דָּבָר
da.varwordHow to read Hebrew
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
- Amos 8:12דְּבַר־ · the wordPeople will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.
- Jonah 1:1דְּבַר־ · Now the wordNow the word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,
- Jonah 3:1דְבַר־ · Then the wordThen the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:
- Jonah 3:3כִּדְבַ֣ר · in accordance with the wordThis time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.
- Jonah 3:6הַדָּבָר֙ · When wordWhen word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
- Jonah 4:2דְבָרִ֗י · what I saidSo he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.
- Micah 1:1דְּבַר־ · [This is] the wordThis is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:
- Micah 2:7דְבָרַ֨י · My wordsShould it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things He does?” Do not My words bring good to him who walks uprightly?
- Micah 4:2וּדְבַר־ · and the wordAnd many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
- Zephaniah 1:1דְּבַר־ · [This is] the wordThis is the word of the LORD that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah:
- Zephaniah 2:5דְּבַר־ · The wordWoe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will be left.”
- Haggai 1:1דְבַר־ · the wordIn the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating
- Haggai 1:3דְּבַר־ · Then the wordThen the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying:
- Haggai 1:12דִּבְרֵי֙ · and the wordsThen Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the words of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD their God had sent him. So the people feared the LORD.
- Haggai 2:1דְּבַר־ · the wordOn the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying:
- Haggai 2:5הַדָּבָ֞ר · This is the promiseThis is the promise I made to you when you came out of Egypt. And My Spirit remains among you; do not be afraid.”
- Haggai 2:10דְּבַר־ · the wordOn the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Haggai the prophet, saying,
- Haggai 2:20דְבַר־ · the wordFor the second time that day, the twenty-fourth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to Haggai, saying,
- Zechariah 1:1דְבַר־ · the wordIn the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying:
- Zechariah 1:6דְּבָרַ֣י · My wordsBut did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”
- Zechariah 1:7דְבַר־ · the wordOn the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo.
- Zechariah 1:13דְּבָרִ֣ים · words; דְּבָרִ֖יםSo the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.
- Zechariah 4:6דְּבַר־ · is the wordSo he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.
- Zechariah 4:8דְבַר־ · Then the wordThen the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Zechariah 6:9דְבַר־ · The wordThe word of the LORD also came to me, saying,
- Zechariah 7:1דְבַר־ · the wordIn the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.
- Zechariah 7:4דְּבַר־ · Then the wordThen the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,
- Zechariah 7:7הַדְּבָרִ֗ים · the wordsAre these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”
- Zechariah 7:8דְּבַר־ · Then the wordThen the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,
- Zechariah 7:12הַדְּבָרִים֙ · to the wordsThey made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.
- Zechariah 8:1דְּבַר־ · Again the wordAgain the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying:
- Zechariah 8:9הַדְּבָרִ֣ים · wordsThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words spoken by the prophets who were present when the foundations were laid to rebuild the temple, the house of the LORD of Hosts.
- Zechariah 8:16הַדְּבָרִ֖ים · are the thingsThese are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
- Zechariah 8:18דְּבַר־ · Then the wordThen the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,
- Zechariah 9:1דְבַר־ · of the wordThis is the burden of the word of the LORD against the land of Hadrach and Damascus its resting place—for the eyes of men and of all the tribes of Israel are upon the LORD—
- Zechariah 11:11דְבַר־ · was the wordIt was revoked on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
- Zechariah 12:1דְבַר־ · of the wordThis is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:
- Malachi 1:1דְבַר־ · of the wordThis is the burden of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi:
- Malachi 2:17בְּדִבְרֵיכֶ֔ם · with your wordsYou have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”
- Malachi 3:13דִּבְרֵיכֶ֖ם · Your words“Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’