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Lexicon :: Strong's H1697 - dāḇār

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דָּבָר
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dāḇār
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daw-baw'
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masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 399a

Strong’s Definitions

דָּבָר dâbâr, daw-baw'; from H1696; a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause:—act, advice, affair, answer, × any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, chronicles, commandment, × commune(-ication), concern(-ing), confer, counsel, dearth, decree, deed, × disease, due, duty, effect, eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-) ness, glory, harm, hurt, iniquity, judgment, language, lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, × ought, × parts, pertaining, please, portion, power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, × (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, sign, so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, song, speech, × spoken, talk, task, that, × there done, thing (concerning), thought, thus, tidings, what(-soever), wherewith, which, word, work.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,439x

The KJV translates Strong's H1697 in the following manner: word (807x), thing (231x), matter (63x), acts (51x), chronicles (38x), saying (25x), commandment (20x), miscellaneous (204x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,439x
The KJV translates Strong's H1697 in the following manner: word (807x), thing (231x), matter (63x), acts (51x), chronicles (38x), saying (25x), commandment (20x), miscellaneous (204x).

  1. speech, word, speaking, thing

    1. speech

    2. saying, utterance

    3. word, words

    4. business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דָּבָר dâbâr, daw-baw'; from H1696; a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause:—act, advice, affair, answer, × any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, chronicles, commandment, × commune(-ication), concern(-ing), confer, counsel, dearth, decree, deed, × disease, due, duty, effect, eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-) ness, glory, harm, hurt, iniquity, judgment, language, lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, × ought, × parts, pertaining, please, portion, power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, × (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, sign, so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, song, speech, × spoken, talk, task, that, × there done, thing (concerning), thought, thus, tidings, what(-soever), wherewith, which, word, work.
STRONGS H1697: Abbreviations
דָּבָר 1439 noun masculine speech, word — Genesis 18:14 + 446 times; construct דְּבַר Genesis 12:17 + 361 times; suffix דְּבָרִי Numbers 11:23 + (suffixes + 66 times); singular in all + 875 times; plural דְּבָרִים Exodus 4:10 + 182 times; construct דִּבְרֵי Genesis 24:30 + 253 times; suffix דְּבָרָיו Genesis 37:8 (suffixes + 127 times); plural in all + 564 times; —
I. singular speech, discourse, saying, word, as the sum of that which is spoken:
1. of men.
a. נְבוֺן דָּבָר discreet in speech 1 Samuel 16:18; שְׂפָתַיִם ד׳ speech of lips Psalm 59:13, mere talk Isaiah 36:5 (= 2 Kings 18:20) Proverbs 14:23 (compare Psalm 17:4 speech of God's lips); דָּבָר מָר bitter speech Psalm 64:4; כָּזָב ד׳ lying speech Proverbs 30:8; דְּבָֽרְךָ טוֺכ thy saying is good 1 Samuel 9:10; וּדְבַר אַבְנֵר הָיָה עִם and the speech of Abner had been with the elders of Israel 2 Samuel 3:17 (compare 1 Kings 1:7); † אמר הדבר הזה say this saying Jeremiah 23:38; Jeremiah 31:23; compare Jeremiah 13:12; Jeremiah 14:17 (of God), 1 Samuel 8:10 (דִּבְרֵי י׳).
b. word of command, (הַ)מֶּלֶךְ ד׳ 1 Chronicles 21:4, 6; Esther 1:12 + 6 times Esther; Ecclesiastes 8:4 compare 2 Chronicles 30:5; 31:5; Daniel 9:23, 25; † מַלְכוּת ד׳ royal edict Esther 1:19; כדבר עשׂה do according to the command of Genesis 44:2; Genesis 47:30; Exodus 8:9; Exodus 8:27; Exodus 12:35; Exodus 32:28 (J) Leviticus 10:7 (P) Judges 11:10; Ezra 10:5; Nehemiah 5:12, 13; compare 2 Samuel 17:6 (word of counsel), 1 Kings 3:12 (request), 1 Kings 17:13 (proposal; on these meanings see below).
c. message, report, tidings, וַיִּשְׁמַע הָעָם אֶתהַֿדָּבָר הָרָע הַזֶּה and the people heard this evil report Exodus 33:4 (JE) compare 1 Kings 20:12; אמת (היה) הדבר the report was true 1 Kings 10:6 2 Chronicles 9:5; עַד בּוֺא דָבָר מֵעִמָּכֶם until word come from you 2 Samuel 15:28; ויגע הדבר אל מלך נינוה Jonah 3:6; † הֵשִׁיב דָּבָר return or bring word, report Genesis 37:14; Numbers 13:26; Numbers 22:8 (J) Deuteronomy 1:22, 25; Joshua 14:7; Joshua 22:32 (D) 1 Kings 2:30; 1 Kings 20:9; 2 Kings 22:9, 20 (= 2 Chronicles 34:16, 28), but answer 1 Samuel 17:30; 2 Samuel 3:11; 2 Samuel 24:13 (= 1 Chronicles 21:12), 1 Kings 12:6, 9 (= 2 Chronicles 10:6, 9), 2 Chronicles 12:16; Nehemiah 2:20; Proverbs 18:13; Proverbs 27:11; Isaiah 41:28; Ezekiel 9:11 (DrSm, p, 190 explains the phrase as turn back with a word); compare דבר (לא) ענה answer something or nothing 1 Kings 18:21; 2 Kings 18:36; Psalm 119:42; Isaiah 36:21; Jeremiah 44:20 see IV. 6; דברים השׁיב return words Exodus 19:8 (E) Proverbs 24:26 see III. 1.
d. advice, counsel, בדבר בלעם by advice of Balaam Numbers 31:16 (P), compare Judges 20:7; 2 Samuel 19:44 [2 Samuel 19:43]; Esther 5:5.
e. request, אמתו of his maid, עבדו of his servant 2 Samuel 14:15, 22.
f. promise, לא יחל דברו he shall not break his word Numbers 30:3 (P), compare הקים דבר perform a promise Nehemiah 5:13, see also 2b.
g. charge, complaint, אם אמת היה הדבר הזה if this charge be true Deuteronomy 22:20; compare Deuteronomy 13:15; Deuteronomy 17:4, שׂים דבר בְּ 1 Samuel 22:15, שׂים עלילות דברים לְ Deuteronomy 22:14, 17.
h. decision, sentence, הַמִּשְׁפָּט דְּבַר the sentence of judgment Deuteronomy 17:9 compare Deuteronomy 17:10; Deuteronomy 17:11.
i. theme, story, רָחַשׁ לִבִּי דָּבָר טוֺב my heart swells with a good theme Psalm 45:2; דְּבַרגְּבוּרוֺת the story of his great might Job 41:4.
2. word of God, as a divine communication in the form of commandments, prophecy, and words of help to his people, used 394 times. This word is communicated in several ways:
a. אל ויהי דבר י׳ then the word of Yahweh came unto 1 Samuel 15:10; 2 Samuel 7:4 (compare אלהים 1 Chronicles 17:3), 1 Kings 6:11; 1 Kings 13:20; 1 Kings 16:1; 1 Kings 17:2, 8; 1 Kings 21:17, 28; 2 Chronicles 11:2 (compare האלהים 1 Kings 12:22): compare 1 Chronicles 22:8 (על by confusion), Isaiah 38:4; Jeremiah 1:4 + 20 times Jeremiah, Ezekiel 3:16 + 41 times Ezekiel; Jonah 1:1; Jonah 3:1; Haggai 2:20; Zechariah 4:8; Zechariah 6:9; Zechariah 7:4, 8; Zechariah 8:1 (without אל) Zechariah 8:18; † אל י׳ היה ד׳ Genesis 15:1; 2 Chronicles 12:7; Jeremiah 25:3 + 4 times Jeremiah; Ezekiel 1:3 + 7 times Ezekiel; Daniel 9:2; Zechariah 1:1, 7; Zechariah 7:1; † אל י׳ הנה ד׳ Genesis 15:4; 1 Kings 19:9; † היה אל י׳ ד׳ 2 Samuel 24:11; 1 Kings 16:7; 1 Kings 18:1; 2 Kings 20:4; Ezekiel 24:20; † ביד י׳ היה ד׳ Haggai 1:1; Haggai 2:1, 10; † ביד י׳ ויהי ד׳ Haggai 1:3; † אשׁר י׳ היה אל ד׳ Hosea 1:1; Joel 1:1; Micah 1:1; Zephaniah 1:1; † י׳ אליו אשׁר היה ד׳ 1 Kings 18:31; Jeremiah 1:2; † אל יר׳ י׳ אשׁר היה ד׳ Jeremiah 14:1; Jeremiah 46:1; Jeremiah 47:1; Jeremiah 49:34 (see אשׁר 6a); הדבר אשׁר היה אל Jeremiah 7:1 + 11 times Jeremiah; † י׳ את ד׳ 2 Kings 3:12; Jeremiah 23:28; Jeremiah 27:18; compare אֵלַי דָּבָר יְגֻנָּב unto me a word was brought by stealth Job 4:12, compare וְטֶרֶם יִגָּלֶה אֵלָיו דְּבַר י׳ and the word of Yahweh was not yet revealed unto him 1 Samuel 3:7. Yahweh also sends his word שׁלח Psalm 107:20; Psalm 147:18; Isaiah 9:7; Jeremiah 42:5 (compare plural Zechariah 7:12) and makes it an object of vision ראה Jeremiah 2:31; Jeremiah 38:21 (compare plural Ezekiel 11:25), חזה Isaiah 2:1; it is also commanded צוה Exodus 16:16, 32; Exodus 35:4; Leviticus 8:5; Leviticus 9:6; Leviticus 17:2; Numbers 30:2; Numbers 36:6 (P) Deuteronomy 4:2; Deuteronomy 13:1; Deuteronomy 15:15; Joshua 1:13; Joshua 4:10 (D) 1 Chronicles 16:15 (= Psalm 105:8) Nehemiah 1:8; Jeremiah 7:23, compare הדברים אשׁר צוה Exodus 35:1; Leviticus 8:36 (P) Exodus 19:7 (E) Deuteronomy 6:6.
b. Yahweh confirms his word of promise Deuteronomy 9:5; 1 Samuel 1:23 (where read דְּבָרֵךְ thy word according to Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version & Dr), 1 Kings 2:4; 1 Kings 6:12; 1 Kings 8:20; Jeremiah 29:10; Jeremiah 33:14, and his word of warning 1 Kings 12:15; Daniel 9:12; his word stands for ever Isaiah 40:8; it is settled for ever in heaven Psalm 119:89; he remembers his holy word דבר קדשׁו Psalm 105:42 (compare דִּבְרֵי קָדְשׁוֺ Jeremiah 23:9); he himself Joel 2:11, the angels Psalm 103:20, and forces of nature Psalm 148:8 עשׂה דברו do his word of command; by his word the heavens were made Psalm 33:6; it is near his people, in their mouth and heart Deuteronomy 30:14; a lamp to their feet Psalm 119:105.
II. saying, utterance, sentence, as a section of a discourse: —
1. of men,
a. דָּבָר בְּעִתּוֺ a word in due season Proverbs 15:23 compare Job 4:2; Proverbs 12:25; commonly in plural, † (הַ)שִּׁירָ(ה) דִּבְרֵי words of the song (i.e. its lines of poetry) Deuteronomy 31:30; Deuteronomy 32:44; Psalm 18:1 (= 2 Samuel 22:1) Psalm 137:3; הלל בדברי דויד to sing praises with the words of David (his psalms) 2 Chronicles 29:30; דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים sentences of the wise Proverbs 1:6; Proverbs 22:17; Ecclesiastes 9:17; Ecclesiastes 12:11; these sayings are commonly written, compare דברי האגרת words of the letterEsther 9:26; הדברים עתיקים the records are ancient 1 Chronicles 4:22; דִּבְרֵי (ה)סֵפֶר Isaiah 29:11, 18; Jeremiah 29:1.
b. title of writings: דִּבְרֵי קֹהֶלֶת Ecclesiastes 1:1, אגור ד׳ Proverbs 30:1, למואל ד׳ Proverbs 31:1, ירמיהו ד׳ Jeremiah 1:1, so Amos 1:1; Nehemiah 1:1; compare in appended phrase or clause, Jeremiah 51:64, איוב ד׳ Job 31:40.
c. in Chronicles name of a work: החזים ד׳ 2 Chronicles 33:18, 19, שׁמעיה בד׳ 2 Chronicles 12:15, יהוא בד׳ 2 Chronicles 20:34, שׁמואל על ד׳ 1 Chronicles 29:29; נתן על ד׳ 1 Chronicles 29:29; 2 Chronicles 9:29, גד על ד׳ 1 Chronicles 29:29. (It is not certain whether writings of prophets or histories about them are referred to; in the latter case they are acts, IV. 2, see DrIntr 497.)
2. of God: עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים the ten words (sentences in the tables) Exodus 34:28 (JE) Deuteronomy 4:13; Deuteronomy 10:4, referred to as הדברים Exodus 34:1 (JE) Deuteronomy 4:10, 36; Deuteronomy 5:19; Deuteronomy 9:10; Deuteronomy 10:2; of commands of covenant code Exodus 24:3, 4, 8; compare Exodus 34:27 (JE); of Deuteronomic code Deuteronomy 17:19 (+ 16 times D) 2 Kings 22:11; 2 Kings 23:3-24 (compare 2 Chron 34:19-31) Jeremiah 11:2-8; Jeremiah 34:18; the law-book of Joshua Joshua 24:26 (E); of the code of Ezra Ezra 7:11; Ezra 9:4; Nehemiah 8:9, 13; the words of Yahweh written by Jeremiah Jeremiah 25:13; Jeremiah 36:4-32; Jeremiah 51:61; the words of the book of Daniel Daniel 12:4, 9; commands in general 1 Samuel 15:11; Psalm 50:17; Psalm 119:57; Psalm 119:130; Psalm 119:139; promises 2 Samuel 7:28; Nehemiah 9:8, compare 1 Chronicles 25:5; 2 Chronicles 36:16.
III. a word, words: —
1. of men: שָׂפָה אֶחָ֑ת וּדְבָרִים אֲחָדִים one lip, and one and the same words Genesis 11:1 (J); אֵין אֹמֶר וְאֵין דְּבָרִים no speech and no words Psalm 19:4; אִישׁ דְּבָרִים man of words, ready in speech, Exodus 4:10 (J); רב דברים multitude of words Job 11:2; Proverbs 10:19; Ecclesiastes 5:2; קְחוּ עִמָּכֶם דְּבָרִים take with you words Hosea 14:3; דבר(י) (ה)שׁקר lying word(s) Exodus 5:9; Exodus 23:7 (E) Proverbs 13:5; Proverbs 29:12; Isaiah 59:13; Jeremiah 7:4, 8; דִּבְרֵי רוּחַ words of wind, vain words Job 16:3; וּמַהשֶּֿׁמֶץ דָּבָר נִשְׁמַעבּֿוֺ and what a whisper of a word we hear of him! Job 26:14.
2. of God. It is difficult to determine how many of the following should come under II. 2. The plural for words of God is relatively seldom: Genesis 20:8; Exodus 19:6; Numbers 12:6; Joshua 3:9 (E) Exodus 4:28, 30; Numbers 11:24 (J) Deuteronomy 18:19; Joshua 23:14 (D) 1 Samuel 3:18; 1 Samuel 8:10; 1 Samuel 15:1; 2 Chronicles 11:4; Job 42:7; Proverbs 30:6; Isaiah 31:2; Daniel 10:11; Amos 8:11; Micah 2:7; apart from Jeremiah 3:12 + 30 times Jeremiah; Ezekiel 2:7 + 4 times Ezekiel; Zechariah 1:6 + 4 times Zechariah.
IV. matter, affair, thing about which one speaks: —
1. business, occupation: דְּבַר הַמֶּלֶךְ king's business 1 Samuel 21:9; לְכָלדְּֿבַר for every matter of 1 Chronicles 26:32; 1 Chronicles 27:1; 2 Chronicles 19:11; דְּבָרֶיךָ לְכָלֿ for all thine affairs 1 Chronicles 28:21; דבר המזבח Numbers 18:7; דָּבָר אֵיןלָֿהֶם עִם they had not dealings with Judges 18:7, 28; † דְּבַריֿוֺם בְּיוֺמוֺ the task or portion of a day in its day, daily duty or due Exodus 5:13, 19 (E) Exodus 16:4 (J) Leviticus 23:37 (P) 1 Kings 8:59; 2 Kings 25:30; 1 Chronicles 16:37; 2 Chronicles 8:13 (ביום) 2 Chronicles 8:14; 2 Chronicles 31:16; Ezra 3:4; Nehemiah 11:23; Nehemiah 12:47; Jeremiah 52:34; Daniel 1:5; † דבר שׁנה בשׁנה 1 Kings 10:25; 2 Chronicles 9:24.
2. plural acts construct דִּבְרֵי 1 Kings 11:41 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 29:29; 2 Chronicles 12:15; 16:11; † דְּבָרָיו his acts 2 Chronicles 13:22; 35:27; especially in phrases, עַלסֵֿפֶר דִּבְרֵי⬩⬩⬩הַיָּמִים וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי and the rest of the acts of... in the book of the chronicles (daily record of events) of 1 Kings 14:29 + 32 times Kings; וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי 2 Chronicles 13:22 + 8 times Chronicles, וְיֶתֶר דְּבָרָיו 2 Chronicles 28:26, שְׁאָר דִּבְרֵי 2 Chronicles 9:29 are referred to various sources; compare also במספר דברי הימים 1 Chronicles 27:24, בדברי דויד 1 Chronicles 23:27, עלדֿברי מלכי ישׂראל 2 Chronicles 33:18: דברים טובים good deeds 2 Chronicles 12:12; 2 Chronicles 19:3; דִּבְרֵי עֲוֺנֹת acts of iniquity Psalm 65:4 (De, Fälle von Missethaten); דִּבְרֵירָֿע evil deeds Jeremiah 5:28. It is used of God, only in כל דבריו לא יענה Job 33:13, אֹתוֺתָיו ד׳ Psalm 105:27, נִפְלְאֹתֶיךָ ד׳ Psalm 145:5.
3. matter, affair: דבר אוריה affair of Uriah 1 Kings 15:5; שׁרשׁ דבר root of the matter Job 19:28; מה היה הדבר how went the matter ? 1 Samuel 4:16; 2 Samuel 1:4 compare Ruth 3:18; סבב את פני הדבר change the face of the matter 2 Samuel 14:20; דִּבְרֵי הָאֲתֹנוֺת the matter of the asses 1 Samuel 10:2; זה דבר הרצח this is the case of the slayer Deuteronomy 19:4; לְכָלדְּֿבָרָיו 1 Kings 6:38 as to all its particulars.
4. events, things: in the phrase, † אחר הדברים האלה after these things (events in time) Genesis 15:1; Genesis 22:1; Genesis 40:1 (E) Genesis 39:7 (J) 1 Kings 17:17; 1 Kings 21:1; Ezra 7:1; Esther 2:1; Esther 3:1; † האלה אחרי הדברים Genesis 48:1; Joshua 24:29 (E) Genesis 22:20 (J) 2 Chronicles 32:1.
5. cause, case for judicial investigation: כִּייִֿהְיֶה לָהֶם דָּבָר if they have a case Exodus 18:16; compare Exodus 18:22; Exodus 22:8; בעל דברים one having a case Exodus 24:14, compare בדבר משׁפט 2 Chronicles 19:6; דְּבָרֶיךָ טוֺבִים וּנְכֹחִים pleas, good and right 2 Samuel 15:3 compare Joshua 20:4.
6. something, anything (indefinite): עשׂה דבר do a thing Genesis 22:16 + (frequent); עשׂה דברים Isaiah 42:16 + (less frequent); דבר היפלא מי׳ Genesis 18:14 compare Jeremiah 32:17, 27; דבר⬩⬩⬩לא nothing 1 Kings 5:7; 1 Kings 10:3; Isaiah 39:2; Jeremiah 42:4 + (frequent), אין דבר Exodus 5:11 (E) Numbers 20:19; 1 Samuel 20:21; לא דבר מ׳ nothing of Exodus 9:4 (J) Joshua 8:35; Joshua 11:15; Joshua 21:45; Joshua 23:14 (D); כל דבר anything Numbers 31:23; Deuteronomy 23:20 +; דבר רע Psalm 141:4 +; טוב ד׳ 1 Kings 14:13 +; דְּבַרמָֿה whatsoever Numbers 23:3 (E); עֶרְוַת דבר Deuteronomy 23:15 nakedness of a thing, i.e. unclean or unseemly thing (indecency in camp); so of a wife Deuteronomy 24:1.
7. way, manner: זֶה דְּבַר הַשְּׁמִטָּה this is the manner of the release Deuteronomy 15:2 (compare SI1); כֵּן דְּבַר הַמֶּלֶךְ so was the way of the king Esther 1:13; הזה כדבר after this manner, thus † Genesis 18:25; Genesis 32:20 [Genesis 32:19]; Genesis 44:7 (JE) 2 Samuel 15:6; Ezra 10:5; Nehemiah 5:12, 13 with (עשׂה), 1 Samuel 9:21; 2 Samuel 14:3; 2 Samuel 17:6 (דבר), 1 Samuel 17:27, 30; Isaiah 8:20 (אמר), Nehemiah 6:4, 5 (שׁלח), Nehemiah 6:4 (השׁיב) compare 1 Samuel 17:30; 2 Kings 7:19 (היה) (peculiar to D, כדבר הרע הזה such a wicked deed as this Deuteronomy 13:12; Deuteronomy 19:20, כדבר הגדול הזה Deuteronomy 4:32); כדברים האלה עשׂה thus and thus did he Genesis 39:19 (J) 1 Samuel 2:23 (but usually the plural = these words).
8. reason, cause: זֶּה דְבַרהַֿמַּס 1 Kings 9:15; זה הדבר אשׁר this is the reason why Joshua 5:4 (D) 1 Kings 11:27; so 1 Samuel 17:29 AV RV, was it not but a word ? Th Ke RVm VB Dr; ⬩⬩⬩עַל דְּבַר because of, for the sake of Genesis 20:11, 18 (E) Genesis 12:17; Genesis 43:18; Exodus 8:8 (J) Numbers 17:14 (P) Psalm 45:5; Psalm 79:9, עַל דִּבְרֵי Jeremiah 14:1; עַלדִּֿבְרֵיכֶם for your sakes Deuteronomy 4:21, עַל דְּבַר אשׁר Deuteronomy 22:24 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 23:5; 2 Samuel 13:22.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:1; 12:17; 12:17; 15:1; 15:1; 15:4; 18:14; 18:14; 18:25; 20:8; 20:11; 20:18; 22:1; 22:16; 22:20; 24:30; 32:19; 37:8; 37:14; 39:7; 39:19; 40:1; 43:18; 44:2; 44:7; 47:30; 48:1

Exodus

4:10; 4:10; 4:28; 4:30; 5:9; 5:11; 5:13; 5:19; 8:8; 8:9; 8:27; 9:4; 12:35; 16:4; 16:16; 16:32; 18:16; 18:22; 19:6; 19:7; 19:8; 22:8; 23:7; 24:3; 24:4; 24:8; 24:14; 32:28; 33:4; 34:1; 34:27; 34:28; 35:1; 35:4

Leviticus

8:5; 8:36; 9:6; 10:7; 17:2; 23:37

Numbers

11:23; 11:24; 12:6; 13:26; 18:7; 20:19; 22:8; 23:3; 30:2; 30:3; 31:16; 31:23; 36:6

Deuteronomy

1:22; 1:25; 4:2; 4:10; 4:13; 4:21; 4:32; 4:36; 5:19; 6:6; 9:5; 9:10; 10:2; 10:4; 13:1; 13:12; 13:15; 15:2; 15:15; 17:4; 17:9; 17:10; 17:11; 17:19; 18:19; 19:4; 19:20; 22:14; 22:17; 22:20; 22:24; 23:5; 23:15; 23:20; 24:1; 30:14; 31:30; 32:44

Joshua

1:13; 3:9; 4:10; 5:4; 8:35; 11:15; 14:7; 20:4; 21:45; 22:32; 23:14; 23:14; 24:26; 24:29

Judges

11:10; 18:7; 18:28; 20:7

Ruth

3:18

1 Samuel

1:23; 2:23; 3:7; 3:18; 4:16; 8:10; 8:10; 9:10; 9:21; 10:2; 15:1; 15:10; 15:11; 16:18; 17:27; 17:29; 17:30; 17:30; 17:30; 20:21; 21:9; 22:15

2 Samuel

1:4; 3:11; 3:17; 7:4; 7:28; 13:22; 14:3; 14:15; 14:20; 14:22; 15:3; 15:6; 15:28; 17:6; 17:6; 19:43; 22:1; 24:11; 24:13

1 Kings

1:7; 2:4; 2:30; 3:12; 5:7; 6:11; 6:12; 6:38; 8:20; 8:59; 9:15; 10:3; 10:6; 10:25; 11:27; 11:41; 12:6; 12:9; 12:15; 12:22; 13:20; 14:13; 14:29; 15:5; 16:1; 16:7; 17:2; 17:8; 17:13; 17:17; 18:1; 18:21; 18:31; 19:9; 20:9; 20:12; 21:1; 21:17; 21:28

2 Kings

3:12; 7:19; 18:20; 18:36; 20:4; 22:9; 22:11; 22:20; 23:3; 23:4; 23:5; 23:6; 23:7; 23:8; 23:9; 23:10; 23:11; 23:12; 23:13; 23:14; 23:15; 23:16; 23:17; 23:18; 23:19; 23:20; 23:21; 23:22; 23:23; 23:24; 25:30

1 Chronicles

4:22; 16:15; 16:37; 17:3; 21:4; 21:6; 21:12; 22:8; 23:27; 25:5; 26:32; 27:1; 27:24; 28:21; 29:29; 29:29; 29:29; 29:29

2 Chronicles

8:13; 8:14; 9:5; 9:24; 9:29; 9:29; 10:6; 10:9; 11:2; 11:4; 12:7; 12:12; 12:15; 12:15; 12:16; 13:22; 13:22; 16:11; 19:3; 19:6; 19:11; 20:34; 28:26; 29:30; 30:5; 31:5; 31:16; 32:1; 33:18; 33:18; 33:19; 34:16; 34:19; 34:20; 34:21; 34:22; 34:23; 34:24; 34:25; 34:26; 34:27; 34:28; 34:28; 34:29; 34:30; 34:31; 35:27; 36:16

Ezra

3:4; 7:1; 7:11; 9:4; 10:5; 10:5

Nehemiah

1:1; 1:8; 2:20; 5:12; 5:12; 5:13; 5:13; 5:13; 6:4; 6:4; 6:5; 8:9; 8:13; 9:8; 11:23; 12:47

Esther

1:12; 1:13; 1:19; 2:1; 3:1; 5:5; 9:26

Job

4:2; 4:12; 11:2; 16:3; 19:28; 26:14; 31:40; 33:13; 41:4; 42:7

Psalms

17:4; 18:1; 19:4; 33:6; 45:2; 45:5; 50:17; 59:13; 64:4; 65:4; 79:9; 103:20; 105:8; 105:27; 105:42; 107:20; 119:42; 119:57; 119:89; 119:105; 119:130; 119:139; 137:3; 141:4; 145:5; 147:18; 148:8

Proverbs

1:6; 10:19; 12:25; 13:5; 14:23; 15:23; 18:13; 22:17; 24:26; 27:11; 29:12; 30:1; 30:6; 30:8; 31:1

Ecclesiastes

1:1; 5:2; 8:4; 9:17; 12:11

Isaiah

2:1; 8:20; 9:7; 29:11; 29:18; 31:2; 36:5; 36:21; 38:4; 39:2; 40:8; 41:28; 42:16; 59:13

Jeremiah

1:1; 1:2; 1:4; 2:31; 3:12; 5:28; 7:1; 7:4; 7:8; 7:23; 11:2; 11:3; 11:4; 11:5; 11:6; 11:7; 11:8; 13:12; 14:1; 14:1; 14:17; 23:9; 23:28; 23:38; 25:3; 25:13; 27:18; 29:1; 29:10; 31:23; 32:17; 32:27; 33:14; 34:18; 36:4; 36:5; 36:6; 36:7; 36:8; 36:9; 36:10; 36:11; 36:12; 36:13; 36:14; 36:15; 36:16; 36:17; 36:18; 36:19; 36:20; 36:21; 36:22; 36:23; 36:24; 36:25; 36:26; 36:27; 36:28; 36:29; 36:30; 36:31; 36:32; 38:21; 42:4; 42:5; 44:20; 46:1; 47:1; 49:34; 51:61; 51:64; 52:34

Ezekiel

1:3; 2:7; 3:16; 9:11; 11:25; 24:20

Daniel

1:5; 9:2; 9:12; 9:23; 9:25; 10:11; 12:4; 12:9

Hosea

1:1; 14:3

Joel

1:1; 2:11

Amos

1:1; 8:11

Jonah

1:1; 3:1; 3:6

Micah

1:1; 2:7

Zephaniah

1:1

Haggai

1:1; 1:3; 2:1; 2:10; 2:20

Zechariah

1:1; 1:6; 1:7; 4:8; 6:9; 7:1; 7:4; 7:8; 7:12; 8:1; 8:18

H1697

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Strong's Number H1697 matches the Hebrew דָּבָר (dāḇār),
which occurs 78 times in 66 verses in '2Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (2Ch 1:9–2Ch 33:19)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:9 - O LORD God, let your word to David my father be now fulfilled, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:10 - Now the LORD has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and I have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:17 - Now therefore, O LORD, God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you have spoken to your servant David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:13 - as the duty of each day required, offering according to the commandment of Moses for the Sabbaths, the new moons, and the three annual feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Booths.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:14 - According to the ruling of David his father, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their offices of praise and ministry before the priests as the duty of each day required, and the gatekeepers in their divisions at each gate, for so David the man of God had commanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:15 - And they did not turn aside from what the king had commanded the priests and Levites concerning any matter and concerning the treasuries.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:2 - And Solomon answered all her questions. There was nothing hidden from Solomon that he could not explain to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:5 - And she said to the king, “The report was true that I heard in my own land of your words and of your wisdom,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:6 - but I did not believe the[fn] reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it. And behold, half the greatness of your wisdom was not told me; you surpass the report that I heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:24 - Every one of them brought his present, articles of silver and of gold, garments, myrrh,[fn] spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:29 - Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, from first to last, are they not written in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:6 - Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men,[fn] who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:7 - And they said to him, “If you will be good to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:9 - And he said to them, “What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father put on us’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:15 - So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of affairs brought about by God that the LORD might fulfill his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:2 - But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:4 - ‘Thus says the LORD, You shall not go up or fight against your relatives. Return every man to his home, for this thing is from me.’” So they listened to the word of the LORD and returned and did not go against Jeroboam.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:7 - When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah: “They have humbled themselves. I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:12 - And when he humbled himself the wrath of the LORD turned from him, so as not to make a complete destruction. Moreover, conditions were good[fn] in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:15 - Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the chronicles of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer?[fn] There were continual wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:22 - The rest of the acts of Abijah, his ways and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:8 - As soon as Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded, he took courage and put away the detestable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities that he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that was in front of the vestibule of the house of the LORD.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:11 - The acts of Asa, from first to last, are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:4 - And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Inquire first for the word of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:12 - And the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Behold, the words of the prophets with one accord are favorable to the king. Let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:18 - And Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:3 - Nevertheless, some good is found in you, for you destroyed the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:6 - and said to the judges, “Consider what you do, for you judge not for man but for the LORD. He is with you in giving judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:11 - And behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the governor of the house of Judah, in all the king’s matters, and the Levites will serve you as officers. Deal courageously, and may the LORD be with the upright!”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:34 - Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from first to last, are written in the chronicles of Jehu the son of Hanani, which are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:4 - This is the thing that you shall do: of you priests and Levites who come off duty on the Sabbath, one third shall be gatekeepers,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:19 - He stationed the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD so that no one should enter who was in any way unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:5 - And he gathered the priests and the Levites and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and gather from all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that you act quickly.” But the Levites did not act quickly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:26 - Now the rest of the deeds of Amaziah, from first to last, are they not written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:22 - Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, from first to last, Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz wrote.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 27:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:7 - Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars and his ways, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:26 - Now the rest of his acts and all his ways, from first to last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:15 - They gathered their brothers and consecrated themselves and went in as the king had commanded, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:30 - And Hezekiah the king and the officials commanded the Levites to sing praises to the LORD with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:36 - And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because God had provided for the people, for the thing came about suddenly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:4 - and the plan seemed right to the king and all the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:5 - So they decreed to make a proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come and keep the Passover to the LORD, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem, for they had not kept it as often as prescribed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:12 - The hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the princes commanded by the word of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:5 - As soon as the command was spread abroad, the people of Israel gave in abundance the firstfruits of grain, wine, oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field. And they brought in abundantly the tithe of everything.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:16 - except those enrolled by genealogy, males from three years old and upward—all who entered the house of the LORD as the duty of each day required—for their service according to their offices, by their divisions.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:1 - After these things and these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah and encamped against the fortified cities, thinking to win them for himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:8 - With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people took confidence from the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:32 - Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his good deeds, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:18 - Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, behold, they are in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:19 - And his prayer, and how God was moved by his entreaty, and all his sin and his faithlessness, and the sites on which he built high places and set up the Asherim and the images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the Chronicles of the Seers.[fn]

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