قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّ فِيهَا قَوْمًا جَبَّارِينَ وَإِنَّا لَن نَّدْخُلَهَا حَتَّىٰ يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنْهَا فَإِن يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّا دَٰخِلُونَ
Quran glossary · draft
جَبَّار
domineering compeller
Applied to humans without negation, the intensive descriptor denotes one who imposes power violently or arrogantly.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 6
Roots: جبر
Lemmas: جبار
Forms: جَبَّارٍ · جَبَّارِينَ · جَبَّارًا
Occurrence examples (6 of 6)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 6.
وَتِلْكَ عَادٌ جَحَدُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَعَصَوْا۟ رُسُلَهُۥ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ
وَٱسْتَفْتَحُوا۟ وَخَابَ كُلُّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ
وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ
فَلَمَّآ أَنْ أَرَادَ أَن يَبْطِشَ بِٱلَّذِى هُوَ عَدُوٌّ لَّهُمَا قَالَ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ أَتُرِيدُ أَن تَقْتُلَنِى كَمَا قَتَلْتَ نَفْسًۢا بِٱلْأَمْسِ إِن تُرِيدُ إِلَّآ أَن تَكُونَ جَبَّارًا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا تُرِيدُ أَن تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُصْلِحِينَ
ٱلَّذِينَ يُجَٰدِلُونَ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ سُلْطَٰنٍ أَتَىٰهُمْ كَبُرَ مَقْتًا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَعِندَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكَ يَطْبَعُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ قَلْبِ مُتَكَبِّرٍ جَبَّارٍ
Why this meaning was chosen
All ten family occurrences were reviewed on one bounded page; every occurrence is a frozen target, with no protected records or compacted candidates. The intensive descriptor characterizes human strongmen, rulers, or violent actors as domineering compellers; three negated clauses deny that trait of John, Jesus, and the messenger's role. In 59:23 the definite title occurs in a sequence of divine names and attributes, presenting God's irresistible authority without the human rebellion and violence condemned elsewhere. Number, case, definiteness, predication, circumstantial use, and negation compose locally. The moral contrast follows from bearer and context, not a contradictory lexical core. No aligned reading payload or unresolved issue remains.