kevar · Chebar

What it means

kevar (כְּבָר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Chebar”.

A river (or canal) in Babylonia, beside which the exiles from Judah lived.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Ezekiel 1:1

  And it came about in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of Elohim.

• Ezekiel 1:3

  the word of YHWH indeed came to Ezekiel son of Buzi, the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of YHWH came upon him there.

• Ezekiel 3:15

  And I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who lived by the river Chebar, and where they were living, and I stayed there seven days, appalled, among them.

• Ezekiel 3:23

  And I arose and went out to the plain, and look, there the glory of YHWH was standing, like the glory that I had seen by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.

• Ezekiel 10:15

  And the cherubim rose up; that was the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.

• Ezekiel 10:20

  That was the living creature that I saw beneath the Elohim of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.

• Ezekiel 10:22

  And the likeness of their faces: they were the faces that I saw by the river Chebar, their appearance and they themselves; each went in the direction of its face.

• Ezekiel 43:3

  And it was like the appearance of the vision that I saw, like the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city; and visions like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.