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

1. Song of Solomon 5:6 בְדַבְּר֔וֹ ve.da.be.Ro · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

   I opened to my beloved; But my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone. My soul had failed me when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

2. Song of Solomon 8:8 שֶׁיְּדֻבַּר־ shei.ye.du.bar- · An action: strong action received, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   We have a little sister, And she hath no breasts: What shall we do for our sister In the day when she shall be spoken for?

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.