Strong's Concordance H1697

Original Word: דָּבָר
Transliteration: dâbâr
Phonetic Spelling: daw-baw'
from H1696; a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause; act, advice, affair, answer, × any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, chronicles, commandment, × commune(-ication), concern(-ing), confer, counsel, dearth, decree, deed, × disease, due, duty, effect, eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-) ness, glory, harm, hurt, iniquity, judgment, language, lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, × ought, × parts, pertaining, please, portion, power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, × (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, sign, so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, song, speech, × spoken, talk, task, that, × there done, thing (concerning), thought, thus, tidings, what(-soever), wherewith, which, word, work.

Usages throughout the bible

1 Kings 12:22 - But the word H1697 of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

1 Kings 12:24 - Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing H1697 is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word H1697 of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word H1697 of the LORD.

1 Kings 12:30 - And this thing H1697 became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.

1 Kings 13:1 - And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word H1697 of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

1 Kings 13:2 - And he cried against the altar in the word H1697 of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

1 Kings 13:4 - And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying H1697 of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.

1 Kings 13:5 - The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word H1697 of the LORD.

1 Kings 13:9 - For so was it charged me by the word H1697 of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.

1 Kings 13:11 - Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words H1697 which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.

1 Kings 13:17 - For it was said H1697 to me by the word H1697 of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.

1 Kings 13:18 - He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word H1697 of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.

1 Kings 13:20 - And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word H1697 of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:

1 Kings 13:26 - And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word H1697 of the LORD, which he spake unto him.

1 Kings 13:32 - For the saying H1697 which he cried by the word H1697 of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.

1 Kings 13:33 - After this thing H1697 Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

1 Kings 13:34 - And this thing H1697 became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

1 Kings 14:5 - And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing H1697 of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.

1 Kings 14:13 - And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing H1697 toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

1 Kings 14:18 - And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word H1697 of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.

1 Kings 14:19 - And the rest of the acts H1697 of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles H1697 of the kings of Israel.

1 Kings 14:29 - Now the rest of the acts H1697 of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles H1697 of the kings of Judah?

1 Kings 15:5 - Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter H1697 of Uriah the Hittite.

1 Kings 15:7 - Now the rest of the acts H1697 of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles H1697 of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

1 Kings 15:23 - The rest of all the acts H1697 of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles H1697 of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

1 Kings 15:29 - And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying H1697 of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:

1 Kings 15:31 - Now the rest of the acts H1697 of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles H1697 of the kings of Israel?

1 Kings 16:1 - Then the word H1697 of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

1 Kings 16:5 - Now the rest of the acts H1697 of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles H1697 of the kings of Israel?

1 Kings 16:7 - And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word H1697 of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.

1 Kings 16:12 - Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word H1697 of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,

1 Kings 16:14 - Now the rest of the acts H1697 of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles H1697 of the kings of Israel?

1 Kings 16:20 - Now the rest of the acts H1697 of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles H1697 of the kings of Israel?

1 Kings 16:27 - Now the rest of the acts H1697 of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles H1697 of the kings of Israel?

1 Kings 16:34 - In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word H1697 of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

1 Kings 17:1 - And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. H1697

1 Kings 17:2 - And the word H1697 of the LORD came unto him, saying,

1 Kings 17:5 - So he went and did according unto the word H1697 of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

1 Kings 17:8 - And the word H1697 of the LORD came unto him, saying,

1 Kings 17:13 - And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: H1697 but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.

1 Kings 17:15 - And she went and did according to the saying H1697 of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.

1 Kings 17:16 - And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word H1697 of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.

1 Kings 17:17 - And it came to pass after these things, H1697 that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.

1 Kings 17:24 - And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word H1697 of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.

1 Kings 18:1 - And it came to pass after many days, that the word H1697 of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.

1 Kings 18:21 - And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. H1697

1 Kings 18:24 - And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken. H1697

1 Kings 18:31 - And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word H1697 of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:

1 Kings 18:36 - And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. H1697

1 Kings 19:9 - And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word H1697 of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?

1 Kings 20:4 - And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, H1697 I am thine, and all that I have.