דָּבָר
dabar
speech
Strong's H1697NounHebrewTWOT 399a

דָּבָר (dabar) is a Hebrew noun meaning speech. It appears 1455 times in 34 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1697).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 399a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 399a)speech, word; discourse, saying; utterance, sentence; matter, affair; spoken, thing, cause; act, advice, answer, because of, book, business, care, case, certain rate, chronicles, commandment, concern, concerning, confer, counsel…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

דָּבָר noun, masculine: speech, word

Strong's H1697 דָּבָר: a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV: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.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 399: דָבַר dābar — speak; speak with one another, talk; in the day when she may be spoken for; speaking this word; leads, puts to flight, subdues; arrange, subdue; answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise…

See it in Scripture

Genesis 11:1Exodus 1:18Leviticus 4:13

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