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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

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Proverbs 25:11
    A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
  • Proverbs 26:6
    He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
  • Proverbs 26:22
    The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
  • Proverbs 27:11
    My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
  • Proverbs 29:12
    If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
  • Proverbs 29:19
    A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
  • Proverbs 29:20
    Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
  • Proverbs 30:1
    The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
  • Proverbs 30:6
    Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
  • Proverbs 30:8
    Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: