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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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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

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 50 times in 43 verses in '2Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:3 - But the angel of the LORD said H1696 to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say H1696 unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:6 - And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say H1696 unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:7 - And he said H1696 unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told H1696 you these words?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:9 - Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake H1696 unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, H1696 Come down.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:10 - And Elijah answered and said H1696 to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:11 - Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said H1696 unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:12 - And Elijah answered and said H1696 unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:13 - And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said H1696 unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:15 - And the angel of the LORD said H1696 unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:16 - And he said H1696 unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:17 - So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. H1696 And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:11 - And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, H1696 that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:22 - So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake. H1696

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:13 - And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken H1696 for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:17 - And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said H1696 unto her, according to the time of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:4 - And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said H1696 the maid that is of the land of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:13 - And his servants came near, and spake H1696 unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid H1696 thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:12 - And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest H1696 in thy bedchamber.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:33 - And while he yet talked H1696 with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:17 - And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, H1696 who spake H1696 when the king came down to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:18 - And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken H1696 to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:1 - Then spake H1696 Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:4 - And the king talked H1696 with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:36 - Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake H1696 by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:10 - Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake H1696 concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake H1696 by his servant Elijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:17 - And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake H1696 to Elijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:25 - He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake H1696 by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:27 - And the LORD said H1696 not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:12 - This was the word of the LORD which he spake H1696 unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:23 - Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said H1696 by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:26 - Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, H1696 I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk H1696 not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:27 - But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak H1696 these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:28 - Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, H1696 saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:21 - This is the word that the LORD hath spoken H1696 concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:9 - And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: H1696 shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:19 - Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. H1696 And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:10 - And the LORD spake H1696 by his servants the prophets, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:14 - So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed H1696 with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:19 - Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake H1696 against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:2 - And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake H1696 by his servants the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:13 - And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said. H1696

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:6 - So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave H1696 judgment upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:28 - And he spake H1696 kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;
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