Strong's Definition
a primitive root; properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
KJV Usage: abide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
דָּבַק (da.vaq) — to cleave. 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)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · דָּבֵק · דֶּבֶק
Attach | verb pu'al, verb qal, verb pe'al | ≈ יצק
to stick together, to cling together = state in which objects are closely compacted together
Attach | verb qal, verb hof
to cling, to cleave, to stick, to freeze = state in which an object is positioned around or against another object in such a way that the two cannot be separated easily
DEU 13:18 · 2SA 23:10 · JOB 19:20 · JOB 29:10 · JOB 31:7 · PSA 22:16 · PSA 44:26 · PSA 102:6 · PSA 119:25 · PSA 137:6 · JER 13:11 · LAM 4:4
Attach | verb hif
to cause to cling, to cause to cleave, to cause to stick = causative action by which someone causes something else to be positioned around or against another object in such a way that the two cannot be separated easily
Happen | verb qal
to cling, to cleave, to overtake literally: to cling to someone; hence: = to happen to someone ◄ as if the event has physically attached itself to the one undergoing it; ≈ only used for negative events
Happen | verb hif
to cause to cling, to cause to cleave to, to cause to overtake literally: to cause to cling to someone; hence: = causative action by which someone causes something to happen to someone else ◄ as if the event has been physically attached to the one undergoing it; ≈ only used for negative events
Associate | verb qal
to cling, to stay, to commit oneself = action by which someone commits oneself to remain closely involved with another person or group, out of affection and/or solidarity
GEN 2:24 · GEN 34:3 · NUM 36:7 · NUM 36:9 · DEU 10:20 · DEU 11:22 · DEU 13:5 · DEU 30:20 · JOS 22:5 · JOS 23:8 · JOS 23:12 · RUT 1:14 · RUT 2:8 · RUT 2:21 · RUT 2:23 · 2SA 20:2 · 1KI 11:2 · 2KI 3:3 · 2KI 18:6 · PSA 63:9 · PSA 101:3 · PSA 119:31
Associate | verb hif
to cause to cling, to cause to commit oneself = causative action by which someone causes someone else to commit oneself to remain closely involved with another person or group, out of affection and/or solidarity
Pursue | verb hif | ≈ יּשׂג
to be in close pursuit, to catch up = action by which someone pursues another person or group closely enough to be able to inflict harm
GEN 31:23 · JDG 18:22 · JDG 20:45 · 1SA 14:22 · 1SA 31:2 · 2SA 1:6 · 1CH 10:2
Happen | verb hif
to catch up literally: to catch up with someone; hence: = process by which something happens to someone else ◄ as if the event had been pursuing the one undergoing it and was finally able to catch up; ≈ only used for negative events
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
דָּבַק, דָּבֵק vb. cling, cleave, keep close Qal cling, cleave to
cling, cleave to
Pu. of crocodile’s scales, they are joined together
Hiph. cause to cling or cleave to
pursue closely
overtake
Hoph. and my tongue is made to cleave (to) my gums
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