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Strong's H1692 דָּבַק (dabaq)

Dabaq means “abide fast” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G1692 — emeo (“vomit”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H1692
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 52
Books 16

Strong's H1692 Quick Answer

Strong's H1692 דָּבַק (dabaq) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. dabaq (daw-bak') v. 1. (properly) to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere 2. (figuratively) to catch by pursuit It has 52 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include cleave, followed, together, fast, and me. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
dabaq (daw-bak') v. 1. (properly) to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere 2. (figuratively) to catch by pursuit
Usage
52 linked usages
Books
16 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
cleave, followed, together, fast, and me

Meaning and Definition

dabaq (daw-bak') v. 1. (properly) to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere 2. (figuratively) to catch by pursuit [a primitive root] KJV: abide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.

Original Word
דָּבַק
Transliteration
dabaq
Derivation
Root: דבק
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1692. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to cleave

Usage: 1) to cling, stick, stay close, cleave, keep close, stick to, stick with, follow closely, join to, overtake, catch 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cling, cleave to 1a2) to stay with 1b) (Pual) to be joined together 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to cleave to 1c2) to pursue closely 1c3) to overtake 1d) (Hophal) to be made to cleave Aramaic equivalent: de.vaq (דְּבֵק "to cleave" H1693)

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How Strong's H1692 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render dabaq, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

cleave Deuteronomy 10:20 16× followed 1 Samuel 14:22 fast Ruth 2:21 together Judges 18:22 abide Ruth 2:8 follow Jeremiah 42:16 followeth Psalms 63:8 following 2 Kings 18:6 me Genesis 19:19 overtook Genesis 31:23

How Strong's H1692 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 52 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H1692 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H1692 in the Old Testament

52 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 2:24 KJV

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Genesis 19:19 KJV

Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

Genesis 31:23 KJV

And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.

Usage Excerpts

First 52 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1692.

Genesis 2:24 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Genesis 19:19 Old Testament, KJV
Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
Genesis 31:23 Old Testament, KJV
And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
Genesis 34:3 Old Testament, KJV
And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
Numbers 36:7 Old Testament, KJV
So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
Numbers 36:9 Old Testament, KJV
Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance.
Deuteronomy 10:20 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
Deuteronomy 11:22 Old Testament, KJV
For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
Deuteronomy 13:4 Old Testament, KJV
Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
Deuteronomy 13:17 Old Testament, KJV
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 compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
Deuteronomy 28:21 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
Deuteronomy 28:60 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.
Deuteronomy 30:20 Old Testament, KJV
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 days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
Joshua 22:5 Old Testament, KJV
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 ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Joshua 23:8 Old Testament, KJV
But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.
Joshua 23:12 Old Testament, KJV
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 in unto them, and they to you:
Judges 18:22 Old Testament, KJV
And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.
Judges 20:42 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.
Judges 20:45 Old Testament, KJV
And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
Ruth 1:14 Old Testament, KJV
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
Ruth 2:8 Old Testament, KJV
Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:
Ruth 2:21 Old Testament, KJV
And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
Ruth 2:23 Old Testament, KJV
So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.
1 Samuel 14:22 Old Testament, KJV
Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.
1 Samuel 31:2 Old Testament, KJV
And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, Saul's sons.
2 Samuel 1:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.
2 Samuel 20:2 Old Testament, KJV
So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 23:10 Old Testament, KJV
He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.
1 Kings 11:2 Old Testament, KJV
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 will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
2 Kings 3:3 Old Testament, KJV
Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
2 Kings 5:27 Old Testament, KJV
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.
2 Kings 18:6 Old Testament, KJV
For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
1 Chronicles 10:2 Old Testament, KJV
And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
Job 19:20 Old Testament, KJV
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Job 29:10 Old Testament, KJV
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
Job 31:7 Old Testament, KJV
If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
Job 38:38 Old Testament, KJV
When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
Job 41:17 Old Testament, KJV
They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
Job 41:23 Old Testament, KJV
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
Psalms 22:15 Old Testament, KJV
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 44:25 Old Testament, KJV
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
Psalms 63:8 Old Testament, KJV
My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
Psalms 101:3 Old Testament, KJV
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 102:5 Old Testament, KJV
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
Psalms 119:25 Old Testament, KJV
My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
Psalms 119:31 Old Testament, KJV
I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
Psalms 137:6 Old Testament, KJV
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Jeremiah 13:11 Old Testament, KJV
For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
Jeremiah 42:16 Old Testament, KJV
Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
Lamentations 4:4 Old Testament, KJV
The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
Ezekiel 3:26 Old Testament, KJV
And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.
Ezekiel 29:4 Old Testament, KJV
But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1692, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 7 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 3 usages, Old Testament
Judges 3 usages, Old Testament
Ruth 4 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 6 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 8 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H1692 FAQ

What does dabaq (דָּבַק) mean?

Dabaq (Strong's H1692) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "abide fast". dabaq (daw-bak') v. 1. (properly) to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere 2. (figuratively) to catch by pursuit

How many times is dabaq (דָּבַק) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 52 linked usages for Strong's H1692 across 16 books.

Where can I study dabaq (דָּבַק) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1692 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate dabaq (דָּבַק)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as cleave, followed, together, fast, me, and overtook. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.