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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. Exodus 8:15דִּבֶּ֥ר · had said
    When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
  2. Exodus 8:19דִּבֶּ֥ר · had said
    “This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
  3. Exodus 9:1וְדִבַּרְתָּ֣ · and tell him
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
  4. Exodus 9:12דִּבֶּ֥ר · had said
    But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said to Moses.
  5. Exodus 9:35דִּבֶּ֥ר · had said
    So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the LORD had said through Moses.
  6. Exodus 10:29דִּבַּ֑רְתָּ · you say
    “As you say,” Moses replied, “I will never see your face again.”
  7. Exodus 11:2דַּבֶּר־ · announce
    Now announce to the people that men and women alike should ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”
  8. Exodus 12:3דַּבְּר֗וּ · Tell
    Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household.
  9. Exodus 12:25דִּבֵּ֑ר · He promised
    When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as He promised, you are to keep this service.
  10. Exodus 12:31כְּדַבֶּרְכֶֽם׃ · as you have requested
    Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested.
  11. Exodus 12:32דִּבַּרְתֶּ֖ם · you have said
    Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.”
  12. Exodus 13:1וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · said
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  13. Exodus 14:1וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · said
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  14. Exodus 14:2דַּבֵּר֮ · Tell
    “Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon.
  15. Exodus 14:12דִּבַּ֨רְנוּ · say
    Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”
  16. Exodus 14:15דַּבֵּ֥ר · Tell
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward.
  17. Exodus 16:10כְּדַבֵּ֤ר · was speaking
    And as Aaron was speaking to the whole congregation of Israel, they looked toward the desert, and there in a cloud the glory of the LORD appeared.
  18. Exodus 16:11וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · said
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  19. Exodus 16:12דַּבֵּ֨ר · Tell them
    “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”
  20. Exodus 16:23דִּבֶּ֣ר · has said
    He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.’”
  21. Exodus 19:6תְּדַבֵּ֖ר · you are to speak
    And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”
  22. Exodus 19:8דִּבֶּ֥ר · has spoken
    And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.
  23. Exodus 19:9בְּדַבְּרִ֣י · when I speak
    The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you, and they will always put their trust in you.” And Moses relayed to the LORD what the people had said.
  24. Exodus 19:19יְדַבֵּ֔ר · spoke
    And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.
  25. Exodus 20:1וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר · spoke
    And God spoke all these words:
  26. Exodus 20:19דַּבֵּר־ · Speak; יְדַבֵּ֥ר · speak
    “Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”
  27. Exodus 20:22דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי · I have spoken
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “This is what you are to tell the Israelites: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven.
  28. Exodus 23:22אֲדַבֵּ֑ר · I say
    But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.
  29. Exodus 24:3דִּבֶּ֥ר · has spoken
    When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”
  30. Exodus 24:7דִּבֶּ֥ר · has spoken
    Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”
  31. Exodus 25:1וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · said
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  32. Exodus 25:2דַּבֵּר֙ · Tell
    “Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.
  33. Exodus 25:22וְדִבַּרְתִּ֨י · I will speak
    And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.
  34. Exodus 28:3תְּדַבֵּר֙ · are to instruct
    You are to instruct all the skilled craftsmen, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, to make garments for Aaron’s consecration, so that he may serve Me as priest.
  35. Exodus 29:42לְדַבֵּ֥ר · to speak
    For the generations to come, this burnt offering shall be made regularly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you.
  36. Exodus 30:11וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · said
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  37. Exodus 30:17וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · said
    And the LORD said to Moses,
  38. Exodus 30:22וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · said
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  39. Exodus 30:31תְּדַבֵּ֣ר · And you are to tell
    And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘This will be My sacred anointing oil for the generations to come.
  40. Exodus 31:1וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · said
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  41. Exodus 31:13דַּבֵּ֨ר · Tell
    “Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
  42. Exodus 31:18לְדַבֵּ֤ר · speaking
    When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.
  43. Exodus 32:7וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · said
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.
  44. Exodus 32:13וַתְּדַבֵּ֣ר · when You declared
    Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’”
  45. Exodus 32:14דִּבֶּ֖ר · He had threatened
    So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.
  46. Exodus 32:34דִּבַּ֙רְתִּי֙ · I described
    Now go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin.”
  47. Exodus 33:1וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר · said
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of the land of Egypt, and go to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’
  48. Exodus 33:9וְדִבֶּ֖ר · and the LORD would speak
    As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses.
  49. Exodus 33:11וְדִבֶּ֨ר · would speak
    Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the tent.