Dabar (Hebrew word) explained

The word dabar (Hebrew: דָּבָר) means "word", "talk" or "thing" in Hebrew.^{[1] [2]} Dabar occurs in various contexts in the Hebrew Bible.

The Septuagint, the oldest translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek, uses the terms rhema and logos as equivalents and uses both for dabar.^{[3] [4]}

In Christianity, the Old Testament concept of "word event" represented by dabar carries over to the New Testament where revelation can be seen as events explained by words.^[5] See Craig M. Nelson, Teleology and Structural Directedness, Heythrop Journal 2019 page79-94.

Notes and References

1. Osborne, William L. "The Meaning of Words". In Ancient World by Ralph D. Winter 2006 page 185 https://books.google.com/books?id=8LtG4eVWiFIC&dq=etymology+dabar&pg=PA185
2. The etymology and syntax: (in continuation of the elements) of the Hebrew Language by Hyman Hurwitz 1841 ASIN B0008AHQPO page 13 https://books.google.com/books?id=kJ1BAAAAYAAJ&dq=etymology+dabar&pg=RA1-PR1-IA5
3. Theological dictionary of the New Testament, Volume 1 by Gerhard Kittel, Gerhard Friedrich, Geoffrey William Bromiley 1985 page 508 https://books.google.com/books?id=ltZBUW_F9ogC&dq=dabar+rhema&pg=PA508
4. The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Q-Z by Geoffrey W. Bromiley 1995 page 1102 https://books.google.com/books?id=6OJvO2jMCr8C&dq=dabar+rhema&pg=PA1102
5. Christian tradition today by Jeffrey C. K. Goh 2004 page 303 https://books.google.com/books?id=xDmnLq3STuMC&dq=dabar+word&pg=PA303