דָּבַק (da.vaq) means “to cleave” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: daw-bak' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
דָּבַק · da.vaq · to cleave
1) to cling, stick, stay close, cleave, keep close, stick to, stick with, follow closely, join to, overtake, catch 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cling, cleave to 1a2) to stay with 1b) (Pual) to be joined together 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to cleave to 1c2) to pursue closely 1c3) to overtake 1d) (Hophal) to be made to cleave Aramaic equivalent: de.vaq (דְּבֵק "to cleave" H1693)
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a primitive root; properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
KJV glosses: abide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| cling | 6 |
| clings | 3 |
| and hold fast | 2 |
| and overtook | 2 |
| clung | 2 |
| will cling | 2 |
| and be united | 1 |
| and cause | 1 |
| and cling | 1 |
| and stuck | 1 |
| and they overtook them | 1 |
| and they will cling | 1 |
| and to hold fast | 1 |
| are tightly joined | 1 |
| cleaves | 1 |
| close | 1 |
| closing in on him | 1 |
| followed hard after | 1 |
| hangs on | 1 |
| has stuck | 1 |
| he clung | 1 |
| he remained faithful | 1 |
| hold fast to him | 1 |
| hotly pursued | 1 |
| i cling | 1 |
| in close pursuit | 1 |
| is to retain | 1 |
| must retain | 1 |
| overtook them | 1 |
| shall cling | 1 |
| so ruth stayed close | 1 |
| stay | 1 |
| stayed by | 1 |
| stick | 1 |
| stick together | 1 |
| sticks | 1 |
| stuck | 1 |
| they are joined | 1 |
| to hold fast | 1 |
| was drawn | 1 |
| will follow on your heels | 1 |
| will overtake me | 1 |
| you shall hold fast | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| cleaveth | 6 |
| clave | 5 |
| cleave | 4 |
| followed hard | 3 |
| and to cleave | 2 |
| shall keep | 2 |
| and cleave | 1 |
| and overtook | 1 |
| and pursued | 1 |
| and shall cleave | 1 |
| and that thou mayest cleave | 1 |
| and there shall cleave | 1 |
| and they overtook | 1 |
| and they shall cleave | 1 |
| and to him shalt thou cleave | 1 |
| are joined together | 1 |
| but cleave | 1 |
| cleave fast together | 1 |
| cleaved | 1 |
| even they also followed hard | 1 |
| followeth hard | 1 |
| for he clave | 1 |
| from hence but abide | 1 |
| hath cleaved | 1 |
| him and cleave | 1 |
| i have stuck | 1 |
| nevertheless he cleaved | 1 |
| overtook | 1 |
| shall cleave | 1 |
| shall follow close | 1 |
| shall not cleave | 1 |
| shall stick | 1 |
| so have i caused to cleave | 1 |
| so she kept fast | 1 |
| take | 1 |
| they are joined | 1 |
| to stick | 1 |
| unto me also thou shalt keep fast | 1 |
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For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
Read word by wordYour servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
Read word by wordSo he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
Read word by wordAnd his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.
Read word by wordNo inheritance in Israel may be transferred from tribe to tribe, because each of the Israelites is to retain the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
Read word by wordNo inheritance may be transferred from one tribe to another, for each tribe of Israel must retain its inheritance.”
Read word by wordYou are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.
Read word by wordFor if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him—
Read word by wordYou are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 13.5
Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 13.18
The LORD will make the plague cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land that you are entering to possess.
Read word by wordHe will afflict you again with all the diseases you dreaded in Egypt, and they will cling to you.
Read word by wordand that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Read word by wordBut be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Read word by wordInstead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.
Read word by wordFor if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,
Read word by wordAfter they were some distance from Micah’s house, the men in the houses near Micah’s house mobilized and overtook the Danites.
Read word by wordSo they fled before the men of Israel toward the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and the men coming out of the cities struck them down there.
Read word by wordThen the Benjamites turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel cut down 5,000 men on the roads. And they overtook them at Gidom and struck down 2,000 more.
Read word by wordAgain they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.
Read word by wordThen Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Do not go and glean in another field, and do not go away from this place, but stay here close to my servant girls.
Read word by wordThen Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also told me, ‘Stay with my young men until they have finished gathering all my harvest.’”
Read word by wordSo Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
Read word by wordWhen all the Israelites who had been hiding in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they also joined the battle in close pursuit.
Read word by wordThe Philistines hotly pursued Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
Read word by word“I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.
Read word by wordSo all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
Read word by wordbut Eleazar stood his ground and struck the Philistines until his hand grew weary and stuck to his sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. Then the troops returned to him, but only to plunder the dead.
Read word by wordThese women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.
Read word by wordNevertheless, he clung to the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.
Read word by wordTherefore, the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and your descendants forever!” And as Gehazi left his presence, he was leprous—as white as snow.
Read word by wordHe remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses.
Read word by wordThe Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
Read word by wordMy skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
Read word by wordThe voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
Read word by wordIf my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
Read word by wordwhen the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?
Read word by wordThey are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 41.9
The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 41.15
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.16
For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 44.26
My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 63.9
I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
Read word by wordThrough my loud groaning my skin hangs on my bones.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 102.6
My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.
Read word by wordI cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame.
Read word by wordMay my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
Read word by wordFor just as a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I have made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My renown and praise and glory. But they did not listen.
Read word by wordthen the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow on your heels into Egypt, and you will die there.
Read word by wordThe nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.
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