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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 31:1
    The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
  • Ecclesiastes 1:1
    The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
  • Ecclesiastes 1:8
    All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
  • Ecclesiastes 1:10
    Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
  • Ecclesiastes 5:2
    Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
  • Ecclesiastes 5:3
    For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
  • Ecclesiastes 5:7
    For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
  • Ecclesiastes 6:11
    Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
  • Ecclesiastes 7:8
    Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
  • Ecclesiastes 7:21
    Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: