דָּבַק
dâbaq · daw-bak'
properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
- properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere
- figuratively, to catch by pursuit
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: abide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › the house, what is within › what comes behind, the returning cycle
The doorway, the way in of the house, what is within of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דָּבַק above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
54 occurrences · 54 OT · 0 NT · 49 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- cleaveth6 · 15%
- clave5 · 12%
- cleave4 · 10%
- followed hard3 · 7%
- shall keep2 · 5%
- and to cleave2 · 5%
- and shall cleave1 · 2%
- take1 · 2%
- and they overtook1 · 2%
- and to him shalt thou cleave1 · 2%
- him, and cleave1 · 2%
- and there shall cleave1 · 2%
- and they shall cleave1 · 2%
- and that thou mayest cleave1 · 2%
- but cleave1 · 2%
- and cleave1 · 2%
- and overtook1 · 2%
- overtook1 · 2%
- and pursued1 · 2%
- from hence, but abide1 · 2%
- unto me also, thou shalt keep fast1 · 2%
- so she kept fast1 · 2%
- even they also followed hard1 · 2%
- nevertheless he cleaved1 · 2%
- shall cleave1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.