Hebrew · Strong's H1697 · Noun (masculine)

דָּבָר

da·var

word

880times used
825verses
33books

How it's translated

Definition

: word/speech/command

1) speech, word, speaking, thing

1a) speech

1b) saying, utterance

1c) word, words

1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)

Between Hebrew and Greek

The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), the Bible the first Christians often quoted, translates this word as:

Where it appears

Genesisacross the Old TestamentMalachi

…and 23 more books.

Every verse

Page 11 of 21

English previews: World English Bible. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.