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.
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
Occurrences
1,142 total
- Psalm 50:7וַאֲדַבֵּ֗רָה · and I will speak“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
- Psalm 50:20תְדַבֵּ֑ר · and malignYou sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
- Psalm 51:4בְּדָבְרֶ֗ךָ · when You speakAgainst You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.
- Psalm 52:3מִדַּבֵּ֖ר · more than speakingYou love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah
- Psalm 58:1תְּדַבֵּר֑וּן · speakFor the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
- Psalm 58:3דֹּבְרֵ֥י · the liarsThe wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
- Psalm 60:6דִּבֶּ֥ר · has spokenGod has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.
- Psalm 62:11דִּבֶּ֬ר · has spokenGod has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,
- Psalm 63:11דֽוֹבְרֵי־ · of liarsBut the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.
- Psalm 66:14וְדִבֶּר־ · spoke…the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress.
- Psalm 73:8וִידַבְּר֣וּ · and speak; יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃ · they threatenThey mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
- Psalm 75:5תְּדַבְּר֖וּ · or speakDo not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”
- Psalm 77:4אֲדַבֵּֽר׃ · to speakYou have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.
- Psalm 78:19וַֽיְדַבְּר֗וּ · They spokeThey spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?
- Psalm 85:8יְדַבֵּר֮ · will say; יְדַבֵּ֬ר · He will surely speakI will listen to what God the LORD will say; for He will surely speak peace to His people and His saints; He will not let them return to folly.
- Psalm 87:3מְדֻבָּ֣ר · are ascribedGlorious things are ascribed to you, O city of God. Selah
- Psalm 89:19דִּבַּ֥רְתָּֽ־ · spokeYou once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
- Psalm 94:4יְדַבְּר֣וּ · wordsThey pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
- Psalm 99:7יְדַבֵּ֣ר · He spokeHe spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.
- Psalm 101:7דֹּבֵ֥ר · one who tellsNo one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.
- Psalm 108:7דִּבֶּ֥ר · has spokenGod has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.
- Psalm 109:2דִּבְּר֥וּ · they speakFor wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
- Psalm 109:20וְהַדֹּבְרִ֥ים · to those who speakMay this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.
- Psalm 115:5יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ · speakThey have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;
- Psalm 116:10אֲדַבֵּ֑ר · I saidI believed, therefore I said, “I am greatly afflicted.”
- Psalm 119:23נִדְבָּ֑רוּ · and slanderThough rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
- Psalm 119:46וַאֲדַבְּרָ֣ה · I will speakI will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.
- Psalm 120:7אֲדַבֵּ֑ר · I speakI am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.
- Psalm 122:8אֲדַבְּרָה־ · I will sayFor the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”
- Psalm 127:5יְדַבְּר֖וּ · he confrontsBlessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.
- Psalm 135:16יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ · speakThey have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;
- Psalm 144:8דִּבֶּר־ · speak…whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
- Psalm 144:11דִּבֶּר־ · speakSet me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
- Psalm 145:11יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃ · and speak ofThey will tell of the glory of Your kingdom and speak of Your might,
- Psalm 145:21יְֽדַבֶּ֫ר־ · will declareMy mouth will declare the praise of the LORD; let every creature bless His holy name forever and ever.
- Proverbs 2:12מְדַבֵּ֥ר · who speaks…to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
- Proverbs 8:6אֲדַבֵּ֑ר · I speakListen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.
- Proverbs 16:13וְדֹבֵ֖ר · and he who speaksRighteous lips are a king’s delight, and he who speaks honestly is beloved.
- Proverbs 18:23יְדַבֶּר־The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.
- Proverbs 21:28יְדַבֵּֽר׃ · will speakA lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.
- Proverbs 23:9תְּדַבֵּ֑ר · speakDo not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
- Proverbs 23:16בְּדַבֵּ֥ר · speakMy inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
- Proverbs 23:33יְדַבֵּ֥ר · will utterYour eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.
- Proverbs 24:2תְּדַבֵּֽרְנָה׃ · declare…for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
- Proverbs 25:11דָּבֻ֥ר · spokenA word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
- Ecclesiastes 1:8לְדַבֵּ֑ר · can describeAll things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.
- Ecclesiastes 1:16דִּבַּ֨רְתִּי · saidI said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”
- Ecclesiastes 2:15וְדִבַּ֣רְתִּי · And I saidSo I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.