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דָּבָר

da.varwordHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine1,441 occurrences34 books1,289 verses
This word comes from the name of Chronicles.

Definition

from H1696; a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Traditional renderings: act, advice, affair, answer, × any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, chronicles, commandment, × commune(-ication), concern(-ing), confer, counsel, dearth, decree, deed, × disease, due, duty, effect, eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-) ness, glory, harm, hurt, iniquity, judgment, language, lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, × ought, × parts, pertaining, please, portion, power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, × (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, sign, so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, song, speech, × spoken, talk, task, that, × there done, thing (concerning), thought, thus, tidings, what(-soever), wherewith, which, word, work.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders דָּבָר:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,441 total
  1. 2 Samuel 19:43דְבָרִ֥י · to speak; דְּבַר־; מִדְּבַ֖ר · [than]
    “We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah spoke more fiercely than the men of Israel.
  2. 2 Samuel 20:17דִּבְרֵ֣י · to the words
    When he had come near to her, the woman asked, “Are you Joab?” “I am,” he replied. “Listen to the words of your servant,” she said. “I am listening,” he answered.
  3. 2 Samuel 20:21הַדָּבָ֗ר · That [is]
    That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
  4. 2 Samuel 22:1דִּבְרֵ֖י
    And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
  5. 2 Samuel 23:1דִּבְרֵ֥י · words
    These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:
  6. 2 Samuel 24:3בַּדָּבָ֥ר · a thing
    But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”
  7. 2 Samuel 24:4דְּבַר־ · word
    Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to register the troops of Israel.
  8. 2 Samuel 24:11וּדְבַר־ · the word
    When David got up in the morning, the word of the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:
  9. 2 Samuel 24:13דָּבָֽר׃ס · I should reply
    So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
  10. 2 Samuel 24:19כִּדְבַר־ · at the word
    So David went up at the word of Gad, just as the LORD had commanded.
  11. 1 Kings 1:7דְבָרָ֔יו · conferred
    So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him.
  12. 1 Kings 1:14דְּבָרָֽיִךְ׃ · your words
    Then, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.”
  13. 1 Kings 1:27הַדָּבָ֣ר
    Has my lord the king let this happen without informing your servant who should sit on the throne after my lord the king?”
  14. 1 Kings 2:4דְּבָר֗וֹ · His promise
    …and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
  15. 1 Kings 2:14דָּבָ֥ר · have something [to tell]
    Then he said, “I have something to tell you.” “Say it,” she answered.
  16. 1 Kings 2:23הַדָּבָ֖ר · request
    Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.
  17. 1 Kings 2:27דְּבַ֣ר · the word
    So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli.
  18. 1 Kings 2:30דָּבָ֣ר · relayed the message
    And Benaiah entered the tent of the LORD and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah relayed the message to the king, saying, “This is how Joab answered me.”
  19. 1 Kings 2:38הַדָּבָ֔ר · The sentence
    “The sentence is fair,” Shimei replied. “Your servant will do as my lord the king has spoken.” And Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.
  20. 1 Kings 2:42הַדָּבָ֖ר · The sentence
    …the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, ‘On the day you leave and go elsewhere, know for sure that you will die’? And you told me, ‘The sentence is fair; I will comply.’
  21. 1 Kings 3:10הַדָּבָ֖ר · Now it; הַדָּבָ֖ר
    Now it pleased the Lord that Solomon had made this request.
  22. 1 Kings 3:11הַדָּבָ֣ר
    So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice—
  23. 1 Kings 3:12כִּדְבָרֶ֑יךָ · what you have asked
    …behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been another like you, nor will there ever be.
  24. 1 Kings 4:27דָּבָֽר׃
    Each month the governors in turn provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking.
  25. 1 Kings 5:7דִּבְרֵ֥י · message
    When Hiram received Solomon’s message, he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the LORD this day! He has given David a wise son over this great people!”
  26. 1 Kings 6:11דְּבַר־ · Then the word
    Then the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying:
  27. 1 Kings 6:12דְּבָרִי֙ · the promise
    “As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.
  28. 1 Kings 6:38דְּבָרָ֖יו · detail
    In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years.
  29. 1 Kings 8:20דְּבָר֖וֹ · the word
    Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
  30. 1 Kings 8:26דְּבָרֶיךָ · You promised
    And now, O God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant, my father David.
  31. 1 Kings 8:56דָּבָ֣ר · word; דְּבָר֣וֹ · promises
    “Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses.
  32. 1 Kings 8:59דְבָרַ֜י · words; דְּבַר־ · requires
    And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,
  33. 1 Kings 9:15דְבַר־ · is the account
    This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
  34. 1 Kings 10:3דְּבָרֶ֑יהָ · her questions; דָּבָר֙
    And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for the king to explain.
  35. 1 Kings 10:6הַדָּבָ֔ר · The report; דְּבָרֶ֖יךָ · your words
    She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.
  36. 1 Kings 10:7לַדְּבָרִ֗ים · these things
    But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told to me. Your wisdom and prosperity have far exceeded the report I heard.
  37. 1 Kings 10:25דְּבַר־
    Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.
  38. 1 Kings 11:10הַדָּבָ֣ר
    Although He had warned Solomon explicitly not to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD’s command.
  39. 1 Kings 11:27הַדָּבָ֔ר · is the account
    …and this is the account of his rebellion against the king. Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the gap in the wall of the city of his father David.
  40. 1 Kings 11:41דִּבְרֵ֧י · of the acts; דִּבְרֵ֥י · of the Acts
    As for the rest of the acts of Solomon—all that he did, as well as his wisdom—are they not written in the Book of the Acts of Solomon?
  41. 1 Kings 12:6דָּבָֽר׃
    Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.
  42. 1 Kings 12:7דְּבָרִ֣ים · words
    They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”