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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. 2 Kings 4:17דִּבֶּ֥ר · had told
    But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
  2. 2 Kings 5:4דִּבְּרָ֣ה · had said
    And Naaman went and told his master what the girl from the land of Israel had said.
  3. 2 Kings 5:13וַיְדַבְּר֣וּ · and said; דִּבֶּ֥ר · had told
    Naaman’s servants, however, approached him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’?”
  4. 2 Kings 6:12תְּדַבֵּ֖ר · you speak
    But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”
  5. 2 Kings 6:33מְדַבֵּ֣ר · speaking
    While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, “This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”
  6. 2 Kings 7:17דִּבֶּר֙; דִּבֶּ֔ר · had foretold
    Now the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king had come to him.
  7. 2 Kings 7:18כְּדַבֵּר֙ · had told
    It happened just as the man of God had told the king: “About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel.”
  8. 2 Kings 8:1דִּבֶּ֣ר · had said
    Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed that a seven-year famine will come to the land.”
  9. 2 Kings 8:4מְדַבֵּר֙ · had been speaking
    Now the king had been speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please relate to me all the great things Elisha has done.”
  10. 2 Kings 9:36דִּבֶּ֗ר · He spoke
    So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel.
  11. 2 Kings 10:10דִּבֶּ֥ר · has spoken; דִּבֶּ֔ר · He promised
    Know, then, that not a word the LORD has spoken against the house of Ahab will fail, for the LORD has done what He promised through His servant Elijah.”
  12. 2 Kings 10:17דִּבֶּ֖ר · had spoken
    When Jehu came to Samaria, he struck down everyone belonging to Ahab who remained there, until he had destroyed them, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to Elijah.
  13. 2 Kings 14:25דִּבֶּ֗ר · had spoken
    This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.
  14. 2 Kings 14:27דִבֶּ֣ר · had said
    …and since the LORD had said that He would not blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.
  15. 2 Kings 15:12דִּבֶּ֤ר · spoken
    So the word of the LORD spoken to Jehu was fulfilled: “Four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”
  16. 2 Kings 17:23דִּבֶּ֔ר · He had declared
    Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day.
  17. 2 Kings 18:26דַּבֶּר־ · speak; תְּדַבֵּ֤ר · speak
    Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, along with Shebnah and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak with us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”
  18. 2 Kings 18:27לְדַבֵּ֖ר · to speak
    But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”
  19. 2 Kings 18:28וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר
    Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!
  20. 2 Kings 19:21דִּבֶּ֥ר · has spoken
    This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
  21. 2 Kings 20:9דִּבֵּ֑ר · He has promised
    And Isaiah had replied, “This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: Would you like the shadow to go forward ten steps, or back ten steps?”
  22. 2 Kings 20:19דִּבַּ֑רְתָּ · you have spoken
    But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Will there not at least be peace and security in my lifetime?”
  23. 2 Kings 21:10וַיְדַבֵּ֧ר · spoke
    And the LORD spoke through His servants the prophets, saying,
  24. 2 Kings 22:14וַֽיְדַבְּר֖וּ · and spoke
    So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.
  25. 2 Kings 22:19דִּבַּרְתִּי֩ · I spoke
    …because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
  26. 2 Kings 24:2דִּבֶּ֔ר · had spoken
    And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.
  27. 2 Kings 24:13דִּבֶּ֥ר · had declared
    As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
  28. 2 Kings 25:6וַיְדַבְּר֥וּ · where they pronounced
    The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.
  29. 2 Kings 25:28וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · And he spoke
    And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
  30. 1 Chronicles 17:6דִּבַּ֗רְתִּי · 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, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
  31. 1 Chronicles 17:15דִּבֶּ֥ר · relayed
    So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire revelation.
  32. 1 Chronicles 17:17וַתְּדַבֵּ֥ר · You have spoken
    And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O God, You have spoken about the future of the house of Your servant and have regarded me as a man of great distinction, O LORD God.
  33. 1 Chronicles 17:23דִּבַּ֤רְתָּ · You have spoken; דִּבַּֽרְתָּ׃ · You have promised
    And now, O LORD, let the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house be established forever. Do as You have promised,
  34. 1 Chronicles 17:26וַתְּדַבֵּר֙ · And You have promised
    And now, O LORD, You are God! And You have promised this goodness to Your servant.
  35. 1 Chronicles 21:9וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר · instructed
    And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,
  36. 1 Chronicles 21:10וְדִבַּרְתָּ֨ · and tell
    “Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”
  37. 1 Chronicles 21:19דִּבֶּ֖ר · had spoken
    So David went up at the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the LORD.
  38. 1 Chronicles 22:11דִּבֶּ֥ר · He said
    Now, my son, may the LORD be with you, and may you succeed in building the house of the LORD your God, as He said you would.
  39. 2 Chronicles 6:4דִּבֶּ֣ר · what He spoke
    …and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
  40. 2 Chronicles 6:10דִּבֵּ֑ר · He spoke; דִּבֶּ֣ר · promised
    Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
  41. 2 Chronicles 6:15דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ · Your promise; וַתְּדַבֵּ֥ר · What You spoke
    You have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You have fulfilled with Your hand this day.
  42. 2 Chronicles 6:16דִּבַּ֤רְתָּ · You promised
    Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’
  43. 2 Chronicles 6:17דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ · You promised
    And now, O LORD, God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant David.