Definition

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

Etymology

from H3527 (כָּבַר);

Where the KJV renders it

• already
• (seeing that which)
• now

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.