דָּבַק davaq

Hebrew word for “to cleave” · Strong’s H1692 · used 54 times in 52 verses

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Meaning

1) to cling, stick, stay close, cleave, keep close, stick to, stick with, follow closely, join to, overtake, catch;

How it is translated

Glosses given for davaq in context, with how often each is used:

• will cling 7
• clings 5
• overtook 4
• pursued closely 4
• clung 4
• cleaved 3
• will hold 2
• cleave 2
• will make cling 2
• will stay ! 2
• joined together 2
• cleaves 1

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ruth 2 (3), Numbers 36 (2), Deuteronomy 13 (2), Deuteronomy 28 (2), Joshua 23 (2), Judges 20 (2), Job 41 (2), Psalms 119 (2), Genesis 2 (1), Genesis 19 (1)

Forms

• דבקה 7
• ידבק 5
• ידבקו 4
• תדבק 4
• דבק 4
• ותדבק 3
• ולדבקה 3
• וידבקו 3
• וידבק 2
• וידביקו 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with davaq more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אַחַר achar “after” 12
• חֵךְ chekh “palate” 4
• לָשׁוֹן lashon “tongue” 5
• רוּת rut “Ruth” 3
• עָפָר aphar “dust” 4
• מִן־ min “from” 7
• עַד ad “till” 7
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 6
• קוֹל qol “voice” 5
• מִצְוָה mitsvah “commandment” 4
• אִם im “if” 6
• אָהֵב ahav “to love” 4

Key verses

The verses using davaq that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 2:24 — Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
• Deuteronomy 10:20 — Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
• Deuteronomy 13:17 — And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have…
• Deuteronomy 30:20 — That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy…
• Joshua 22:5 — But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his…
• Joshua 23:12 — Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go…
• 1 Kings 11:2 — Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they…
• 2 Kings 5:27 — The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
• Psalms 22:15 — My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
• Psalms 63:8 — My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
• Psalms 101:3 — I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
• Psalms 119:25 — My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.