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Lexicon :: Strong's H1696 - dāḇar

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דָּבַר
Transliteration
dāḇar
Pronunciation
daw-bar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 399

Strong’s Definitions

דָבַר dâbar, daw-bar'; 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, × well, × work.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,143x

The KJV translates Strong's H1696 in the following manner: speak (840x), say (118x), talk (46x), promise (31x), tell (25x), commune (20x), pronounce (14x), utter (7x), command 4 misc (38x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,143x
The KJV translates Strong's H1696 in the following manner: speak (840x), say (118x), talk (46x), promise (31x), tell (25x), commune (20x), pronounce (14x), utter (7x), command 4 misc (38x).

  1. to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing

    1. (Qal) to speak

    2. (Niphal) to speak with one another, talk

    3. (Piel)

      1. to speak

      2. to promise

    4. (Pual) to be spoken

    5. (Hithpael) to speak

    6. (Hiphil) to lead away, put to flight

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דָבַר dâbar, daw-bar'; 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, × well, × work.
STRONGS H1696: Abbreviations
[דָּבַר]1142 verb speak (original meaning dubious; range in order Thes is conjectural and not comprehensive enough; treiben MV does not explain Arabic or Hebrew usage, but only Aramaic A meaning go away, sustained by Arabic دَبَرَ بِهِ go away with it, would best explain the four branches of usage: —
(1) Arabic دَبَرَ depart, perish, IV. retreat, figurative retrograde, decline; دَبْرٌ passing away, death; Assyrian dabâru, Pi. drive away, BezOrient. Diplom, Vocab., Dibbara, pest-god, Hpt. in KAT2. 500, דֶּבֶר pestilence.
(2) Arabic دَبَرَ follow behind, in time, place, or station; دَبْرٌ part behind, دُبُرٌ back, דְּבִיר hindmost chamber of temple.
(3) Syriac rfbD lead, guide, cattle, sheep, government, take a wife, = Aramaic דְּבַר; Syriac axRuvbxD, Aramaic דַּבָּר leader; Syriac axrxbvuD, Aramaic דַּבָּרָא guidance; Syriac axrbfD, Aramaic דַּבְרָא, Hebrew דֹּבֶר; Syriac rfbdfm, Aramaic מַדְבְּרָא, Hebrew מִדְבָּר pasture, wilderness; Arabic دِبْرٌ, Syriac atxyRvubeD, Aramaic דַּבַּרְתָא, Hebrew דְּבוֺרָה swarm of bees, may be in this line, as led by their queen, so Thes.
(4) Arabic دَبَّرَ consider the end or issue (of an affair), relate (a story or tradition); دَبَّرَ فِى consider, دَبَّرَ عَلَى plan against; Phoenician דבר speak; Hebrew דִּבֶּר etc. Synonym of אָמַר say, as Aramaic מַלֵּל with אֲמַר; Greek λαλεῖν, λέγειν; Lat loqui, dicere; German reden, sagen) —
† Qal41 only infinitive (once ?) & participle: Infinitive suffix בְּדָבְרֶ֑ךָ (by attraction to בְּשָׁפְטֶ֑ךָ for usual Piel) Psalm 51:6; Participle דֹּבֵר Exodus 6:29 + 30 times; plural דֹּבְרִים Numbers 36:5; Psalm 109:20; construct דֹּבְרֵי Psalm 5:7 + 3 times; feminine דֹּבְרוֺת Numbers 27:7; Psalm 31:19; passive דָּבֻר Proverbs 25:11; — speak, absolute Numbers 27:7; Numbers 32:27; Numbers 36:5 (P) Psalm 51:6 (?); דָּבָר דָּבֻר word spoken Proverbs 25:11; with accusative of thing דֹּבֵר דָּבָר speaking a word Job 2:13; אמת Psalm 15:2, תמים Amos 5:10, (מ)ישׁרים Proverbs 16:13; Isaiah 33:15, צדק Isaiah 45:19, שׁלום Esther 10:3; Psalm 28:3, שׁקר(יםׅ Psalm 63:12; Psalm 101:7; Jeremiah 40:16, כזב Psalm 5:7; Psalm 58:4, רע Psalm 109:20, נבלה Isaiah 9:16, הַוַּת נפשׁו Micah 7:3; with אֶל of person, unto Genesis 16:13 (J) Exodus 6:29 (P) Jeremiah 38:20; Jeremiah 40:16; Daniel 10:11; Jonah 3:2; בְּאָזְנֵי in the ears of Deuteronomy 5:1; Jeremiah 28:7; עַל concerning, about Psalm 31:19; Psalm 109:20; Jeremiah 32:42 (sometimes rendered against, but dubious); עִם with Psalm 28:3; הַמַּלְאָךְ הַדֹּבֵר בִּי the angel that spake with me (as a prophet, an instrument of communicating with Israel) Zechariah 1:9, 13, 14; Zechariah 2:2; Zechariah 2:7; Zechariah 4:1, 4, 5; Zechariah 5:5, 10; Zechariah 6:4 (see preposition בְּ III. 2 Ew§ 217 f. (3)).
† Niph.4 Perfect נִדְבְּרוּ Malachi 3:16, נִדְבָּ֑רוּ Psalm 119:23, נִדְבַּרְנוּ Malachi 3:13; Participle הַנִּדְבָּרִים Ezekiel 33:30; reciprocal sense, speak with one another, talk, absolute Malachi 3:16; with בְּ, against Psalm 119:23; Ezekiel 33:30; with עַל, concerning, about Malachi 3:13 (RV against, see Ew§ 217 i.)
Pi.1089 Perfect דִּבֶּר Genesis 12:4 +, דִּבֵּ֑ר Genesis 21:1 + (on דִּבֶּ֑ר Exodus 12:25; Deuteronomy 26:19 see Bö§ 1021 d (1) Köi, 188); Imperfect יְדַבֵּר Genesis 44:7 +, יְדַבֶּרֿ Genesis 44:18 +; תְּדַבְּרוּן Genesis 32:20 [Genesis 32:19], תְּדַבֵּר֑וּן Psalm 58:2; Imperative דַּבֵּר Genesis 24:38 +, דַּבֶּרֿ Exodus 11:2 +; Infinitive דַּבֵּר Genesis 24:50 +, דַּבֶּרֿ Isaiah 59:13 +; Participle מְדַבֵּר Genesis 27:6 +; feminine מְדַבֶּרֶת 1 Samuel 1:13 +; — (הַדִּבֵּר Jeremiah 5:13, infinitive Ki48, probably Ol§ 182 e Kö§ 23 (5), perhaps MV; but more probably a noun, as Ges§ 52 (2), Anm. 3 Ew§ 156 a, dubious perfect as Sta§ 222; בְּיוֺם דִּבֶּר Exodus 6:28; Numbers 3:1; Deuteronomy 4:15; תְּחִלַּת דִּבֶּרֿ Hosea 1:2, infinitive Ki48 Bö§ 987 (7) Kö§ 23 (5); but more probably perfect, as Ges§ 52 (2). Anm. 3); — speak,
1. absolute Deuteronomy 18:17 —לֵאמֹר, less frequently וַיּאֹמֶר : 2 Kings 18:28 +, compare the phrases דברתי (י׳) אני Ezekiel 5:13 + 18 times Ezekiel; † דבר י'כי Isaiah 1:2; Isaiah 21:17; Isaiah 22:25; Isaiah 24:3; Isaiah 25:8; Jeremiah 13:15; Joel 4:8 [Joel 3:8]; Obadiah 18; † דבר י'פי כי Isaiah 1:20; Isaiah 40:5; Isaiah 58:14; Micah 4:4; † פי ידבר Psalm 49:4; † (י)דבר פי Psalm 66:14; Psalm 145:21; † השׁכם ודבר Jeremiah 7:13; Jeremiah 25:3; Jeremiah 35:14; † עוד זה מדבר Job 1:16, 17, 18.
2. with accusative of thing, very frequently, ד׳ את הדברים האלה Exodus 20:1; Deuteronomy 5:19 +; לָמָּה תְּדַבֵּר עוֺד דְּבָרֶיךָ why speakest thou any more of thy affairs ? 2 Samuel 19:30; עַד אִםדִּֿבַּרְתִּי דְּבָרָ֑י until I have told my errand Genesis 24:33; seldom followed by דָּבָר indefinite; as דָּבָר ד׳ Isaiah 58:13 speak a (mere, empty) word; so probably also דְּבָרִים ד׳ Hosea 10:4; with other nouns, e.g. דבר קשׁות spake rough words Genesis 42:7, 30 (E); גבהה ד׳ proud words 1 Samuel 2:3; טבות friendly words Jeremiah 12:6; טוב 1 Samuel 19:4; 1 Kings 22:13; Esther 7:9; שׁקר Isaiah 59:3 +, כזב Daniel 11:27, אמת Jeremiah 9:4 +, שׁוא Psalm 12:3 +; דבר שׁיר utter, sing a song Judges 5:12 משׁל 1 Kings 5:12; יְהוּדִית the Jewish language Nehemiah 13:24; † סרה rebellion Deuteronomy 13:6; Jeremiah 28:16; Jeremiah 29:32.
3. with persons:
a. rarely accusative לְשָׁלֹם דַבְּרוֹ יָֽכְלוּ they could [not] speak unto him peaceably Genesis 37:4 (J; but Ew§ 282 a about him); אֹתָם⬩⬩⬩וַיְדַבֵּר Numbers 26:3 (P, but text corrupt see Di; not satisfactory explanation yet given, possibly read אִתָּם see d).
b. most frequently with אֶל throughout the literature: Genesis 8:15 +; compare phrases אֶל משֶׁה לֵאמֹר וַיְדַבֵּר י׳ Exodus 6:10 + 87 times P; but אל משׁה לך וידבּר י׳ Exodus 32:7; Exodus 33:1 (JE); דבּר אל אהרן Leviticus 6:18 + 8 times (P); ישׂראל דבר אל בני Exodus 6:9 + 38 times (P); elsewhere, Exodus 19:6 (E) Deuteronomy 1:3; Deuteronomy 4:45 (D); אל (כל) העדה ד׳ Exodus 12:3; Leviticus 19:2; Numbers 16:24, 26 (P); אל לב ד׳ speak unto one's heart Genesis 24:45, i.e. to oneself, compare also על לִבָּהּ ד׳ 1 Samuel 1:13, see 5 below; אל is used inexactly for על 1 Samuel 3:12; 1 Kings 16:12; Isaiah 16:13; Jeremiah 27:13; Jeremiah 30:4; Jeremiah 33:14; Jeremiah 36:7, 31; Jeremiah 40:2; Jeremiah 50:1; Jeremiah 51:12, 62 where it is rendered concerning or against.
c. with לְ speak to 1 Kings 2:19; Ezekiel 32:21; Daniel 2:4; ליהוה speak, sing to Yahweh words of a song Joshua 10:12 (D) 2 Samuel 22:1 (= Psalm 18:1 title); in D, דבר ל promise to, in phrases † ל דבר(י׳) כאשׁר Deuteronomy 1:11, 21; Deuteronomy 6:3; Deuteronomy 9:3; Deuteronomy 10:9; Deuteronomy 11:25; Deuteronomy 12:20; Deuteronomy 15:6; Deuteronomy 18:2; Deuteronomy 26:18; Deuteronomy 27:3; Deuteronomy 29:12; Joshua 13:14, 33; Joshua 22:4; Joshua 23:5, 10 (all D); אשׁר דבר ל Deuteronomy 9:28; 1 Kings 8:24, 25, 26 (= 2 Chronicles 6:15, 16, 17). — דבר ל Genesis 24:7; Genesis 28:15; Genesis 49:28; Exodus 32:34 (J) Joshua 9:21 (P) Judges 14:7; 2 Samuel 23:3; Isaiah 30:10; Zechariah 9:10 usually rendered speak to, but often rather promise to. הֲיֵשׁ לְדַבֶּרלָֿךְ אֶלהַֿמֶּלֶךְ is it possible to speak for thee unto the king ? 2 Kings 4:13 (by attraction to לַעֲשׂוֺת לָךְ).
d. with † אֵת speak with Genesis 17:3, 22, 23; Genesis 21:2; Genesis 23:8; Genesis 34:6, 8; Genesis 35:13, 15; Exodus 25:22; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 34:29, 33, 34, 35; Numbers 3:1; Numbers 7:89; Joshua 22:15, 21 (all P) Genesis 35:14; Genesis 41:9; Genesis 42:7; Genesis 45:15; Joshua 17:14 (all E) Deuteronomy 5:21; sources of Samuel Kings Chronicles, 2 Samuel 3:27; 2 Samuel 7:7 = 1 Chronicles 17:6; 1 Kings 8:15 2 Chronicles 6:4; 1 Kings 22:24 2 Chronicles 18:23; 10:10)= אל 1 Kings 12:10) Jeremiah 5:5; Jeremiah 7:22; Jeremiah 9:7; Jeremiah 35:2; Jeremiah 38:25; Ezekiel 2:1; Ezekiel 3:22, 24, 27; Ezekiel 14:4; Ezekiel 20:3; Ezekiel 44:5; Daniel 1:19; Zechariah 8:16; compare phrases † דבר חד את אחד speak one with another Ezekiel 33:30; †דבר משׁפטים את speak judgments with, usually = give judgment against, (not Jeremiah 12:1), Jeremiah 1:16; Jeremiah 4:12; Jeremiah 12:1; Jeremiah 39:5; Jeremiah 52:9 (= 2 Kings 25:6); דבר טבות את speak kindly with 2 Kings 25:28 = Jeremiah 52:32.
e. with † עִם speak with, (not P), Genesis 29:9; Genesis 31:24, 29; Exodus 19:9; Exodus 20:19 (twice in verse); Exodus 20:22; Exodus 33:9; Numbers 11:17; Numbers 22:19; Joshua 24:27 (all JE) Deuteronomy 5:4; Deuteronomy 9:10; Judges 6:17; 1 Samuel 9:25 (Greek Version of the LXX Th We Dr וַיִּרְבְּדוּ לְ spread a couch for) 1 Samuel 17:23; 2 Samuel 13:22; 1 Kings 1:14, 22; 2 Kings 6:33; 2 Kings 18:26; 2 Chronicles 9:1 (= אֶל 1 Kings 10:2) Nehemiah 9:18; Esther 6:14; Jeremiah 32:4; Daniel 8:18; Daniel 9:22; Daniel 10:11, 15, 17, 19; Hosea 12:5; דִּבַּרְתִּי אֲנִי עִם לִבִּי I spake, communed with my heart Ecclesiastes 1:16.
f. † לִפְנֵי before, in the presence of Exodus 6:12; Numbers 36:1 (P) Judges 11:11; 1 Kings 3:22; Esther 8:3.
4. with בְּ
a. instrumental, דבר בְּ speak with, by, or by means of a person (see above Qal near the end) Numbers 12:2 (twice in verse); Numbers 12:6, 8 (E) 2 Samuel 23:2 (compare Dr), 1 Kings 22:28 2 Chronicles 18:27; Habakkuk 2:1; † בְּשֵׁם דִּבֶּר speak in the name of Exodus 5:23 (J) Deuteronomy 18:19, 20 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 18:22; 1 Chronicles 21:19; Jeremiah 20:9; Jeremiah 26:16; Jeremiah 29:23; Jeremiah 44:16; Daniel 9:6; Zechariah 13:3; † ביד by the hand of Numbers 17:5; Numbers 27:23; Joshua 20:2 (P) 1 Samuel 28:17; 1 Kings 8:53 + 13 times Kings, 2 Chronicles 10:15 (= 1 Kings 12:15) Isaiah 20:2; Jeremiah 37:2; Jeremiah 50:1; Ezekiel 38:17.
b. local (figurative), בְּאָזְנֵי in the ears of Genesis 20:8 (E) Exodus 11:2; Deuteronomy 32:44 (J) Genesis 23:16; Numbers 14:28; Joshua 20:4 (P) Deuteronomy 31:28, 30; Judges 9:2, 3; 1 Samuel 8:21; 1 Samuel 11:4; 1 Samuel 25:24; 2 Samuel 3:19 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 26:15; Proverbs 23:9; † בלב דבר speak in the heart Ecclesiastes 2:15.
c. of the object, speak of, about (preposition בְּ IV. e Ew§ 217 f, (2)) Deuteronomy 6:7; Deuteronomy 11:19; 1 Samuel 19:3, 4; Psalm 119:46; Psalm 122:8; propose for (a wife) 1 Samuel 25:39 (compare Songs 8:8).
d. of hostility, against (Ew§ 217 f, (1)) Numbers 12:1, 8; Numbers 21:5, 7 (E) Job 19:18; Psalm 50:20; Psalm 78:19.
e. of price, בְּנַפְשׁוֺ at the cost of his life 1 Kings 2:23 (see בְּ III. 3).
5. with † עַל, of the object concerning or about which one speaks Genesis 18:19; Numbers 10:29 (J) Joshua 23:14 (D) Judges 9:3; 1 Samuel 25:30; 1 Kings 2:4, 27; 1 Kings 5:13 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 14:2; 1 Kings 22:23 (= 2 Chronicles 18:22), 2 Kings 10:10; 2 Kings 19:21 = Isaiah 37:22; 1 Chronicles 22:11; 2 Chronicles 23:3; Jeremiah 1:16; Jeremiah 18:7, 8, 9; Jeremiah 42:19. It may have this sense in most if not all of the following, where RV renders 1 Kings 2:18, 19; Esther 7:9; Jeremiah 18:20 for; 2 Chronicles 32:16; Nehemiah 6:12; Jeremiah 11:17; Jeremiah 16:10; Jeremiah 25:13; Jeremiah 26:13, 19; Jeremiah 35:17; Ezekiel 36:5; Daniel 9:12; Daniel 11:36; Hosea 7:13; Amos 3:1 against; and 1 Kings 9:5; 2 Kings 22:19; Jeremiah 10:1; Jeremiah 19:15 unto (על is used for אל unto 2 Chronicles 32:19; Jeremiah 6:10; Jeremiah 25:2; Jeremiah 26:2; Hosea 12:11); compare the phrase † דבר על לב speak upon the heart, speak kindly, comfort Genesis 34:3; Genesis 50:21 (E) Judges 19:3; Ruth 2:13; 1 Samuel 1:13 (seemingly from context על for אל, to her heart, to herself, see Dr), 2 Samuel 19:8; 2 Chronicles 30:22; 32:6; Isaiah 40:2; Hosea 2:16.
6. with infin. † דבר לעשׂות promise to do Exodus 32:14 (J) Deuteronomy 1:14; Ezekiel 6:10; Jonah 3:10; † דבר לתת promise to give Deuteronomy 19:8; † דבר למחות threaten to blot out 2 Kings 14:27; compare † דבר להזהיר i.e. so as to warn Ezekiel 3:18; Ezekiel 33:8.
Note. — וַתָּקָם וַתְּדַבֵּר אֶתכָּֿלזֶֿרַע הַמַּמְלָכָה 2 Chronicles 22:10 Greek Version of the LXX ἀπώλεσε, Vulgate interfecit, scribal error for וַתְּאַבֵּד 2 Kings 11:1. Other explanations: plot against, waylay (Arabic دَبَّرَ) Thes MV; pronounce sentence, elliptical מִשְׁפָּטִים וַתְּדַבֵּר GesHdw Rob; but compare VB. —
† † Pu. Imperfect בַּיּוֺם שֶׁיְּדֻבַּרבָּֿהּ in the day when she may be spoken for Songs 8:8 (see Pi. 4 c); Participle נִכְבָּדוֺת מְדֻבָּר בָּךְ glorious things are being spoken in thee (RV Pe MV of thee) Psalm 87:3.
† Hithp. Participle מִדַּבֵּר = מִתְדַּבֵּר with accusative מִדַּבֵּר הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה speaking this word 2 Samuel 14:13; שָׁמַע (אֵת הַקּוֺל) מִדַּבֵּר אֶל׳ heard (the voice, or) one speaking unto Numbers 7:89 (P) Ezekiel 2:2; Ezekiel 43:6 (Di Numbers 7:89 would read מְדַבֵּר after Greek Version of the LXX; the meaning not appreciably different from Piel; the Hithp. difficult to reconcile with אֶל).
† Hiph. Imperfect וַיַּדְבֵּר עַמִּים תַּחְתָּי Psalm 18:48 (2 Samuel 22:48 has וּמֹרִיד for rare וַיַּדְבֵּר), יַדְבֵּר עַמִּים תַּחְתֵּינוּ Psalm 47:4; either (compare Aramaic דַּבַּר) leads subject (so Ges coegit, De Now), or (compare Arabic أَدْبَرَ turn the back, retreat) puts to flight, figurative for subdues (so Hi).
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Genesis

8:15; 12:4; 16:13; 17:3; 17:22; 17:23; 18:19; 20:8; 21:1; 21:2; 23:8; 23:16; 24:7; 24:33; 24:38; 24:45; 24:50; 27:6; 28:15; 29:9; 31:24; 31:29; 32:19; 34:3; 34:6; 34:8; 35:13; 35:14; 35:15; 37:4; 41:9; 42:7; 42:7; 42:30; 44:7; 44:18; 45:15; 49:28; 50:21

Exodus

5:23; 6:9; 6:10; 6:12; 6:28; 6:29; 6:29; 11:2; 11:2; 12:3; 12:25; 19:6; 19:9; 20:1; 20:19; 20:22; 25:22; 31:18; 32:7; 32:14; 32:34; 33:1; 33:9; 34:29; 34:33; 34:34; 34:35

Leviticus

6:18; 19:2

Numbers

3:1; 3:1; 7:89; 7:89; 7:89; 10:29; 11:17; 12:1; 12:2; 12:6; 12:8; 12:8; 14:28; 16:24; 16:26; 17:5; 21:5; 21:7; 22:19; 26:3; 27:7; 27:7; 27:23; 32:27; 36:1; 36:5; 36:5

Deuteronomy

1:3; 1:11; 1:14; 1:21; 4:15; 4:45; 5:1; 5:4; 5:19; 5:21; 6:3; 6:7; 9:3; 9:10; 9:28; 10:9; 11:19; 11:25; 12:20; 13:6; 15:6; 18:2; 18:17; 18:19; 18:20; 18:22; 19:8; 26:18; 26:19; 27:3; 29:12; 31:28; 31:30; 32:44

Joshua

9:21; 10:12; 13:14; 13:33; 17:14; 20:2; 20:4; 22:4; 22:15; 22:21; 23:5; 23:10; 23:14; 24:27

Judges

5:12; 6:17; 9:2; 9:3; 9:3; 11:11; 14:7; 19:3

Ruth

2:13

1 Samuel

1:13; 1:13; 1:13; 2:3; 3:12; 8:21; 9:25; 11:4; 17:23; 19:3; 19:4; 19:4; 25:24; 25:30; 25:39; 28:17

2 Samuel

3:19; 3:27; 7:7; 13:22; 14:13; 19:8; 19:30; 22:1; 22:48; 23:2; 23:3

1 Kings

1:14; 1:22; 2:4; 2:18; 2:19; 2:19; 2:23; 2:27; 3:22; 5:12; 5:13; 8:15; 8:24; 8:25; 8:26; 8:53; 9:5; 10:2; 12:10; 12:15; 14:2; 16:12; 22:13; 22:23; 22:24; 22:28

2 Kings

4:13; 6:33; 10:10; 11:1; 14:27; 18:26; 18:28; 19:21; 22:19; 25:6; 25:28

1 Chronicles

17:6; 21:19; 22:11

2 Chronicles

6:4; 6:15; 6:16; 6:17; 9:1; 10:10; 10:15; 18:22; 18:23; 18:27; 22:10; 23:3; 30:22; 32:6; 32:16; 32:19

Nehemiah

6:12; 9:18; 13:24

Esther

6:14; 7:9; 7:9; 8:3; 10:3

Job

1:16; 1:17; 1:18; 2:13; 19:18

Psalms

5:7; 5:7; 12:3; 15:2; 18:1; 18:48; 28:3; 28:3; 31:19; 31:19; 47:4; 49:4; 50:20; 51:6; 51:6; 58:2; 58:4; 66:14; 78:19; 87:3; 101:7; 109:20; 109:20; 109:20; 119:23; 119:23; 119:46; 122:8; 145:21

Proverbs

16:13; 23:9; 25:11; 25:11

Ecclesiastes

1:16; 2:15

Song of Songs

8:8; 8:8

Isaiah

1:2; 1:20; 9:16; 16:13; 20:2; 21:17; 22:25; 24:3; 25:8; 30:10; 33:15; 37:22; 40:2; 40:5; 45:19; 58:13; 58:14; 59:3; 59:13

Jeremiah

1:16; 1:16; 4:12; 5:5; 5:13; 6:10; 7:13; 7:22; 9:4; 9:7; 10:1; 11:17; 12:1; 12:1; 12:6; 13:15; 16:10; 18:7; 18:8; 18:9; 18:20; 19:15; 20:9; 25:2; 25:3; 25:13; 26:2; 26:13; 26:15; 26:16; 26:19; 27:13; 28:7; 28:16; 29:23; 29:32; 30:4; 32:4; 32:42; 33:14; 35:2; 35:14; 35:17; 36:7; 36:31; 37:2; 38:20; 38:25; 39:5; 40:2; 40:16; 40:16; 42:19; 44:16; 50:1; 50:1; 51:12; 51:62; 52:9; 52:32

Ezekiel

2:1; 2:2; 3:18; 3:22; 3:24; 3:27; 5:13; 6:10; 14:4; 20:3; 32:21; 33:8; 33:30; 33:30; 33:30; 36:5; 38:17; 43:6; 44:5

Daniel

1:19; 2:4; 8:18; 9:6; 9:12; 9:22; 10:11; 10:11; 10:15; 10:17; 10:19; 11:27; 11:36

Hosea

1:2; 2:16; 7:13; 10:4; 12:5; 12:11

Joel

3:8

Amos

3:1; 5:10

Obadiah

1:18

Jonah

3:2; 3:10

Micah

4:4; 7:3

Habakkuk

2:1

Zechariah

1:9; 1:13; 1:14; 2:2; 2:7; 4:1; 4:4; 4:5; 5:5; 5:10; 6:4; 8:16; 9:10; 13:3

Malachi

3:13; 3:13; 3:16; 3:16

H1696

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Strong's Number H1696 matches the Hebrew דָּבַר (dāḇar),
which occurs 34 times in 29 verses in '2Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:4 - And he said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:10 - Now the LORD has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and I have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:15 - who have kept with your servant David my father what you declared to him. You spoke with your mouth, and with your hand have fulfilled it this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:16 - Now therefore, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father what you have promised him, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk in my law as you have walked before me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:17 - Now therefore, O LORD, God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you have spoken to your servant David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 - Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions, having a very great retinue and camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:3 - And they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all Israel came and said to Rehoboam,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:7 - And they said to him, “If you will be good to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:9 - And he said to them, “What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father put on us’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:10 - And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Thus shall you speak to the people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you lighten it for us’; thus shall you say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s thighs.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:12 - So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king said, “Come to me again the third day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:14 - King Rehoboam spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:15 - So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of affairs brought about by God that the LORD might fulfill his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:12 - And the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Behold, the words of the prophets with one accord are favorable to the king. Let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:13 - But Micaiah said, “As the LORD lives, what my God says, that I will speak.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:15 - But the king said to him, “How many times shall I make you swear that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:22 - Now therefore behold, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets. The LORD has declared disaster concerning you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:23 - Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go from me to speak to you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:27 - And Micaiah said, “If you return in peace, the LORD has not spoken by me.” And he said, “Hear, all you peoples!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:10 - Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family of the house of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:3 - And all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And Jehoiada[fn] said to them, “Behold, the king’s son! Let him reign, as the LORD spoke concerning the sons of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:16 - But as he was speaking, the king said to him, “Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:22 - And Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who showed good skill in the service of the LORD. So they ate the food of the festival for seven days, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:6 - And he set combat commanders over the people and gathered them together to him in the square at the gate of the city and spoke encouragingly to them, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:16 - And his servants said still more against the LORD God and against his servant Hezekiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:19 - And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as they spoke of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:10 - The LORD spoke to Manasseh and to his people, but they paid no attention.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:18 - Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, behold, they are in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:22 - So Hilkiah and those whom the king had sent[fn] went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter) and spoke to her to that effect.
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