," used of Shallum striking down Shallum's predecessor publicly, in the presence of the people (2 Kings 15:10).
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
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
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