Hebrew

Word

דָּבָרStrong’s H1697

davar (da-var)

Appears in 1,290 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Davar is the Hebrew word usually translated “word of”, “words of” and “words”. It appears in 1,290 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king’s meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.”

Daniel 1:5 KJV

Meaning

Speech, word, speaking, thingspeech · saying, utterance · word, words · business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)
This name means word, speaking

How it's translated

word of 216
words of 151
the words 106
the word 99
matters of 89
the thing 70
a word 66
according to word of 41

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Jeremiah 183
1 Kings 100
Deuteronomy 89
2 Kings 82
Ezekiel 79
1 Samuel 68

34 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

All 1,290 verses, by book

Genesis 58: 11:1 12:17 15:1 15:4 18:14 18:25 19:8 19:21 19:22 20:8 20:10 20:11 20:18 21:11 21:26 22:1 22:16 22:20 24:9 24:28 24:30 24:33 24:50 24:52 24:66 27:34 27:42 29:13 30:31 30:34 31:1 32:19 34:14 34:18 34:19 37:8 37:11 37:14 39:7 39:17 39:19 40:1 41:28 41:32 41:37 42:16 42:20 43:7 43:18 44:2 44:6 44:7 44:10 44:18 44:24 45:27 47:30 48:1
Exodus 56: 1:18 2:14 2:15 4:10 4:15 4:28 4:30 5:9 5:11 5:13 5:19 8:10 8:12 8:13 8:31 9:4 9:5 9:6 9:20 9:21 12:24 12:35 14:12 16:4 16:16 16:32 18:11 18:14 18:16 18:17 18:18 18:19 18:22 18:23 18:26 19:6 19:7 19:8 19:9 20:1 22:9 23:7 23:8 24:3 24:4 24:8 24:14 29:1 32:28 33:4 33:17 34:1 34:27 34:28 35:1 35:4
Leviticus 8: 4:13 5:2 8:5 8:36 9:6 10:7 17:2 23:37
Numbers 26: 11:23 11:24 12:6 13:26 14:20 14:39 15:31 16:31 16:49 18:7 20:19 22:7 22:8 22:20 22:35 22:38 23:3 23:5 23:16 25:18 30:1 30:2 31:16 31:23 32:20 36:6
Deuteronomy 89: 1:1 1:14 1:17 1:18 1:22 1:23 1:25 1:32 1:34 2:7 2:26 3:26 4:2 4:9 4:10 4:12 4:13 4:21 4:30 4:32 4:36 5:5 5:22 5:28 6:6 9:5 9:10 10:2 10:4 11:18 12:28 12:32 13:3 13:11 13:14 15:2 15:9 15:10 15:15 16:19 17:1 17:4 17:5 17:8 17:9 17:10 17:11 17:19 18:18 18:19 18:20 18:21 18:22 19:4 19:15 19:20 22:14 22:17 22:20 22:24 22:26 23:4 23:9 23:14 23:19 24:1 24:5 24:18 24:22 27:3 27:8 27:26 28:14 28:58 29:1 29:9 29:19 29:29 30:1 30:14 31:1 31:12 31:24 31:28 31:30 32:44 32:45 32:46 32:47
Joshua 28: 1:13 1:18 2:14 2:20 2:21 3:9 4:10 5:4 6:10 8:8 8:27 8:34 8:35 9:24 11:15 14:6 14:7 14:10 20:4 21:45 22:24 22:30 22:32 22:33 23:14 23:15 24:26 24:29
Judges 23: 2:4 3:19 3:20 6:29 8:1 8:3 9:3 9:30 11:10 11:11 11:28 11:37 13:12 13:17 16:16 18:7 18:10 18:28 19:19 19:24 20:7 20:9 21:11
Ruth 2: 3:18 4:7
1 Samuel 68: 1:23 2:23 3:1 3:7 3:11 3:17 3:18 3:19 3:21 4:1 4:16 8:6 8:10 8:21 9:10 9:21 9:27 10:2 10:16 11:4 11:5 11:6 12:16 14:12 15:1 15:10 15:11 15:13 15:23 15:24 15:26 16:18 17:11 17:23 17:27 17:29 17:30 17:31 18:8 18:20 18:23 18:24 18:26 19:7 20:2 20:21 20:23 20:39 21:2 21:8 21:12 22:15 24:6 24:7 24:9 24:16 25:9 25:12 25:24 25:36 25:37 26:16 26:19 28:10 28:18 28:20 28:21 30:24
2 Samuel 62: 1:4 2:6 3:8 3:11 3:13 3:17 7:4 7:7 7:17 7:21 7:25 7:28 11:11 11:18 11:19 11:25 11:27 12:6 12:9 12:12 12:14 12:21 13:20 13:21 13:22 13:33 13:35 14:3 14:12 14:13 14:15 14:17 14:18 14:19 14:20 14:21 14:22 15:3 15:6 15:11 15:28 15:35 15:36 16:23 17:4 17:6 17:19 18:5 18:13 19:11 19:29 19:42 19:43 20:17 20:21 22:1 23:1 24:3 24:4 24:11 24:13 24:19
1 Kings 100: 1:7 1:14 1:27 2:4 2:14 2:23 2:27 2:30 2:38 2:42 3:10 3:11 3:12 4:27 5:7 6:11 6:12 6:38 8:20 8:26 8:56 8:59 9:15 10:3 10:6 10:7 10:25 11:10 11:27 11:41 12:6 12:7 12:9 12:15 12:16 12:22 12:24 12:30 13:1 13:2 13:4 13:5 13:9 13:11 13:17 13:18 13:20 13:26 13:32 13:33 13:34 14:5 14:13 14:18 14:19 14:29 15:5 15:7 15:23 15:29 15:31 16:1 16:5 16:7 16:12 16:14 16:20 16:27 16:34 17:1 17:2 17:5 17:8 17:13 17:15 17:16 17:17 17:24 18:1 18:21 18:24 18:31 18:36 19:9 20:4 20:9 20:12 20:24 20:35 21:1 21:4 21:17 21:27 21:28 22:5 22:13 22:19 22:38 22:39 22:45
2 Kings 82: 1:7 1:16 1:17 1:18 2:22 3:12 4:41 4:44 5:13 5:14 5:18 6:11 6:12 6:18 6:30 7:1 7:2 7:16 7:19 8:2 8:13 8:23 9:5 9:26 9:36 10:10 10:17 10:34 11:5 12:19 13:8 13:12 14:15 14:18 14:25 14:28 15:6 15:11 15:12 15:15 15:21 15:26 15:31 15:36 16:19 17:9 17:11 17:12 18:20 18:27 18:28 18:36 18:37 19:4 19:6 19:16 19:21 20:4 20:9 20:13 20:15 20:16 20:17 20:19 20:20 21:17 21:25 22:9 22:11 22:13 22:16 22:18 22:20 23:2 23:3 23:16 23:17 23:24 23:28 24:2 24:5 25:30
1 Chronicles 26: 4:22 10:13 11:3 11:10 13:4 15:15 16:15 16:37 17:3 17:6 17:15 17:23 21:4 21:6 21:7 21:8 21:12 21:19 22:8 23:27 25:5 26:32 27:1 27:24 28:21 29:29
2 Chronicles 66: 1:9 6:10 6:17 8:13 8:14 8:15 9:2 9:5 9:6 9:24 9:29 10:6 10:7 10:9 10:15 11:2 11:4 12:7 12:12 12:15 13:22 15:8 16:11 18:4 18:12 18:18 19:3 19:6 19:11 20:34 23:4 23:19 24:5 25:26 26:22 27:7 28:26 29:15 29:30 29:36 30:4 30:5 30:12 31:5 31:16 32:1 32:8 32:32 33:18 33:19 34:16 34:19 34:21 34:26 34:27 34:28 34:30 34:31 35:6 35:22 35:26 35:27 36:8 36:16 36:21 36:22
Ezra 14: 1:1 3:4 7:1 7:11 8:17 9:3 9:4 10:4 10:5 10:9 10:12 10:13 10:14 10:16
Nehemiah 27: 1:1 1:4 1:8 2:18 2:19 2:20 5:6 5:8 5:9 5:12 5:13 6:4 6:5 6:6 6:7 6:8 6:19 8:4 8:9 8:12 8:13 9:8 11:23 11:24 12:23 12:47 13:17
Esther 35: 1:12 1:13 1:17 1:18 1:19 1:21 2:1 2:4 2:8 2:15 2:22 2:23 3:1 3:4 3:15 4:3 4:9 4:12 5:5 5:8 5:14 6:1 6:3 6:10 7:8 8:5 8:14 8:17 9:1 9:20 9:26 9:30 9:31 9:32 10:2
Job 20: 2:13 4:2 4:12 6:3 9:14 11:2 15:3 15:11 16:3 19:28 26:14 29:22 31:40 32:4 32:11 33:1 33:13 34:35 41:12 42:7
Psalms 67: 7:1 17:4 18:1 19:3 22:1 33:4 33:6 35:20 36:3 41:8 45:1 45:4 50:17 52:4 55:21 56:4 56:5 56:10 59:12 64:3 64:5 65:3 79:9 101:3 103:20 105:8 105:19 105:27 105:28 105:42 106:12 106:24 107:20 109:3 112:5 119:9 119:16 119:17 119:25 119:28 119:42 119:43 119:49 119:57 119:65 119:74 119:81 119:89 119:101 119:105 119:107 119:114 119:130 119:139 119:147 119:160 119:161 119:169 130:5 137:3 141:4 145:5 145:13 147:15 147:18 147:19 148:8
Proverbs 35: 1:6 1:23 4:4 4:20 10:19 11:13 12:6 12:25 13:5 13:13 14:15 14:23 15:1 15:23 16:20 17:9 18:4 18:8 18:13 22:12 22:17 23:8 24:26 25:2 25:11 26:6 26:22 27:11 29:12 29:19 29:20 30:1 30:6 30:8 31:1
Ecclesiastes 22: 1:1 1:8 1:10 5:2 5:3 5:7 6:11 7:8 7:21 8:1 8:3 8:4 8:5 9:16 9:17 10:12 10:13 10:14 10:20 12:10 12:11 12:13
Isaiah 45: 1:10 2:1 2:3 8:10 8:20 9:8 16:13 24:3 28:13 28:14 29:11 29:18 29:21 30:12 30:21 31:2 36:5 36:12 36:13 36:21 36:22 37:4 37:6 37:17 37:22 38:4 38:7 39:2 39:4 39:5 39:6 39:8 40:8 41:28 42:16 44:26 45:23 50:4 51:16 55:11 58:13 59:13 59:21 66:2 66:5
Jeremiah 183: 1:1 1:2 1:4 1:9 1:11 1:12 1:13 2:1 2:4 2:31 3:12 5:14 5:28 6:10 6:19 7:1 7:2 7:4 7:8 7:22 7:23 7:27 8:9 9:20 10:1 11:1 11:2 11:3 11:6 11:8 11:10 13:2 13:3 13:8 13:10 13:12 14:1 14:17 15:16 16:1 16:10 17:15 17:20 18:1 18:2 18:5 18:18 19:2 19:3 19:15 20:1 20:8 21:1 21:11 22:1 22:2 22:4 22:5 22:29 23:9 23:16 23:18 23:22 23:28 23:29 23:30 23:36 23:38 24:4 25:1 25:3 25:8 25:13 25:30 26:1 26:2 26:5 26:7 26:10 26:12 26:15 26:20 26:21 27:1 27:12 27:14 27:16 27:18 28:6 28:7 28:9 28:12 29:1 29:10 29:19 29:20 29:23 29:30 30:1 30:2 30:4 31:10 31:23 32:1 32:6 32:8 32:17 32:26 32:27 33:1 33:14 33:19 33:23 34:1 34:4 34:5 34:6 34:8 34:12 34:18 35:1 35:12 35:13 35:14 36:1 36:2 36:4 36:6 36:8 36:10 36:11 36:13 36:16 36:17 36:18 36:20 36:24 36:27 36:28 36:32 37:2 37:6 37:17 38:1 38:4 38:5 38:14 38:21 38:24 38:27 39:15 39:16 40:1 40:3 40:16 42:3 42:4 42:5 42:7 42:15 43:1 43:8 44:1 44:4 44:16 44:17 44:20 44:24 44:26 44:28 44:29 45:1 46:1 46:13 47:1 48:27 49:34 50:1 51:59 51:60 51:61 51:64 52:34
Ezekiel 79: 1:3 2:6 2:7 3:4 3:6 3:10 3:16 3:17 6:1 6:3 7:1 9:11 11:14 11:25 12:1 12:8 12:17 12:21 12:23 12:25 12:26 12:28 13:1 13:2 13:6 14:2 14:9 14:12 15:1 16:1 16:35 17:1 17:11 18:1 20:2 20:45 20:47 21:1 21:8 21:18 22:1 22:17 22:23 23:1 24:1 24:15 24:20 25:1 25:3 26:1 27:1 28:1 28:11 28:20 29:1 29:17 30:1 30:20 31:1 32:1 32:17 33:1 33:7 33:23 33:30 33:31 33:32 34:1 34:7 34:9 35:1 35:13 36:1 36:4 36:16 37:4 37:15 38:1 38:10
Daniel 15: 1:5 1:14 1:20 9:2 9:12 9:23 9:25 10:1 10:6 10:9 10:11 10:12 10:15 12:4 12:9
Hosea 4: 1:1 4:1 10:4 14:2
Joel 2: 1:1 2:11
Amos 9: 1:1 3:1 3:7 4:1 5:1 7:10 7:16 8:11 8:12
Jonah 5: 1:1 3:1 3:3 3:6 4:2
Micah 3: 1:1 2:7 4:2
Zephaniah 2: 1:1 2:5
Haggai 7: 1:1 1:3 1:12 2:1 2:5 2:10 2:20
Zechariah 19: 1:1 1:6 1:7 1:13 4:6 4:8 6:9 7:1 7:4 7:7 7:8 7:12 8:1 8:9 8:16 8:18 9:1 11:11 12:1
Malachi 3: 1:1 2:17 3:13

Hebrew dictionary

דָּבָר davar · word

: 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)

דָּבָר davar · Chronicles

This name means word, speaking

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “word” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

WORD, noun

[G., Latin, to speak. A word is that which is uttered or thrown out.]

An articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom expressing an idea or ideas; a single component part of human speech or language.
The letter or letters, written or printed, which represent a sound or combination of sounds.
A short discourse.
Talk; discourse.

All definitions and other forms of “word”

Dispute; verbal contention; as, some words grew between us.
Language; living speech; oral expression.
Promise.
Signal; order; command.
Account; tidings; message.
Declaration; purpose expressed.
Declaration; affirmation.
The Scripture; divine revelation, or any part of it.
Christ. John 1:1
A motto; a short sentence; a proverb.“Let us not love in word only, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth” 1 John 3:18

WORD, verb intransitive

To dispute. [Little used.]

WORD, verb transitive

To express in words. Take care to word ideas with propriety.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.