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דָּבָר

dâbâr · Hebrew · Strong's H1697 · 1442 occurrences

What it means

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

from H1696 (דָבַר);

How the KJV renders it

act, advice, affair, answer, because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, commandment, counsel, decree, deed, due, duty, effect, errand, ness, hurt, language, manner, matter, message, thing, oracle, portion, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, sake, saying, sentence, some, somewhat to say, speech, talk, task, thought, tidings, what, which, word, work

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

Questions this word decides

• Does scripture permit divorce and remarriage?
• Should Christians pray to saints?
• Is 1 Enoch inspired or canonical scripture?
• What does James 2:24 mean ('justified by works and not by faith alone')?
• What does 2 Timothy 3:16 mean that scripture is 'God-breathed'?
• What happens to those who never heard the gospel?

Where it appears

1442 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.