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HebrewH1697Noun (Masculine)

דָּבָר

da.var

1,225Occurrences
H1697Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

from H1696 (דָבַר);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
word/speech/command 1) speech, word, speaking, thing 1a) speech 1b) saying, utterance 1c) word, words 1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

דָּבָר appears 1,225 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
182
1 Kings
97
2 Kings
81
Deuteronomy
77
Ezk
74
2 Chronicles
66
1 Samuel
61
2 Samuel
58

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 10:13BSB

So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,

2 Chronicles 9:2BSB

And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for him to explain.

Ecclesiastes 1:1BSB

These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:

Genesis 44:18BSB

Then Judah approached Joseph and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself.

Jeremiah 49:34BSB

This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.