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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. Jeremiah 23:37דִּבֶּ֖ר · spoken
    Thus you are to say to the prophet: ‘What has the LORD answered you?’ and ‘What has the LORD spoken?’
  2. Jeremiah 25:2דִּבֶּ֜ר · spoke
    So the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah and all the residents of Jerusalem as follows:
  3. Jeremiah 25:3וָאֲדַבֵּ֧ר · and I have spoken; וְדַבֵּ֖ר · and again
    “From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.
  4. Jeremiah 25:13דִּבַּ֣רְתִּי · I have pronounced
    I will bring upon that land all the words I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.
  5. Jeremiah 26:2וְדִבַּרְתָּ֞ · and speak; לְדַבֵּ֣ר · you to speak
    “This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. Do not omit a word.
  6. Jeremiah 26:7מְדַבֵּ֛ר · speaking
    Now the priests and prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD,
  7. Jeremiah 26:8לְדַבֵּר֙ · telling; לְדַבֵּ֖ר · to say
    …and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You must surely die!
  8. Jeremiah 26:13דִּבֶּ֖ר · He has pronounced
    So now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the disaster He has pronounced against you.
  9. Jeremiah 26:15לְדַבֵּר֙ · to speak
    But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”
  10. Jeremiah 26:16דִּבֶּ֥ר · he has spoken
    Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man is not worthy of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God!”
  11. Jeremiah 26:19דִּבֶּ֣ר · He had pronounced
    Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did Hezekiah not fear the LORD and seek His favor, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster He had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”
  12. Jeremiah 27:12דִּבַּ֔רְתִּי · I spoke
    And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!
  13. Jeremiah 27:13דִּבֶּ֣ר · has decreed
    Why should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?
  14. Jeremiah 27:16דִּבַּ֣רְתִּי · Then I said
    Then I said to the priests and to all this people, “This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Look, very soon now the articles from the house of the LORD will be brought back from Babylon.’ They are prophesying to you a lie.
  15. Jeremiah 28:7דֹּבֵ֣ר · am speaking
    Nevertheless, listen now to this message I am speaking in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people.
  16. Jeremiah 28:16דִבַּ֖רְתָּ · you have preached
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
  17. Jeremiah 29:23וַיְדַבְּר֨וּ · and speaking
    For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD.”
  18. Jeremiah 29:32דִבֶּ֖ר · he has preached
    …this is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
  19. Jeremiah 30:2דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי · I have spoken
    “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you.
  20. Jeremiah 30:4דִּבֶּ֧ר · spoke
    These are the words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah.
  21. Jeremiah 31:20דַבְּרִי֙ · speak
    Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.
  22. Jeremiah 32:4וְדִבֶּר־ · and will speak with him
    Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hands of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye.
  23. Jeremiah 32:24דִּבַּ֛רְתָּ · You have spoken
    See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!
  24. Jeremiah 32:42דֹּבֵ֥ר · have promised
    For this is what the LORD says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good I have promised them.
  25. Jeremiah 33:14דִּבַּ֛רְתִּי · I have spoken
    Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the gracious promise that I have spoken to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
  26. Jeremiah 33:24דִּבְּר֣וּ · are saying
    “Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation.
  27. Jeremiah 34:3יְדַבֵּ֖ר · and speak with him
    And you yourself will not escape his grasp, but will surely be captured and delivered into his hand. You will see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face; and you will go to Babylon.
  28. Jeremiah 34:5דִבַּ֖רְתִּי · have spoken
    …you will die in peace. As spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so people will burn spices for you and lament, ‘Alas, O master!’ For I Myself have spoken this word, declares the LORD.”
  29. Jeremiah 34:6וַיְדַבֵּר֙ · relayed
    In Jerusalem, then, Jeremiah the prophet relayed all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah
  30. Jeremiah 35:2וְדִבַּרְתָּ֣ · speak
    “Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them to one of the chambers of the house of the LORD to offer them a drink of wine.”
  31. Jeremiah 35:14דִּבַּ֤רְתִּי · have spoken; וְדַבֵּ֔ר
    The words of Jonadab son of Rechab have been carried out. He commanded his sons not to drink wine, and they have not drunk it to this very day because they have obeyed the command of their forefather. But I have spoken to you again and again, and you have not obeyed Me!
  32. Jeremiah 35:17דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי · I have pronounced; דִּבַּ֤רְתִּי · I have spoken
    Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will bring to Judah and to all the residents of Jerusalem all the disaster I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them but they have not obeyed, and I have called to them but they have not answered.’”
  33. Jeremiah 36:2דִּבַּ֧רְתִּי · I have spoken; דִּבַּ֤רְתִּי · I first spoke
    “Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today.
  34. Jeremiah 36:4דִּבֶּ֥ר · had spoken
    So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and at the dictation of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words that the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.
  35. Jeremiah 36:7דִּבֶּ֥ר · has pronounced
    Perhaps they will bring their petition before the LORD, and each one will turn from his wicked way; for great are the anger and fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people.”
  36. Jeremiah 36:31דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי · I warned them
    I will punish him and his descendants and servants for their iniquity. I will bring on them, on the residents of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the calamity about which I warned them but they did not listen.”
  37. Jeremiah 37:2דִּבֶּ֔ר · had spoken
    But he and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.
  38. Jeremiah 38:1מְדַבֵּ֥ר · had been telling
    Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchijah heard that Jeremiah had been telling all the people:
  39. Jeremiah 38:4לְדַבֵּ֣ר · by speaking
    Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”
  40. Jeremiah 38:8וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · and said
    Ebed-melech went out from the king’s palace and said to the king,
  41. Jeremiah 38:20דֹּבֵ֣ר · am telling you
    “They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go well with you and you may live.
  42. Jeremiah 38:25דִבַּ֣רְתִּי · I have spoken; דִּבַּ֧רְתָּ · you said; דִּבֶּ֥ר · said
    If the officials hear that I have spoken with you, and they come and demand of you, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what he said to you; do not hide it from us, or we will kill you,’