What does דָּבָר · יוֹם mean in the Bible?
דָּבָר · יוֹם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "records, annals, chronicles".
Hebrew · H1697, H3117
דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים
A word ; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing ; adverbially, a cause · a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
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דָּבָר H1697 a word ; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing ; adverbially, a cause
Pronunciation dāḇār
Word that moves from speech to action: what is spoken becomes a matter of real consequence and effect.
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יוֹם H3117 a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Pronunciation yôm
Fundamental unit of time marked by daylight, extending metaphorically to ages, epochs, and eschatological periods.
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What does דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים (divrei hayyamim) mean in the Bible?
דָּבָר · יוֹם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "records, annals, chronicles".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1697, H3117?
H1697, H3117 is connected to 3,759 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. records, annals, chronicles
Strong's H1697, H3117
Lexical occurrences 3,759 verses Source Gloss
records, annals, chronicles
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
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