Original Language Studio
Deuteronomy 1:32
“Yet in this thing ye did not believe the Lord your God,” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
דָּבָרdâbâr · daw-baw'
H1697 · Hebrew
H1697 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- Derivation
- from H1696 (דָבַר);
- 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.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- בַ — preposition with definite article
- דָּבָ֖ר — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 1,455 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 11:1Genesis 12:17Genesis 15:1Genesis 15:1Genesis 15:4
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read דָּבָר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.