- Original: דּבק - Transliteration: Dabaq - Phonetic: daw-bak' - Definition: 1. to cling, stick, stay close, cleave, keep close, stick to, stick with, follow closely, join to, overtake, catch a. (Qal) 1. to cling, cleave to 2. to stay with b. (Pual) to be joined together c. (Hiphil) 1. to cause to cleave to 2. to pursue closely 3. to overtake d. (Hophal) to be made to cleave - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 398 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; properly to impinge that is cling or adhere; figuratively to catch by pursuit: - abide fast cleave (fast together) follow close (hard after) be joined (together) keep (fast) overtake pursue hard stick take. Total KJV Occurrences: 54 • abide, 1 Ruth 2:8 • cleave, 17 Genesis 2:24; Deuteronomy 10:20; Deuteronomy 11:22; Deuteronomy 13:4; Deuteronomy 13:17; Deuteronomy 28:21; Deuteronomy 28:60; Deuteronomy 30:20; Joshua 22:5; Joshua 23:8; Joshua 23:12; 2 Kings 5:27; Psalm 101:3; Psalm 102:5; Psalm 137:6; Jeremiah 13:11; Ezekiel 3:26 • cleaved, 9 Genesis 34:3; Ruth 1:14; 2 Samuel 20:2; 2 Samuel 23:10; 1 Kings 11:2; 2 Kings 3:3; 2 Kings 18:6; Job 29:10; Job 31:7 • cleaveth, 6 Job 19:20; Psalm 22:15; Psalm 44:25; Psalm 119:25; Jeremiah 13:11; Lamentations 4:4 • close, 1 Jeremiah 42:16 • fast, 2 Ruth 2:21; Ruth 2:23 • hard, 5 Judges 20:45; 1 Samuel 14:22; 2 Samuel 1:6; 1 Chronicles 10:2; Psalm 63:8 • joined, 1 Job 41:17 • keep, 2 Numbers 36:7; Numbers 36:9 • overtook, 3 Genesis 31:23; Judges 18:22; Judges 20:42 • stick, 2 Ezekiel 29:4(2) • stuck, 1 Psalm 119:31 • take, 1 Genesis 19:19 • together, 2 Job 38:38; Job 41:23 • upon, 1 1 Samuel 31:2