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
- Exodus 33:11יְדַבֵּ֥ר · speaksThus 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.
- Exodus 33:17דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ · you have askedSo the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”
- Exodus 34:29בְּדַבְּר֥וֹ · from speakingAnd when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with the LORD.
- Exodus 34:31וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · spokeBut Moses called out to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke to them.
- Exodus 34:32דִּבֶּ֧ר · had told himAnd after this all the Israelites came near, and Moses commanded them to do everything that the LORD had told him on Mount Sinai.
- Exodus 34:33מִדַּבֵּ֖ר · speakingWhen Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.
- Exodus 34:34לְדַבֵּ֣ר · to speak; וְדִבֶּר֙ · he would tellBut whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would remove the veil until he came out. And when he came out, he would tell the Israelites what he had been commanded,
- Exodus 34:35לְדַבֵּ֥ר · to speak…and the Israelites would see that the face of Moses was radiant. So Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the LORD.
- Exodus 40:1וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · saidThen the LORD said to Moses,
- Leviticus 1:1וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר · and spokeThen the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,
- Leviticus 1:2דַּבֵּ֞ר · Speak“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the LORD, you may bring as your offering an animal from the herd or the flock.
- Leviticus 4:1וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · saidThen the LORD said to Moses,
- Leviticus 4:2דַּבֵּ֞ר · Tell“Tell the Israelites to do as follows with one who sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s commandments and does what is forbidden by them:
- Leviticus 5:14וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · saidThen the LORD said to Moses,
- Leviticus 6:1וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · saidAnd the LORD said to Moses,
- Leviticus 6:8וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · saidThen the LORD said to Moses,
- Leviticus 6:19וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · saidThen the LORD said to Moses,
- Leviticus 6:24וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · saidAnd the LORD said to Moses,
- Leviticus 6:25דַּבֵּ֤ר · Tell“Tell Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before the LORD; it is most holy.
- Leviticus 7:22וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · saidThen the LORD said to Moses,
- Leviticus 7:23דַּבֵּ֛ר · Speak“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘You are not to eat any of the fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.
- Leviticus 7:28וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · saidThen the LORD said to Moses,
- Leviticus 7:29דַּבֵּ֛ר · Speak“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Anyone who presents a peace offering to the LORD must bring it as his sacrifice to the LORD.
- Leviticus 8:1וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · saidThen the LORD said to Moses,
- Leviticus 9:3תְּדַבֵּ֣ר · Then speakThen speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, a calf and a lamb—both a year old and without blemish—for a burnt offering,
- Leviticus 10:3דִּבֶּ֨ר · meantThen Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent.
- Leviticus 10:5דִּבֶּ֥ר · had directedSo they came forward and carried them, still in their tunics, outside the camp, as Moses had directed.
- Leviticus 10:8וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר · saidThen the LORD said to Aaron,
- Leviticus 10:11דִּבֶּ֧ר · has given…so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”
- Leviticus 10:12וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר · saidAnd Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that remains from the food offerings to the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the altar, because it is most holy.
- Leviticus 10:19וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר · repliedBut Aaron replied to Moses, “Behold, this very day they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD. Since these things have happened to me, if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been acceptable in the sight of the LORD?”
- Leviticus 11:1וַיְדַבֵּ֧ר · spoke againThe LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them,
- Leviticus 11:2דַּבְּר֛וּ · Say“Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat:
- Leviticus 12:1וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · saidThen the LORD said to Moses,
- Leviticus 12:2דַּבֵּ֞ר · Say“Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.
- Leviticus 13:1וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר · saidThen the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
- Leviticus 14:1וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · saidThen the LORD said to Moses,
- Leviticus 14:33וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר · saidThen the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
- Leviticus 15:1וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר · saidAnd the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
- Leviticus 15:2דַּבְּרוּ֙ · Say“Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean.
- Leviticus 16:1וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר · spokeNow the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of two of Aaron’s sons when they approached the presence of the LORD.
- Leviticus 16:2דַּבֵּר֮ · TellAnd the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.
- Leviticus 17:1וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · saidThen the LORD said to Moses,
- Leviticus 17:2דַּבֵּ֨ר · Speak“Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them this is what the LORD has commanded:
- Leviticus 18:1וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · saidThen the LORD said to Moses,
- Leviticus 18:2דַּבֵּר֙ · Speak“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 19:1וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · saidThen the LORD said to Moses,
- Leviticus 19:2דַּבֵּ֞ר · Speak“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
- Leviticus 20:1וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר · saidThen the LORD said to Moses,