ج ب ر
j-b-r
(lit., a very tall date palm that towers above all others)
Definition
- 1الْجَبَّارal-jabbārthe Supreme in Might, one of Allah's Names1
- 2جَبَّارjabbāra tyrant who dominates and compels everyone9
Total uses in the Qur’an: 10
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
الْجَبَّار
ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْجَبَّارُ ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرُ
... the Almighty, the Supreme in Might, the Greatly Majestic.
59:23draft glosses: 3 of 3
Sense 2
جَبَّار · جَبَّارًا · جَبَّارِينَ
وَخَابَ كُلُّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ
... so every stubborn tyrant was doomed.
14:15draft glosses: 4 of 4
وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ
And when you attack others, you attack so tyrannically.
26:130draft glosses: 4 of 4
