דָּבָר
word
also: speech, speaking, thing fuller range ↓
H1697
Strong's Hebrew
dâbâr
Transliteration
/daw-baw'/
Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible
1,455
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
BDB Definition
speech, word, speaking, thing
- speech
- saying, utterance
- word, words
- business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”).
Form
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 447 times (31%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct 439 times (30%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct 381 times (26%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 183 times (13%)
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 2 times (0%)
- Pronoun, Personal, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular 2 times (0%)
- Noun, Proper 1 time (0%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 1,455 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 2 of 7 — showing verses 201–400 of 1,290 distinct verses where H1697 appears, across 34 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Deuteronomy 89 verses
- Deuteronomy 18:22 הַ/דָּבָר֙ הַ/דָּבָ֔ר ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms when a prophet speaks in the name of Yahweh, if the thing doesn't follow, nor happen, that is the thing which Yahweh has not spoken: the prophet has spoken it presumptuously, you shall not be afraid of him.
- Deuteronomy 19:4 דְּבַ֣ר n c ms cs This is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee there and live: whoever kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him in time past;
- Deuteronomy 19:15 דָּבָֽר n c ms One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.
- Deuteronomy 19:20 כַּ/דָּבָ֥ר prep det + n c ms Those who remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of you.
- Deuteronomy 22:14 דְּבָרִ֔ים n c mp and lay shameful things to her charge, and bring up an evil name on her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I didn't find in her the tokens of virginity;
- Deuteronomy 22:17 דְּבָרִ֜ים n c mp and, behold, he has laid shameful things [to her charge], saying, I didn't find in your daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. They shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.
- Deuteronomy 22:20 הַ/דָּבָ֖ר ptcl def.art + n c ms But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the young lady;
- Deuteronomy 22:24 דְּבַר֙ דְּבַ֥ר n c ms cs n c ms cs then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones; the lady, because she didn't cry, being in the city; and the man, because he has humbled his neighbor's wife: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.
- Deuteronomy 22:26 דָבָ֔ר הַ/דָּבָ֥ר n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms but to the lady you shall do nothing; there is in the lady no sin worthy of death: for as when a man rises against his neighbor, and kills him, even so is this matter;
- Deuteronomy 23:4 דְּבַ֞ר n c ms cs because they didn't meet you with bread and with water in the way, when you came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
- Deuteronomy 23:9 דָּבָ֥ר n c ms When you go forth in camp against your enemies, then you shall keep you from every evil thing.
- Deuteronomy 23:14 דָּבָ֔ר n c ms for Yahweh your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you; therefore shall your camp be holy, that he may not see an unclean thing in you, and turn away from you.
- Deuteronomy 23:19 דָּבָ֖ר n c ms You shall not lend on interest to your brother; interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest:
- Deuteronomy 24:1 דָּבָ֔ר n c ms When a man takes a wife, and marries her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
- Deuteronomy 24:5 דָּבָ֑ר n c ms When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be charged with any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.
- Deuteronomy 24:18 הַ/דָּבָ֖ר ptcl def.art + n c ms but you shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you there: therefore I command you to do this thing.
- Deuteronomy 24:22 הַ/דָּבָ֖ר ptcl def.art + n c ms You shall remember that you were a bondservant in the land of Egypt: therefore I command you to do this thing.
- Deuteronomy 27:3 דִּבְרֵ֛י n c mp cs and you shall write on them all the words of this law, when you are passed over; that you may go in to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
- Deuteronomy 27:8 דִּבְרֵ֛י n c mp cs You shall write on the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
- Deuteronomy 27:26 דִּבְרֵ֥י n c mp cs Cursed be he who doesn't confirm the words of this law to do them. All the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 28:14 הַ/דְּבָרִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp and shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
- Deuteronomy 28:58 דִּבְרֵי֙ n c mp cs If you will not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and fearful name, YAHWEH YOUR GOD;
- Deuteronomy 29:1 דִבְרֵ֨י n c mp cs These are the words of the covenant which Yahweh commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
- Deuteronomy 29:9 דִּבְרֵי֙ n c mp cs Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.
- Deuteronomy 29:19 דִּבְרֵ֨י n c mp cs and it happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry.
- Deuteronomy 29:29 דִּבְרֵ֖י n c mp cs The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
- Deuteronomy 30:1 הַ/דְּבָרִ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c mp It shall happen, when all these things are come on you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind among all the nations, where Yahweh your God has driven you,
- Deuteronomy 30:14 הַ/דָּבָ֖ר ptcl def.art + n c ms But the word is very near to you, in your mouth, and in your heart, that you may do it.
- Deuteronomy 31:1 הַ/דְּבָרִ֥ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.
- Deuteronomy 31:12 דִּבְרֵ֖י n c mp cs Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and your foreigner who is within your gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Yahweh your God, and observe to do all the words of this law;
- Deuteronomy 31:24 דִּבְרֵ֥י n c mp cs It happened, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,
- Deuteronomy 31:28 הַ/דְּבָרִ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
- Deuteronomy 31:30 דִּבְרֵ֥י n c mp cs Moses spoke in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were finished.
- Deuteronomy 32:44 דִּבְרֵ֥י n c mp cs Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Joshua the son of Nun.
- Deuteronomy 32:45 הַ/דְּבָרִ֥ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel;
- Deuteronomy 32:46 הַ/דְּבָרִ֔ים דִּבְרֵ֖י ptcl def.art + n c mp n c mp cs He said to them, Set your heart to all the words which I testify to you this day, which you shall command your children to observe to do, [even] all the words of this law.
- Deuteronomy 32:47 דָבָ֨ר וּ/בַ/דָּבָ֣ר n c ms conj + prep det + n c ms For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it.
Joshua 28 verses
- Joshua 1:13 הַ/דָּבָ֔ר ptcl def.art + n c ms Remember the word which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, saying, Yahweh your God gives you rest, and will give you this land.
- Joshua 1:18 דְּבָרֶ֛י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Whoever he be who shall rebel against your commandment, and shall not listen to your words in all that you command him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of good courage.
- Joshua 2:14 דְּבָרֵ֖/נוּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cp The men said to her, Our life for yours, if you don't utter this our business; and it shall be, when Yahweh gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.
- Joshua 2:20 דְּבָרֵ֣/נוּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cp But if you utter this our business, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you have made us to swear.
- Joshua 2:21 כְּ/דִבְרֵי/כֶ֣ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp She said, According to your words, so be it. She sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
- Joshua 3:9 דִּבְרֵ֖י n c mp cs Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come here, and hear the words of Yahweh your God.
- Joshua 4:10 הַ֠/דָּבָר ptcl def.art + n c ms For the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan, until everything was finished that Yahweh commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hurried and passed over.
- Joshua 5:4 הַ/דָּבָ֖ר ptcl def.art + n c ms This is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: all the people who came forth out of Egypt, who were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came forth out of Egypt.
- Joshua 6:10 דָּבָ֑ר n c ms Joshua commanded the people, saying, You shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall you shout.
- Joshua 8:8 כִּ/דְבַ֥ר prep + n c ms cs It shall be, when you have seized on the city, that you shall set the city on fire; according to the word of Yahweh shall you do: behold, I have commanded you.
- Joshua 8:27 כִּ/דְבַ֣ר prep + n c ms cs Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for prey to themselves, according to the word of Yahweh which he commanded Joshua.
- Joshua 8:34 דִּבְרֵ֣י n c mp cs Afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
- Joshua 8:35 דָבָ֔ר n c ms There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua didn't read before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the little ones, and the foreigners who were among them.
- Joshua 9:24 הַ/דָּבָ֥ר ptcl def.art + n c ms They answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told your servants, how that Yahweh your God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; therefore we were sore afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
- Joshua 11:15 דָּבָ֔ר n c ms As Yahweh commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua: and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Joshua 14:6 הַ/דָּבָר֩ ptcl def.art + n c ms Then the children of Judah drew near to Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, You know the thing that Yahweh spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning you in Kadesh-barnea.
- Joshua 14:7 דָּבָ֔ר n c ms Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of Yahweh sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in my heart.
- Joshua 14:10 הַ/דָּבָ֤ר ptcl def.art + n c ms Now, behold, Yahweh has kept me alive, as he spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that Yahweh spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness: and now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old.
- Joshua 20:4 דְּבָרָ֑י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms He shall flee to one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city; and they shall take him into the city to them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
- Joshua 21:45 דָּבָ֔ר הַ/דָּבָ֣ר n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms There failed not anything of any good thing which Yahweh had spoken to the house of Israel; all came to pass.
- Joshua 22:24 מִ/דָּבָ֔ר prep + n c ms and if we have not [rather] out of carefulness done this, [and] of purpose, saying, In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, What have you to do with Yahweh, the God of Israel?
- Joshua 22:30 הַ֨/דְּבָרִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp When Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them well.
- Joshua 22:32 דָּבָֽר n c ms Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.
- Joshua 22:33 הַ/דָּבָ֗ר ptcl def.art + n c ms The thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spoke no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land in which the children of Reuben and the children of Gad lived.
- Joshua 23:14 דָּבָ֨ר הַ/דְּבָרִ֣ים דָּבָ֥ר n c ms ptcl def.art + n c mp n c ms Behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Yahweh your God spoke concerning you; all are happen to you, not one thing has failed of it.
- Joshua 23:15 הַ/דָּבָ֣ר הַ/דָּבָ֣ר ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms It shall happen, that as all the good things are come on you of which Yahweh your God spoke to you, so will Yahweh bring on you all the evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you.
- Joshua 24:26 הַ/דְּבָרִ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh.
- Joshua 24:29 הַ/דְּבָרִ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c mp It happened after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred ten years old.
Judges 23 verses
- Judges 2:4 הַ/דְּבָרִ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c mp It happened, when the angel of Yahweh spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
- Judges 3:19 דְּבַר n c ms cs But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand to you, king. He said, Keep silence. All who stood by him went out from him.
- Judges 3:20 דְּבַר n c ms cs Ehud came to him; and he was sitting by himself alone in the cool upper room. Ehud said, I have a message from God to you. He arose out of his seat.
- Judges 6:29 הַ/דָּבָ֣ר הַ/דָּבָ֥ר ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms They said one to another, Who has done this thing? When they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing.
- Judges 8:1 הַ/דָּבָ֤ר ptcl def.art + n c ms The men of Ephraim said to him, Why have you served us thus, that you didn't call us, when you went to fight with Midian? They did chide with him sharply.
- Judges 8:3 הַ/דָּבָ֥ר ptcl def.art + n c ms God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
- Judges 9:3 הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp His mother's brothers spoke of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
- Judges 9:30 דִּבְרֵ֖י n c mp cs When Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
- Judges 11:10 כִ/דְבָרְ/ךָ֖ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Yahweh shall be witness between us; surely according to your word so will we do.
- Judges 11:11 דְּבָרָ֛י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them: and Jephthah spoke all his words before Yahweh in Mizpah.
- Judges 11:28 דִּבְרֵ֣י n c mp cs However the king of the children of Ammon didn't listen to the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
- Judges 11:37 הַ/דָּבָ֣ר ptcl def.art + n c ms She said to her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.
- Judges 13:12 דְבָרֶ֑י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Manoah said, Now let your words happen: what shall be the ordering of the child, and [how] shall we do to him?
- Judges 13:17 דברי/ך דְבָרְ/ךָ֖ n c mp cs + pron pers 2ms n c ms cs + pron pers 2ms Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, What is your name, that when your words happen, we may honor you?
- Judges 16:16 בִ/דְבָרֶ֛י/הָ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3fs It happened, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed to death.
- Judges 18:7 דָּבָ֤ר וְ/דָבָ֥ר n c ms conj + n c ms Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people who were therein, how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land, possessing authority, that might put [them] to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with any man.
- Judges 18:10 דָּבָ֖ר n c ms When you go, you shall come to a people secure, and the land is large; for God has given it into your hand, a place where there is no want of anything that is in the earth.
- Judges 18:28 וְ/דָבָ֤ר conj + n c ms There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with any man; and it was in the valley that lies by Beth Rehob. They built the city, and lived therein.
- Judges 19:19 דָּבָֽר n c ms Yet there is both straw and provender for our donkeys; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for your handmaid, and for the young man who is with your servants: there is no want of anything.
- Judges 19:24 דְּבַ֖ר n c ms cs Behold, here is my daughter a virgin, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble you them, and do with them what seems good to you: but to this man don't do any such folly.
- Judges 20:7 דָּבָ֥ר n c ms Behold, you children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel.
- Judges 20:9 הַ/דָּבָ֔ר ptcl def.art + n c ms But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: [we will go up] against it by lot;
- Judges 21:11 הַ/דָּבָ֖ר ptcl def.art + n c ms This is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has lain by man.
Ruth 2 verses
- Ruth 3:18 דָּבָ֑ר הַ/דָּבָ֖ר n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms Then said she, "Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest, until he has finished the thing this day."
- Ruth 4:7 דָּבָ֔ר n c ms 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.
1 Samuel 68 verses
- 1 Samuel 1:23 דְּבָר֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Elkanah her husband said to her, Do what seems you good; wait until you have weaned him; only Yahweh establish his word. So the woman waited and nursed her son, until she weaned him.
- 1 Samuel 2:23 כַּ/דְּבָרִ֣ים דִּבְרֵי/כֶ֣ם prep det + n c mp n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp He said to them, Why do you such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.
- 1 Samuel 3:1 וּ/דְבַר conj + n c ms cs The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. The word of Yahweh was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.
- 1 Samuel 3:7 דְּבַר n c ms cs Now Samuel didn't yet know Yahweh, neither was the word of Yahweh yet revealed to him.
- 1 Samuel 3:11 דָבָ֖ר n c ms Yahweh said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of everyone who hears it shall tingle.
- 1 Samuel 3:17 הַ/דָּבָר֙ דָּבָ֔ר הַ/דָּבָ֖ר ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms He said, "What is the thing that [Yahweh] has spoken to you? Please don't hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that he spoke to you."
- 1 Samuel 3:18 הַ/דְּבָרִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. He said, It is Yahweh: let him do what seems him good.
- 1 Samuel 3:19 דְּבָרָ֖י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Samuel grew, and Yahweh was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
- 1 Samuel 3:21 בִּ/דְבַ֥ר prep + n c ms cs Yahweh appeared again in Shiloh; for Yahweh revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 4:1 דְבַר n c ms cs The word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.
- 1 Samuel 4:16 הַ/דָּבָ֖ר ptcl def.art + n c ms The man said to Eli, I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army. He said, How went the matter, my son?
- 1 Samuel 8:6 הַ/דָּבָר֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. Samuel prayed to Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 8:10 דִּבְרֵ֣י n c mp cs Samuel told all the words of Yahweh to the people who asked of him a king.
- 1 Samuel 8:21 דִּבְרֵ֣י n c mp cs Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 9:10 דְּבָרְ/ךָ֖ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went to the city where the man of God was.
- 1 Samuel 9:21 כַּ/דָּבָ֖ר prep det + n c ms Saul answered, Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? why then speak you to me after this manner?
- 1 Samuel 9:27 דְּבַ֥ר n c ms cs 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 you still first, that I may cause you to hear the word of God.
- 1 Samuel 10:2 דִּבְרֵ֣י n c mp cs When you are departed from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel's tomb, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will tell you, The donkeys which you went to seek are found; and, behold, your father has left off caring for the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
- 1 Samuel 10:16 דְּבַ֤ר n c ms cs Saul said to his uncle, He told us plainly that the donkeys were found. But concerning the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel spoke, he didn't tell him.
- 1 Samuel 11:4 הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
- 1 Samuel 11:5 דִּבְרֵ֖י n c mp cs Behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, What ails the people that they weep? They told him the words of the men of Jabesh.
- 1 Samuel 11:6 הַ/דְּבָרִ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c mp The Spirit of God came mightily on Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly.
- 1 Samuel 12:16 הַ/דָּבָ֥ר ptcl def.art + n c ms Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which Yahweh will do before your eyes.
- 1 Samuel 14:12 דָּבָ֑ר n c ms The men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armor bearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a thing. Jonathan said to his armor bearer, Come up after me; for Yahweh has delivered them into the hand of Israel.
- 1 Samuel 15:1 דִּבְרֵ֥י n c mp cs Samuel said to Saul, Yahweh sent me to anoint you to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore listen you to the voice of the words of Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 15:10 דְּבַר n c ms cs Then came the word of Yahweh to Samuel, saying,
- 1 Samuel 15:11 דְּבָרַ֖/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs It repents me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments. Samuel was angry; and he cried to Yahweh all night.
- 1 Samuel 15:13 דְּבַ֥ר n c ms cs Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, Blessed are you by Yahweh: I have performed the commandment of Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 15:23 דְּבַ֣ר n c ms cs For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected the word of Yahweh, he has also rejected you from being king.
- 1 Samuel 15:24 דְּבָרֶ֑י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of Yahweh, and your words, because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
- 1 Samuel 15:26 דְּבַ֣ר n c ms cs Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of Yahweh, and Yahweh has rejected you from being king over Israel.
- 1 Samuel 16:18 דָּבָ֖ר n c ms Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Yahweh is with him.
- 1 Samuel 17:11 דִּבְרֵ֥י n c mp cs When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
- 1 Samuel 17:23 כַּ/דְּבָרִ֣ים prep det + n c mp As he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words: and David heard them.
- 1 Samuel 17:27 כַּ/דָּבָ֥ר prep det + n c ms The people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man who kills him.
- 1 Samuel 17:29 דָּבָ֥ר n c ms David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
- 1 Samuel 17:30 כַּ/דָּבָ֣ר דָּבָ֔ר כַּ/דָּבָ֖ר prep det + n c ms n c ms prep det + n c ms He turned away from him toward another, and spoke after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.
- 1 Samuel 17:31 הַ/דְּבָרִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.
- 1 Samuel 18:8 הַ/דָּבָ֣ר ptcl def.art + n c ms Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
- 1 Samuel 18:20 הַ/דָּבָ֖ר ptcl def.art + n c ms Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
- 1 Samuel 18:23 הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, Seems it to you a light thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
- 1 Samuel 18:24 כַּ/דְּבָרִ֥ים prep det + n c mp The servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David.
- 1 Samuel 18:26 הַ/דְּבָרִ֣ים הַ/דָּבָר֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c ms When his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law. The days were not expired;
- 1 Samuel 19:7 הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as before.
- 1 Samuel 20:2 דָּבָ֣ר דָּבָ֣ר הַ/דָּבָ֥ר n c ms n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms He said to him, "Far from it; you shall not die: behold, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it to me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so."
- 1 Samuel 20:21 דָּבָ֖ר n c ms Behold, I will send the boy, [saying], Go, find the arrows. If I tell the boy, Behold, the arrows are on this side of you; take them, and come; for there is peace to you and no hurt, as Yahweh lives.
- 1 Samuel 20:23 וְ/הַ֨/דָּבָ֔ר conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms As touching the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold, Yahweh is between you and me forever.
- 1 Samuel 20:39 הַ/דָּבָֽר ptcl def.art + n c ms But the boy didn't know anything: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
- 1 Samuel 21:2 דָבָר֒ הַ/דָּבָ֛ר n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me a business, and has said to me, Let no man know anything of the business about which I send you, and what I have commanded you: and I have appointed the young men to such and such a place.
- 1 Samuel 21:8 דְבַר n c ms cs David said to Ahimelech, Isn't there here under your hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.
- 1 Samuel 21:12 הַ/דְּבָרִ֥ים ptcl def.art + n c mp David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
- 1 Samuel 22:15 דָבָר֙ דָּבָ֥ר n c ms n c ms Have I today begun to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: don't let the king impute anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for your servant knows nothing of all this, less or more.
- 1 Samuel 24:6 הַ/דָּבָ֨ר ptcl def.art + n c ms He said to his men, Yahweh forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, Yahweh's anointed, to put forth my hand against him, seeing he is Yahweh's anointed.
- 1 Samuel 24:7 בַּ/דְּבָרִ֔ים prep det + n c mp So David checked his men with these words, and didn't allow them to rise against Saul. Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.
- 1 Samuel 24:9 דִּבְרֵ֥י n c mp cs David said to Saul, Why listen you to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeks your hurt?
- 1 Samuel 24:16 הַ/דְּבָרִ֤ים ptcl def.art + n c mp It came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, Is this your voice, my son David? Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
- 1 Samuel 25:9 הַ/דְּבָרִ֥ים ptcl def.art + n c mp When David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
- 1 Samuel 25:12 הַ/דְּבָרִ֥ים ptcl def.art + n c mp So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.
- 1 Samuel 25:24 דִּבְרֵ֥י n c mp cs She fell at his feet, and said, On me, my lord, on me be the iniquity; and please let your handmaid speak in your ears. Hear the words of your handmaid.
- 1 Samuel 25:36 דָּבָ֥ר n c ms Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
- 1 Samuel 25:37 הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp It happened in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
- 1 Samuel 26:16 הַ/דָּבָ֣ר ptcl def.art + n c ms This thing isn't good that you have done. As Yahweh lives, you are worthy to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, Yahweh's anointed. Now see where the king's spear is, and the jar of water that was at his head.
- 1 Samuel 26:19 דִּבְרֵ֣י n c mp cs Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it be Yahweh that has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering: but if it be the children of men, cursed be they before Yahweh: for they have driven me out this day that I shouldn't cling to Yahweh's inheritance, saying, Go, serve other gods.
- 1 Samuel 28:10 בַּ/דָּבָ֥ר prep det + n c ms Saul swore to her by Yahweh, saying, As Yahweh lives, there shall no punishment happen to you for this thing.
- 1 Samuel 28:18 הַ/דָּבָ֣ר ptcl def.art + n c ms Because you didn't obey the voice of Yahweh, and didn't execute his fierce wrath on Amalek, therefore has Yahweh done this thing to you this day.
- 1 Samuel 28:20 מִ/דִּבְרֵ֣י prep + n c mp cs Then Saul fell immediately his full length on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
- 1 Samuel 28:21 דְּבָרֶ֔י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms The woman came to Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said to him, Behold, your handmaid has listened to your voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have listened to your words which you spoke to me.
- 1 Samuel 30:24 לַ/דָּבָ֖ר prep det + n c ms Who will listen to you in this matter? for as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who tarries by the baggage: they shall share alike.
2 Samuel 62 verses
- 2 Samuel 1:4 הַ/דָּבָ֖ר ptcl def.art + n c ms David said to him, How went the matter? Please tell me. He answered, The people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.
- 2 Samuel 2:6 הַ/דָּבָ֥ר ptcl def.art + n c ms Now Yahweh show loving kindness and truth to you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because you have done this thing.
- 2 Samuel 3:8 דִּבְרֵ֣י n c mp cs Then was Abner very angry for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head that belongs to Judah? This day do I show kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David; and yet you charge me this day with a fault concerning this woman.
- 2 Samuel 3:11 דָּבָ֑ר n c ms He could not answer Abner another word, because he feared him.
- 2 Samuel 3:13 דָּבָ֣ר n c ms He said, Well; I will make a league with you; but one thing I require of you: that is, you shall not see my face, except you first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when you come to see my face.
- 2 Samuel 3:17 וּ/דְבַר conj + n c ms cs Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, In times past you sought for David to be king over you:
- 2 Samuel 7:4 דְּבַר n c ms cs It happened the same night, that the word of Yahweh came to Nathan, saying,
- 2 Samuel 7:7 הֲ/דָבָ֣ר ptcl inter + n c ms In all places in which I have walked with all the children of Israel, spoke I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Israel, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar?
- 2 Samuel 7:17 הַ/דְּבָרִ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c mp According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David.
- 2 Samuel 7:21 דְּבָֽרְ/ךָ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, have you worked all this greatness, to make your servant know it.
- 2 Samuel 7:25 הַ/דָּבָ֗ר ptcl def.art + n c ms Now, Yahweh God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, confirm you it forever, and do as you have spoken.
- 2 Samuel 7:28 וּ/דְבָרֶ֖י/ךָ conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Now, O Lord Yahweh, you are God, and your words are truth, and you have promised this good thing to your servant:
- 2 Samuel 11:11 הַ/דָּבָ֥ר ptcl def.art + n c ms Uriah said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in booths; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open field; shall I then go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.
- 2 Samuel 11:18 דִּבְרֵ֖י n c mp cs Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
- 2 Samuel 11:19 דִּבְרֵ֥י n c mp cs and he charged the messenger, saying, "When you have made an end of telling all the things concerning the war to the king,
- 2 Samuel 11:25 הַ/דָּבָ֣ר ptcl def.art + n c ms Then David said to the messenger, Thus shall you tell Joab, Don't let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another; make your battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage you him.
- 2 Samuel 11:27 הַ/דָּבָ֛ר ptcl def.art + n c ms When the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased Yahweh.
- 2 Samuel 12:6 הַ/דָּבָ֣ר ptcl def.art + n c ms He shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity!"
- 2 Samuel 12:9 דְּבַ֣ר n c ms cs Why have you despised the word of Yahweh, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
- 2 Samuel 12:12 הַ/דָּבָ֣ר ptcl def.art + n c ms For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.'"
- 2 Samuel 12:14 בַּ/דָּבָ֖ר prep det + n c ms However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to Yahweh's enemies to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die."
- 2 Samuel 12:21 הַ/דָּבָ֥ר ptcl def.art + n c ms Then said his servants to him, What thing is this that you have done? you did fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, you did rise and eat bread.
- 2 Samuel 13:20 לַ/דָּבָ֣ר prep det + n c ms Absalom her brother said to her, Has Amnon your brother been with you? but now hold your peace, my sister: he is your brother; don't take this thing to heart. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.
- 2 Samuel 13:21 הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp But when king David heard of all these things, he was very angry.
- 2 Samuel 13:22 דְּבַר֙ n c ms cs Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
- 2 Samuel 13:33 דָּבָ֣ר n c ms Now therefore don't let my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead; for Amnon only is dead.
- 2 Samuel 13:35 כִּ/דְבַ֥ר prep + n c ms cs Jonadab said to the king, Behold, the king's sons are come: as your servant said, so it is.
- 2 Samuel 14:3 כַּ/דָּבָ֣ר הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים prep det + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c mp and go in to the king, and speak on this manner to him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
- 2 Samuel 14:12 דָּבָ֑ר n c ms Then the woman said, Please let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king. He said, Say on.
- 2 Samuel 14:13 הַ/דָּבָ֤ר ptcl def.art + n c ms The woman said, Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God? for in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring home again his banished one.
- 2 Samuel 14:15 הַ/דָּבָ֣ר דְּבַ֥ר ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs Now therefore seeing that I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and your handmaid said, I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.
- 2 Samuel 14:17 דְּבַר n c ms cs Then your handmaid said, Please let the word of my lord the king be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: and Yahweh your God be with you.
- 2 Samuel 14:18 דָּבָ֔ר n c ms Then the king answered the woman, Please don't hide anything from me that I shall ask you. The woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
- 2 Samuel 14:19 הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp The king said, Is the hand of Joab with you in all this? The woman answered, As your soul lives, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid;
- 2 Samuel 14:20 הַ/דָּבָ֔ר הַ/דָּבָ֣ר ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms to change the face of the matter has your servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.
- 2 Samuel 14:21 הַ/דָּבָ֣ר ptcl def.art + n c ms The king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom back.
- 2 Samuel 14:22 דְּבַ֥ר n c ms cs Joab fell to the ground on his face, and did obeisance, and blessed the king: and Joab said, Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant.
- 2 Samuel 15:3 דְבָרֶ֖/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Absalom said to him, Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized of the king to hear you.
- 2 Samuel 15:6 כַּ/דָּבָ֤ר prep det + n c ms In this manner Absalom did to all Israel who came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 15:11 דָּבָֽר n c ms With Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, who were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they didn't know anything.
- 2 Samuel 15:28 דָבָ֛ר n c ms Behold, I will stay at the fords of the wilderness, until word comes from you to inform me."
- 2 Samuel 15:35 הַ/דָּבָר֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms Don't you have Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you? therefore it shall be, that whatever thing you shall hear out of the king's house, you shall tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
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At its core, דבר (dâbâr) means “word.” Alongside “word” the lexicon also lists “speech”, “speaking”, and “thing” — part of its full sense range. With 1,290 verses in 34 books, it is one of the most common word in the Hebrew Bible. Debuting at Genesis 11:1, it then recurs through the corpus. Sharing its root, it stands alongside דבר, דבורה and דביר. Dig into 1,290-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
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Modern gloss
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Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current BDB scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown.
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Strong's H1697 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 1,290
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 1,290 distinct verses.
- 34 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 34 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #26
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 26 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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Most concentrated in
- Jeremiah 183 verses 14%
- 1 Kings 100 verses 8%
- Deuteronomy 89 verses 7%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 1,290 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 725 verses · 56%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 328 verses · 25%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 237 verses · 18%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Word 281×, Words 253×, Thing 120×
- American Standard Version: Word 270×, Words 231×, Thing 96×
- Berean Standard Bible: Word 296×, Words 287×, Acts 48×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Word 301×, Words 207×, Word of 154×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H1697 across 1,427 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 220 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 12 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H1697 across 1,424 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 312 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H1697 across 1,239 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 185 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 198 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H1697 across 1,436 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 86 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
31 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
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The 31 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- I. sg. speech, discourse, saying, word, as the sum of that which is spoken:
- 1. of men,
- a. נְבוֹן דָּבָר discreet in speech 1 S 16:18; ד׳ שְׂפָתַיִם speech of lips ψ 59:13, mere talk Is 36:5 (= 2 K 18:20) Pr 14:23 (cf. ψ 17:4 speech of God’s lips); דָּבָר מָר bitter speech ψ 64:4; ד׳ כָּזָב lying speech Pr 30:8; טוֹב דְּבָֽרְךָ thy saying is good 1 S 9:10; וּדְבַר אַבְנֵר הָיָה עִם and the speech of Abner had been with the elders of Israel 2 S 3:17 (cf. 1 K 1:7); †אמר הדבר הזה say this saying Je 23:38; 31:23 cf. 13:12; 14:17 (of God), 1 S 8:10 (דִּבְרֵי י׳). e.g. 1 Samuel 16:18
- b. word of command, ד׳ (הַ)מֶּלֶךְ 1 Ch 21:4, 6 Est 1:12 + 6 times Est, Ec 8:4 cf. 2 Ch 30:5; 31:5 Dn 9:23, 25; †ד׳ מַלְכוּת royal edict Est 1:19; עשׂה כדבר do according to the command of Gn 44:2; 47:30 Ex 8:9, 27; 12:35; 32:28 (J) Lv 10:7 (P) Ju 11:10 Ezr 10:5 Ne 5:12, 13; cf. 2 S 17:6 (word of counsel), 1 K 3:12 (request), 1 K 17:13 (proposal; on these meanings v. infr.) e.g. 1 Chronicles 21:4
- c. message, report, tidings, וַיִּשְׁמַע הָעָם אֶת־הַדָּבָר הָרָע הַזֶּה and the people heard this evil report Ex 33:4 (JE) cf. 1 K 20:12; אמת (היה) הדבר the report was true 1 K 10:6 = 2 Ch 9:5; עַד בּוֹא דָבָר מֵעִמָּכֶם until word come from you 2 S 15:28; ויגע הדבר אל מלך נינוה Jon 3:6; †הֵשִׁיב דָּבָר return or bring word, report Gn 37:14 Nu 13:26; 22:8 (J) Dt 1:22, 25 Jos 14:7; 22:32 (D) 1 K 2:30; 20:9 2 K 22:9, 20 (= 2 Ch 34:16, 28), but answer 1 S 17:30 2 S 3:11; 24:13 (= 1 Ch 21:12), 1 K 12:6, 9 (= 2 Ch 10:6, 9), 12:16 Ne 2:20 Pr 18:13; 27:11 Is 41:28 Ez 9:11 (DrSm p. 190 explains the phrase as turn back with a word); cf. ענה (לא) דבר answer something or nothing 1 K 18:21 2 K 18:36 ψ 119:42 Is 36:21 Je 44:20 vid. IV. 6; השׁיב דברים return words Ex 19:8 (E) Pr 24:26 vid. III. 1. e.g. Exodus 33:4
- d. advice, counsel, בדבר בלעם by advice of Balaam Nu 31:16 (P), cf. Ju 20:7 2 S 19:44 Est 5:5. e.g. Numbers 31:16
- e. request, אמתו of his maid, עבדו of his servant 2 S 14:15, 22. e.g. 2 Samuel 14:15
- f. promise, לא יחל דברו he shall not break his word Nu 30:3 (P), cf. הקים דבר perform a promise Ne 5:13, vid. also 2 b. e.g. Numbers 30:3
- g. charge, complaint, אם אמת היה הדבר הזה if this charge be true Dt 22:20 cf. 13:15; 17:4, שׂים דבר בְּ 1 S 22:15, שׂים עלילות דברים לְ Dt 22:14, 17. e.g. Deuteronomy 22:20
- h. decision, sentence, דְּבַר דַמִּשְׁפָּט the sentence of judgment Dt 17:9 cf. v 10, 11. e.g. Deuteronomy 17:9
- i. theme, story, רָחַשׁ לִבִּי דָּבָר טוֹב my heart swells with a good theme ψ 45:2; דְּבַר גְּבוּרוֹת the story of his great might Jb 41:4. e.g. Psalms 45:2
- 2. word of God, as a divine communication in the form of commandments, prophecy, and words of help to his people, used 394 times. This word is communicated in several ways:
- a. ויהי דבר י׳ אל then the word of Yahweh came unto 1 S 15:10 2 S 7:4 (cf. אלהים 1 Ch 17:3), 1 K 6:11; 13:20; 16:1; 17:2, 8; 21:17, 28 2 Ch 11:2 (cf. האלהים 1 K 12:22); cf.1 Ch 22:8 (על by confusion), Is 38:4 Je 1:4 + 20 times Je, Ez 3:16 + 41 times Ez, Jon 1:1; 3:1 Hg 2:20 Zc 4:8; 6:9; 7:4, 8; 8:1 (without אל) v 18; †היה ד׳ י׳ אל Gn 15:1 2 Ch 12:7 Je 25:3 + 4 times Je, Ez 1:3 + 7 times Ez, Dn 9:2 Zc 1:1, 7; 7:1; †הנה ד׳ י׳ אל Gn 15:4 1 K 19:9; †ד׳ י׳ היה אל 2 S 24:11 1 K 16:7; 18:1 2 K 20:4 Ez 24:20; †היה ד׳ י׳ ביד Hg 1:1; 2:1, 10; †ויהי ד׳ י׳ ביד Hg 1:3; †ד׳ י׳ אשׁר היה אל Ho 1:1 Jo 1:1 Mi 1:1 Zp 1:1; †אשׁר היה ד׳ י׳ אליו 1 K 18:31 Je 1:2; †אשׁר היה ד׳ י׳ אל יר׳ Je 14:1; 46:1; 47:1; 49:34 (vid. אשׁר 6 a; הדבר אשׁר היה אל Je 7:1 + 11 times Je; †את ד׳ י׳ 2 K 3:12 Je 23:28; 27:18; cf. אֵלַי דָּבָר יְגֻנָּב unto me a word was brought by stealth Jb 4:12, cf. וְטֶרֶם יִגָּלֶה אֵלָיו דְּבַר י׳ and the word of Yahweh was not yet revealed unto him 1 S 3:7. Yahweh also sends his word שׁלח ψ 107:20; 147:18 Is 9:7 Je 42:5 (cf. pl. Zc 7:12) and makes it an object of vision ראה Je 2:31; 38:21 (cf. pl. Ez 11:25), חזה Is 2:1; it is also commanded צוה Ex 16:16, 32; 35:4 Lv 8:5; 9:6; 17:2 Nu 30:2; 36:6 (P) Dt 4:2; 13:1; 15:15 Jos 1:13; 4:10 (D) 1 Ch 16:15 (= ψ 105:8) Ne 1:8 Je 7:23, cf. הדברים אשׁר צוה Ex 35:1 Lv 8:36 (P) Ex 19:7 (E) Dt 6:6. e.g. 1 Samuel 15:10
- b. Yahweh confirms his word of promise Dt 9:5 1 S 1:23 (where read דְּבָרֵךְ thy word according to 𝔊 𝔖 & Dr), 1 K 2:4; 6:12; 8:20 Je 29:10; 33:14, and his word of warning 1 K 12:15 Dn 9:12; his word stands for ever Is 40:8; it is settled for ever in heaven ψ 119:89; he remembers his holy word דבר קדשׁו ψ 105:42 (cf. דִּבְרֵי קָדְשׁוֹ Je 23:9); he himself Jo 2:11, the angels ψ 103:20, and forces of nature ψ 148:8 עשׂה דברו do his word of command; by his word the heavens were made ψ 33:6; it is near his people, in their mouth and heart Dt 30:14; a lamp to their feet ψ 119:105. e.g. Deuteronomy 9:5
- 1. of men,
- II. saying, utterance, sentence, as a section of a discourse:—
- a. דָּבָר בְּעִתּוֹ a word in due season Pr 15:23 cf. Jb 4:2 Pr 12:25; commonly in plural, †דִּבְרֵי (הַ)שִּׁירָ(ה) words of the song (i.e. its lines of poetry) Dt 31:30; 32:44 ψ 18·1 (= 2 S 22:1) 137:3; הלל בדברי דויד to sing praises with the words of David (his psalms) 2 Ch 29:30; דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים sentences of the wise Pr 1:6; 22:17 Ec 9:17; 12:11; these sayings are commonly written, cf. דברי האגרת words of the letter Est 9:26; הדברים עתיקים the records are ancient 1 Ch 4:22; דִּבְרֵי (ה)סֵפֶר Is 29:11, 18 Je 29:1. e.g. Proverbs 15:23
- b. title of writings: דִּבְרֵי קֹהֶלֶת Ec 1:1, ד׳ אגור Pr 30:1, ד׳ למואל Pr 31:1, ד׳ ירמיהו Je 1:1, so Am 1:1 Ne 1:1; cf. in appended phrase or clause, Je 51:64, ד׳ איוב Jb 31:40. e.g. Ecclesiastes 1:1
- c. in Ch name of a work: ד׳ החזים 2 Ch 33:18, 19, בד׳ שׁמעיה 2 Ch 12:15, בד׳ יהוא 2 Ch 20:34, על ד׳ שׁמואל 1 Ch 29:29; על ד׳ נתן 1 Ch 29:29 2 Ch 9:29, על ד׳ גד 1 Ch 29:29. (It is not certain whether writings of prophets or histories about them are referred to; in the latter case they are acts, IV. 2, vid. DrIntr. 497.) e.g. 2 Chronicles 33:18
- 2. of God: עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים the ten words (sentences in the tables) Ex 34:28 (JE) Dt 4:13; 10:4, referred to as הדברים Ex 34:1 (JE) Dt 4:10, 36; 5:19; 9:10; 10:2; of commands of covenant code Ex 24:3, 4, 8 cf. 34:27 (JE); of Deuteronomic code Dt 17:19 (+ 16 times D) 2 K 22:11; 23:3–24 (cf. 2 Ch 34:19–31) Je 11:2–8; 34:18; the lawbook of joshua Jos 24:26 (E); of the code of Ezra Ezr 7:11; 9:4 Ne 8:9, 13; the words of Yahweh written by Jeremiah Je 25:13; 36:4–32; 51:61; the words of the book of Daniel Dn 12:4; 9 commands in general 1 S 15:11 ψ 50:17; 119:57, 130, 139; promises 2 S 7:28 Ne 9:8, cf. 1 Ch 25:5 2 Ch 36:16. e.g. Exodus 34:28
- III. a word, words:—
- 1. of men: שָׂפָה אֶחָ֑ת וּדְבָרִים אֲחָדִים one lip, and one and the same words Gn 11:1 (J); אֵין אֹמֶר וְאֵין דְּבָרִים no speech and no words ψ 19:4; אִישׁ דְּבָרִים man of words, ready in speech, Ex 4:10 (J); רב דברים multitude of words Jb 11:2 Pr 10:19 Ec 5:2; קְחוּ עִמָּכֶם דְּבָרִים take with you words Ho 14:3; דבר(י) (ה)שׁקר lying word(s) Ex 5:9; 23:7 (E) Pr 13:5; 29:12 Is 59:13 Je 7:4, 8; דִּבְרֵי רוּחַ words of wind, vain words Jb 16:3; וּמַה־שֶּׁמֶץ דָּבָר נִשְׁמַע־בּוֹ and what a whisper of a word we hear of him! Jb 26:14. e.g. Genesis 11:1
- 2. of God. It is difficult to determine how many of the following should come under II. 2. The pl. for words of God is relatively seldom: Gn 20:8 Ex 19:6 Nu 12:6 Jos 3:9 (E) Ex 4:28, 30 Nu 11:24 (J) Dt 18:19 Jos 23:14 (D) 1 S 3:18; 8:10; 15:1 2 Ch 11:4 Jb 42:7 Pr 30:6 Is 31:2 Dn 10:11 Am 8:11 Mi 2:7, apart from Je 3:12 + 30 times Je, Ez 2:7 + 4 times Ez, Zc 1:6 + 4 times Zc. e.g. Genesis 20:8
- IV. matter, affair, thing about which one speaks:—
- 1. business, occupation: דְּבַר הַמֶּלֶךְ king’s business 1 S 21:9; לְכָל־דְּבַר for every matter of 1 Ch 26:32; 27:1 2 Ch 19:11; לְכָל־דְּבָרֶיךָ for all thine affairs 1 Ch 28:21; דבר המזבח Nu 18:7; דָּבָר אֵין־לָהֶם עִם they had no dealings with Ju 18:7, 28; †דְּבַר־יוֹם בְּיוֹמוֹ the task or portion of a day in its day, daily duty or due Ex 5:13, 19 (E) 16:4 (J) Lv 23:37 (P) 1 K 8:59 2 K 25:30 1 Ch 16:37 2 Ch 8:13 (ביום) v 14 31:16 Ezr 3:4 Ne 11:23; 12:47 Je 52:34 Dn 1:5; †דבר שׁנה בשׁנה 1 K 10:25 2 Ch 9:24. e.g. 1 Samuel 21:9
- 2. pl. acts cstr. דִּבְרֵי 1 K 11:41(×2) 1 Ch 29:29 2 Ch 12:15; 16:11; †דְּבָרָיו his acts 2 Ch 13:22; 35:27; especially in phrases, וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי … עַל־סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים and the rest of the acts of … in the book of the chronicles (daily record of events) of 1 K 14:29 + 32: times K.; וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי 2 Ch 13:22 + 8 times Ch, וְיֶתֶר דְּבָרָיו 2 Ch 28:26, שְׁאָר דִּבְרֵי 2 Ch 9:29 are referred to various sources; cf. also במספר דברי הימים 1 Ch 27:24, בדברי דויד 1 Ch 23:27, על־דברי מלכי ישׂראל 2 Ch 33:18: דברים טובים good deeds 2 Ch 12:12; 19:3; דִּבְרֵי עֲוֹנֹת acts of iniquity ψ 65:4 (De, Fälle von Missethaten); דִּבְרֵי־רָע evil deeds Je 5:28. It is used of God, only in כל דבריו לא יענה Jb 33:13, ד׳ אֹתוֹתָיו ψ 105:27, ד׳ נִפְלְאֹתֶיךָ ψ 145:5. e.g. 1 Kings 11:41
- 3. matter, affair: דבר אוריה affair of Uriah 1 K 15:5; שׁרשׁ דבר root of the matter Jb 19:28; מה היה הדבר how went the matter? 1 S 4:16 2 S 1:4 cf. Ru 3:18; סבב את פני הדבר change the face of the matter 2 S 14:20; דִּבְרֵי הָאֲתֹנוֹת the matter of the asses 1 S 10:2; זה דבר הרצח this is the case of the slayer Dt 19:4; לְכָל־דְּבָרָיו 1 K 6:38 as to all its particulars; Pr 13:13; 16:20. e.g. 1 Kings 15:5
- 4. events, things: †אחר הדברים האלה after these things (events in time) Gn 15:1; 22:1; 40:1 (E) 39:7 (J) 1 K 17:17; 21:1 Ezr 7:1 Est 2:1; 3:1; †אחרי הדברים האלה Gn 48:1 Jos 24:29 (E) Gn 22:20 (J) 2 Ch 32:1. e.g. Genesis 15:1
- 5. cause, case for judicial investigation: כִּי־יִהְיֶה לָהֶם דָּבָר if they have a case Ex 18:16 cf. 18:22; 22:8; בעל דברים one having a case Ex 24:14, cf. בדבר משׁפט 2 Ch 19:6; דְּבָרֶיךָ טוֹבִים וּנְכֹחִים pleas, good and right 2 S 15:3 cf. Jos 20:4. e.g. Exodus 18:16
- 6. something, anything (indefinite): עשׂה דבר do a thing Gn 22:16 + (frequent); עשׂה דברים Is 42:16 + (less frequent); היפלא מי׳ דבר Gn 18:14 cf. Je 32:17, 27; לא … דבר nothing 1 K 5:7; 10:3 Is 39:2 Je 42:4 + (frequent), אין דבר Ex 5:11 (E) Nu 20:19 1 S 20:21; לא דבר מ׳ nothing of Ex 9:4 (J) Jos 8:35; 11:15; 21:45; 23:14 (D); כל דבר anything Nu 31:23 Dt 23:20 +; דבר רע ψ 141:4 +; ד׳ טוב 1 K 14:13 +; דְּבַר־מָה whatsoever Nu 23:3 (E); עֶרְוַת דבר Dt 23:15 nakedness of a thing, i.e. unclean or unseemly thing (indecency in camp); so of a wife 24:1. e.g. Genesis 22:16
- 7. way, manner: זֶה דְּבַר הַשְּׁמִטָּה this is the manner of the release Dt 15:2 (cf. SI1); כֵּן דְּבַר הַמֶּלֶךְ so was the way of the king Est 1:13; כדבר הזה after this manner, thus †Gn 18:25; 32:20; 44:7 (JE) 2 S 15:6 Ezr 10:5 Ne 5:12, 13 with (עשׂה), 1 S 9:21 2 S 14:3; 17:6 (דבר), 1 S 17:27, 30 Is 8:20 (אמר), Ne 6:4, 5 (שׁלח), Ne 6:4 (השׁיב) cf. 1 S 17:30, 2 K 7:19 (היה); (peculiar to D, כדבר הרע הזה such a wicked deed as this Dt 13:12; 19:20, כדבר הגדול הזה Dt 4:32); כדברים האלה עשׂה thus and thus did he Gn 39:19 (J) 1 S 2:23 (but usually the pl. = these words). e.g. Deuteronomy 15:2
- 8. reason, cause: זֶה דְבַר־הַמַּס 1 K 9:15; זה הדבר אשׁר this is the reason why Jos 5:4 (D) 1 K 11:27; so 1 S 17:29 AV RV, was it not but a word? Th Ke RVm VB Dr; … עַל דְּבַר, עַל־דִּבְרֵי for the sake of, in reference to, v. KöExpositor, Aug. 1902, 142–148; and add for עַל־דְּבַר Nu 25:18(×3); 31:16 2 S 18:5, and for עַל־דִּבְרֵי Je 7:22 2 K 22:13 = 2 Ch 34:21a, and perhaps ψ 7:1. because of, for the sake of Gn 20:11, 18 (E) 12:17; 43:18 Ex 8:8 (J) Nu 17:14 (P) ψ 45:5; 79:9, עַל דִּבְרֵי Je 14:1; עַל־דִּבְרֵיכֶם for your sakes Dt 4:21, עַל דְּבַר אשׁר Dt 22:24(×2); 23:5 2 S 13:22.. Oldest tradition (Jerome) seems to waver between דָּג fish and דָּגָן grain, as explan. of דָּגוֹן, v. בית ד׳. e.g. 1 Kings 9:15
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.m. speech, word—Gn 18:14 + 446 times; cstr. דְּבַר Gn 12:17 + 361 times; sf. דְּבָרִי Nu 11:23 + (sfs. 66 times); sg. in all 875 times; pl. דְּבָרִים Ex 4:10 + 182 times; cstr. דִּבְרֵי Gn 24:30 + 253 times; sf. דְּבָרָיו Gn 37:8 (sfs. 127 times); pl. in all 564 times;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from דבר (dâbar) (H1696) — to speak.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
דָּבַר
- (b. h.) to join, arrange, lead (the flock); v. next w.
- (b. h.) to converse, speak. Ber. 31ᵇ, a. fr. דִּבְּרָה תורה כלשון ב"א the Torah speaks according to the language of men, i.e. uses metaphors and phrases adapted to human understanding. Sot. 12ᵇ שעתיד לְדַבֵּר וכ׳ destined to speak to Divinity. Ter. I, 2 חרש שדִּבְּרוּ … מְדַבֵּר wherever the scholars use the word ḥērēsh, they mean one who neither hears nor talks. Mekh. Bo 7, end, a. fr. או אינו מְדַבֵּר אלא ב־ or does perhaps the text speak only of—? [מְדַבֵּר as a noun, v. s. v.].
- to hold communion, converse. Mekh. Bo, introd. לא נ׳ עמו וכ׳ the Lord did not hold communion with him outside the capital of Egypt. Ib. fr.
- , same, esp. part. f. מִדַּבֶּרֶת being on terms of intimacy with a man. Keth. I, 8 ראוה מד׳ עם אחד (omit בשוק); expl. ib. 13ᵃ. Ib. VII, 6 מד׳ עם כל אדם she is intimate with everybody. Ib. לכשהיא מד׳ בתוך ביתה וכ׳ when her neighbors can hear her voice in moments of intimacy with her husband.
- to make submissive, persuade, v. דִּיבּוּר. Macc. 11ᵃ דִבֵּר לחוד יַדְבֵּר לחוד the Piel dibber has one meaning (speaking harshly), and the Hif. yadber another.
דְּבַר
- 1. to seize, take, lead, drive. Targ. Gen. XIX, 15; a. fr. (h. לקח).—Ib. XXXI, 18; a. fr. (h. נהג).
- 2. to conduct one’s self (cmp. נָהַג). Erub. 14ᵇ, a. e. פוק חזי מאי עמא ד׳ go out and see how the people conduct themselves (what the religious usage is). Koh. R. to IX, 10, v. כְּלוּם.
- 1. to lead, drive. Targ. O. Ex. III, 1 ed. Berl. (ed. דְּבַר). Ib. XIV, 21 (ed. דְּבַר, h. text ויולך). Targ. Ez. XVI, 12; a. e.—Keth. 62ᵇ sq. עד כמה קא מְדַבְּרַת אלמנות חיים how long yet wilt thou lead a life of living widowhood (separation from a living husband)?
- 2. to carry off. Targ. Ezek. XXXIII, 6; a. e.
- to take, lead. Targ. Is. XIV, 2; a. fr.—Bets. 21ᵇ אַדְבְּרֵיה וכ׳ took him out on a walk; ib. 29ᵃ. Y. Yeb. XIII, 13ᶜ bot. מַדְבְּרוּן לה גבר they introduce to her a suitor.
- 1. to be seized, taken away. Targ. Prov. XXIV, 11. Targ. Ez. XXXIII, 6. Targ. II Kings II, 9 sq.; a. e.
- 2. to conduct one’s self. Targ. Gen. XXXIII, 14 אֵידַבַּר ed. Berl. (h. text אתנהלה).
דָּבָר
- preced.)
- 1. word, utterance, command (cmp. דִּיבּוּר). B. Bath. 56ᵇ (ref. to Deut. XIX, 15) ד׳ ולא חצי ד׳ a statement (testimony) but not a partial statement. Mekh. Bo, introd. היה הד׳ לאהרן (Tanḥ. ib. 5 דבור) the word of the Lord came to &c.; a. fr.—דְּבַר תורה according to the Biblical law. Erub. 81; a. fr.—Pl. דְּבָרִים, constr. דִּבְרֵי. ד׳ תורה Biblical laws; ד׳ סופרים Rabbinical laws. Ib. Yeb. IX, 3; a. fr.—ד׳ קבלה prophetic exhortations or incidental utterances in other Biblical books than the Pentateuch. Ḥag. 10ᵇ; Nidd. 23ᵃ; a. e.—B. Mets. 49ᵃ; Bekh. 13ᵇ ד׳ יש בהם משום מחוסרי אמנה to word of mouth the rules concerning the faithless are applied, i.e. a verbal agreement is morally binding. B. Mets. 48ᵃ הנושא ונותן בד׳ וכ׳ he who contracts verbally has no legal claim. Ib. ד׳ ואיכא … קאי באבל he who retracts a verbal transaction with which a payment of money was connected, comes under the category of those against whom the words ‘but the scholars declared’ (ib. IV, 2) has been pronounced.—דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים the Book of Chronicles. Lev. R. s. 1. B. Bath. 14ᵇ.—דָּבָר אַחֵר (abbrev. ד"א) another interpretation (is this). Gen. R. s. 1, beg.; a. fr.—2) thing, affair, object, occurrence &c. Sot. 28ᵇ ד׳ שיש בו דעת לישאל an object which has sense to ask, i.e. a rational being, opp. ד׳ שאין וכ׳ dumb creatures &c.—Num. R. s. 11 ד׳ שבינך לבינו that which concerns only thy relation to God; v. בֵּין.—ד׳ שבממון a monetary affair. B. Mets. 94ᵃ; a. fr.—ד׳ הלמד מענינו a thing (law) derived from the context on the very subject. Sifra, introd.; a. fr.—ד׳ אחר (abbr. ד"א) something not to be named, a) idolatry. Men. XIII, 10 ואין צריך לומר לד"א much less priests who have been offering to idols; a. fr.—b) swine. Ber. 43ᵇ (prov.) תלה ליה קורא לד"א וכ׳ hang a palm shoot around the swine and it will follow its habits (of wallowing in the mud). Sabb. 129ᵃ sq.; a. e.—c) leprosy Ib. אי פגע בד"א קשה לד"א if he meets a swine (after blood letting), he is in danger of becoming a leper.—d) unchaste conduct, sexual intercourse, sodomy &c. Ib. 17ᵇ על בנותיהן משום ד"א ועל ד"א משום ד"א they forbade connection with their daughters on account of idolatry, and decreed something else (that a gentile child should be unclean as though afflicted with gonorrhœa) on account of sodomy. Ber. 8ᵇ צנועין בד"א chaste in marital life; a. fr.—Pl. as above.—בעל ד׳ the person to deal with, opponent, party. B. Mets. 14ᵃ לאו ב"ד דידי את I have nothing to do with thee; a. fr.—לא היו ד׳ מעולם there were no such things, I deny it outright. Shebu. 41ᵇ; a. fr.—ד׳ בגב, ד׳ בגו, v. גַּב, גֵּו. e.g. Deuteronomy 19:15
דֶּבֶר
- , esp. Targ. Ez. XXXIII, 6) death, pestilence. Ab. V, 8. Sabb. 33ᵃ; a. fr.—Esp. the plague of pestilence in Egypt. Ex. R. s. 12. Tanḥ. Vaëra 14; a. fr.
דַּבָּר
- (דבר) leader.—Pl. דַּבָּרִין. Snh. 8ᵃ ד׳ אחד וכ׳ a generation must have one leader, but not two.
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Forms in the corpus
The 308 distinct written forms H1697 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 248 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H1697, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- דבורה dᵉbôwrâh H1682 bee
- דביר dᵉbîyr H1687 holy of holies
- דבר deber H1698 pestilence
- דבר dôber H1699 pasture
- דברה dôbᵉrâh H1702 raft
- דברה dabbârâh H1703 word
- מדבר midbâr H4057 wilderness
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Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 12 — not the complete family. 2 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 1,180 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 1,290 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 11:1
- Exodus 1:18
- Leviticus 4:13
- Numbers 11:23
- Deuteronomy 1:1
- Joshua 1:13
- Judges 2:4
- Ruth 3:18
- 1 Samuel 1:23
- 2 Samuel 1:4
- 1 Kings 1:7
- 2 Kings 1:7
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
