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 40:16הַדָּבָ֣ר · such a thingBut Gedaliah son of Ahikam said to Johanan son of Kareah, “Do not do such a thing! What you are saying about Ishmael is a lie.”
- Jeremiah 42:3הַדָּבָ֖ר · and the thingPray that the LORD your God will tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do.”
- Jeremiah 42:4כְּדִבְרֵיכֶ֑ם · as you request; הַדָּבָר֩; דָּבָֽר׃ · a word“I have heard you,” replied Jeremiah the prophet. “I will surely pray to the LORD your God as you request, and I will tell you everything that the LORD answers. I will not withhold a word from you.”
- Jeremiah 42:5הַ֠דָּבָר · wordThen they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act upon every word that the LORD your God sends you to tell us.
- Jeremiah 42:7דְבַר־ · the wordAfter ten days the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah,
- Jeremiah 42:15דְבַר־ · the word…then hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah! This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and reside there,
- Jeremiah 43:1דִּבְרֵי֙ · the words; הַדְּבָרִ֖יםWhen Jeremiah had finished telling all the people all the words of the LORD their God—everything that the LORD had sent him to say—
- Jeremiah 43:8דְבַר־ · Then the wordThen the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes:
- Jeremiah 44:1הַדָּבָר֙ · This is the wordThis is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in the land of Egypt—in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis—and in the land of Pathros:
- Jeremiah 44:4דְּבַֽר־ · thingYet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
- Jeremiah 44:16הַדָּבָ֛ר · As for the word“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
- Jeremiah 44:17הַדָּבָ֣ר׀ · we vowedInstead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.
- Jeremiah 44:20דָּבָ֖רThen Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him,
- Jeremiah 44:24דְּבַר־ · the wordThen Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, “Hear the word of the LORD, all those of Judah who are in the land of Egypt.
- Jeremiah 44:26דְבַר־ · the wordNevertheless, hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah living in Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, says the LORD, that never again will any man of Judah living in the land of Egypt invoke My name or say, ‘As surely as the Lord GOD lives.’
- Jeremiah 44:28דְּבַר־ · wordThose who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs!
- Jeremiah 44:29דְבָרַ֛י · My threatsThis will be a sign to you that I will punish you in this place, declares the LORD, so that you may know that My threats of harm against you will surely stand.
- Jeremiah 45:1הַדָּבָ֗ר · This is the word; הַדְּבָרִ֨ים · wordsThis is the word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah when he wrote these words on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:
- Jeremiah 46:1דְבַר־ · [This is] the wordThis is the word of the LORD about the nations—the word that came to Jeremiah the prophet
- Jeremiah 46:13הַדָּבָר֙ · This is the wordThis is the word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:
- Jeremiah 47:1דְבַר־ · This is the wordThis is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
- Jeremiah 48:27דְבָרֶ֥יךָ · you speak of himWas not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.
- Jeremiah 49:34דְבַר־ · This is the wordThis is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.
- Jeremiah 50:1הַדָּבָ֗ר · [This is] the wordThis is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans:
- Jeremiah 51:59הַדָּבָ֞ר · [This is] the messageThis is the message that Jeremiah the prophet gave to the quartermaster Seraiah son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah in the fourth year of Zedekiah’s reign.
- Jeremiah 51:60הַדְּבָרִ֣ים · wordsJeremiah had written on a single scroll about all the disaster that would come upon Babylon—all these words that had been written concerning Babylon.
- Jeremiah 51:61הַדְּבָרִ֖ים · wordsAnd Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud,
- Jeremiah 51:64דִּבְרֵ֥י · the wordsThen you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah.
- Jeremiah 52:34דְּבַר־ · portionAnd the king of Babylon provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life, until the day of his death.
- Ezekiel 1:3דְבַר־ · the word…the word of the LORD came directly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar. And there the LORD’s hand was upon him.
- Ezekiel 2:6וּמִדִּבְרֵיהֶ֣ם · or their words; מִדִּבְרֵיהֶ֤ם · of their wordsBut you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence, though they are a rebellious house.
- Ezekiel 2:7דְּבָרַי֙ · My wordsBut speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.
- Ezekiel 3:4בִדְבָרַ֖י · My wordsThen He said to me, “Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and speak My words to them.
- Ezekiel 3:6דִּבְרֵיהֶ֑ם · words…not to the many peoples of unfamiliar speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.
- Ezekiel 3:10דְּבָרַי֙ · the words“Son of man,” He added, “listen carefully to all the words I speak to you, and take them to heart.
- Ezekiel 3:16דְבַר־ · the wordAt the end of seven days the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 3:17דָּבָ֔ר · a word“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.
- Ezekiel 6:1דְבַר־ · And the wordAnd the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 6:3דְּבַר־ · the wordYou are to say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.
- Ezekiel 7:1דְבַר־ · And the wordAnd the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 9:11דָּבָ֖רThen the man clothed in linen with the writing kit at his side reported back, “I have done as You commanded.”
- Ezekiel 11:14דְבַר־ · Then the wordThen the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 11:25דִּבְרֵ֥יI told the exiles everything the LORD had shown me.
- Ezekiel 12:1דְבַר־ · Then the wordThen the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 12:8דְבַר־ · the wordAnd in the morning the word of the LORD came to me, saying,