דָבַר

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

• to speak: speak H1696G 1,058
• to speak: promise H1696I · a Meaning of 81
• to speak: subdue H1696H · a Meaning of 3

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue; answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Every occurrence

1. Genesis 8:15 וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר vay.da.Ber · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   And God spake unto Noah, saying,

2. Genesis 12:4 דִּבֶּ֤ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

   So Abram went, as Jehovah had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

3. Genesis 16:13 הַדֹּבֵ֣ר ha.do.Ver · An -ing word: simple action

   And she called the name of Jehovah that spake unto her, Thou art a God that seeth: for she said, Have I even here looked after him that seeth me?

4. Genesis 17:3 וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר vay.da.Ber · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

5. Genesis 17:22 לְדַבֵּ֣ר le.da.Ber · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

   And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

6. Genesis 17:23 דִּבֶּ֥ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

   And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

7. Genesis 18:5 דִּבַּֽרְתָּ׃ di.Bar.ta · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

   and I will fetch a morsel of bread, and strengthen ye your heart; after that ye shall pass on: forasmuch as ye are come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

8. Genesis 18:19 דִּבֶּ֖ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

   For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

9. Genesis 18:27 לְדַבֵּ֣ר le.da.Ber · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

   And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes:

10. Genesis 18:29 לְדַבֵּ֤ר le.da.Ber · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

    And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty's sake.

11. Genesis 18:30 וַאֲדַבֵּ֔רָה va.'a.da.Be.rah · A wish or plan to act: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

12. Genesis 18:31 לְדַבֵּ֣ר le.da.Ber · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

    And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake.

13. Genesis 18:32 וַאֲדַבְּרָ֣ה va.'a.da.be.Rah · A wish or plan to act: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.

14. Genesis 18:33 לְדַבֵּ֖ר le.da.Ber · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

    And Jehovah went his way, as soon as he had left off communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

15. Genesis 19:14 וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר׀ vay.da.Ber · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for Jehovah will destroy the city. But he seemed unto his sons-in-law as one that mocked.

16. Genesis 19:21 דִּבַּֽרְתָּ׃ di.Bar.ta · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.

17. Genesis 20:8 וַיְדַבֵּ֛ר vay.da.Ber · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.

18. Genesis 21:1 דִּבֵּֽר׃ di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did unto Sarah as he had spoken.

19. Genesis 21:2 דִּבֶּ֥ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

20. Genesis 23:3 וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר vay.da.Ber · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spake unto the children of Heth, saying,

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