דָּבָר
dâbâr · daw-baw'
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1696 (דָבַר);
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- a word
- by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing
- adverbially, a cause
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: act, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, [phrase] chronicles, commandment, [idiom] commune(-ication), [phrase] concern(-ing), [phrase] confer, counsel, [phrase] dearth, decree, deed, [idiom] disease, due, duty, effect, [phrase] eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-) ness, [phrase] glory, [phrase] harm, hurt, [phrase] iniquity, [phrase] judgment, language, [phrase] lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, [idiom] ought, [idiom] parts, [phrase] pertaining, [phrase] please, portion, [phrase] power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, [idiom] (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, [phrase] sign, [phrase] so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, [phrase] song, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, task, [phrase] that, [idiom] there done, thing (concerning), thought, [phrase] thus, tidings, what(-soever), [phrase] wherewith, which, word, work.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › the house, what is within › the head, the highest
The doorway, the way in of the house, what is within of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דָּבָר 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
1442 occurrences · 1442 OT · 0 NT · 307 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the word100 · 16%
- the words73 · 11%
- of the acts44 · 7%
- this thing39 · 6%
- of the chronicles38 · 6%
- words29 · 5%
- and the word28 · 4%
- all the words27 · 4%
- according to the word23 · 4%
- thing22 · 3%
- my words21 · 3%
- these words20 · 3%
- these things19 · 3%
- his word18 · 3%
- all these words16 · 3%
- that the word15 · 2%
- and the thing14 · 2%
- word14 · 2%
- moreover the word13 · 2%
- nothing13 · 2%
- a word11 · 2%
- then came the word10 · 2%
- this is the thing10 · 2%
- this word10 · 2%
- thy words9 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
- Genesis61
- Exodus62
- Leviticus8
- Numbers29
- Deuteronomy96
- Joshua32
- Judges25
- Ruth3
- 1 Samuel78
- 2 Samuel68
- 1 Kings125
- 2 Kings108
- 1 Chronicles30
- 2 Chronicles78
- Ezra14
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.