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. 1 Kings 1:14 מְדַבֶּ֥רֶת me.da.Be.ret · An -ing word: strong action

   Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.

2. 1 Kings 1:22 מְדַבֶּ֖רֶת me.da.Be.ret · An -ing word: strong action

   And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

3. 1 Kings 1:42 מְדַבֵּ֔ר me.da.Ber · An -ing word: strong action

   While he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said, Come in; for thou art a worthy man, and bringest good tidings.

4. 1 Kings 2:4 דִּבֶּ֣ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

   That Jehovah may establish his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

5. 1 Kings 2:14 דַּבֵּֽר׃ da.Ber · A command to you: strong action

   He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.

6. 1 Kings 2:16 דַּבֵּֽר׃ da.Ber · A command to you: strong action

   And now I ask one petition of thee; deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

7. 1 Kings 2:18 אֲדַבֵּ֥ר 'a.da.Ber · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

   And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

8. 1 Kings 2:19 לְדַבֶּר־ le.da.ber- · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

   Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

9. 1 Kings 2:23 דִּבֶּר֙ di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

   Then king Solomon sware by Jehovah, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah hath not spoken this word against his own life.

10. 1 Kings 2:24 דִּבֵּ֑ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Now therefore as Jehovah liveth, who hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me a house, as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day.

11. 1 Kings 2:27 דִּבֶּ֛ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto Jehovah, that he might fulfil the word of Jehovah, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

12. 1 Kings 2:30 דִבֶּ֥ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Benaiah came to the Tent of Jehovah, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

13. 1 Kings 2:31 דִּבֶּ֔ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father's house.

14. 1 Kings 2:38 דִּבֶּר֙ di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

15. 1 Kings 3:22 וַתְּדַבֵּ֖רְנָה va.te.da.Be.re.nah · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by them

    And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.

16. 1 Kings 4:32 וַיְדַבֵּ֕ר vay.da.Ber · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he spake three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.

17. 1 Kings 4:33 וַיְדַבֵּר֮ vay.da.Ber · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he spake of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall; he spake also of beasts, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

18. 1 Kings 4:33 וַיְדַבֵּר֙ vay.da.Ber · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he spake of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall; he spake also of beasts, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

19. 1 Kings 5:5 דִּבֶּ֣ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And, behold, I purpose to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, as Jehovah spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build the house for my name.

20. 1 Kings 5:12 דִּבֶּר־ di.ber- · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Jehovah gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.