דָבַר

da.var · to speak: speak

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

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. Deuteronomy 1:1 דִּבֶּ֤ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    These are the words which Moses spake unto all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.

  2. Deuteronomy 1:3 דִּבֶּ֤ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that Jehovah had given him in commandment unto them;

  3. Deuteronomy 1:6 דִּבֶּ֥ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Jehovah our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mountain:

  4. Deuteronomy 1:11 דִּבֶּ֥ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Jehovah, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!

  5. Deuteronomy 1:14 דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ di.Bar.ta · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.

  6. Deuteronomy 1:21 דִּבֶּ֨ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Behold, Jehovah thy God hath set the land before thee: go up, take possession, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath spoken unto thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.

  7. Deuteronomy 1:43 וָאֲדַבֵּ֥ר va.'a.da.Ber · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by me

    So I spake unto you, and ye hearkened not; but ye rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah, and were presumptuous, and went up into the hill-country.

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

    Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Jehovah spake unto me; and we compassed mount Seir many days.

  9. Deuteronomy 2:17 וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר vay.da.Ber · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    that Jehovah spake unto me, saying,

  10. Deuteronomy 3:26 דַּבֵּ֥ר da.Ber · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

    But Jehovah was wroth with me for your sakes, and hearkened not unto me; and Jehovah said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.

  11. Deuteronomy 4:12 וַיְדַבֵּ֧ר vay.da.Ber · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Jehovah spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of words, but ye saw no form; only ye heard a voice.

  12. Deuteronomy 4:15 דִּבֶּ֨ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of form on the day that Jehovah spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire.

  13. Deuteronomy 4:33 מְדַבֵּ֧ר me.da.Ber · An -ing word: strong action

    Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?

  14. Deuteronomy 4:45 דִּבֶּ֤ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt,

  15. Deuteronomy 5:1 דֹּבֵ֥ר do.Ver · An -ing word: simple action

    And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and observe to do them.

  16. Deuteronomy 5:4 דִּבֶּ֨ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Jehovah spake with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,

  17. Deuteronomy 5:22 דִּבֶּר֩ di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    These words Jehovah spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me.

  18. Deuteronomy 5:24 יְדַבֵּ֧ר ye.da.Ber · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God hath showed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth speak with man, and he liveth.

  19. Deuteronomy 5:26 מְדַבֵּ֧ר me.da.Ber · An -ing word: strong action

    For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?

  20. Deuteronomy 5:27 תְּדַבֵּ֣ר te.da.Ber · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Go thou near, and hear all that Jehovah our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that Jehovah our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.

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