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da.var H1697

דָּבָר (da.var) means “word” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

דָּבָר Hebrew · H1697 1,441 tagged occurrences in 1,289 verses

Pronunciation guide: daw-baw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H1697G

דָּבָר · da.var · 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)

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TBESH · H1697H

דָּבָר · da.var · word: speaking

: speaking 1) speech, word, speaking, thing 1a) speech 1b) saying, utterance 1c) word, words 1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)

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TBESH · H1697I

דָּבָר · da.var · word: thing

: thing/matter 1) speech, word, speaking, thing 1a) speech 1b) saying, utterance 1c) word, words 1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)

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TBESH · H1697J

דָּבָר · da.var · word: promised

: promised/duty 1) speech, word, speaking, thing 1a) speech 1b) saying, utterance 1c) word, words 1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)

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TBESH · H1697K

דָּבָר · da.var · word: deed

: deed 1) speech, word, speaking, thing 1a) speech 1b) saying, utterance 1c) word, words 1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)

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TBESH · H1697L

דָּבָר · da.var · word: case

: case 1) speech, word, speaking, thing 1a) speech 1b) saying, utterance 1c) word, words 1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)

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TBESH · H1697M

דָּבָר · da.var · word: because

: because 1) speech, word, speaking, thing 1a) speech 1b) saying, utterance 1c) word, words 1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)

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TBESH · H1697N

דָּבָר · da.var · word: portion

: portion 1) speech, word, speaking, thing 1a) speech 1b) saying, utterance 1c) word, words 1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)

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TBESH · H1697O

דָּבָר · da.var · Chronicles

This name means word, speaking

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H1696 (דָבַר); a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

KJV glosses: act, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, [phrase] chronicles, commandment, [idiom] commune(-ication), [phrase] concern(-ing), [phrase] confer, counsel, [phrase] dearth, decree, deed, [idiom] disease, due, duty, effect, [phrase] eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-) ness, [phrase] glory, [phrase] harm, hurt, [phrase] iniquity, [phrase] judgment, language, [phrase] lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, [idiom] ought, [idiom] parts, [phrase] pertaining, [phrase] please, portion, [phrase] power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, [idiom] (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, [phrase] sign, [phrase] so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, [phrase] song, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, task, [phrase] that, [idiom] there done, thing (concerning), thought, [phrase] thus, tidings, what(-soever), [phrase] wherewith, which, word, work.

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How translators render H1697

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
the word	115
the words	107
words	75
of the acts	44
then the word	40
of the chronicles	36
word	30
my words	25
according to the word	23
this is the word	22
thing	20
things	20
your words	17
a word	14
and the word	14
matter	13
message	12
again the word	10
command	10
his word	10
his words	10
by the word	9
a message	8
anything	8
my word	8
your word	8
a thing	7
the message	7
to the words	7
events	6
is the word	6
these are the words	6
according to your word	5
of the word	5
the chronicles	5
are the words	4
commandments	4
in your word	4
now the word	4
promise	4
the matter	4
vvv	4
a matter	3
account	3
accusation	3
and the words	3
answer	3
as you say	3
but the word	3
cases	3
in accordance with the word	3
let your words	3
moreover the word	3
one thing	3
promises	3
request	3
such a thing	3
the report	3
these words	3
this proposal	3
whose word	3
advice	2
alliance	2
and his words	2
and the matter	2
are the things	2
as for the words	2
as you have said	2
at the word	2
by the words	2
conferred	2
for the word	2
for the words	2
had said	2
her questions	2
his promise	2
in the matter	2
instruction	2
instructions	2
is the account	2
issue	2
it	2
now the acts	2
of a matter	2
of his words	2
of my words	2
of your word	2
of your words	2
offer	2
our mission	2
proposal	2
report	2
requested	2
requirement	2
rumors	2
some	2
something	2
that pertains	2
the promise	2
the records	2
the sentence	2
the things	2
the very words	2
this is the message	2
to my words	2
to speak	2
to the word	2
was the word	2
what	2
with a word	2
a case	1
a confidence	1
a decree	1
a dispute	1
a man asks	1
a mission	1
a proposal	1
a report	1
a report regarding	1
a verdict	1
about	1
activities	1
acts	1
advised	1
affair	1
after the report	1
an answer	1
and as for the matter	1
and bring word	1
and for the affairs	1
and his statements	1
and in his word	1
and my words	1
and relayed the message to ben-hadad	1
and that the word	1
and the message	1
and the thing	1
and your instructions	1
another word	1
answered	1
any	1
any case	1
as for the word	1
as soon as the order	1
as soon as the words	1
as they had promised	1
as this	1
as you have requested	1
as you request	1
as you requested	1
at the words	1
at your command	1
be as you say	1
because of	1
because the word	1
been eloquent	1
behalf	1
behavior	1
but in spite	1
but mere talk	1
but the thing	1
but this word	1
by the command	1
by words alone	1
case	1
cause	1
commanded	1
commands	1
complaints	1
concerning	1
conditions	1
conduct	1
confessions	1
containing the words	1
conversation	1
danger	1
decree	1
deeds	1
detail	1
disease	1
do it	1
doing	1
duties	1
duty	1
each on	1
edict	1
enough for that day	1
even words	1
everything	1
exactly what to say	1
falsehood	1
flaw	1
for	1
for this occasion	1
for your word	1
form of speech	1
furthermore the word	1
had happened	1
had instructed	1
had told him	1
has a dispute	1
has commanded	1
has requested	1
have been told	1
have something to tell	1
he did this	1
his acts	1
his case	1
his command	1
his prediction	1
his promises	1
his terms	1
his usual words	1
his voice	1
i have a message	1
i have a word	1
i should reply	1
idle words	1
in response to them	1
in the book	1
in the chronicles	1
in the deeds	1
in the records	1
in the words	1
instructed	1
is a message	1
is anything	1
is the manner	1
is the message	1
is the situation	1
is the text	1
is the whisper	1
is what	1
is why	1
just a question	1
just as	1
just as you say	1
language	1
let one word	1
let the word	1
let your promise	1
lies	1
like the words	1
like theirs	1
mans word	1
matter pertaining to	1
may it be as you say	1
meanwhile by the word	1
mere words	1
mission	1
my arguments	1
my instructions	1
my message	1
my promise	1
my threats	1
news	1
no	1
nor an oracle	1
now a word	1
now it	1
now this matter	1
of a message	1
of affairs	1
of his command	1
of his talk	1
of his word	1
of the acts of	1
of the acts of ahaz	1
of the decree	1
of the matter	1
of the matter is this	1
of the message	1
of the plot	1
of the words	1
of their message	1
of their words	1
of words	1
of you	1
only if the word	1
only the word	1
or their words	1
other	1
portion	1
portions	1
problem	1
provisions	1
purpose	1
question	1
quota	1
reason	1
records	1
regulations	1
relayed the message	1
reply	1
reports	1
requirements	1
requires	1
response	1
said	1
same message	1
samuels words	1
sayings	1
schemes	1
signs	1
since the talk	1
so far from my words	1
so that your words	1
so the word	1
song	1
speeches	1
story	1
such	1
terms	1
than	1
that had happened	1
that is	1
the acts	1
the advice	1
the arrangement	1
the command	1
the conduct	1
the conversation	1
the curses	1
the decision	1
the instructions	1
the investigation	1
the mission	1
the plan	1
the report that	1
the reports	1
the request	1
the sayings	1
the story	1
the task	1
the terms	1
the verdict	1
the word is	1
the words of	1
their cases	1
their causes	1
their demand	1
their offer	1
their words	1
theme	1
then a revelation	1
these are empty	1
these things	1
this command	1
this deed	1
this is the promise	1
this matter	1
this matter is	1
this plan	1
this request	1
this suggestion	1
this thing i have done	1
this word	1
thought	1
thoughts	1
through the counsel	1
through your word	1
thus the word	1
to confer	1
to his word	1
to say	1
to stop you	1
to the times	1
was the message	1
way	1
we vowed	1
were given him through the promises	1
were saying	1
what he had said	1
what i came to say	1
what i said	1
what they had promised	1
what you have asked	1
what you say	1
when iniquities	1
when the words	1
when word	1
when words	1
when your word	1
whether	1
while you spoke	1
who speaks	1
whose affairs	1
will be fulfilled	1
with	1
with a message	1
with an offer	1
with her words	1
with the report	1
with these words	1
with this counsel	1
with words	1
with your words	1
words of mine	1
words they attribute to me	1
works	1
worrying about	1
you a lesson	1
you promised	1
you something	1
you speak of him	1
you the answer	1
your claims	1
your promise	1
your quota	1
your speech	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
the word	121
the words	85
of the acts	44
this thing	41
of the chronicles	38
words	32
thing	30
all the words	28
and the word	28
the thing	26
according to the word	24
my words	21
these words	20
these things	19
word	19
all these words	18
his word	15
moreover the word	13
nothing	13
and the thing	12
a word	11
this word	11
that the word	10
then came the word	10
matter	9
the matter	9
things	9
thy words	9
ye the word	9
again the word	8
commandment	8
because	7
by the word	7
came the word	7
his words	7
then the word	7
a thing	6
answer	6
but the word	6
thy word	6
according to thy word	5
and the words	5
in the book	5
in thy word	5
of the words	5
according to the saying	4
all things	4
and the saying	4
in this thing	4
let thy word	4
matters	4
not unto the words	4
of words	4
a matter	3
according to all these words	3
after this manner	3
all the things	3
and these words	3
any thing	3
as thou hast said	3
commandments	3
concerning	3
for this thing	3
him not a word	3
him the words	3
my word	3
of any thing	3
of his words	3
of speech	3
of the word	3
of these words	3
on this manner	3
the commandment	3
the saying	3
there is nothing	3
those words	3
to my words	3
unto the words	3
ye the words	3
a portion	2
a rate	2
according to all the words	2
according to these words	2
according to this promise	2
according unto the word	2
according unto thy word	2
according unto your words	2
all his words	2
all my words	2
all these things	2
and his words	2
and in the book	2
and this thing	2
and thy words	2
answered	2
as the duty	2
because of	2
but the thing	2
but this thing	2
came this word	2
concerning the words	2
every thing	2
for the thing	2
for the words	2
for this matter	2
for thy words	2
hath said	2
her all her questions	2
him word	2
his saying	2
i a word	2
i pray thee at the word	2
in the word	2
it according to the word	2
manner	2
not ought	2
not the word	2
not the words	2
now the acts	2
now the word	2
of a thing	2
of his word	2
of their words	2
of your words	2
promise	2
report	2
sake	2
such words	2
the cause	2
the matters	2
the request	2
the things	2
there this word	2
there was nothing	2
unto my words	2
unto thy words	2
upon them all the words	2
us word	2
what thing	2
whatsoever thing	2
whose words	2
your words	2
a certain rate	1
a decree	1
a message	1
about the matter	1
according to all those words	1
according to the commandment	1
according to the sentence	1
according to this thing	1
according to this word	1
according to thy saying	1
according to thy words	1
according to your words	1
after the same manner	1
after the saying	1
after this sort	1
against the word	1
all these things at thy word	1
also the word	1
among the sayings	1
and a word	1
and affairs	1
and all these things	1
and as soon as the commandment	1
and because of the words	1
and behold the acts	1
and behold the word	1
and for his words	1
and had no business	1
and he conferred	1
and he that hath my word	1
and his deeds	1
and his sayings	1
and if the word	1
and in all matters	1
and in his word	1
and in the matter	1
and it shall come to pass when all these things	1
and let these my words	1
and lies	1
and on this manner	1
and the cause	1
and the effect	1
and the speech	1
and their words	1
and there shall nothing	1
and there was no harm	1
and they had no business	1
and through this thing	1
and when the words	1
any	1
any evilfavouredness	1
any more but the word	1
as the matter	1
as the word	1
at his word	1
at my word	1
at the oracle	1
at the saying	1
at the words	1
because by this deed	1
because of the word	1
because of the words	1
because the thing	1
because the word	1
behold now the words	1
behold the word	1
behold the words	1
business	1
but if this thing	1
but my words	1
but of the matter	1
but the talk	1
by myself the word	1
by the words	1
by words	1
causes	1
concerning any matter	1
concerning this thing	1
dealings	1
deed	1
disease	1
do not my words	1
due	1
errand	1
even after a certain rate	1
every word	1
for	1
for a word	1
for all manner	1
for every matter	1
for every thing	1
for him according to the word	1
for in the thing	1
for it was said	1
for the purpose	1
for the saying	1
for the word	1
for there is no matter	1
for word	1
for your words	1
from any of the words	1
from me of all the things	1
from the sentence	1
had communication	1
had spoken	1
have any matters	1
he that handleth a matter	1
him according to the saying	1
him according to the word	1
him according unto the saying	1
him after this manner	1
him all the words	1
him all those sayings	1
him all those things	1
him concerning this thing	1
him every whit	1
him nothing	1
him the tidings	1
him these things	1
his affairs	1
his cause	1
his commandments	1
his portion	1
his signs	1
how the matter	1
i beseech thee the word	1
i have a message	1
i have an errand	1
i pray thee be like the word	1
if the thing	1
if there arise a matter	1
in a thing	1
in all matters	1
in any matter	1
in any thing	1
in his words	1
in matters	1
in the matter	1
in the words	1
iniquities	1
is there any thing	1
is this thing	1
it pleased	1
let not this thing	1
let nothing	1
let the thing	1
let this thing	1
let thy promise	1
lying	1
me a business	1
me about also with words	1
me and whatsoever	1
me by the word	1
me word	1
might such a thing	1
might this thing	1
mine errand	1
moreover i have somewhat to say	1
my commandments	1
neither was the word	1
no more any	1
no such things	1
nor his power	1
nor language	1
nor the word	1
not a cause	1
not a word	1
not according to this word	1
not against his word	1
not any thing	1
not eloquent	1
not even according to all things	1
not from me i pray thee the thing	1
not his word	1
not my word	1
not so according to thy words	1
not their words	1
not this my saying	1
not this our business	1
not this promise	1
not this the word	1
not this thing	1
not to the words	1
nothing of the word	1
now a thing	1
now let thy words	1
now my words	1
now whether my word	1
of all is become unto you as the words	1
of all the acts	1
of all these things	1
of all these words	1
of any of his matters	1
of his acts	1
of the business	1
of the commandment	1
of the deed	1
of the matter	1
of the whole matter	1
of thine acts	1
of this thing	1
of thy acts	1
of thy word	1
of thy words	1
of us a song	1
over you in all matters	1
portion	1
provision	1
rate	1
said	1
save only in the matter	1
seeing the speech	1
shall the matter	1
shall things	1
so shall i have wherewith	1
so shall my word	1
some	1
speech	1
spoken	1
talk	1
task	1
tasks	1
than the words	1
that	1
that for this thing	1
that his word	1
that i may answer	1
that my words	1
that there be not a thought	1
that thing	1
that when thy sayings	1
that your words	1
the care	1
the case	1
the causes	1
the deeds	1
the manner	1
the reason	1
the tidings	1
thee a thing	1
thee all the words	1
thee the sentence	1
thee the word	1
thee this thing	1
their words	1
them according to all these words	1
them after the same manner	1
them and thy word	1
them the word	1
them what	1
them word	1
themselves the word	1
themselves upon the words	1
then answered	1
then said	1
there and behold the word	1
there shall none of my words	1
there the words	1
there was not a word	1
therefore for all the words	1
therefore let thy words	1
therefore my words	1
therefore the word	1
therefore the words	1
therefore this thing	1
therefore to the word	1
therein all the words	1
thereon and the thing	1
these matters	1
these my words	1
these sayings	1
they his words	1
this matter	1
this message	1
this our business	1
this speech	1
those tidings	1
thou against them all these words	1
thou any more of thy matters	1
thou me according to thy word	1
thou me according unto thy word	1
thou not unto his words	1
thou now this word	1
thou so	1
thou spakest	1
thou the word	1
thou therefore the word	1
thou these words	1
through the counsel	1
throughout all the parts	1
thy matters	1
thyself what word	1
tidings	1
to all my words	1
to any of his words	1
to be his the cause	1
to commune	1
to lies	1
to me by the word	1
to my word	1
to the words	1
to thee and no hurt	1
to thee for this thing	1
to them in this matter	1
to whom the word	1
toward him when he had said	1
until every thing	1
unto all the words	1
unto all words	1
unto him according to these words	1
unto him the thing	1
unto him the words	1
unto him there is nothing	1
unto him what thing	1
unto me by the word	1
unto me every thing	1
unto me in like manner	1
unto me of this matter	1
unto me so shall your words	1
unto me the word	1
unto the word	1
unto them all the words	1
unto them this word	1
unto themselves according unto the word	1
unto whom the word	1
unto you in this matter	1
upon thee and my words	1
us that our advice	1
us thus	1
was made of the matter	1
was with him and did let none of his words	1
went the matter	1
what answer	1
what is the word	1
what is there done	1
when the word	1
when they have a matter	1
where the word	1
whereof the word	1
wholly at thy commandment	1
with any business	1
with her words	1
with him for the matter	1
with me for your sakes	1
with my words	1
with the words	1
with thee for this thing	1
with these words	1
with this thing	1
with words	1
with you concerning all these words	1
with you in the judgment	1
with you words	1
with your words	1
work	1
works	1
ye such things	1
ye therefore the word	1
ye this word	1
yet in this thing	1
you a thing	1
you in the matter	1
you the word	1
you these words	1
you word	1
your advice	1

Verses containing H1697

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1 Samuel 4:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I have just come from the battle,” the man said to Eli. “I fled from there today.” “What happened, my son?” Eli asked.
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1 Samuel 8:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.
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1 Samuel 8:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.
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1 Samuel 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them in the hearing of the LORD.
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1 Samuel 9:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Good,” said Saul to his servant. “Come, let us go.” So they set out for the city where the man of God was.
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1 Samuel 9:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing to me?”
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1 Samuel 9:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As they were going down to the edge of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us, but you stay for a while, and I will reveal to you the word of God.” So the servant went on.
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1 Samuel 10:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’
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1 Samuel 10:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.
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1 Samuel 11:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.
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1 Samuel 11:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Just then Saul was returning from the field, behind his oxen. “What troubles the people?” asked Saul. “Why are they weeping?” And they relayed to him the words of the men from Jabesh.
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1 Samuel 11:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he burned with great anger.
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1 Samuel 12:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now, therefore, present yourselves and see this great thing that the LORD will do before your eyes.
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1 Samuel 14:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the men of the outpost called out to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, “Come on up, and we will teach you a lesson!” “Follow me,” Jonathan told his armor-bearer, “for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel.”
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1 Samuel 15:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.
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1 Samuel 15:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying,
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1 Samuel 15:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.
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1 Samuel 15:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”
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1 Samuel 15:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”
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1 Samuel 15:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
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1 Samuel 15:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.”
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1 Samuel 16:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”
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1 Samuel 17:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On hearing the words of the Philistine, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and greatly afraid.
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1 Samuel 17:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the ranks of the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.
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1 Samuel 17:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The people told him about the offer, saying, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”
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1 Samuel 17:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“What have I done now?” said David. “Was it not just a question?”
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1 Samuel 17:30 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Then he turned from him toward another and asked about the offer, and those people answered him just as the first ones had answered.
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1 Samuel 17:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, who sent for him.
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1 Samuel 18:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”
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1 Samuel 18:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.
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1 Samuel 18:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”
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1 Samuel 18:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the servants told Saul what David had said.
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1 Samuel 18:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,
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1 Samuel 19:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.
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1 Samuel 20:2 · BSB · 3 occurrences
“Far from it!” Jonathan replied. “You will not die. Indeed, my father does nothing, great or small, without telling me. So why would he hide this matter from me? This cannot be true!”
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1 Samuel 20:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I will send a boy and say, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ Now, if I expressly say to him, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them,’ then come, because as surely as the LORD lives, it is safe for you, and there is no danger.
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1 Samuel 20:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And as for the matter you and I have discussed, the LORD is a witness between you and me forever.”
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1 Samuel 20:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the boy did not know anything; only Jonathan and David knew the arrangement.
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1 Samuel 21:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“The king has given me a mission,” David replied. “He told me no one is to know about the mission on which I am sending you. And I have directed my young men to meet me at a certain place.
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Source alternate reference: 21.3
1 Samuel 21:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David asked Ahimelech, “Is there not a spear or sword on hand here? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s mission was urgent.”
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Source alternate reference: 21.9
1 Samuel 21:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
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Source alternate reference: 21.13
1 Samuel 22:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of my father’s household, for your servant knew nothing of this whole affair—not in part or in whole.”
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1 Samuel 24:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”
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Source alternate reference: 24.7
1 Samuel 24:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
With these words David restrained his men, and he did not let them rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went on his way.
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Source alternate reference: 24.8
1 Samuel 24:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?
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Source alternate reference: 24.10
1 Samuel 24:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When David had finished saying these things, Saul called back, “Is that your voice, David my son?” Then Saul wept aloud
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Source alternate reference: 24.17
1 Samuel 25:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When David’s young men arrived, they relayed all these words to Nabal on behalf of David. Then they waited.
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1 Samuel 25:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David’s men turned around and went back, and they relayed to him all these words.
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1 Samuel 25:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
She fell at his feet and said, “My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant.
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1 Samuel 25:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
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