Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
تبر
Parts of Speech
Noun (4×), Verb (2×)
Qur'an Occurrences
6 times across 4 surahs

Definitions (1)

Meanings associated with the root تبر across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.

  1. 1
    تبر (tbr) refers to native gold or silver, especially in dust, nuggets, or broken pieces, before being worked or coined. It can also denote other raw minerals like copper or iron.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: t-b-r
Listen: تَبَارًۢا 71:28
Root letters: ت — ب — ر

Word Family Tree (5 forms)

All word forms derived from the root تبر as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.

Noun Verb

Concordance — 6 Occurrences

Every place in the Qur'an where the root تبر appears, grouped by grammatical role.

Noun (4) · Verb (2)

Noun (4 verses — showing first 5)

Children of Israel, The Israelites 17:7 Noun
إِنۡ أَحۡسَنتُمۡ أَحۡسَنتُمۡ لِأَنفُسِكُمۡۖ وَإِنۡ أَسَأۡتُمۡ فَلَهَاۚ فَإِذَا جَاۤءَ وَعۡدُ ٱلۡءَاخِرَةِ لِیَسُـࣳۤءُوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمۡ وَلِیَدۡخُلُوا۟ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةࣲ وَلِیُتَبِّرُوا۟ مَا عَلَوۡا۟ تَتۡبِیرًا ۝٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): [And said], "If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, [you do it] to yourselves." Then when the final promise came, [We sent your enemies] to sadden your faces and to enter the temple in Jerusalem, as they entered it the first time, and to destroy what they had taken over with [total] destruction
The Criterion, The Standard 25:39 Noun
وَكُلࣰّا ضَرَبۡنَا لَهُ ٱلۡأَمۡثَـٰلَۖ وَكُلࣰّا تَبَّرۡنَا تَتۡبِیرࣰا ۝٣٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And for each We presented examples [as warnings], and each We destroyed with [total] destruction
Noah 71:28 Noun
رَّبِّ ٱغۡفِرۡ لِی وَلِوَ ٰلِدَیَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَیۡتِیَ مُؤۡمِنࣰا وَلِلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَـٰتِۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِینَ إِلَّا تَبَارَۢا ۝٢٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): My Lord, forgive me and my parents and whoever enters my house a believer and the believing men and believing women. And do not increase the wrongdoers except in destruction."
The Heights, The Elevated Places 7:139 Noun
إِنَّ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ مُتَبَّرࣱ مَّا هُمۡ فِیهِ وَبَـٰطِلࣱ مَّا كَانُوا۟ یَعۡمَلُونَ ۝١٣٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Indeed, those [worshippers] - destroyed is that in which they are [engaged], and worthless is whatever they were doing."

Derived Forms (5)

Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
تَتْبِيرًا tatbiyranā Noun
تَبَارًۢا tabaāranā Noun
تَبَّرْنَا tabarnaā Verb
وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا۟ waliyutabiruwā Verb
مُتَبَّرٌ mutabarun Noun