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. Psalms 2:5 יְדַבֵּ֣ר ye.da.Ber · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Then will he speak unto them in his wrath, And vex them in his sore displeasure:

  2. Psalms 5:6 דֹּבְרֵ֪י doe.Rei · An -ing word: simple action

    Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

  3. Psalms 12:2 יְֽדַבְּרוּ֮ ye.da.be.Ru · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

  4. Psalms 12:2 יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃ ye.da.Be.ru · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

  5. Psalms 12:3 מְדַבֶּ֥רֶת me.da.Be.ret · An -ing word: strong action

    Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;

  6. Psalms 15:2 וְדֹבֵ֥ר ve.do.Ver · An -ing word: simple action

    He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, And speaketh truth in his heart;

  7. Psalms 17:10 דִּבְּר֥וּ di.be.Ru · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.

  8. Psalms 18:title דִּבֶּ֨ר׀ di.Ber · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of Jehovah, who spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: and he said, I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

  9. Psalms 18:47 וַיַּדְבֵּ֖ר vai.yad.Ber · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And subdueth peoples under me.

  10. Psalms 28:3 דֹּבְרֵ֣י doe.Rei · An -ing word: simple action

    Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.

  11. Psalms 31:18 הַדֹּבְר֖וֹת ha.doe.Rot · An -ing word: simple action

    Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.

  12. Psalms 34:13 מִדַּבֵּ֥ר mi.da.Ber · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

    Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.

  13. Psalms 35:20 יְדַ֫בֵּ֥רוּ ye.Da.Be.ru · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.

  14. Psalms 37:30 תְּדַבֵּ֥ר te.da.Ber · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    The mouth of the righteous talketh of wisdom, And his tongue speaketh justice.

  15. Psalms 38:12 דִּבְּר֣וּ di.be.Ru · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.

  16. Psalms 39:3 דִּ֝בַּ֗רְתִּי di.Bar.ti · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned: Then spake I with my tongue:

  17. Psalms 40:5 וַאֲדַבֵּ֑רָה va.'a.da.Be.rah · A wish or plan to act: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done, And thy thoughts which are to us-ward; They cannot be set in order unto thee; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.

  18. Psalms 41:6 יְדַבֵּ֗ר ye.da.Ber · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And if he come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

  19. Psalms 41:6 יְדַבֵּֽר׃ ye.da.Ber · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And if he come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

  20. Psalms 47:3 יַדְבֵּ֣ר yad.Ber · A mild command: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    He subdueth peoples under us, And nations under our feet.

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