דָּבָר
da.var
1. speech, word, speaking, thing
a. speech
b. saying, utterance
c. word, words
d. business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)
1. speech, word, speaking, thing
a. speech
b. saying, utterance
c. word, words
d. business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)
1. speech, word, speaking, thing
a. speech
b. saying, utterance
c. word, words
d. business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)
1. speech, word, speaking, thing
a. speech
b. saying, utterance
c. word, words
d. business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)
1. speech, word, speaking, thing
a. speech
b. saying, utterance
c. word, words
d. business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)
1. speech, word, speaking, thing
a. speech
b. saying, utterance
c. word, words
d. business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)
1. speech, word, speaking, thing
a. speech
b. saying, utterance
c. word, words
d. business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)
1. speech, word, speaking, thing
a. speech
b. saying, utterance
c. word, words
d. business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)
This name means word, speaking
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 1,289 verses
- Ezra 9:4 בְּדִבְרֵ֣י
Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.
- Ezra 10:4 הַדָּבָ֖ר
Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you. Be strong and take action!”
- Ezra 10:5 כַּדָּבָ֥ר
So Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. And they took the oath.
- Ezra 10:9 הַדָּבָ֖ר
So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.
- Ezra 10:12 כְּדִבְרֶיךָ
And the whole assembly responded in a loud voice: “Truly we must do as you say!
- Ezra 10:13 בַּדָּבָ֥ר
But there are many people here, and it is the rainy season. We are not able to stay out in the open. Nor is this the work of one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter.
- Ezra 10:14 לַדָּבָ֥ר
Let our leaders represent the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.”
- Ezra 10:16 הַדָּבָֽר׃
So the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation,
- Nehemiah 1:1 דִּבְרֵ֥י
These are the words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: In the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa,
- Nehemiah 1:4 הַדְּבָרִ֣ים
When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
- Nehemiah 1:8 הַדָּבָ֔ר
Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,
- Nehemiah 2:18 דִּבְרֵ֥י
I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me, and what the king had said to me. “Let us start rebuilding,” they replied, and they set their hands to this good work.
- Nehemiah 2:19 הַדָּבָ֤ר
But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
- Nehemiah 2:20 דָּבָ֗ר
So I answered them and said, “The God of heaven is the One who will grant us success. We, His servants, will start rebuilding, but you have no portion, right, or claim in Jerusalem.”
- Nehemiah 5:6 הַדְּבָרִ֥ים
When I heard their outcry and these complaints, I became extremely angry,
- Nehemiah 5:8 דָּבָֽר׃ס
and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.
- Nehemiah 5:9 הַדָּבָ֖ר
So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?
- Nehemiah 5:12 כַּדָּבָ֥ר
“We will restore it,” they replied, “and will require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” So I summoned the priests and required of the nobles and officials an oath that they would do what they had promised.
- Nehemiah 5:13 הַדָּבָ֣רכַּדָּבָ֥ר
I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake out of His house and possession every man who does not keep this promise. May such a man be shaken out and have nothing!” The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.
- Nehemiah 6:4 כַּדָּבָ֥רכַּדָּבָ֥ר
Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.
- Nehemiah 6:5 כַּדָּבָ֥ר
The fifth time, Sanballat sent me this same message by his young servant, who had in his hand an unsealed letter
- Nehemiah 6:6 כַּדְּבָרִ֖ים
that read: “It is reported among the nations—and Geshem agrees—that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and this is why you are building the wall. According to these reports, you are to become their king,
- Nehemiah 6:7 כַּדְּבָרִ֣ים
and you have even appointed prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim on your behalf: ‘There is a king in Judah.’ Soon these rumors will reach the ears of the king. So come, let us confer together.”
- Nehemiah 6:8 כַּדְּבָרִ֣ים
Then I sent him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”
- Nehemiah 6:19 וּדְבָרַ֕י
Moreover, these nobles kept reporting to me Tobiah’s good deeds, and they relayed my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me.
- Nehemiah 8:4 לַדָּבָר֒
Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
- Nehemiah 8:9 דִּבְרֵ֥י
Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the Law.
- Nehemiah 8:12 בַּדְּבָרִ֔ים
Then all the people began to eat and drink, to send out portions, and to rejoice greatly, because they understood the words that had been made known to them.
- Nehemiah 8:13 דִּבְרֵ֥י
On the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the priests and Levites, gathered around Ezra the scribe to study the words of the Law.
- Nehemiah 9:8 דְּבָרֶ֔יךָ
You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites— to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.
- Nehemiah 11:23 דְּבַר־
For there was a command from the king concerning the singers, an ordinance regulating their daily activities.
- Nehemiah 11:24 דָּבָ֖ר
Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, was the king’s agent in every matter concerning the people.
- Nehemiah 12:23 דִּבְרֵ֣י
As for the descendants of Levi, the family heads up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles.
- Nehemiah 12:47 דְּבַר־
So in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside daily portions for the Levites, and the Levites set aside daily portions for the descendants of Aaron.
- Nehemiah 13:17 הַדָּבָ֨ר
Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?
- Esther 1:12 בִּדְבַ֣ר
Queen Vashti, however, refused to come at the king’s command brought by his eunuchs. And the king became furious, and his anger burned within him.
- Esther 1:13 דְּבַ֣ר
Then the king consulted the wise men who knew the times, for it was customary for him to confer with the experts in law and justice.
- Esther 1:17 דְבַר־
For the conduct of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to despise their husbands and say, ‘King Xerxes ordered Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come.’
- Esther 1:18 דְּבַ֣ר
This very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard about the queen’s conduct will say the same thing to all the king’s officials, resulting in much contempt and wrath.
- Esther 1:19 דְבַר־
So if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti shall never again enter the presence of King Xerxes, and that her royal position shall be given to a woman better than she.
- Esther 1:21 הַדָּבָ֔רכִּדְבַ֥ר
The king and his princes were pleased with this counsel; so the king did as Memucan had advised.
- Esther 2:1 הַדְּבָרִ֣ים
Some time later, when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.
- Esther 2:4 הַדָּבָ֛ר
Then let the young woman who pleases the king become queen in place of Vashti.” This suggestion pleased the king, and he acted accordingly.
- Esther 2:8 דְּבַר־
When the king’s command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the citadel of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to the palace and placed under the care of Hegai, the custodian of the women.
- Esther 2:15 דָּבָ֔ר
Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her.
- Esther 2:22 הַדָּבָר֙
When Mordecai learned of the plot, he reported it to Queen Esther, and she informed the king on Mordecai’s behalf.
- Esther 2:23 הַדָּבָר֙דִּבְרֵ֥י
After the report had been investigated and verified, both officials were hanged on the gallows. And all this was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles in the presence of the king.
- Esther 3:1 הַדְּבָרִ֣ים
After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.
- Esther 3:4 דִּבְרֵ֣י
Day after day they warned him, but he would not comply. So they reported it to Haman to see whether Mordecai’s behavior would be tolerated, since he had told them he was a Jew.
- Esther 3:15 בִּדְבַ֣ר
The couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.