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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 1,455 times in 1,290 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 26 (Gen 11:1–Gen 44:2)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:1 - Now the whole earth had one language and one speech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:17 - But the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:1 - After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:4 - And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:14 - “Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:25 - “Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:8 - “See now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please, let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them as you wish; only do nothing to these men, since this is the reason they have come under the shadow of my roof.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:21 - And he said to him, “See, I have favored you concerning this thing also, in that I will not overthrow this city for which you have spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:22 - “Hurry, escape there. For I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:8 - So Abimelech rose early in the morning, called all his servants, and told all these things in their hearing; and the men were very much afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:10 - Then Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you have in view, that you have done this thing?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:11 - And Abraham said, “Because I thought, surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will kill me on account of my wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:18 - for the LORD had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:11 - And the matter was very displeasing in Abraham’s sight because of his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:26 - And Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, nor had I heard of it until today.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:1 - Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:16 - and said: “By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son—

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:20 - Now it came to pass after these things that it was told Abraham, saying, “Indeed Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:9 - So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:28 - So the young woman ran and told her mother’s household these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:30 - So it came to pass, when he saw the nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and when he heard the words of his sister Rebekah, saying, “Thus the man spoke to me,” that he went to the man. And there he stood by the camels at the well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:33 - Food was set before him to eat, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told about my errand.” And he said, “Speak on.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:50

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:50 - Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, “The thing comes from the LORD; we cannot speak to you either bad or good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:52

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:52 - And it came to pass, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, that he worshiped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:66

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:66 - And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:34 - When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me—me also, O my father!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 - And the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, “Surely your brother Esau comforts himself concerning you by intending to kill you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:13 - Then it came to pass, when Laban heard the report about Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him and kissed him, and brought him to his house. So he told Laban all these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:31 - So he said, “What shall I give you?” And Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flocks:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:34 - And Laban said, “Oh, that it were according to your word!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:1 - Now Jacob heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s, and from what was our father’s he has acquired all this wealth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:19 - So he commanded the second, the third, and all who followed the droves, saying, “In this manner you shall speak to Esau when you find him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:14 - And they said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a reproach to us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:18 - And their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor’s son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:19 - So the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob’s daughter. He was more honorable than all the household of his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:8 - And his brothers said to him, “Shall you indeed reign over us? Or shall you indeed have dominion over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:11 - And his brothers envied him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14 - Then he said to him, “Please go and see if it is well with your brothers and well with the flocks, and bring back word to me.” So he sent him out of the Valley of Hebron, and he went to Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:7 - And it came to pass after these things that his master’s wife cast longing eyes on Joseph, and she said, “Lie with me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:17 - Then she spoke to him with words like these, saying, “The Hebrew servant whom you brought to us came in to me to mock me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:19 - So it was, when his master heard the words which his wife spoke to him, saying, “Your servant did to me after this manner,” that his anger was aroused.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:1 - It came to pass after these things that the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:28 - “This is the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:32 - “And the dream was repeated to Pharaoh twice because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:37 - So the advice was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:16 - “Send one of you, and let him bring your brother; and you shall be kept in prison, that your words may be tested to see whether there is any truth in you; or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:20 - “And bring your youngest brother to me; so your words will be verified, and you shall not die.” And they did so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:7 - But they said, “The man asked us pointedly about ourselves and our family, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?’ And we told him according to these words. Could we possibly have known that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:18 - Now the men were afraid because they were brought into Joseph’s house; and they said, “It is because of the money, which was returned in our sacks the first time, that we are brought in, so that he may make a case against us and seize us, to take us as slaves with our donkeys.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:2 - “Also put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his grain money.” So he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

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