דָבַר

da.var · to speak: speak

Hebrew · Strong's H1696 · Verb · Sounds like: daw-bar' · 1,142 occurrences

English

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)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[דָבַר] 1142 vb. speak (original mng. dub.)
Qal speak
Niph. reciprocal sense, speak with one another, talk
Pi. speak
Pu. in the day when she may be spoken for
Hithp. speaking this word
Hiph. either leads subject, or puts to flight, fig. for subdues

Every occurrence

  1. 1 Kings 6:12 דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי di.Bar.ti · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    Concerning this house which thou art building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute mine ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father.

  2. 1 Kings 8:15 דִּבֶּ֣ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who spake with his mouth unto David thy father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

  3. 1 Kings 8:20 דִּבֵּ֑ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Jehovah hath established his word that he spake; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and have built the house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

  4. 1 Kings 8:20 דִּבֶּ֣ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Jehovah hath established his word that he spake; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and have built the house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

  5. 1 Kings 8:24 דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ di.Bar.ta · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promise him: yea, thou spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thy hand, as it is this day.

  6. 1 Kings 8:24 וַתְּדַבֵּ֥ר va.te.da.Ber · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by you

    who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promise him: yea, thou spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thy hand, as it is this day.

  7. 1 Kings 8:25 דִּבַּ֤רְתָּ di.Bar.ta · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    Now therefore, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me as thou hast walked before me.

  8. 1 Kings 8:26 דִּבַּ֔רְתָּ di.Bar.ta · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    Now therefore, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.

  9. 1 Kings 8:53 דִּבַּ֜רְתָּ di.Bar.ta · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    For thou didst separate them from among all the peoples of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord Jehovah.

  10. 1 Kings 8:56 דִּבֵּ֑ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Blessed be Jehovah, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant.

  11. 1 Kings 8:56 דִּבֶּ֔ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Blessed be Jehovah, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant.

  12. 1 Kings 9:5 דִּבַּ֗רְתִּי di.Bar.ti · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom over Israel for ever, according as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.

  13. 1 Kings 10:2 וַתְּדַבֵּ֣ר va.te.da.Ber · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones; and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

  14. 1 Kings 12:3 וַֽיְדַבְּר֔וּ vay.da.be.Ru · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by them

    and they sent and called him), that Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,

  15. 1 Kings 12:7 וַיְדַבְּר֨וּ vay.da.ber · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by them

    And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.

  16. 1 Kings 12:7 וְדִבַּרְתָּ֥ ve.di.bar.Ta · An action: strong action, and then it will happen, done by you

    And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.

  17. 1 Kings 12:9 דִּבְּר֤וּ di.be.Ru · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter?

  18. 1 Kings 12:10 וַיְדַבְּר֣וּ vay.da.be.Ru · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by them

    And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou speak unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.

  19. 1 Kings 12:10 דִּבְּר֨וּ di.be.Ru · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou speak unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.

  20. 1 Kings 12:10 תְּדַבֵּ֣ר te.da.Ber · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou speak unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.

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