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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. Ruth 3:18 דָּבָ֑ר da.Var · A person, place or thing

    Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest, until he have finished the thing this day.

  2. Ruth 3:18 הַדָּבָ֖ר ha.da.Var · A person, place or thing

    Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest, until he have finished the thing this day.

  3. Ruth 4:7 דָּבָ֔ר da.Var · A person, place or thing

    Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man drew off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the manner of attestation in Israel.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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