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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. Nehemiah 1:1 דִּבְרֵ֥י div.Rei · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

  2. Nehemiah 1:4 הַדְּבָרִ֣ים ha.de.va.Rim · A person, place or thing

    And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

  3. Nehemiah 1:8 הַדָּבָ֔ר ha.da.Var · A person, place or thing

    Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples:

  4. Nehemiah 2:18 דִּבְרֵ֥י div.Rei · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me, as also of the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for the good work.

  5. Nehemiah 2:19 הַדָּבָ֤ר ha.da.Var · A person, place or thing

    But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

  6. Nehemiah 2:20 דָּבָ֗ר da.Var · A person, place or thing

    Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

  7. Nehemiah 5:6 הַדְּבָרִ֥ים ha.de.va.Rim · A person, place or thing

    And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

  8. Nehemiah 5:8 דָּבָֽר׃ ס da.Var · A person, place or thing

    And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, that were sold unto the nations; and would ye even sell your brethren, and should they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found never a word.

  9. Nehemiah 5:9 הַדָּבָ֖ר ha.da.Var · A person, place or thing

    Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

  10. Nehemiah 5:12 כַּדָּבָ֥ר ka.da.Var · A person, place or thing

    Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do, even as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise.

  11. Nehemiah 5:13 הַדָּבָ֣ר ha.da.Var · A person, place or thing

    Also I shook out my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that performeth not this promise; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen, and praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise.

  12. Nehemiah 5:13 כַּדָּבָ֥ר ka.da.Var · A person, place or thing

    Also I shook out my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that performeth not this promise; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen, and praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise.

  13. Nehemiah 6:4 כַּדָּבָ֥ר ka.da.Var · A person, place or thing

    And they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.

  14. Nehemiah 6:4 כַּדָּבָ֥ר ka.da.Var · A person, place or thing

    And they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.

  15. Nehemiah 6:5 כַּדָּבָ֥ר ka.da.Var · A person, place or thing

    Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,

  16. Nehemiah 6:6 כַּדְּבָרִ֖ים ka.de.va.Rim · A person, place or thing

    wherein was written, It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel; for which cause thou art building the wall: and thou wouldest be their king, according to these words.

  17. Nehemiah 6:7 כַּדְּבָרִ֣ים ka.de.va.Rim · A person, place or thing

    And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

  18. Nehemiah 6:8 כַּדְּבָרִ֣ים ka.de.va.Rim · A person, place or thing

    Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

  19. Nehemiah 6:19 וּדְבָרַ֕י u.de.va.Rai · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Also they spake of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.

  20. Nehemiah 8:4 לַדָּבָר֒ la.da.Var · A person, place or thing

    And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

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