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

21. 2 Samuel 14:12 דַּבֵּֽרִי׃ ס da.Be.ri · A command to you: strong action

    Then the woman said, Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak a word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

22. 2 Samuel 14:13 וּמִדַּבֵּ֨ר u.mid.da.Ber · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

    And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou devised such a thing against the people of God? for in speaking this word the king is as one that is guilty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished one.

23. 2 Samuel 14:15 לְדַבֵּ֨ר le.da.Ber · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

    Now therefore seeing that I am come to speak this word unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.

24. 2 Samuel 14:15 אֲדַבְּרָה־ 'a.da.be.rah- · A wish or plan to act: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    Now therefore seeing that I am come to speak this word unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.

25. 2 Samuel 14:18 יְדַבֶּר־ ye.da.ber- · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, aught that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.

26. 2 Samuel 14:19 דִּבֶּר֙ di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thy handmaid;

27. 2 Samuel 17:6 דִּבֶּ֣ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not, speak thou.

28. 2 Samuel 17:6 דַבֵּֽר׃ ס da.Ber · A command to you: strong action

    And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not, speak thou.

29. 2 Samuel 19:7 וְדַבֵּ֖ר ve.da.Ber · A command to you: strong action

    Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants; for I swear by Jehovah, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry a man with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that hath befallen thee from thy youth until now.

30. 2 Samuel 19:11 דַּבְּר֞וּ da.be.Ru · A command to all of you: strong action

    And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, to bring him to his house.

31. 2 Samuel 19:29 תְּדַבֵּ֥ר te.da.Ber · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I say, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

32. 2 Samuel 20:16 וַאֲדַבְּרָ֖ה va.'a.da.be.Rah · A wish or plan to act: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

33. 2 Samuel 20:18 דַּבֵּ֨ר da.Ber · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

    Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.

34. 2 Samuel 20:18 יְדַבְּר֤וּ ye.da.be.Ru · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.

35. 2 Samuel 22:1 וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר vay.da.Ber · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And David spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:

36. 2 Samuel 23:2 דִּבֶּר־ di.ber- · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    The Spirit of Jehovah spake by me, And his word was upon my tongue.

37. 2 Samuel 23:3 דִבֶּ֖ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to me: One that ruleth over men righteously, That ruleth in the fear of God,

38. 2 Samuel 24:12 וְדִבַּרְתָּ֣ ve.di.bar.Ta · An action: strong action, and then it will happen, done by you

    Go and speak unto David, Thus saith Jehovah, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

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