דָּבָר
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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.
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
Occurrences
1,441 total
- Genesis 43:18דְּבַ֤רBut the brothers were frightened that they had been taken to Joseph’s house. “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time,” they said. “They intend to overpower us and take us as slaves, along with our donkeys.”
- Genesis 44:2כִּדְבַ֥רPut my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.” So the steward did as Joseph had instructed.
- Genesis 44:6הַדְּבָרִ֖ים · wordsWhen the steward overtook them, he relayed these words to them.
- Genesis 44:7כַּדְּבָרִ֖ים · things; כַּדָּבָ֥ר · a thing“Why does my lord say these things?” they asked. “Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.
- Genesis 44:10כְדִבְרֵיכֶ֖ם · As you say“As you say,” replied the steward. “But only the one who is found with the cup will be my slave, and the rest of you shall be free of blame.”
- Genesis 44:18דָבָר֙Then Judah approached Joseph and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself.
- Genesis 44:24דִּבְרֵ֥י · your wordsNow when we returned to your servant my father, we relayed your words to him.
- Genesis 45:27דִּבְרֵ֤יHowever, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.
- Genesis 47:30כִדְבָרֶֽךָ׃ · as you have requested…but when I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me with them.” Joseph answered, “I will do as you have requested.”
- Genesis 48:1הַדְּבָרִ֣יםSome time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
- Exodus 1:18הַדָּבָ֣רSo the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
- Exodus 2:14הַדָּבָֽר׃ · This thing I have doneBut the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”
- Exodus 2:15הַדָּבָ֣רWhen Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.
- Exodus 4:10דְּבָרִ֜ים · been eloquent“Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”
- Exodus 4:15הַדְּבָרִ֖ים · the wordsYou are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
- Exodus 4:28דִּבְרֵ֥יAnd Moses told Aaron everything the LORD had sent him to say, and all the signs He had commanded him to perform.
- Exodus 4:30הַדְּבָרִ֔ים…and Aaron relayed everything the LORD had said to Moses. And Moses performed the signs before the people,
- Exodus 5:9בְּדִבְרֵי־Make the work harder on the men so they will be occupied and pay no attention to these lies.”
- Exodus 5:11דָּבָֽר׃Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”
- Exodus 5:13דְּבַר־ · your quotaThe taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”
- Exodus 5:19דְּבַר־ · quotaThe Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.”
- Exodus 8:10כִּדְבָ֣רְךָ֔ · [May it be] as you say“Tomorrow,” Pharaoh answered. “May it be as you say,” Moses replied, “so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.
- Exodus 8:12דְּבַ֥ר · withAfter Moses and Aaron had left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD for help with the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.
- Exodus 8:13כִּדְבַ֣ר · requestedAnd the LORD did as Moses requested, and the frogs in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields died.
- Exodus 8:31כִּדְבַ֣ר · requested…and the LORD did as Moses requested. He removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh and his officials and his people; not one fly remained.
- Exodus 9:4דָּבָֽר׃But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’”
- Exodus 9:5הַדָּבָ֥רThe LORD set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land.”
- Exodus 9:6הַדָּבָ֤רAnd the next day the LORD did just that. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.
- Exodus 9:20דְּבַ֣ר · the wordThose among Pharaoh’s officials who feared the word of the LORD hurried to bring their servants and livestock to shelter,
- Exodus 9:21דְּבַ֣ר · the word…but those who disregarded the word of the LORD left their servants and livestock in the field.
- Exodus 12:24הַדָּבָ֣ר · commandAnd you are to keep this command as a permanent statute for you and your descendants.
- Exodus 12:35כִּדְבַ֣ר · wordFurthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.
- Exodus 14:12הַדָּבָ֗רDid we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”
- Exodus 16:4דְּבַר־ · enough for that dayThen the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.
- Exodus 16:16הַדָּבָר֙This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’”
- Exodus 16:32הַדָּבָר֙Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”
- Exodus 18:11בַדָּבָ֔ר · He did thisNow I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”
- Exodus 18:14הַדָּבָ֤רWhen his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone as judge, with all the people standing around you from morning till evening?”
- Exodus 18:16דָּבָר֙ · a dispute“Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me to judge between one man and another, and I make known to them the statutes and laws of God.”
- Exodus 18:17הַדָּבָ֔ר · WhatBut Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing is not good.
- Exodus 18:18הַדָּבָ֔ר · the taskSurely you and these people with you will wear yourselves out, because the task is too heavy for you. You cannot handle it alone.
- Exodus 18:19הַדְּבָרִ֖ים · their causesNow listen to me; I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their causes to Him.
- Exodus 18:22הַדָּבָ֤ר · issue; הַדָּבָ֥ר · casesHave these men judge the people at all times. Then they can bring you any major issue, but all minor cases they can judge on their own, so that your load may be lightened as they share it with you.
- Exodus 18:23הַדָּבָ֤ר · adviceIf you follow this advice and God so directs you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people can go home in peace.”
- Exodus 18:26הַדָּבָ֤ר · cases; הַדָּבָ֥ר · issueAnd they judged the people at all times; they would bring the difficult cases to Moses, but any minor issue they would judge themselves.
- Exodus 19:6הַדְּבָרִ֔ים · are the wordsAnd unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”
- Exodus 19:7הַדְּבָרִ֣ים · wordsSo Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him.