{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H1697",
  "lemma": "דָּבָר",
  "transliteration": "dâbâr",
  "definition": "a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause",
  "kjv": "act, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business…",
  "occurrences": 1442,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H1696",
      "lemma": "דָבַר",
      "transliteration": "dâbar",
      "meaning": "perhaps properly, to arrange",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H1696"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "דָּבָר 1439 n.m. speech, word",
    "I. sg. speech, discourse, saying, word, as the sum of that which is spoken",
    "II. sg. saying, utterance, sentence, as a section of a discourse",
    "III. sg. a word, words",
    "IV. sg. matter, affair, thing about which one speaks"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 11:1",
      "text": "The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/11?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 12:17",
      "text": "The LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/12?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 15:1",
      "text": "After these things the LORD’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/15?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 15:4",
      "text": "Behold, the LORD’s word came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir, but he who will come out of your own body…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/15?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 18:14",
      "text": "Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes around, and Sarah will…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 18:25",
      "text": "May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 19:8",
      "text": "See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them what seems good to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 19:21",
      "text": "He said to him, “Behold, I have granted your request concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 19:22",
      "text": "Hurry, escape there, for I can’t do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 20:8",
      "text": "Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. The men were…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/20?v=8"
    }
  ],
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