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
- Daniel 10:19יְדַבֵּ֥ר · Speak“Do not be afraid, you who are highly precious,” he said. “Peace be with you! Be strong now; be very strong!” As he spoke with me, I was strengthened and said, “Speak, my lord, for you have strengthened me.”
- Daniel 11:27יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ · will speakAnd the two kings, with their hearts bent on evil, will speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for still the end will come at the appointed time.
- Daniel 11:36יְדַבֵּ֖ר · and he will speakThen the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished.
- Hosea 1:2דִּבֶּר־ · spokeWhen the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”
- Hosea 2:14וְדִבַּרְתִּ֖י · and speak“Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly.
- Hosea 7:13דִּבְּר֥וּ · they speakWoe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.
- Hosea 10:4דִּבְּר֣וּ · They speakThey speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
- Hosea 12:4יְדַבֵּ֥ר · and spokeYes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there—
- Hosea 12:10וְדִבַּ֙רְתִּי֙ · I spokeI spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.
- Hosea 13:1כְּדַבֵּ֤ר · spokeWhen Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.
- Joel 3:8דִּבֵּֽר׃ס · has spokenI will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
- Amos 3:1דִּבֶּ֧ר · has spokenHear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
- Amos 3:8דִּבֶּ֔ר · has spokenThe lion has roared—who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken—who will not prophesy?
- Amos 5:10וְדֹבֵ֥ר · who speaksThere are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
- Obadiah 1:18דִּבֵּֽר׃ · has spokenThen the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble—Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.” For the LORD has spoken.
- Jonah 3:2דֹּבֵ֥ר · give“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.”
- Jonah 3:10דִּבֶּ֥ר · He had threatenedWhen God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
- Micah 4:4דִּבֵּֽר׃ · has spokenAnd each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.
- Micah 6:12דִּבְּרוּ־ · speakFor the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
- Micah 7:3דֹּבֵ֨ר · uttersBoth hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
- Habakkuk 2:1יְדַבֶּר־ · He will sayI will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected.
- Zephaniah 3:13יְדַבְּר֣וּ · speakThe remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”
- Zechariah 1:9הַדֹּבֵ֣ר · who was speaking“What are these, my lord?” I asked. And the angel who was speaking with me replied, “I will show you what they are.”
- Zechariah 1:13הַדֹּבֵ֥ר · who was speakingSo the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.
- Zechariah 1:14הַדֹּבֵ֣ר · who was speakingThen the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,
- Zechariah 1:19הַדֹּבֵ֥ר · who was speakingSo I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these?” And he told me, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
- Zechariah 2:3הַדֹּבֵ֥ר · who was speakingThen the angel who was speaking with me went forth, and another angel came forward to meet him
- Zechariah 2:4דַּבֵּ֛ר · and tell…and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.
- Zechariah 4:1הַדֹּבֵ֣ר · who was speakingThen the angel who was speaking with me returned and woke me, as a man is awakened from his sleep.
- Zechariah 4:4הַדֹּבֵ֥ר · who was speaking“What are these, my lord?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me.
- Zechariah 4:5הַדֹּבֵ֥ר“Do you not know what they are?” replied the angel. “No, my lord,” I answered.
- Zechariah 5:5הַדֹּבֵ֣ר · who was speakingThen the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Now lift up your eyes and see what is approaching.”
- Zechariah 5:10הַדֹּבֵ֣ר · who was speaking“Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me.
- Zechariah 6:4הַדֹּבֵ֣ר · who was speakingSo I inquired of the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”
- Zechariah 6:8וַיְדַבֵּ֥רThen the LORD summoned me and said, “Behold, those going to the land of the north have given rest to My Spirit in the land of the north.”
- Zechariah 8:16דַּבְּר֤וּ · SpeakThese are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
- Zechariah 9:10וְדִבֶּ֥ר · Then He will proclaimAnd I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
- Zechariah 10:2דִּבְּרוּ־ · speak; יְדַבֵּ֔רוּ · they tellFor idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.
- Zechariah 13:3דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ · you have spokenAnd if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.
- Malachi 3:13נִּדְבַּ֖רְנוּ · have we spoken“Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
- Malachi 3:16נִדְבְּר֛וּ · spokeAt that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.