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
- Jeremiah 7:22דִּבְרֵ֥יFor when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices,
- Jeremiah 7:23הַדָּבָ֣ר…but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.
- Jeremiah 7:27הַדְּבָרִ֣ים · thingsWhen you tell them all these things, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.
- Jeremiah 8:9בִדְבַר־ · the wordThe wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?
- Jeremiah 9:20דְּבַר־ · the word; דְּבַר־ · to the wordNow, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.
- Jeremiah 10:1הַדָּבָ֗ר · the wordHear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.
- Jeremiah 11:1הַדָּבָר֙ · [This is] the wordThis is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
- Jeremiah 11:2דִּבְרֵ֖י · to the words“Listen to the words of this covenant and tell them to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 11:3דִּבְרֵ֖י · the wordsYou must tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,
- Jeremiah 11:6הַדְּבָרִ֤ים · words; דִּבְרֵי֙ · the wordsThen the LORD said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Hear the words of this covenant and carry them out.
- Jeremiah 11:8דִּבְרֵ֧י · the cursesYet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.”
- Jeremiah 11:10דְּבָרַ֔י · My wordsThey have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.
- Jeremiah 13:2כִּדְבַ֣ר · in accordance with the wordSo I bought a loincloth in accordance with the word of the LORD, and I put it around my waist.
- Jeremiah 13:3דְבַר־ · Then the wordThen the word of the LORD came to me a second time:
- Jeremiah 13:8דְבַר־ · Then the wordThen the word of the LORD came to me:
- Jeremiah 13:10דְּבָרַ֗י · to My wordsThese evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.
- Jeremiah 13:12הַדָּבָ֣רTherefore you are to tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Every wineskin shall be filled with wine.’ And when they reply, ‘Don’t we surely know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’
- Jeremiah 14:1דְבַר־ · [This is] the word; דִּבְרֵ֖יThis is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
- Jeremiah 14:17הַדָּבָ֣ר · wordYou are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.
- Jeremiah 15:16דְבָרֶ֙יךָ֙ · Your words; דְבָרֶיךָ · Your wordsYour words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
- Jeremiah 16:1דְבַר־ · Then the wordThen the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Jeremiah 16:10הַדְּבָרִ֖ים · thingsWhen you tell these people all these things, they will ask you, ‘Why has the LORD pronounced all this great disaster against us? What is our iniquity? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?’
- Jeremiah 17:15דְבַר־ · is the wordBehold, they keep saying to me, “Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come now!”
- Jeremiah 17:20דְבַר־ · the wordSay to them, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, all people of Judah and Jerusalem who enter through these gates.
- Jeremiah 18:1הַדָּבָר֙ · This is the wordThis is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
- Jeremiah 18:2דְּבָרָֽי׃ · My message“Go down at once to the potter’s house, and there I will give you My message.”
- Jeremiah 18:5דְבַר־ · Then the wordThen the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Jeremiah 18:18וְדָבָ֖ר · nor an oracle; דְּבָרָֽיו׃ · of his wordsThen some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”
- Jeremiah 19:2הַדְּבָרִ֖ים · the words…and go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you,
- Jeremiah 19:3דְבַר־ · the word…saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on this place that the ears of all who hear of it will ring,
- Jeremiah 19:15דְּבָרָֽי׃ · My words“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am about to bring on this city and on all the villages around it every disaster I have pronounced against them, because they have stiffened their necks so as not to heed My words.’”
- Jeremiah 20:1הַדְּבָרִ֥ים · thingsWhen Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and the chief official in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,
- Jeremiah 20:8דְבַר־ · the wordFor whenever I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and derision all day long.
- Jeremiah 21:1הַדָּבָ֛ר · This is the wordThis is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said,
- Jeremiah 21:11דְּבַר־ · the wordMoreover, tell the house of the king of Judah to hear the word of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 22:1הַדָּבָ֖ר · messageThis is what the LORD says: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message there,
- Jeremiah 22:2דְּבַר־ · the word…saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David—you and your officials and your people who enter these gates.
- Jeremiah 22:4הַדָּבָ֖ר · commandsFor if you will indeed carry out these commands, then kings who sit on David’s throne will enter through the gates of this palace riding on chariots and horses—they and their officials and their people.
- Jeremiah 22:5הַדְּבָרִ֖ים · wordsBut if you do not obey these words, then I swear by Myself, declares the LORD, that this house will become a pile of rubble.’”
- Jeremiah 22:29דְּבַר־ · the wordO land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!
- Jeremiah 23:9דִּבְרֵ֥י · wordsAs for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.
- Jeremiah 23:16דִּבְרֵ֤י · the wordsThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 23:18דְּבָר֑וֹ · His word; דְּבָרִי · to His wordBut which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and obeyed it?
- Jeremiah 23:22דְבָרַי֙ · My wordsBut if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their evil ways and deeds.”