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10 times in the Quran · 1 word form · rank 583
The Quran root ج ب ر j-b-r
Words built from the root ج ب ر ([j-b-r]) appear 10 times in the Quran. The most common is جَبّار, “tyrant”, which comes 10 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| جَبّار | jabbaar | tyrant · tyrannical strength | 10 |
Examples from the Quran
قَالُوا يَا مُوسَىٰ إِنَّ فِيهَا قَوْمًا جَبَّارِينَ وَإِنَّا لَن نَّدْخُلَهَا حَتَّىٰ يَخْرُجُوا مِنْهَا فَإِن يَخْرُجُوا مِنْهَا فَإِنَّا دَاخِلُونَ ٢٢
جَبَّارِينَ jabbārīna · (of) tyrannical strength
They said, "O Moses, indeed within it is a people of tyrannical strength, and indeed, we will never enter it until they leave it; but if they leave it, then we will enter." (Surah Al-Ma'idah, 5:22)
وَتِلْكَ عَادٌ جَحَدُوا بِآيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَعَصَوْا رُسُلَهُ وَاتَّبَعُوا أَمْرَ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ ٥٩
جَبَّارٍ jabbārin · tyrant
And that was ʿAad, who rejected the signs of their Lord and disobeyed His messengers and followed the order of every obstinate tyrant. (Surah Hud, 11:59)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Maryam · 2×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 1×
- Surah Hud · 1×
- Surah Ibrahim · 1×
- Surah Ash-Shu'ara · 1×
- Surah Al-Qasas · 1×
Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.
