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)
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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).
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Esther 13 verses
- Esther 8:5 הַ/דָּבָר֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms She said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces:
- Esther 9:20 הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both near and far,
Job 10 verses
- Job 2:13 דָּבָ֔ר n c ms So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
- Job 4:2 דָבָ֣ר n c ms "If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
- Job 4:12 דָּבָ֣ר n c ms "Now a thing was secretly brought to me, My ear received a whisper of it.
- Job 11:2 דְּ֭בָרִים n c mp "Shouldn't the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?
- Job 15:3 בְּ֭/דָבָר prep + n c ms Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches with which he can do no good?
- Job 15:11 וְ֝/דָבָ֗ר conj + n c ms Are the consolations of God too small for you, Even the word that is gentle toward you?
- Job 19:28 דָּ֝בָ֗ר n c ms If you say, 'How we will persecute him!' Because the root of the matter is found in me,
- Job 26:14 דָּ֭בָר n c ms Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?"
- Job 32:4 בִּ/דְבָרִ֑ים prep + n c mp Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were elder than he.
- Job 42:7 הַ/דְּבָרִ֥ים ptcl def.art + n c mp It was so, that after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.
Psalms 9 verses
- Psalms 19:3 דְּבָרִ֑ים n c mp There is no speech nor language, Where their voice is not heard.
- Psalms 45:1 דָּ֘בָ֤ר n c ms My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.
- Psalms 56:10 דָּבָ֑ר דָּבָֽר n c ms n c ms In God, I will praise his word. In Yahweh, I will praise his word.
- Psalms 64:3 דָּבָ֥ר n c ms Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, And aim their arrows, deadly words,
- Psalms 64:5 דָּ֘בָ֤ר n c ms They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, "Who will see them?"
- Psalms 105:8 דָּבָ֥ר n c ms He has remembered his covenant forever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
- Psalms 119:42 דָבָ֑ר בִּ/דְבָרֶֽ/ךָ n c ms prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, For I trust in your word.
- Psalms 119:49 דָּבָ֥ר n c ms Remember your word to your servant, Because you gave me hope.
- Psalms 141:4 לְ/דָבָ֪ר prep + n c ms Don't incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don't let me eat of their delicacies.
Proverbs 15 verses
- Proverbs 10:19 דְּ֭בָרִים n c mp In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, But he who restrains his lips does wisely.
- Proverbs 11:13 דָבָֽר n c ms One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, But one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.
- Proverbs 12:25 וְ/דָבָ֖ר conj + n c ms Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, But a kind word makes it glad.
- Proverbs 13:13 לְ֭/דָבָר prep + n c ms Whoever despises instruction will pay for it, But he who respects a command will be rewarded.
- Proverbs 14:15 דָּבָ֑ר n c ms A simple man believes everything, But the prudent man carefully considers his ways.
- Proverbs 15:23 וְ/דָבָ֖ר conj + n c ms Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!
- Proverbs 16:20 דָּ֭בָר n c ms He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed.
- Proverbs 17:9 בְ֝/דָבָ֗ר prep + n c ms He who covers an offense promotes love; But he who repeats a matter separates best friends.
- Proverbs 18:13 דָּ֭בָר n c ms He who gives answer before he hears, That is folly and shame to him.
- Proverbs 24:26 דְּבָרִ֥ים n c mp An honest answer Is like a kiss on the lips.
- Proverbs 25:2 דָּבָ֑ר דָּבָֽר n c ms n c ms It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
- Proverbs 25:11 דָּ֝בָ֗ר n c ms A word fitly spoken Is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
- Proverbs 26:6 דְּבָרִ֣ים n c mp One who sends a message by the hand of a fool Is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
- Proverbs 27:11 דָבָֽר n c ms Be wise, my son, And bring joy to my heart, Then I can answer my tormentor.
- Proverbs 29:19 בִּ֭/דְבָרִים prep + n c mp A servant can't be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet he will not respond.
Ecclesiastes 14 verses
- Ecclesiastes 1:8 הַ/דְּבָרִ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c mp All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
- Ecclesiastes 1:10 דָּבָ֛ר n c ms Is there a thing of which it may be said, "Behold, this is new?" It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.
- Ecclesiastes 5:2 דָבָ֖ר דְבָרֶ֖י/ךָ n c ms n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Don't be rash with your mouth, and don't let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.
- Ecclesiastes 5:3 דְּבָרִֽים n c mp For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's speech with a multitude of words.
- Ecclesiastes 5:7 וּ/דְבָרִ֖ים conj + n c mp For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words: but you must fear God.
- Ecclesiastes 6:11 דְּבָרִ֥ים n c mp For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?
- Ecclesiastes 7:8 דָּבָ֖ר n c ms Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
- Ecclesiastes 7:21 הַ/דְּבָרִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp Also don't take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
- Ecclesiastes 8:1 דָּבָ֑ר n c ms Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
- Ecclesiastes 8:3 בְּ/דָבָ֣ר prep + n c ms Don't be hasty to go out of his presence. Don't persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,
- Ecclesiastes 8:5 דָּבָ֣ר n c ms Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.
- Ecclesiastes 10:14 דְבָרִ֑ים n c mp A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn't know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?
- Ecclesiastes 10:20 דָּבָֽר n c ms Don't curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; And don't curse the rich in your bedchamber: For a bird of the sky may carry your voice, And that which has wings may tell the matter.
- Ecclesiastes 12:13 דָּבָ֖ר n c ms This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.
Isaiah 23 verses
- Isaiah 2:1 הַ/דָּבָר֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms This is what Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 8:10 דָבָר֙ n c ms Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
- Isaiah 8:20 כַּ/דָּבָ֣ר prep det + n c ms To the law and to the testimony! if they don't speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
- Isaiah 9:8 דָּבָ֛ר n c ms The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it has lighted on Israel.
- Isaiah 16:13 הַ/דָּבָ֗ר ptcl def.art + n c ms This is the word that Yahweh spoke concerning Moab in time past.
- Isaiah 24:3 הַ/דָּבָ֥ר ptcl def.art + n c ms The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken this word.
- Isaiah 29:21 בְּ/דָבָ֔ר prep + n c ms that make a man an offender in [his] cause, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nothing.
- Isaiah 30:12 בַּ/דָּבָ֣ר prep det + n c ms Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, "Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely thereon;
- Isaiah 30:21 דָבָ֔ר n c ms and your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk you in it; when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left.
- Isaiah 36:12 הַ/דְּבָרִ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c mp But Rabshakeh said, Has my master sent me to your master, and to you, to speak these words? [has he] not [sent me] to the men who sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?
- Isaiah 36:21 דָּבָ֑ר n c ms But they held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Don't answer him.
- Isaiah 37:4 דִּבְרֵ֣י בַּ/דְּבָרִ֔ים n c mp cs prep det + n c mp It may be Yahweh your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.
- Isaiah 37:6 הַ/דְּבָרִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp Isaiah said to them, Thus shall you tell your master, Thus says Yahweh, Don't be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
- Isaiah 37:22 הַ/דָּבָ֔ר ptcl def.art + n c ms this is the word which Yahweh has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
- Isaiah 38:7 הַ/דָּבָ֥ר ptcl def.art + n c ms This shall be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do this thing that he has spoken:
- Isaiah 39:2 דָבָ֗ר n c ms Hezekiah was glad of them, and shown them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah didn't show them.
- Isaiah 39:4 דָבָ֛ר n c ms Then said he, What have they seen in your house? Hezekiah answered, All that is in my house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.
- Isaiah 39:6 דָּבָ֖ר n c ms Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, says Yahweh.
- Isaiah 41:28 דָבָֽר n c ms When I look, there is no man: even among them there is no counselor who, when I ask of them, can answer a word.
- Isaiah 42:16 הַ/דְּבָרִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp I will bring the blind by a way that they don't know; in paths that they don't know will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.
- Isaiah 45:23 דָּבָ֖ר n c ms By myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from my mouth [in] righteousness, and shall not return, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
- Isaiah 50:4 דָּבָ֑ר n c ms The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary: he wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
- Isaiah 58:13 דָּבָֽר n c ms If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, [and] the holy of Yahweh honorable; and shall honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking [your own] words:
Jeremiah 82 verses
- Jeremiah 3:12 הַ/דְּבָרִ֨ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding Israel, says Yahweh; I will not look in anger on you; for I am merciful, says Yahweh, I will not keep [anger] forever.
- Jeremiah 5:14 הַ/דָּבָ֖ר דְּבָרַ֨/י ptcl def.art + n c ms n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts, Because you speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
- Jeremiah 7:1 הַ/דָּבָר֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
- Jeremiah 7:2 הַ/דָּבָ֖ר דְבַר ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs Stand in the gate of Yahweh's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of Yahweh, all you of Judah, who enter in at these gates to worship Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 7:23 הַ/דָּבָ֣ר ptcl def.art + n c ms but this thing I commanded them, saying, Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; and walk you in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.
- Jeremiah 7:27 הַ/דְּבָרִ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c mp You shall speak all these words to them; but they will not listen to you: you shall also call to them; but they will not answer you.
- Jeremiah 10:1 הַ/דָּבָ֗ר ptcl def.art + n c ms Hear the word which Yahweh speaks to you, house of Israel!
- Jeremiah 11:1 הַ/דָּבָר֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
- Jeremiah 11:6 הַ/דְּבָרִ֤ים דִּבְרֵי֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp n c mp cs Yahweh said to me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear you the words of this covenant, and do them.
- Jeremiah 13:12 הַ/דָּבָ֣ר ptcl def.art + n c ms Therefore you shall speak to them this word: Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall tell you, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?
- Jeremiah 14:17 הַ/דָּבָ֣ר ptcl def.art + n c ms You shall say this word to them, Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.
- Jeremiah 16:10 הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp It shall happen, when you shall show this people all these words, and they shall tell you, Why has Yahweh pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against Yahweh our God?
- Jeremiah 18:1 הַ/דָּבָר֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
- Jeremiah 18:18 וְ/דָבָ֖ר דְּבָרָֽי/ו conj + n c ms n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
- Jeremiah 19:2 הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp and go forth to the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell you;
- Jeremiah 20:1 הַ/דְּבָרִ֥ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in the house of Yahweh, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.
- Jeremiah 21:1 הַ/דָּבָ֛ר ptcl def.art + n c ms The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, when king Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,
- Jeremiah 22:1 הַ/דָּבָ֖ר ptcl def.art + n c ms Thus said Yahweh: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
- Jeremiah 22:4 הַ/דָּבָ֖ר ptcl def.art + n c ms For if you do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.
- Jeremiah 22:5 הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself, says Yahweh, that this house shall become a desolation.
- Jeremiah 23:38 הַ/דָּבָ֥ר ptcl def.art + n c ms But if you say, The burden of Yahweh; therefore thus says Yahweh: Because you say this word, The burden of Yahweh, and I have sent to you, saying, You shall not say, The burden of Yahweh;
- Jeremiah 25:1 הַ/דָּבָ֞ר ptcl def.art + n c ms The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (the same was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon),
- Jeremiah 25:30 הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Therefore prophesy you against them all these words, and tell them, Yahweh will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will mightily roar against his fold; he will give a shout, as those who tread [the grapes], against all the inhabitants of the earth.
- Jeremiah 26:1 הַ/דָּבָ֣ר ptcl def.art + n c ms In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word from Yahweh, saying,
- Jeremiah 26:2 הַ/דְּבָרִ֔ים דָּבָֽר ptcl def.art + n c mp n c ms Thus says Yahweh: Stand in the court of Yahweh's house, and speak to all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in Yahweh's house, all the words that I command you to speak to them; don't diminish a word.
- Jeremiah 26:7 הַ/דְּבָרִ֥ים ptcl def.art + n c mp The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 26:10 הַ/דְּבָרִ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c mp When the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king's house to the house of Yahweh; and they sat in the entry of the new gate of Yahweh's [house].
- Jeremiah 26:12 הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Then spoke Jeremiah to all the princes and to all the people, saying, Yahweh sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.
- Jeremiah 26:15 הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Only know for certain that, if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city, and on the inhabitants of it; for of a truth Yahweh has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.
- Jeremiah 27:1 הַ/דָּבָ֤ר ptcl def.art + n c ms In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
- Jeremiah 27:12 הַ/דְּבָרִ֥ים ptcl def.art + n c mp I spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
- Jeremiah 28:7 הַ/דָּבָ֣ר ptcl def.art + n c ms Nevertheless hear you now this word that I speak in your ears, and in the ears of all the people:
- Jeremiah 29:23 דָבָ֤ר n c ms because they have worked folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I didn't command them; and I am he who knows, and am witness, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 30:1 הַ/דָּבָר֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
- Jeremiah 30:2 הַ/דְּבָרִ֛ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Thus speaks Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, Write you all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.
- Jeremiah 30:4 הַ/דְּבָרִ֗ים ptcl def.art + n c mp These are the words that Yahweh spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
- Jeremiah 31:23 הַ/דָּבָ֣ר ptcl def.art + n c ms Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, Yet again shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities of it, when I shall bring again their captivity: Yahweh bless you, habitation of righteousness, mountain of holiness.
- Jeremiah 32:1 הַ/דָּבָ֞ר ptcl def.art + n c ms The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.
- Jeremiah 32:17 דָּבָֽר n c ms Ah Lord Yahweh! behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for you,
- Jeremiah 32:27 דָּבָֽר n c ms Behold, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?
- Jeremiah 33:14 הַ/דָּבָ֣ר ptcl def.art + n c ms Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will perform that good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and concerning the house of Judah.
- Jeremiah 34:1 הַ/דָּבָ֛ר ptcl def.art + n c ms The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his dominion, and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of it, saying:
- Jeremiah 34:5 דָבָ֥ר n c ms you shall die in peace; and with the burnings of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so shall they make a burning for you; and they shall lament you, [saying], Ah Lord! for I have spoken the word, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 34:6 הַ/דְּבָרִ֥ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,
- Jeremiah 34:8 הַ/דָּבָ֛ר ptcl def.art + n c ms The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them;
- Jeremiah 35:1 הַ/דָּבָ֛ר ptcl def.art + n c ms The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
- Jeremiah 36:1 הַ/דָּבָ֤ר ptcl def.art + n c ms It happened in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
- Jeremiah 36:2 הַ/דְּבָרִ֞ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Take a scroll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day.
- Jeremiah 36:13 הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Then Micaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
- Jeremiah 36:16 הַ/דְּבָרִ֔ים הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp Now it happened, when they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one toward another, and said to Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.
- Jeremiah 36:17 הַ/דְּבָרִ֥ים ptcl def.art + n c mp They asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How did you write all these words at his mouth?
- Jeremiah 36:18 הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
- Jeremiah 36:20 הַ/דְּבָרִֽים ptcl def.art + n c mp They went in to the king into the court; but they had laid up the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told all the words in the ears of the king.
- Jeremiah 36:24 הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp They were not afraid, nor tore their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants who heard all these words.
- Jeremiah 36:27 דְבַר הַ/דְּבָרִ֔ים n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c mp Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the scroll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
- Jeremiah 36:28 הַ/דְּבָרִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp Take again another scroll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first scroll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned.
- Jeremiah 36:32 דִּבְרֵ֣י דְּבָרִ֥ים n c mp cs n c mp Then took Jeremiah another scroll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and there were added besides to them many like words.
- Jeremiah 37:17 דָּבָ֖ר n c ms Then Zedekiah the king sent, and fetched him: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from Yahweh? Jeremiah said, There is. He said also, You shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 38:1 הַ/דְּבָרִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying,
- Jeremiah 38:4 כַּ/דְּבָרִ֖ים prep det + n c mp Then the princes said to the king, Let this man, we pray you, be put to death; because he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them: for this man doesn't seek the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
- Jeremiah 38:5 דָּבָֽר n c ms Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he who can do anything against you.
- Jeremiah 38:14 דָּבָ֔ר דָּבָֽר n c ms n c ms Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet to him into the third entry that is in the house of Yahweh: and the king said to Jeremiah, I will ask you a thing; hide nothing from me.
- Jeremiah 38:21 הַ/דָּבָ֔ר ptcl def.art + n c ms But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that Yahweh has shown me:
- Jeremiah 38:24 בַּ/דְּבָֽרִים prep det + n c mp Then said Zedekiah to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die.
- Jeremiah 38:27 הַ/דְּבָרִ֣ים הַ/דָּבָֽר ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c ms Then came all the princes to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.
- Jeremiah 40:1 הַ/דָּבָ֞ר ptcl def.art + n c ms The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah, who were carried away captive to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 40:3 דבר הַ/דָּבָ֥ר n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms and Yahweh has brought it, and done according as he spoke: because you have sinned against Yahweh, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come on you.
- Jeremiah 40:16 הַ/דָּבָ֣ר ptcl def.art + n c ms But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, You shall not do this thing; for you speak falsely of Ishmael.
- Jeremiah 42:3 הַ/דָּבָ֖ר ptcl def.art + n c ms that Yahweh your God may show us the way in which we should walk, and the thing that we should do.
- Jeremiah 42:4 כְּ/דִבְרֵי/כֶ֑ם הַ/דָּבָר֩ דָּבָֽר prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray to Yahweh your God according to your words; and it shall happen that whatever thing Yahweh shall answer you, I will declare it to you; I will keep nothing back from you.
- Jeremiah 42:5 הַ֠/דָּבָר ptcl def.art + n c ms Then they said to Jeremiah, Yahweh be a true and faithful witness among us, if we don't do according to all the word with which Yahweh your God shall send you to us.
- Jeremiah 43:1 דִּבְרֵי֙ הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים n c mp cs ptcl def.art + n c mp It happened that, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking to all the people all the words of Yahweh their God, with which Yahweh their God had sent him to them, even all these words,
- Jeremiah 44:1 הַ/דָּבָר֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who lived in the land of Egypt, who lived at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Memphis, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
- Jeremiah 44:16 הַ/דָּבָ֛ר ptcl def.art + n c ms As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of Yahweh, we will not listen to you.
- Jeremiah 44:17 הַ/דָּבָ֣ר ptcl def.art + n c ms But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.
- Jeremiah 44:20 דָּבָ֖ר n c ms Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men, and to the women, even to all the people who had given him who answer, saying,
- Jeremiah 45:1 הַ/דָּבָ֗ר הַ/דְּבָרִ֨ים ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c mp The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these word in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
- Jeremiah 46:13 הַ/דָּבָר֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms The word that Yahweh spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and strike the land of Egypt.
- Jeremiah 50:1 הַ/דָּבָ֗ר ptcl def.art + n c ms The word that Yahweh spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.
- Jeremiah 51:59 הַ/דָּבָ֞ר ptcl def.art + n c ms The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief chamberlain.
- Jeremiah 51:60 הַ/דְּבָרִ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come on Babylon, even all these words that are written concerning Babylon.
- Jeremiah 51:61 הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words,
Ezekiel 9 verses
- Ezekiel 3:17 דָּבָ֔ר n c ms Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
- Ezekiel 9:11 דָּבָ֖ר n c ms Behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as you have commanded me.
- Ezekiel 12:25 דָּבָר֙ דָּבָר֙ n c ms n c ms For I am Yahweh; I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall be performed; it shall be no more deferred: for in your days, rebellious house, will I speak the word, and will perform it, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 12:28 דְּבָרָ֑/י דָּבָר֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms Therefore tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: There shall none of my words be deferred any more, but the word which I shall speak shall be performed, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 13:6 דָּבָֽר n c ms They have seen falsehood and lying divination, who say, Yahweh says; but Yahweh has not sent them: and they have made men to hope that the word would be confirmed.
- Ezekiel 14:9 דָּבָ֔ר n c ms If the prophet be deceived and speak a word, I, Yahweh, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand on him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
- Ezekiel 33:7 דָּבָ֔ר n c ms So you, son of man, I have set you a watchman to the house of Israel; therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
- Ezekiel 33:30 הַ/דָּבָ֔ר ptcl def.art + n c ms As for you, son of man, the children of your people talk of you by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, everyone to his brother, saying, Please come and hear what is the word that comes forth from Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 38:10 דְבָרִים֙ n c mp Thus says the Lord Yahweh: It shall happen in that day, that things shall come into your mind, and you shall devise an evil device:
Daniel 8 verses
- Daniel 1:14 לַ/דָּבָ֣ר prep det + n c ms So he listened to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
- Daniel 9:23 דָבָ֗ר בַּ/דָּבָ֔ר n c ms prep det + n c ms At the beginning of your petitions the commandment went forth, and I am come to tell you; for you are greatly beloved: therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision.
- Daniel 9:25 דָבָ֗ר n c ms Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem to the Anointed One, the prince, shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks: it shall be built again, with street and moat, even in troubled times.
- Daniel 10:1 דָּבָר֙ הַ/דָּבָר֙ הַ/דָּבָ֔ר n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, even a great warfare: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
- Daniel 10:11 בַּ/דְּבָרִ֜ים הַ/דָּבָ֥ר prep det + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c ms He said to me, Daniel, you man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright; for to you am I now sent. When he had spoken this word to me, I stood trembling.
- Daniel 10:15 כַּ/דְּבָרִ֖ים prep det + n c mp and when he had spoken to me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground, and was mute.
- Daniel 12:4 הַ/דְּבָרִ֛ים ptcl def.art + n c mp But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run back and forth, and knowledge shall be increased."
- Daniel 12:9 הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp He said, Go your way, Daniel; for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end.
Hosea 2 verses
- Hosea 10:4 דְבָרִ֔ים n c mp They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
- Hosea 14:2 דְּבָרִ֔ים n c mp Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, "Forgive all our sins, And accept that which is good: So we offer like bulls our lips.
Amos 4 verses
- Amos 3:1 הַ/דָּבָ֣ר ptcl def.art + n c ms Hear this word that Yahweh has spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:
- Amos 3:7 דָּבָ֑ר n c ms Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, Unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.
- Amos 4:1 הַ/דָּבָ֣ר ptcl def.art + n c ms Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their lords, "Bring, and let us drink."
- Amos 5:1 הַ/דָּבָ֣ר ptcl def.art + n c ms Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
Jonah 1 verse
Haggai 1 verse
Zechariah 5 verses
- Zechariah 1:13 דְּבָרִ֣ים דְּבָרִ֖ים n c mp n c mp Yahweh answered the angel who talked with me with kind and comforting words.
- Zechariah 7:7 הַ/דְּבָרִ֗ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Aren't these the words which Yahweh proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and its cities around her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?'"
- Zechariah 7:12 הַ/דְּבָרִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp Yes, they made their hearts as hard as flint, lest they might hear the law, and the words which Yahweh of Hosts had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from Yahweh of Hosts.
- Zechariah 8:9 הַ/דְּבָרִ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: "Let your hands be strong, you who hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets who were in the day that the foundation of the house of Yahweh of Hosts was laid, even the temple, that it might be built.
- Zechariah 8:16 הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates,
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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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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
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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
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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) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
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
Derived from this word
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.
