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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. Genesis 39:19דִּבְּרָ֤ה · told
    When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.
  2. Genesis 41:9וַיְדַבֵּר֙ · said
    Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures.
  3. Genesis 41:17וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · said
    Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,
  4. Genesis 41:28דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי · I said
    It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.
  5. Genesis 42:7וַיְדַבֵּ֧ר · and spoke
    And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”
  6. Genesis 42:14דִּבַּ֧רְתִּי · Just as I said
    Then Joseph declared, “Just as I said, you are spies!
  7. Genesis 42:24וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר · and spoke
    And he turned away from them and wept. When he turned back and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.
  8. Genesis 42:30דִּ֠בֶּר · spoke
    “The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.
  9. Genesis 43:19וַיְדַבְּר֥וּ · and spoke
    So they approached Joseph’s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.
  10. Genesis 44:2דִּבֵּֽר׃ · had instructed
    Put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.” So the steward did as Joseph had instructed.
  11. Genesis 44:6וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר · he relayed
    When the steward overtook them, he relayed these words to them.
  12. Genesis 44:7יְדַבֵּ֣ר · say
    “Why does my lord say these things?” they asked. “Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.
  13. Genesis 44:16נְּדַבֵּ֖ר · can we plead
    “What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one who was found with the cup.”
  14. Genesis 44:18יְדַבֶּר־ · speak
    Then Judah approached Joseph and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself.
  15. Genesis 45:12הַֽמְדַבֵּ֥ר · am [the one] speaking
    Behold! You and my brother Benjamin can see that I, Joseph, am the one speaking with you.
  16. Genesis 45:15דִּבְּר֥וּ · talked
    Joseph kissed each of his brothers as he wept over them. And afterward his brothers talked with him.
  17. Genesis 45:27וַיְדַבְּר֣וּ · However, when they relayed; דִּבֶּ֣ר · had told
    However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.
  18. Genesis 49:28דִּבֶּ֨ר · said
    These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.
  19. Genesis 50:4וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר · said; דַּבְּרוּ־ · tell
    When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that
  20. Genesis 50:17בְּדַבְּרָ֥ם · When their message
    ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.
  21. Genesis 50:21וַיְדַבֵּ֖ר · and spoke
    Therefore do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” So Joseph reassured his brothers and spoke kindly to them.
  22. Exodus 1:17דִּבֶּ֥ר · had instructed
    The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
  23. Exodus 4:10דַּבֶּרְךָ · You have spoken
    “Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”
  24. Exodus 4:12תְּדַבֵּֽר׃ · to say
    Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”
  25. Exodus 4:14דַבֵּ֥ר · can speak well; יְדַבֵּ֖ר
    Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well, and he is now on his way to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
  26. Exodus 4:15וְדִבַּרְתָּ֣ · You are to speak
    You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
  27. Exodus 4:16וְדִבֶּר־ · will speak
    He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.
  28. Exodus 4:30וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר · relayed; דִּבֶּ֥ר · had said
    …and Aaron relayed everything the LORD had said to Moses. And Moses performed the signs before the people,
  29. Exodus 5:23לְדַבֵּ֣ר · to speak
    Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and You have not delivered Your people in any way.”
  30. Exodus 6:2וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · told
    God also told Moses, “I am the LORD.
  31. Exodus 6:9וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · relayed
    Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.
  32. Exodus 6:10וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · said
    So the LORD said to Moses,
  33. Exodus 6:11דַבֵּ֔ר · and tell
    “Go and tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his land.”
  34. Exodus 6:12וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר · replied
    But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, then why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I am unskilled in speech?”
  35. Exodus 6:13וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר · spoke
    Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge concerning both the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.
  36. Exodus 6:27הַֽמְדַבְּרִים֙ · were the ones who spoke
    Moses and Aaron were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt in order to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.
  37. Exodus 6:28דִּבֶּ֧ר · spoke
    Now on the day that the LORD spoke to Moses in Egypt,
  38. Exodus 6:29וַיְדַבֵּ֧ר · said; דַּבֵּ֗ר · tell; דֹּבֵ֥ר · say
    He said to him, “I am the LORD; tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I say to you.”
  39. Exodus 7:2תְדַבֵּ֔ר · are to speak; יְדַבֵּ֣ר · is to tell
    You are to speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land.
  40. Exodus 7:7בְּדַבְּרָ֖ם · when they spoke
    Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.
  41. Exodus 7:9יְדַבֵּ֨ר · tells you
    “When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”
  42. Exodus 7:13דִּבֶּ֥ר · had said
    Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
  43. Exodus 7:22דִּבֶּ֥ר · had said
    But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.