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

    The word of Jehovah which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

  2. Zephaniah 2:5 דְּבַר־ de.var- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea-coast, the nation of the Cherethites! The word of Jehovah is against you, O Canaan, the land of the Philistines; I will destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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