דִּבְרָה

divra · cause, manner

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1700 · appears 5 times in the Bible

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What it means

divra (דִּבְרָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “cause, manner”.

A cause, a matter that is presented; also the manner or reason of something.

How to say it

div·ra

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. The case someone brings before a judge.
  2. On account of, for the sake of.
  3. Order, rank: "in the line of Melchizedek".

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • after the manner of ×1
  • because ×1
  • cause ×1
  • concerning ×1
  • that ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Job 5:8

    But I would seek El, and before Elohim I would lay my cause,

  • Psalms 110:4

    YHWH has sworn and will not relent: “You are a priest forever after the manner of Melchizedek.”

  • Ecclesiastes 3:18

    I said in my heart concerning human beings, “Elohim tests them so that they may see that they are beasts, they by themselves.”

  • Ecclesiastes 7:14

    In the day of good, be in the good, and in the day of evil, see: also this one alongside that one Elohim has made, so that the human being may not find anything after him.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:2

    I say: keep the command of the king, and that because of the oath of Elohim.