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 33:1דְבַר־ · the wordWhile Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time:
- Jeremiah 33:14הַדָּבָ֣ר · promiseBehold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the gracious promise that I have spoken to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
- Jeremiah 33:19דְּבַר־ · And the wordAnd the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
- Jeremiah 33:23דְּבַר־ · Moreover, the wordMoreover, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
- Jeremiah 34:1הַדָּבָ֛ר · This is the wordThis is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, all his army, all the earthly kingdoms under his control, and all the other nations were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding cities.
- Jeremiah 34:4דְּבַר־ · the wordYet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah. This is what the LORD says concerning you: You will not die by the sword;
- Jeremiah 34:5דָבָ֥ר · this word…you will die in peace. As spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so people will burn spices for you and lament, ‘Alas, O master!’ For I Myself have spoken this word, declares the LORD.”
- Jeremiah 34:6הַדְּבָרִ֥ים · wordsIn Jerusalem, then, Jeremiah the prophet relayed all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah
- Jeremiah 34:8הַדָּבָ֛ר · the wordAfter King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty, the word came to Jeremiah from the LORD
- Jeremiah 34:12דְבַר־ · Then the wordThen the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
- Jeremiah 34:18דִּבְרֵ֣י · the termsAnd those who have transgressed My covenant and have not fulfilled the terms of the covenant they made before Me, I will treat like the calf they cut in two in order to pass between its pieces.
- Jeremiah 35:1הַדָּבָ֛ר · This is the wordThis is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:
- Jeremiah 35:12דְּבַר־ · Then the wordThen the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
- Jeremiah 35:13דְּבָרַ֖י · My words“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem: ‘Will you not accept discipline and obey My words?’ declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 35:14דִּבְרֵ֣י · The wordsThe words of Jonadab son of Rechab have been carried out. He commanded his sons not to drink wine, and they have not drunk it to this very day because they have obeyed the command of their forefather. But I have spoken to you again and again, and you have not obeyed Me!
- Jeremiah 36:1הַדָּבָ֤ר · wordIn the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
- Jeremiah 36:2הַדְּבָרִ֞ים · the words“Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today.
- Jeremiah 36:4דִּבְרֵ֧י · the wordsSo Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and at the dictation of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words that the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.
- Jeremiah 36:6דִּבְרֵ֨י · the words…so you are to go to the house of the LORD on a day of fasting, and in the hearing of the people you are to read the words of the LORD from the scroll you have written at my dictation. Read them in the hearing of all the people of Judah who are coming from their cities.
- Jeremiah 36:8דִּבְרֵ֥י · the wordsSo Baruch son of Neriah did everything that Jeremiah the prophet had commanded him. In the house of the LORD he read the words of the LORD from the scroll.
- Jeremiah 36:10דִּבְרֵ֥י · the wordsFrom the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the hearing of all the people.
- Jeremiah 36:11דִּבְרֵ֥י · the wordsWhen Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll,
- Jeremiah 36:13הַדְּבָרִ֖ים · the wordsAnd Micaiah reported to them all the words he had heard Baruch read from the scroll in the hearing of the people.
- Jeremiah 36:16הַדְּבָרִ֔ים · these words; הַדְּבָרִ֖ים · wordsWhen they had heard all these words, they turned to one another in fear and said to Baruch, “Surely we must report all these words to the king.”
- Jeremiah 36:17הַדְּבָרִ֥ים · words“Tell us now,” they asked Baruch, “how did you write all these words? Was it at Jeremiah’s dictation?”
- Jeremiah 36:18הַדְּבָרִ֖ים · words“It was at his dictation,” Baruch replied. “He recited all these words to me and I wrote them in ink on the scroll.”
- Jeremiah 36:20הַדְּבָרִֽים׃So the officials went to the king in the courtyard. And having stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, they reported everything to the king.
- Jeremiah 36:24הַדְּבָרִ֖ים · wordsYet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments.
- Jeremiah 36:27דְבַר־ · the word; הַדְּבָרִ֔ים · containing the wordsAfter the king had burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
- Jeremiah 36:28הַדְּבָרִים֙ · the very words“Take another scroll and rewrite on it the very words that were on the original scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned.
- Jeremiah 36:32דִּבְרֵ֣י · the words; דְּבָרִ֥ים · wordsThen Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and at Jeremiah’s dictation he wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.
- Jeremiah 37:2דִּבְרֵ֣י · the wordsBut he and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.
- Jeremiah 37:6דְּבַר־ · Then the wordThen the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet:
- Jeremiah 37:17דָּבָ֖ר · a wordLater, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”
- Jeremiah 38:1הַדְּבָרִ֔יםNow Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchijah heard that Jeremiah had been telling all the people:
- Jeremiah 38:4כַּדְּבָרִ֖ים · wordsThen the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”
- Jeremiah 38:5דָּבָֽר׃ · to stop you“Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”
- Jeremiah 38:14דָּבָ֔ר · you something; דָּבָֽר׃ · anythingThen King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance to the house of the LORD. “I am going to ask you something,” said the king to Jeremiah. “Do not hide anything from me.”
- Jeremiah 38:21הַדָּבָ֔ר · [is] the wordBut if you refuse to surrender, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:
- Jeremiah 38:24בַּדְּבָֽרִים־ · conversationThen Zedekiah warned Jeremiah, “Do not let anyone know about this conversation, or you will die.
- Jeremiah 38:27הַדְּבָרִ֣ים · words; הַדָּבָֽר׃פ · the conversationWhen all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, he relayed to them the exact words the king had commanded him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had overheard the conversation.
- Jeremiah 39:15דְבַר־ · the wordAnd while Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD had come to him:
- Jeremiah 39:16דְּבָרַ֜י · My words“Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes.
- Jeremiah 40:1הַדָּבָ֞ר · This is the wordThis is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 40:3דָּבָר · thing…and now the LORD has fulfilled it; He has done just as He said. Because you people have sinned against the LORD and have not obeyed His voice, this thing has happened to you.