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. Exodus 19:8דִּבְרֵ֥י · words
    And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.
  2. Exodus 19:9דִּבְרֵ֥י · had said
    The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you, and they will always put their trust in you.” And Moses relayed to the LORD what the people had said.
  3. Exodus 20:1הַדְּבָרִ֥ים · words
    And God spoke all these words:
  4. Exodus 22:9דְּבַר־ · cases; דְּבַר־ · their cases
    In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.
  5. Exodus 23:7מִדְּבַר־ · accusation
    Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
  6. Exodus 23:8דִּבְרֵ֥י · the words
    Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
  7. Exodus 24:3דִּבְרֵ֣י · the words; הַדְּבָרִ֛ים · the words
    When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”
  8. Exodus 24:4דִּבְרֵ֣י · the words
    And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
  9. Exodus 24:8הַדְּבָרִ֖ים · words
    So Moses took the blood, splattered it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
  10. Exodus 24:14דְּבָרִ֖ים · has a dispute
    And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute can go to them.”
  11. Exodus 29:1הַדָּבָ֜ר
    “Now this is what you are to do to consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams without blemish,
  12. Exodus 32:28כִּדְבַ֣ר · commanded
    The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people fell dead.
  13. Exodus 33:4הַדָּבָ֥ר · news
    When the people heard this bad news, they went into mourning, and no one put on any of his jewelry.
  14. Exodus 33:17הַדָּבָ֥ר · thing
    So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”
  15. Exodus 34:1הַדְּבָרִ֔ים · the words
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
  16. Exodus 34:27הַדְּבָרִ֣ים · words; הַדְּבָרִ֣ים · words
    The LORD also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
  17. Exodus 34:28דִּבְרֵ֣י · Commandments; הַדְּבָרִֽים׃ · the words
    So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
  18. Exodus 35:1הַדְּבָרִ֔ים · are the things
    Then Moses assembled the whole congregation of Israel and said to them, “These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do:
  19. Exodus 35:4הַדָּבָ֔ר
    Moses also told the whole congregation of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:
  20. Leviticus 4:13דָּבָ֔ר · and the matter
    Now if the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly so that they violate any of the LORD’s commandments and incur guilt by doing what is forbidden,
  21. Leviticus 5:2דָּבָ֣ר
    Or if a person touches anything unclean—whether the carcass of any unclean wild animal or livestock or crawling creature—even if he is unaware of it, he is unclean and guilty.
  22. Leviticus 8:5הַדָּבָ֔ר
    And Moses said to them, “This is what the LORD has commanded to be done.”
  23. Leviticus 8:36הַדְּבָרִ֔ים
    So Aaron and his sons did everything the LORD had commanded through Moses.
  24. Leviticus 9:6הַדָּבָ֛ר
    And Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded you to do, so that the glory of the LORD may appear to you.”
  25. Leviticus 10:7כִּדְבַ֥ר · instructed
    You shall not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, or you will die, for the LORD’s anointing oil is on you.” So they did as Moses instructed.
  26. Leviticus 17:2הַדָּבָ֔ר
    “Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them this is what the LORD has commanded:
  27. Leviticus 23:37דְּבַר־ · each on
    These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting food offerings to the LORD—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day.
  28. Numbers 11:23דְבָרִ֖י · My word
    The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.”
  29. Numbers 11:24דִּבְרֵ֣י · the words
    So Moses went out and relayed to the people the words of the LORD, and he gathered seventy of the elders of the people and had them stand around the tent.
  30. Numbers 12:6דְבָרָ֑י · My words
    He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
  31. Numbers 13:26דָּבָר֙ · a report
    …and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.
  32. Numbers 14:20כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ׃ · as you requested
    “I have pardoned them as you requested,” the LORD replied.
  33. Numbers 14:39הַדְּבָרִ֣ים · words
    And when Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people mourned bitterly.
  34. Numbers 15:31דְבַר־ · the word
    He shall certainly be cut off, because he has despised the word of the LORD and broken His commandment; his guilt remains on him.”
  35. Numbers 16:31הַדְּבָרִ֖ים
    As soon as Moses had finished saying all this, the ground beneath them split open,
  36. Numbers 16:49דְּבַר־ · account
    But those who died from the plague numbered 14,700, in addition to those who had died on account of Korah.
  37. Numbers 18:7דְּבַ֧ר · concerning
    But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”
  38. Numbers 20:19דָּבָ֖ר · problem
    “We will stay on the main road,” the Israelites replied, “and if we or our herds drink your water, we will pay for it. There will be no problem; only let us pass through on foot.”
  39. Numbers 22:7דִּבְרֵ֥י · the words
    The elders of Moab and Midian departed with the fees for divination in hand. They came to Balaam and relayed to him the words of Balak.
  40. Numbers 22:8דָּבָ֔ר · you the answer
    “Spend the night here,” Balaam replied, “and I will give you the answer that the LORD speaks to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.
  41. Numbers 22:20הַדָּבָ֛ר
    That night God came to Balaam and said, “Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.”
  42. Numbers 22:35הַדָּבָ֛ר
    But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you are to speak only what I tell you.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
  43. Numbers 22:38הַדָּבָ֗ר · only the word
    “See, I have come to you,” Balaam replied, “but can I say just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”
  44. Numbers 23:3וּדְבַ֥ר
    “Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone,” Balaam said to Balak. “Perhaps the LORD will meet with me. And whatever He reveals to me, I will tell you.” So Balaam went off to a barren height,
  45. Numbers 23:5דָּבָ֖ר · a message
    Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”
  46. Numbers 23:16דָּבָ֖ר · a message
    And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”