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דָּבָר H1697

dâbâr

daw-baw'

from דָבַר; a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause; act, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, [phrase] chronicles, commandment, [idiom] commune(-ication), [phrase] concern(-ing), [phrase] confer, counsel, [phrase] dearth, decree, deed, [idiom] disease, due, duty, effect, [phrase] eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-) ness, [phrase] glory, [phrase] harm, hurt, [phrase] iniquity, [phrase] judgment, language, [phrase] lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, [idiom] ought, [idiom] parts, [phrase] pertaining, [phrase] please, portion, [phrase] power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, [idiom] (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, [phrase] sign, [phrase] so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, [phrase] song, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, task, [phrase] that, [idiom] there done, thing (concerning), thought, [phrase] thus, tidings, what(-soever), [phrase] wherewith, which, word, work.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

דָּבָר 1439 n.m. speech, word
I sg. speech, discourse, saying, word, as the sum of that which is spoken
II sg. saying, utterance, sentence, as a section of a discourse
III sg. a word, words
IV sg. matter, affair, thing about which one speaks

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


1290 occurrences

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  • Judges 8:3
    God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
  • Judges 9:3
    And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
  • Judges 9:30
    And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
  • Judges 11:10
    And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
  • Judges 11:11
    Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.
  • Judges 11:28
    Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
  • Judges 11:37
    And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.
  • Judges 13:12
    And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?
  • Judges 13:17
    And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?
  • Judges 16:16
    And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;