Cause
דִּבְרָהStrong’s H1701divrah (div-rah)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Divrah is the Aramaic word usually translated “cause”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.”
Meaning
- Cause, reason
How it's translated
- cause 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 2
1 book in all.
Aramaic dictionary
דִּבְרָה divrah · cause
cause, reason Aramaic of div.rah (דִּבְרָה "cause" H1700)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “cause” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CAUSE, noun
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- A suit or action in court; any legal process which a party institutes to obtain his demand, or by which he seeks his right or his supposed right.“The cause of both parties shall come before the judges” Exodus 22:9
- That which produces an effect; that which impels into existence, or by its agency or operation produces what did not before exist; that by virtue of which any thing is done; that from which any thing proceeds, and without which it would not exist.
- The reason or motive that urges, moves, or impels the mind to act or decide.“For this cause have I raised up Pharaoh” Exodus 9:16“And David said, is there not a cause?” 1 Samuel 17:29
- Sake; account.“I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong. [See Sake.]” 2 Corinthians 7:12
All definitions and other forms of “cause”
- That which a party or nation pursues; or rather pursuit, prosecution of an object.
- Without cause without good reason; without a reason or motive to justify the act.“They hate me without cause” Psalms 69:4
CAUSE, verb transitive
- To produce; to bring into existence.“They caused great joy to all the brethren” Acts 15:3
- To effect by agency, power or influence.“I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days” Genesis 7:4“I will cause him to fall by the sword” 2 Kings 19:7
CAUSE, verb intransitive
To assign insufficient cause
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.