דָּבָר

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. Ezekiel 33:30הַדָּבָ֔ר · the message
    As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One speaks to another, each saying to his brother, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD!’
  2. Ezekiel 33:31דְּבָרֶ֔יךָ · your words
    So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
  3. Ezekiel 33:32דְּבָרֶ֔יךָ · your words
    Indeed, you are to them like a singer of love songs with a beautiful voice, who skillfully plays an instrument. They hear your words but do not put them into practice.
  4. Ezekiel 34:1דְבַר־ · Then the word
    Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  5. Ezekiel 34:7דְּבַ֥ר · the word
    Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:
  6. Ezekiel 34:9דְּבַר־ · the word
    …therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD!’
  7. Ezekiel 35:1דְבַר־ · Moreover, the word
    Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  8. Ezekiel 35:13דִּבְרֵיכֶ֑ם · your words
    You boasted against Me with your mouth and multiplied your words against Me. I heard it Myself!
  9. Ezekiel 36:1דְּבַר־ · the word
    “And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say: O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD.
  10. Ezekiel 36:4דְּבַר־ · the word
    …therefore, 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, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.
  11. Ezekiel 36:16דְבַר־ · Again the word
    Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  12. Ezekiel 37:4דְּבַר־ · the word
    And He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and tell them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!
  13. Ezekiel 37:15דְבַר־ · Again the word
    Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  14. Ezekiel 38:1דְבַר־ · And the word
    And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  15. Ezekiel 38:10דְבָרִים֙ · thoughts
    This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.
  16. Daniel 1:5דְּבַר־ · provisions
    The king assigned them daily provisions of the royal food and wine. They were to be trained for three years, after which they were to enter the king’s service.
  17. Daniel 1:14לַדָּבָ֣ר
    So he consented to this and tested them for ten days.
  18. Daniel 1:20דְּבַר֙ · matter
    In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom.
  19. Daniel 9:2דְבַר־ · according to the word
    …in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.
  20. Daniel 9:12דְּבָרָיו · the words
    You have carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.
  21. Daniel 9:23דָבָ֗ר · an answer; בַּדָּבָ֔ר · the message
    At the beginning of your petitions, an answer went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly precious. So consider the message and understand the vision:
  22. Daniel 9:25דָבָ֗ר · of the decree
    Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress.
  23. Daniel 10:1דָּבָר֙ · a message; הַדָּבָר֙ · The message; הַדָּבָ֔ר · of the message
    In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, and it concerned a great conflict. And the understanding of the message was given to him in a vision.
  24. Daniel 10:6דְּבָרָ֖יו · his voice
    His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude.
  25. Daniel 10:9דְּבָרָ֑יו · of his words; דְּבָרָ֔יו
    I heard the sound of his words, and as I listened, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground.
  26. Daniel 10:11בַּדְּבָרִ֜ים · the words; הַדָּבָ֥ר
    He said to me, “Daniel, you are a man who is highly precious. Consider carefully the words that I am about to say to you. Stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he had said this to me, I stood up trembling.
  27. Daniel 10:12דְבָרֶ֑יךָ · your words; בִּדְבָרֶֽיךָ׃ · in response to them
    “Do not be afraid, Daniel,” he said, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.
  28. Daniel 10:15כַּדְּבָרִ֖ים · words
    While he was speaking these words to me, I set my face toward the ground and became speechless.
  29. Daniel 12:4הַדְּבָרִ֛ים · these words
    But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”
  30. Daniel 12:9הַדְּבָרִ֖ים · the words
    “Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.
  31. Hosea 1:1דְּבַר־ · [This is] the word
    This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.
  32. Hosea 4:1דְבַר־ · the word
    Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!
  33. Hosea 10:4דְבָרִ֔ים · mere words
    They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
  34. Hosea 14:2דְּבָרִ֔ים · confessions
    Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.
  35. Joel 1:1דְּבַר־ · [This is] the word
    This is the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel:
  36. Joel 2:11דְבָר֑וֹ · His command
    The LORD raises His voice in the presence of His army. Indeed, His camp is very large, for mighty are those who obey His command. For the Day of the LORD is great and very dreadful. Who can endure it?
  37. Amos 1:1דִּבְרֵ֣י · [These are] the words
    These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.
  38. Amos 3:1הַדָּבָ֣ר · word
    Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
  39. Amos 3:7דָּבָ֑ר
    Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.
  40. Amos 4:1הַדָּבָ֣ר · word
    Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
  41. Amos 5:1הַדָּבָ֣ר · word
    Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you:
  42. Amos 7:10דְּבָרָֽיו׃ · his words
    Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words,
  43. Amos 7:16דְּבַר־ · the word
    Now, therefore, hear the word of the LORD. You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel; do not preach against the house of Isaac.’
  44. Amos 8:11דִּבְרֵ֥י · the words
    Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land—not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.