Strong H1697H1697Lדָּבָר

Definition

General definition

In the Bible

Strong H1697L appears in 22 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

• matter7
• cause5
• speech2
• thing2
• affair1
• arise1
• because1
• case1
• judgment1
• manner1
• sentence1
• some1

First verses

1. Exodus 18:16
   When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
2. Exodus 18:19
   Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:
3. Exodus 18:26
   And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
4. Exodus 22:9
   For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
5. Exodus 24:14
   And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.
6. Deuteronomy 1:17
   Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
7. Deuteronomy 16:19
   Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
8. Deuteronomy 17:8
   If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose;
9. Deuteronomy 17:11
   According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.
10. Deuteronomy 19:4
    And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;
11. Deuteronomy 22:14
    And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:
12. Deuteronomy 22:17
    And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
13. Deuteronomy 22:24
    Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
14. Deuteronomy 22:26
    But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:
15. Deuteronomy 24:1
    When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
16. Joshua 20:4
    And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
17. Ruth 4:7
    Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel.
18. 2 Samuel 15:3
    And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
19. 2 Samuel 19:29
    And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
20. 2 Chronicles 19:6
    And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the Lord, who is with you in the judgment.

Occurrences by book

• Exodus5
• Deuteronomy10
• Joshua1
• Ruth1
• 2 Samuel2
• 2 Chronicles1
• Psalms1
• Ecclesiastes1

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