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

    Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

  2. Isaiah 1:20 דִּבֵּֽר׃ ס di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.

  3. Isaiah 7:10 דַּבֵּ֥ר da.Ber · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

    And Jehovah spake again unto Ahaz, saying,

  4. Isaiah 8:5 דַּבֵּ֥ר da.Ber · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

    And Jehovah spake unto me yet again, saying,

  5. Isaiah 8:10 דַּבְּר֤וּ da.be.Ru · A command to all of you: strong action

    Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

  6. Isaiah 9:17 דֹּבֵ֣ר do.Ver · An -ing word: simple action

    Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for every one is profane and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  7. Isaiah 16:13 דִּבֶּ֧ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    This is the word that Jehovah spake concerning Moab in time past.

  8. Isaiah 16:14 דִּבֶּ֣ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    But now Jehovah hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and of no account.

  9. Isaiah 19:18 מְדַבְּרוֹת֙ me.da.be.rOt · An -ing word: strong action

    In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to Jehovah of hosts; one shall be called The city of destruction.

  10. Isaiah 20:2 דִּבֶּ֣ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    at that time Jehovah spake by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put thy shoe from off thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

  11. Isaiah 21:17 דִּבֵּֽר׃ ס di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.

  12. Isaiah 22:25 דִּבֵּֽר׃ ס di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, shall the nail that was fastened in a sure place give way; and it shall be hewn down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off; for Jehovah hath spoken it.

  13. Isaiah 24:3 דִּבֶּ֖ר di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.

  14. Isaiah 25:8 דִּבֵּֽר׃ פ di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken it.

  15. Isaiah 28:11 יְדַבֵּ֖ר ye.da.Ber · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Nay, but by men of strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people;

  16. Isaiah 29:4 תְּדַבֵּ֔רִי te.da.Be.ri · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust; and thy voice shall be as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.

  17. Isaiah 30:10 דַּבְּרוּ־ da.be.ru- · A command to all of you: strong action

    that say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits,

  18. Isaiah 32:4 לְדַבֵּ֥ר le.da.Ber · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

    And the heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

  19. Isaiah 32:6 יְדַבֵּ֔ר ye.da.Ber · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise profaneness, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

  20. Isaiah 32:6 וּלְדַבֵּ֤ר u.le.da.Ber · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

    For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise profaneness, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

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