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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. Job 13:7תְּדַבְּר֣וּ · Will you speak; תְּֽדַבְּר֥וּ · or speak
    Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?
  2. Job 13:13וַאֲדַבְּרָה־ · will speak
    Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
  3. Job 13:22אֲ֝דַבֵּ֗ר · let me speak
    Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.
  4. Job 16:4אֲדַ֫בֵּ֥רָה · speak
    I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
  5. Job 16:6אֲ֭דַבְּרָה · I speak
    Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?
  6. Job 18:2נְדַבֵּֽר׃ · we can talk
    “How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
  7. Job 19:18וַיְדַבְּרוּ־ · they deride
    Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.
  8. Job 21:3אֲדַבֵּ֑ר · speak; דַּבְּרִ֣י · I have spoken
    Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
  9. Job 27:4תְּדַבֵּ֣רְנָה · speak
    …my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
  10. Job 32:7יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ · should speak
    I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.
  11. Job 32:16יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ
    Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?
  12. Job 32:20אֲדַבְּרָ֥ה · I must speak
    I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and respond.
  13. Job 33:2דִּבְּרָ֖ה · my address
    Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue.
  14. Job 33:14יְדַבֶּר־ · speaks
    For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
  15. Job 33:31אֲדַבֵּֽר׃ · will speak
    Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
  16. Job 33:32דַּ֝בֵּ֗ר · speak up
    But if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you.
  17. Job 34:33דַבֵּֽר׃ · so tell me
    Should God repay you on your own terms when you have disavowed Him? You must choose, not I; so tell me what you know.
  18. Job 34:35יְדַבֵּ֑ר · speaks
    ‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’
  19. Job 37:20אֲדַבֵּ֑ר · I want to speak
    Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?
  20. Job 40:5דִּ֭בַּרְתִּי · I have spoken
    I have spoken once, but I have no answer—twice, but I have nothing to add.”
  21. Job 41:3יְדַבֵּ֖ר · speak
    Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?
  22. Job 42:4אֲדַבֵּ֑ר · will speak
    You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’
  23. Job 42:7דִּבֶּ֧ר · had spoken; דִבַּרְתֶּ֥ם · spoken
    After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.
  24. Job 42:8דִבַּרְתֶּ֥ם · spoken
    So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
  25. Job 42:9דִּבֶּ֥ר · had told them
    So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s prayer.
  26. Psalm 2:5יְדַבֵּ֣ר · He rebukes
    Then He rebukes them in His anger, and terrifies them in His fury:
  27. Psalm 5:6דֹּבְרֵ֪י · those who tell
    You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
  28. Psalm 12:2יְֽדַבְּרוּ֮; יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃ · they speak
    They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
  29. Psalm 12:3מְדַבֶּ֥רֶת · and [every] boastful
    May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
  30. Psalm 15:2וְדֹבֵ֥ר · who speaks
    He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,
  31. Psalm 17:10דִּבְּר֥וּ · speak
    They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.
  32. Psalm 18:1דִּבֶּ֨ר׀ · sang
    For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength.
  33. Psalm 18:47וַיַּדְבֵּ֖ר · and subdues
    …the God who avenges me and subdues nations beneath me,
  34. Psalm 28:3דֹּבְרֵ֣י · who speak
    Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.
  35. Psalm 31:18הַדֹּבְר֖וֹת · [lips that] speak
    May lying lips be silenced—lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
  36. Psalm 34:13מִדַּבֵּ֥ר · speech
    Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
  37. Psalm 35:20יְדַ֫בֵּ֥רוּ · speak
    For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
  38. Psalm 37:30תְּדַבֵּ֥ר · speaks
    The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
  39. Psalm 38:12דִּבְּר֣וּ · speak
    Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
  40. Psalm 39:3דִּ֝בַּ֗רְתִּי · [Then] I spoke
    My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
  41. Psalm 40:5וַאֲדַבֵּ֑רָה · and declare them
    Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us—none can compare to You—if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
  42. Psalm 41:6יְדַבֵּ֗ר · speaks; יְדַבֵּֽר׃ · and spreads it abroad
    My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.
  43. Psalm 47:3יַדְבֵּ֣ר · He subdues
    He subdues nations beneath us, and peoples under our feet.
  44. Psalm 49:3יְדַבֵּ֣ר · will impart
    My mouth will impart wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will bring understanding.
  45. Psalm 50:1דִּבֶּ֥ר · speaks
    A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.