The word dabar () means "word", "talk" or "thing" in Hebrew.Osborne, William L. "The Meaning of Words". In Ancient World by Ralph D. Winter 2006 page 185 The etymology and syntax: (in continuation of the elements) of the Hebrew Language by Hyman Hurwitz 1841 ASIN B0008AHQPO page 13 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.Theological dictionary of the New Testament, Volume 1 by Gerhard Kittel, Gerhard Friedrich, Geoffrey William Bromiley 1985 page 508 The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Q-Z by Geoffrey W. Bromiley 1995 page 1102
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.Christian tradition today by Jeffrey C. K. Goh 2004 page 303 See Craig M. Nelson, Teleology and Structural Directedness, Heythrop Journal 2019 page79-94.
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