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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)i, 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§ 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§ 987 (7)§ 23 (5); but more probably perfect, as Ges§ 52 (2). Anm. 3); — speak,
1. absolute Deuteronomy 18:17לֵאמֹר, 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).
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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1696 matches the Hebrew דָּבַר (dāḇar),
which occurs 41 times in 38 verses in '1Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:13 - Now Hannah, she spake H1696 in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:16 - Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken H1696 hitherto.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:3 - Talk H1696 no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:9 - Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, H1696 LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:10 - And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; H1696 for thy servant heareth.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:12 - In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken H1696 concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:17 - And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said H1696 unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said H1696 unto thee.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:20 - And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said H1696 unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:21 - And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed H1696 them in the ears of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:6 - And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith H1696 cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:21 - And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest H1696 thou so to me?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:25 - And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed H1696 with Saul upon the top of the house.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:25 - Then Samuel told H1696 the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:4 - Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told H1696 the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:19 - And it came to pass, while Saul talked H1696 unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:16 - Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said H1696 to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on. H1696
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:4 - And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, H1696 and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:23 - And as he talked H1696 with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake H1696 according to the same words: and David heard them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:28 - And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake H1696 unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:31 - And when the words were heard which David spake, H1696 they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:1 - And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking H1696 unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:22 - And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune H1696 with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:23 - And Saul's servants spake H1696 those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:24 - And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake H1696 David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:1 - And Saul spake H1696 to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:3 - And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune H1696 with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:4 - And Jonathan spake H1696 good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:23 - And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken H1696 of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:26 - Nevertheless Saul spake H1696 not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:16 - And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking H1696 these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:9 - And when David's young men came, they spake H1696 to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:17 - Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak H1696 to him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:24 - And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak H1696 in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:30 - And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken H1696 concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 - And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed H1696 with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:40 - And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake H1696 unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:17 - And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake H1696 by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David:
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:21 - And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest H1696 unto me.
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