Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
جبر
Parts of Speech
Noun (10×)
Qur'an Occurrences
10 times across 9 surahs

Definitions (1)

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

  1. 1
    The root جَبَرَ (jabr) primarily means to set a broken bone. Tropically, it extends to restoring someone from poverty to wealth or competence, or generally putting something into a sound state.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: j-b-r
Listen: ٱلْجَبَّارُ 59:23
Root letters: ج — ب — ر

Word Family Tree (5 forms)

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

Noun 10×

Concordance — 10 Occurrences

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

Noun (10)

Noun (10 verses — showing first 5)

Hud 11:59 Noun
وَتِلۡكَ عَادࣱۖ جَحَدُوا۟ بِءَایَـٰتِ رَبِّهِمۡ وَعَصَوۡا۟ رُسُلَهُۥ وَٱتَّبَعُوۤا۟ أَمۡرَ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِیدࣲ ۝٥٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And that was 'Aad, who rejected the signs of their Lord and disobeyed His messengers and followed the order of every obstinate tyrant
Abraham 14:15 Noun
وَٱسۡتَفۡتَحُوا۟ وَخَابَ كُلُّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِیدࣲ ۝١٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And they requested victory from Allah , and disappointed, [therefore], was every obstinate tyrant
Mary 19:14 Noun
وَبَرَّۢا بِوَ ٰلِدَیۡهِ وَلَمۡ یَكُن جَبَّارًا عَصِیࣰّا ۝١٤
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And dutiful to his parents, and he was not a disobedient tyrant
Mary 19:32 Noun
وَبَرَّۢا بِوَ ٰلِدَتِی وَلَمۡ یَجۡعَلۡنِی جَبَّارࣰا شَقِیࣰّا ۝٣٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And [made me] dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me a wretched tyrant
The Poets 26:130 Noun
وَإِذَا بَطَشۡتُم بَطَشۡتُمۡ جَبَّارِینَ ۝١٣٠
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And when you strike, you strike as tyrants

Derived Forms (5)

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

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
جَبَّارٍ jabaārin Noun
جَبَّارًا jabaāranā Noun
جَبَّارِينَ jabaāriyna Noun
ٱلْجَبَّارُ ljabaāru Noun
بِجَبَّارٍ bijabaārin Noun