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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 25:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these events, and his heart failed within him, and he became like a stone.
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1 Samuel 26:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”
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1 Samuel 26:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
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1 Samuel 28:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Saul swore to her by the LORD: “As surely as the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this.”
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1 Samuel 28:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Because you did not obey the LORD or carry out His burning anger against Amalek, the LORD has done this to you today.
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1 Samuel 28:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Immediately Saul fell flat on the ground, terrified by the words of Samuel. And his strength was gone, because he had not eaten anything all that day and night.
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1 Samuel 28:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the woman came to Saul and saw how distraught he was, she said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed your voice. I took my life in my hands and did as you told me.
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1 Samuel 30:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who will listen to your proposal? The share of the one who went to battle will match the share of the one who stayed with the supplies. They will share alike.”
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2 Samuel 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”
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2 Samuel 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now may the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness, and I will also show you the same favor because you have done this.
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2 Samuel 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!
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2 Samuel 3:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And for fear of Abner, Ish-bosheth did not dare to say another word to him.
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2 Samuel 3:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Good,” replied David, “I will make a covenant with you. But there is one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.”
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2 Samuel 3:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king.
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2 Samuel 7:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,
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2 Samuel 7:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
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2 Samuel 7:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire revelation.
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2 Samuel 7:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed it to Your servant.
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2 Samuel 7:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,
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2 Samuel 7:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And now, O Lord GOD, You are God! Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.
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2 Samuel 11:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”
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2 Samuel 11:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Joab sent to David a full account of the battle
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2 Samuel 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and instructed the messenger, “When you have finished giving the king a full account of the battle,
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2 Samuel 11:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”
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2 Samuel 11:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.
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2 Samuel 12:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.”
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2 Samuel 12:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
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2 Samuel 12:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”
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2 Samuel 12:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD, the son born to you will surely die.”
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2 Samuel 12:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“What is this you have done?” his servants asked. “While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate.”
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2 Samuel 13:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister. He is your brother. Do not take this thing to heart.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in the house of her brother Absalom.
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2 Samuel 13:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When King David heard all this, he was furious.
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2 Samuel 13:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for violating his sister Tamar.
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2 Samuel 13:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So now, my lord the king, do not take to heart the report that all the sons of the king are dead. Only Amnon is dead.”
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2 Samuel 13:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Jonadab said to the king, “Look, the sons of the king have arrived! It is just as your servant said.”
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2 Samuel 14:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.
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2 Samuel 14:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the woman said, “Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord the king?” “Speak,” he replied.
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2 Samuel 14:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The woman asked, “Why have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself, since he has not brought back his own banished son?
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2 Samuel 14:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now therefore, I have come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant the request of his maidservant.
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2 Samuel 14:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”
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2 Samuel 14:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the king said to the woman, “I am going to ask you something; do not conceal it from me!” “Let my lord the king speak,” she replied.
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2 Samuel 14:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.
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2 Samuel 14:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Joab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”
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2 Samuel 14:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the king said to Joab, “I hereby grant this request. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.”
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2 Samuel 14:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Joab fell facedown in homage and blessed the king. “Today,” said Joab, “your servant knows that he has found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted his request.”
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2 Samuel 15:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.”
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2 Samuel 15:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
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2 Samuel 15:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Two hundred men from Jerusalem accompanied Absalom. They had been invited as guests and they went along innocently, for they knew nothing about the matter.
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2 Samuel 15:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”
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2 Samuel 15:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you? Report to them everything you hear from the king’s palace.
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