# H1697 דָּבָר

דָּבָר (dâbâr), Strong’s H1697: 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……

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*dâbâr* — 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…

Derived from [דָבַר dâbar](https://besorah.bible/word/H1696) (perhaps properly, to arrange)

Occurs 1442 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- 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

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 11:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/11?v=1) — The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
- [Genesis 12:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/12?v=17) — The LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.
- [Genesis 15:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/15?v=1) — After these things the LORD’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your…
- [Genesis 15:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/15?v=4) — 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…
- [Genesis 18:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=14) — Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes around, and Sarah will…
- [Genesis 18:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=25) — May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be…
- [Genesis 19:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=8) — 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…
- [Genesis 19:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=21) — He said to him, “Behold, I have granted your request concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of…
- [Genesis 19:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=22) — Hurry, escape there, for I can’t do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
- [Genesis 20:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/20?v=8) — Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. The men were…