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דָבַר

da.varto speak: speakHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb1,142 occurrences36 books1,049 verses

Definition

a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Traditional renderings: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, × well, × work.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders דָבַר:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,142 total
  1. 1 Samuel 18:1לְדַבֵּ֣ר · speaking
    After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.
  2. 1 Samuel 18:22דַּבְּר֨וּ · Speak
    Then Saul ordered his servants, “Speak to David privately and tell him, ‘Behold, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become his son-in-law.’”
  3. 1 Samuel 18:23וַֽיְדַבְּר֞וּ · relayed
    But when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”
  4. 1 Samuel 18:24דִּבֶּ֥ר · had said
    And the servants told Saul what David had said.
  5. 1 Samuel 19:1וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר · ordered
    Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,
  6. 1 Samuel 19:3אֲדַבֵּ֥ר · can ask
    I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, so I can ask about you. And if I find out anything, I will tell you.”
  7. 1 Samuel 19:4וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר · spoke
    Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.
  8. 1 Samuel 20:23דִּבַּ֖רְנוּ · have discussed
    And as for the matter you and I have discussed, the LORD is a witness between you and me forever.”
  9. 1 Samuel 20:26דִבֶּ֥ר · said
    Saul said nothing that day because he thought, “Something has happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean.”
  10. 1 Samuel 24:16לְדַבֵּ֞ר · saying
    When David had finished saying these things, Saul called back, “Is that your voice, David my son?” Then Saul wept aloud
  11. 1 Samuel 25:9וַיְדַבְּר֧וּ · they relayed
    When David’s young men arrived, they relayed all these words to Nabal on behalf of David. Then they waited.
  12. 1 Samuel 25:17מִדַּבֵּ֖ר · that nobody can speak
    Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”
  13. 1 Samuel 25:24וּֽתְדַבֶּר־ · speak
    She fell at his feet and said, “My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant.
  14. 1 Samuel 25:30דִּבֶּ֥ר · He promised
    When the LORD has done for my lord all the good He promised, and when He has appointed you ruler over Israel,
  15. 1 Samuel 25:39וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר · word
    On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.
  16. 1 Samuel 25:40וַיְדַבְּר֤וּ · they said
    When his servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said, “David has sent us to take you as his wife.”
  17. 1 Samuel 28:17דִּבֶּ֣ר · He spoke
    He has done exactly what He spoke through me: The LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor David.
  18. 1 Samuel 28:21דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ · you told
    When the woman came to Saul and saw how distraught he was, she said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed your voice. I took my life in my hands and did as you told me.
  19. 2 Samuel 2:27דִּבַּ֑רְתָּ · spoken up
    “As surely as God lives,” Joab replied, “if you had not spoken up, the troops would have continued pursuing their brothers until morning.”
  20. 2 Samuel 3:19וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · spoke to; לְדַבֵּ֞ר · to tell
    Abner also spoke to the Benjamites. Then he went to Hebron to tell David all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin.
  21. 2 Samuel 3:27לְדַבֵּ֥ר · as if to speak
    When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.
  22. 2 Samuel 7:7דִּבַּ֗רְתִּי · have I ever asked
    In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
  23. 2 Samuel 7:17דִּבֶּ֥ר · relayed
    So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire revelation.
  24. 2 Samuel 7:19וַתְּדַבֵּ֛ר · spoken
    And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, You have also spoken about the future of the house of Your servant. Is this Your custom with man, O Lord GOD?
  25. 2 Samuel 7:20לְדַבֵּ֣ר · say
    What more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD.
  26. 2 Samuel 7:25דִּבַּ֤רְתָּ · You have spoken; דִּבַּֽרְתָּ׃ · You have promised
    And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,
  27. 2 Samuel 7:28וַתְּדַבֵּר֙ · and You have promised
    And now, O Lord GOD, You are God! Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.
  28. 2 Samuel 7:29דִּבַּ֔רְתָּ · have spoken
    Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing the house of Your servant will be blessed forever.”
  29. 2 Samuel 11:19לְדַבֵּ֥ר · giving
    …and instructed the messenger, “When you have finished giving the king a full account of the battle,
  30. 2 Samuel 12:18דִּבַּ֤רְנוּ · we spoke
    On the seventh day the child died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Look, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not listen to us. So how can we tell him the child is dead? He may even harm himself.”
  31. 2 Samuel 13:13דַּבֶּר־ · speak
    Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”
  32. 2 Samuel 13:22דִבֶּ֧ר · said a word
    And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for violating his sister Tamar.
  33. 2 Samuel 13:36לְדַבֵּ֗ר · speaking
    And as he finished speaking, the sons of the king came in, wailing loudly. Then the king and all his servants also wept very bitterly.
  34. 2 Samuel 14:3וְדִבַּ֥רְתְּ · and speak
    Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.
  35. 2 Samuel 14:10הַֽמְדַבֵּ֤ר · If anyone speaks
    “If anyone speaks to you,” said the king, “bring him to me, and he will not trouble you again!”
  36. 2 Samuel 14:12תְּדַבֶּר־ · speak; דַּבֵּֽרִי׃ס · Speak
    Then the woman said, “Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord the king?” “Speak,” he replied.
  37. 2 Samuel 14:13וּמִדַּבֵּ֨ר · says
    The woman asked, “Why have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself, since he has not brought back his own banished son?
  38. 2 Samuel 14:15לְדַבֵּ֨ר · to present; אֲדַבְּרָה־ · I will speak
    Now therefore, I have come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant the request of his maidservant.
  39. 2 Samuel 14:18יְדַבֶּר־ · speak
    Then the king said to the woman, “I am going to ask you something; do not conceal it from me!” “Let my lord the king speak,” she replied.
  40. 2 Samuel 14:19דִּבֶּר֙ · says
    So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.
  41. 2 Samuel 17:6דִּבֶּ֣ר · has spoken; דַבֵּֽר׃ס · say
    So Hushai came to Absalom, who told him, “Ahithophel has spoken this proposal. Should we carry it out? If not, what do you say?”
  42. 2 Samuel 19:7וְדַבֵּ֖ר · and speak
    Now therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”
  43. 2 Samuel 19:11דַּבְּר֞וּ · Say
    Then King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to restore the king to his palace, since the talk of all Israel has reached the king at his quarters?
  44. 2 Samuel 19:29תְּדַבֵּ֥ר · say
    The king replied, “Why say any more? I hereby declare that you and Ziba are to divide the land.”
  45. 2 Samuel 20:16וַאֲדַבְּרָ֖ה · so that I may speak
    …a wise woman called out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here so that I may speak with him.”