What does דָּבָר · נָעִים mean in the Bible?
דָּבָר · נָעִים is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a word ; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing ; adverbially, a cause".
Hebrew · H1697, H5273
דְּבָרֶיךָ הַנְּעִימִים
A word ; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing ; adverbially, a cause · delightful (objective or subjective, literal or figurative)
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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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נָעִים H5273 delightful (objective or subjective, literal or figurative)
What does דְּבָרֶיךָ הַנְּעִימִים (devarekha hanne'imim) mean in the Bible?
דָּבָר · נָעִים is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a word ; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing ; adverbially, a cause".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1697, H5273?
H1697, H5273 is connected to 1,468 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. a word ; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing ; adverbially, a cause
Strong's H1697, H5273
Lexical occurrences 1,468 verses Source Gloss
a word ; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing ; adverbially, a cause
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
דְּבָרֶיךָ הַנְּעִימִים is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
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