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דָּבָר

da.var · word

Hebrew · Strong's H1697 · Noun · Sounds like: daw-baw' · 1,442 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • word H1697G 880
  • word: thing H1697I · a Meaning of 295
  • word: deed H1697K · a Meaning of 75
  • Chronicles H1697O 60
  • word: speaking H1697H · a Meaning of 41
  • word: because H1697M · a Meaning of 33
  • word: case H1697L · a Meaning of 26
  • word: promised H1697J · a Meaning of 24
  • word: portion H1697N · a Meaning of 8

Strong's dictionary

from דָבַר; a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause; act, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, [phrase] chronicles, commandment, [idiom] commune(-ication), [phrase] concern(-ing), [phrase] confer, counsel, [phrase] dearth, decree, deed, [idiom] disease, due, duty, effect, [phrase] eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-) ness, [phrase] glory, [phrase] harm, hurt, [phrase] iniquity, [phrase] judgment, language, [phrase] lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, [idiom] ought, [idiom] parts, [phrase] pertaining, [phrase] please, portion, [phrase] power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, [idiom] (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, [phrase] sign, [phrase] so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, [phrase] song, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, task, [phrase] that, [idiom] there done, thing (concerning), thought, [phrase] thus, tidings, what(-soever), [phrase] wherewith, which, word, work.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
דָּבָר 1439 n.m. speech, word
I. sg. speech, discourse, saying, word, as the sum of that which is spoken
II. sg. saying, utterance, sentence, as a section of a discourse
III. sg. a word, words
IV. sg. matter, affair, thing about which one speaks

Every occurrence

  1. 1 Samuel 1:23 דְּבָר֑וֹ de.va.Ro · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only Jehovah establish his word. So the woman tarried and gave her son suck, until she weaned him.

  2. 1 Samuel 2:23 כַּדְּבָרִ֣ים ka.de.va.Rim · A person, place or thing

    And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.

  3. 1 Samuel 2:23 דִּבְרֵיכֶ֣ם div.rei.Khem · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.

  4. 1 Samuel 3:1 וּדְבַר־ u.de.var- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the child Samuel ministered unto Jehovah before Eli. And the word of Jehovah was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.

  5. 1 Samuel 3:7 דְּבַר־ de.var- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Now Samuel did not yet know Jehovah, neither was the word of Jehovah yet revealed unto him.

  6. 1 Samuel 3:11 דָבָ֖ר da.Var · A person, place or thing

    And Jehovah said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.

  7. 1 Samuel 3:17 הַדָּבָר֙ ha.da.Var · A person, place or thing

    And he said, What is the thing that Jehovah hath spoken unto thee? I pray thee, hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide anything from me of all the things that he spake unto thee.

  8. 1 Samuel 3:17 דָּבָ֔ר da.Var · A person, place or thing

    And he said, What is the thing that Jehovah hath spoken unto thee? I pray thee, hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide anything from me of all the things that he spake unto thee.

  9. 1 Samuel 3:17 הַדָּבָ֖ר ha.da.Var · A person, place or thing

    And he said, What is the thing that Jehovah hath spoken unto thee? I pray thee, hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide anything from me of all the things that he spake unto thee.

  10. 1 Samuel 3:18 הַדְּבָרִ֔ים ha.de.va.Rim · A person, place or thing

    And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is Jehovah: let him do what seemeth him good.

  11. 1 Samuel 3:19 דְּבָרָ֖יו de.va.Rav · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Samuel grew, and Jehovah was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.

  12. 1 Samuel 3:21 בִּדְבַ֥ר bid.Var · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Jehovah appeared again in Shiloh; for Jehovah revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of Jehovah.

  13. 1 Samuel 4:1 דְבַר־ de.var- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.

  14. 1 Samuel 4:16 הַדָּבָ֖ר ha.da.Var · A person, place or thing

    And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to-day out of the army. And he said, How went the matter, my son?

  15. 1 Samuel 8:6 הַדָּבָר֙ ha.da.Var · A person, place or thing

    But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto Jehovah.

  16. 1 Samuel 8:10 דִּבְרֵ֣י div.Rei · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Samuel told all the words of Jehovah unto the people that asked of him a king.

  17. 1 Samuel 8:21 דִּבְרֵ֣י div.Rei · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Jehovah.

  18. 1 Samuel 9:10 דְּבָרְךָ֖ de.va.re.Kha · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was.

  19. 1 Samuel 9:21 כַּדָּבָ֖ר ka.da.Var · A person, place or thing

    And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou to me after this manner?

  20. 1 Samuel 9:27 דְּבַ֥ר de.Var · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    As they were going down at the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us (and he passed on), but stand thou still first, that I may cause thee to hear the word of God.

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