דִּבְרָהdibrâh

דִּבְרָה: cause, reason, manner (Ecclesiastes 3:18; Ecclesiastes 7:14; Ecclesiastes 8:2; Psalms 110:4; Job 5:8)

Pronunciation: dib-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1700

Meanings

: cause, reason (Daniel 2:30; Daniel 4:14)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • Job 5:8 “If I were you, I would go to God and present my case to him.
  • Psalms 110:4 The Lord has taken an oath and will not break his vow: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
  • Ecclesiastes 3:18 I also thought about the human condition—how God proves to people that they are like animals.
  • Ecclesiastes 7:14 Enjoy prosperity while you can, but when hard times strike, realize that both come from God. Remember that nothing is certain in this life.
  • Ecclesiastes 8:2 Obey the king since you vowed to God that you would.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).