דָּבַק
da.vaq
“to cleave”
Definition
properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
a primitive root;
- to cling, stick, stay close, cleave, keep close, stick to, stick with, follow closely, join to, overtake, catch 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cling, cleave to 1a2) to stay with 1b) (Pual) to be joined together 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to cleave to 1c2) to pursue closely 1c3) to overtake 1d) (Hophal) to be made to cleave Aramaic equivalent: de.vaq (*דְּבֵק *"to cleave" H1693)
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Occurrences
דָּבַק appears 44 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
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For just as a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I have made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My renown and praise and glory. But they did not listen.
For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,
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