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דָּבָר

dabar

daw-baw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: dâbâr

a word

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

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

Rendered in the KJV as

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.

  • 1,440
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 11 of 39
    Old Testament booksamong the first 500 shown
  • 170
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 500 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 170

  • הַדְּבָרִ֣ים24
  • הַדָּבָ֣ר22
  • דִּבְרֵ֥י21
  • דְּבַר־18
  • הַדָּבָ֥ר17
  • הַדְּבָרִ֖ים16
  • דִּבְרֵ֣י15
  • הַדָּבָ֔ר15
  • דָּבָ֔ר13
  • הַדָּבָ֖ר13
  • דְּבַ֥ר10
  • הַדְּבָרִ֔ים10

and 158 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 92

  • [the] words of48
  • the words46
  • the thing37
  • the word30
  • the matter23
  • [the] word of22
  • a word21
  • anything16
  • the things16
  • [the] matter of12
  • words your12
  • according to word your11

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 36

  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular108
  • noun · masculine singular71
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural66
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)58
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)54
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular18
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular16
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)14
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular11
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular9
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular9
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular8
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HTd/Ncmsa · 108
  • HNcmsa · 71
  • HTd/Ncmpa · 66
  • HNcmpc · 58
  • HNcmsc · 54
  • HRd/Ncmsa · 18
  • HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms · 16
  • HR/Ncmsc · 14
  • HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 11
  • HNcmpc/Sp1bs · 9
  • HNcmsc/Sp2ms · 9
  • HNcmpc/Sp3ms · 8

The first 500 of 1,440, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis61 occurrences
Exodus62 occurrences
Leviticus8 occurrences
Numbers29 occurrences
Deuteronomy96 occurrences
Joshua32 occurrences
Judges25 occurrences
Ruth3 occurrences
1 Samuel78 occurrences
2 Samuel38 occurrences
Psalms68 occurrences
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).