Word Study · Strong's H1700 · Hebrew
דִּבְרָה
dibrah
dib-raw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: dibrâh
“a reason, suit or style”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a reason, suit or style
Rendered in the KJV as
cause, end, estate, order, regard.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- דִּבְרַת֙1
- דִּבְרַ֗ת1
- דִּבְרַ֖ת1
- דִּ֝בְרָתִ֗י1
- דִּבְרָתִֽי׃1
How it is rendered · 5
- [the] cause of1
- [the] manner of1
- cause of1
- plea my1
- reason1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)4
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsc · 4
- HNcfsc/Sp1bs · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Ecclesiastes carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Ecclesiastes3 occurrences
- Ecclesiastes 3:18דִּבְרַת֙divratnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”here: cause of
- Ecclesiastes 7:14דִּבְרַ֗תdivratnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.here: reason
- Ecclesiastes 8:2דִּבְרַ֖תdivratnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.here: [the] cause of
Same headword in Strong's