דָּבָר

davar

dah-VAHR

word, thing, matter, event

Where it comes from

Hebrew uses one word for a word and for the thing the word is about. A davar is a spoken thing that then exists. This is why the ten are called the ten words rather than the ten laws, and why God speaking is the same act as God making.

Every place it appears

Strong's H1697. It stands in 1290 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. See them →

Exodus 20:1

And God spake all these words, saying,

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