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Lexicon :: Strong's H1692 - dāḇaq

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דָּבַק
Transliteration
dāḇaq
Pronunciation
daw-bak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 398

Strong’s Definitions

דָּבַק dâbaq, daw-bak'; a primitive root; properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit:—abide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x

The KJV translates Strong's H1692 in the following manner: cleave (32x), follow hard (5x), overtake (3x), stick (3x), keep fast (2x), ...together (2x), abide (1x), close (1x), joined (1x), pursued (1x), take (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x
The KJV translates Strong's H1692 in the following manner: cleave (32x), follow hard (5x), overtake (3x), stick (3x), keep fast (2x), ...together (2x), abide (1x), close (1x), joined (1x), pursued (1x), take (1x).

  1. to cling, stick, stay close, cleave, keep close, stick to, stick with, follow closely, join to, overtake, catch

    1. (Qal)

      1. to cling, cleave to

      2. to stay with

    2. (Pual) to be joined together

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to cause to cleave to

      2. to pursue closely

      3. to overtake

    4. (Hophal) to be made to cleave

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דָּבַק dâbaq, daw-bak'; a primitive root; properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit:—abide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.
STRONGS H1692: Abbreviations
† דָּבַק, דָּבֵק verb cling, cleave, keep close (Late Hebrew id., Arabic دَبِقَ Aramaic H1693 דְּבֵק, דְּבַק QebD, QfbD) —
Qal Perfect דָּבַק 1 Kings 11:2 + 2 times; וְדָבַק consecutive Genesis 2:24; דָּבֵ֑ק 2 Kings 3:3; 3rd person feminine singular דָּֽבְקָה Ruth 1:14 + 5 times; דָּבֵ֑קָה Job 29:10; 1st person singular דָּבַקְתִּי Psalm 119:31; 3rd person plural דָּֽבְקוּ 2 Samuel 20:2; וְדָֽבְקוּ consecutive Deuteronomy 28:60; דָּבֵ֑קוּ Job 41:15; וּדְבַקְתֶּם consecutive Joshua 23:12; Imperfect יִדְבַּק Deuteronomy 13:18 + 3 times; 3rd person feminine singular תִּדְבַּק 2 Kings 5:27; Psalm 137:6; וַתִּדְבַּק Genesis 34:3 + 2 times; suffix תִּדְבָּקַנִי Genesis 19:19; 2nd person masculine singular תִּדְבָּ֑ק Deuteronomy 10:20; Ezekiel 29:4 (strike out B Co); 2nd person feminine singular תִּדְבָּקִין Ruth 2:8, 21; 3rd person plural יִדְבְּקוּ Numbers 36:7, 9; 2nd person masculine plural תִּדְבָּ֑קוּ Joshua 23:8; תִּדְבָּקוּ֑ן Deuteronomy 13:5; Infinitive construct וּלְדָבְקָהבּֿוֺ Deuteronomy 11:22 + 2 times; — in Hexateuch only J D, except Numbers 36:7, 9 (P); —
1. cling, cleave to,
a. literally followed by בְּ Job 19:20 (bone to skin), so followed by לְ Psalm 102:6; followed by אֶל 2 Samuel 23:10 (hand to sword; accidentally omitted with other words 1 Chronicles 11:13 compare Dr 2 Samuel 23:11), Jeremiah 13:11 (girdle to loins), Lamentations 4:4 (tongue to roof of mouth, in thirst), so followed by לְ Job 29:10; Psalm 137:6 (as a judgment); so also in metaphor Psalm 44:26 דָּֽבְקָה לָאָרֶץ בִּטְנֵנוּ our belly cleaveth to the earth (|| שָׁחָה לֶעָפָר נַפְשֵׁנוּ), Psalm 119:25 דָּֽבְקָה לֶעָפָר נַפְשִׁי; fish to scales of crocodile (figurative of Pharaoh), followed by בְּ Ezekiel 29:4 (but compare above); absolute (reciprocal) of folds of crocodile's belly Job 41:15; further of the חֵרֶם remaining in (sticking to) the hand followed by בְּ Deuteronomy 13:18; so of spot, stain Job 31:7;
b. so also of abiding on the land of one's tribe Numbers 36:7, 9 (followed by בְּ).
c. = remain with, close to followed by עִם Ruth 2:8, 21 followed by בְּ Ruth 2:23.
2. cling, cleave to,
a. figurative of loyalty, affection etc., sometimes with idea of physical proximity retained, followed by בְּ Genesis 2:24 (J; man to wife) compare Genesis 34:3 (J) 1 Kings 11:2; Joshua 23:12 (D); further Ruth 1:14 (Ruth to Naomi); 2 Samuel 20:2 (people to king); especially (followed by בְּ) of cleaving to י׳ Deuteronomy 11:22 (|| אָהֵב, הָלַךְ בְּכָלדְּֿרָכָיו) Deuteronomy 30:20 (|| אָהֵב, שָׁמַע בְּקֹלוֺ), Joshua 22:5 (|| אָהֵב, הָלַךְ וגו׳, שָׁמַר מִצְוֺתָיו); compare further Deuteronomy 10:20; Deuteronomy 13:5; Joshua 23:8 (all D), 2 Kings 18:6; Psalm 63:9 [Psalm 63:8] (followed by אַחֲרֵי) & Psalm 119:31 דָּבַקְתּי בְֵֽֽֽעדְוֺתֶ֑יךָ; so
b. of the opposite דָּבֵ֑ק ֗֗֗ יָֽרָבְעָם בְּחַטּאֹות 2 Kings 3:3.
c. subject disease, calamity, followed by בְּ person Deuteronomy 28:60; 2 Kings 5:27; followed by אַחֲרֵי Jeremiah 42:16; followed by accusative Genesis 19:19 (J); subject sin Psalm 101:3 (followed by בְּ person).
Pu. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יְדֻבָּ֑קוּ passive of Hiph. 1. followed by בְּ, of crocodile's scales, they are joined together Job 41:9 (|| יִתְלַכְּדוּ); absolute of earth-clods Job 38:38.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular suffix הִדְבִּיקָ֑תְהוּ Judges 20:42; 3rd person plural suffix הִדְבִּיקֻהוּ 2 Samuel 1:6; 1st person singular הִדְבַּקְתִּי Jeremiah 13:11; וְהִדְבַּקְתִּ֫י Ezekiel 29:4; Imperfect jussive יַדְבֵּק Deuteronomy 28:21; וַיַּדְבֵּק Genesis 31:23; אַדְבִּיק Ezekiel 3:26; וַיַּדְבִּיקוּ Judges 18:22; Judges 20:45; וַיַּדְבְּקוּ 1 Samuel 14:22 + 2 times (compare Ges§ 53 R 4 Köi. 210).
1. cause to cling or cleave to, followed by accusative + אֶל, literally וּלְשׁוֺנְךָ אַדְבִּיק אֶלחִֿכֶּ֑ךָ Ezekiel 3:26; see also Ezekiel 29:4 (followed by accusative + בְּ; literal, but in metaphor); figurative of causing to cleave to י׳ Jeremiah 13:11 (followed by accusative + אֶל); compare further Deuteronomy 28:21 (subject י׳, followed by accusative of disease + בְּ).
2. pursue closely, followed by אַחֲרֵי Judges 20:45; 1 Samuel 14:22; 1 Chronicles 10:2 = 1 Samuel 31:2 (followed by accusative); so also 2 Samuel 1:6 (followed by accusative).
3. overtake, followed by accusative Genesis 31:23 (E), Judges 18:22; compare Judges 20:42 (subject הַמִּלְחָמַה).
Hoph. Participle וּלְשׁוֺנִי מֻדְבָּק מַלְקוֺחָ֑י Psalm 22:16 and my tongue is made to cleave (to) my gums; compare below Qal 1.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:24; 2:24; 19:19; 19:19; 31:23; 31:23; 34:3; 34:3

Numbers

36:7; 36:7; 36:7; 36:9; 36:9; 36:9

Deuteronomy

10:20; 10:20; 11:22; 11:22; 13:5; 13:5; 13:18; 13:18; 28:21; 28:21; 28:60; 28:60; 30:20

Joshua

22:5; 23:8; 23:8; 23:12; 23:12

Judges

18:22; 18:22; 20:42; 20:42; 20:45; 20:45

Ruth

1:14; 1:14; 2:8; 2:8; 2:21; 2:21; 2:23

1 Samuel

14:22; 14:22; 31:2

2 Samuel

1:6; 1:6; 20:2; 20:2; 23:10; 23:11

1 Kings

11:2; 11:2

2 Kings

3:3; 3:3; 5:27; 5:27; 18:6

1 Chronicles

10:2; 11:13

Job

19:20; 29:10; 29:10; 31:7; 38:38; 41:9; 41:15; 41:15

Psalms

22:16; 44:26; 63:8; 101:3; 102:6; 119:25; 119:31; 119:31; 137:6; 137:6

Jeremiah

13:11; 13:11; 13:11; 42:16

Lamentations

4:4

Ezekiel

3:26; 3:26; 29:4; 29:4; 29:4; 29:4

H1692

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Strong's Number H1692 matches the Hebrew דָּבַק (dāḇaq),
which occurs 54 times in 52 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 2:24–Lam 4:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:24 - Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall [fn]cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:19 - since thy servant has found mercy before thee, and thou hast magnified thy righteousness, in what thou doest towards me that my soul may live,—but I shall not be able to escape to the mountain, lest perhaps the calamity overtake me and I die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:23 - And having taken his brethren with him, he pursued after him seven days' journey, and overtook him on Mount Galaad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:3 - And he was attached to the soul of Dina the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and he spoke [fn]kindly to the damsel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:7 - So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel go about from tribe to tribe, for the children of Israel shall [fn]steadfastly continue each in the inheritance of his family's tribe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:9 - And the inheritance shall not go about from one tribe to another, but the children of Israel shall steadfastly continue each in his own inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:20 - Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt cleave to him, and shalt swear by his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:22 - And it shall come to pass that if ye will indeed hearken to all these commands, which I charge thee to observe this day, to love the Lord our God, and to walk in all his ways, and to cleave close to him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:4 - (LXX 13:5) Ye shall follow the Lord your God, and fear him, and ye shall hear his voice, and attach yourselves to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17 - (LXX 13:18) And there shall nothing of the cursed thing cleave to thy hand, that the Lord may turn from his fierce anger, and [fn]shew thee mercy, and pity thee, and multiply thee, as he sware to thy fathers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:21 - [fn]The Lord cause the pestilence to cleave to thee, until he shall have consumed thee off the land into which thou goest to inherit it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:60

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:60 - And he shall bring upon thee all the evil pain of Egypt, [fn]of which thou wast afraid, and they shall cleave to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:20 - to love the Lord thy God, to hearken to his voice, and cleave to him; for this is thy life, and the length of thy days, that thou shouldest dwell upon the land, which the Lord sware to thy fathers, Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob, to give to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:5 - But take great heed to do the commands and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you to do; to love the Lord our God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commands, and to cleave to him, and serve him with all your mind, and with all your soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:8 - But ye shall cleave to the Lord our God, as ye have done until this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:12 - For if ye shall turn aside and attach yourselves to these nations that are left with you, and make marriages with them, and become mingled with them and they with you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:22 - They went some distance from the house of Michaias, and, behold, Michaias and the men in the houses near Michaias' house, cried out, and overtook the children of Dan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:42 - And they turned to the way of the wilderness from before the children of Israel, and fled: but the battle overtook them, and they from the cities destroyed them in the midst of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:45 - And the rest turned, and fled to the wilderness to the rock of Remmon; and the children of Israel [fn]picked off of them five thousand men; and the children of Israel went down after them as far as Gedan, and they smote of them two thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:14 - And they lifted up their voice, and wept again; and Orpha kissed her mother-in-law and returned to her people; but Ruth followed her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:8 - And Booz said to Ruth, Hast thou not heard, my daughter? go not to glean in another field; and depart not thou hence, join thyself here with my damsels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:21 - And Ruth said to her mother-in-law, Yea, he said also to me, Keep close to my damsels, until the men shall have finished all my reaping.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:23 - And Ruth joined herself to the damsels of Booz to glean until they had finished the barley-harvest and the wheat-harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:22 - And all the Israelites who were hidden in mount Ephraim heard also that the Philistines fled; and they also gather themselves after them to battle: and the Lord saved Israel in that day; and the war passed through Bamoth; and all the people with Saul were about ten thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:2 - And the Philistines press closely on Saul and his sons, and the Philistines smite Jonathan, and Aminadab, and Melchisa son of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:6 - And the young man that brought the tidings, said to him, I happened accidentally to be upon mount Gelbue; and, behold, Saul was leaning upon his spear, and, behold, the chariots and captains of horse pressed hard upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:2 - And all the men of Israel went up from following David after Sabee the son of Bochori: but the men of Juda adhered to their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:10 - He arose and smote the Philistines, until his hand was weary, and his hand clave to the sword: and the Lord wrought a great salvation in that day, and the people [fn]rested behind him only to strip the slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:2 - of the nations concerning whom the Lord forbade the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall not go in to them, and they shall not come in to you, lest they turn away your hearts after their idols: Solomon clave to these in love.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:3 - Only he adhered to the sin of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin; he departed not from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:27 - The leprosy also of Naiman shall cleave to thee, and to thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence leprous, like snow.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:6 - And he clave to the Lord, he departed not [fn]from following him; and he kept his commandments, as many as he commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:2 - And the Philistines pursued after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines smote Jonathan, and Aminadab, and Melchisue, sons of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:20 - My flesh is corrupt under my skin, and my bones are held in my teeth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:10 - And they that heard me blessed me, and their tongue clave to their throat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:7 - if my foot has turned aside out of the way, or if mine heart has followed mine eye, and if too I have touched gifts with my hands;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:38 - For it is spread out as dusty earth, and I have cemented it as one hewn stone to another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:17 - (LXX 41:9) They will remain united each to the other: they are closely joined, and cannot be separated.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:23 - (LXX 41:15) The flesh also of his body is joined together: if one pours violence upon him, he shall not be moved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:15 - (LXX 21:16) My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue is glued to my throat; and thou hast brought me down to the dust of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:25 - (LXX 43:26) For our soul has been brought down to the dust; our belly has cleaved to the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:8 - (LXX 62:9) My soul has [fn]kept very close behind thee: thy right hand has upheld me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:3 - (LXX 100:3) I have not set before mine eyes any unlawful thing; I have hated transgressors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:5 - (LXX 101:6) By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bone has cleaved to my flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:25 - (LXX 118:25) My soul has cleaved to the ground; quicken thou me according to thy word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:31 - (LXX 118:31) I have cleaved to thy testimonies, O Lord; put me not to shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:6 - (LXX 136:6) May my tongue cleave to my throat, if I do not remember thee; if I do not prefer Jerusalem as the chief of my joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:11 - For as a girdle cleaves about the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave to myself the house of Israel, and the whole house of Juda; that they might be to me a famous people, and a praise, and a glory: but they did not hearken to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:16 - (LXX 49:16) If ye set your face toward Egypt, and go in there to dwell; then it shall be, that the sword which ye fear shall find you in the land of Egypt, and the famine to which ye have regard, shall overtake you, coming after you in Egypt; and there ye shall die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:4 - Daleth. The tongue of the sucking child cleaves to the roof of its mouth for thirst: the little children ask for bread, and there is none to break it to them.

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