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Lexicon :: Strong's H1696 - dāḇar

Aa
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 1,144 times in 1,049 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 21 (Gen 8:15–Gen 39:19)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:15 - And H1696➔ God H430 spake ➔ H1696 unto H413 Noah, H5146 saying, H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:4 - So H3212➔ Abram H87 departed, ➔H3212 as H834 the LORD H3068 had spoken H1696 unto him; H413 and H3212➔ Lot H3876 went ➔H3212 with him: H854 and Abram H87 was seventy H7657➔ and ➔H7657 five H2568 years H8141 old H1121 when he departed H3318 out of Haran. H2771

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:13 - And she called H7121 the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 that spake H1696 unto her, H413 Thou H859 God H410 seest me: H7210 for H3588 she said, H559 Have I H7200➔ also H1571 here H1988 looked ➔H7200 after him H310 that seeth me? H7200

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:3 - And H5307➔ Abram H87 fell ➔H5307 on H5921 his face: H6440 and H1696➔ God H430 talked ➔ H1696 with him, H854 saying, H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:22 - And he left off H3615 talking H1696 with him, H854 and H5927➔ God H430 went up ➔H5927 from H5921 Abraham. H85

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:23 - And H3947➔ Abraham H85 took ➔H3947 Ishmael H3458 his son, H1121 and H853 all H3605 that were born H3211 in his house, H1004 and H853 all H3605 that were bought H4736 with his money, H3701 every H3605 male H2145 among the men H376 of H1004➔ Abraham's H85 house; ➔H1004 and circumcised H4135 the flesh H1320 of their foreskin H6190 in H6106➔ the H2088 selfsame ➔H6106 day, H3117 as H834 God H430 had said H1696 unto him. H854

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:5 - And I will fetch H3947 a morsel H6595 of bread, H3899 and comfort ye H5582 your hearts; H3820 after that H310 ye shall pass on: H5674 for H3588 therefore H5921 are ye come H5674 H3651 to H5921 your servant. H5650 And they said, H559 So H3651 do, H6213 as H834 thou hast said. H1696

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:19 - For H3588 I know him, H3045 that H4616 H834 he will command H6680 his children H1121 and H853 his household H1004 after him, H310 and they shall keep H8104 the way H1870 of the LORD, H3068 to do H6213 justice H6666 and judgment; H4941 that H4616 the LORD H3068 may bring H935 upon H5921 Abraham H85 that which H834 he hath spoken H1696 of him. H5921

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:27 - And H6030➔ Abraham H85 answered ➔H6030 and said, H559 Behold H2009 now, H4994 I have taken upon me H2974 to speak H1696 unto H413 the Lord, H136 which H595 am but dust H6083 and ashes: H665

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:29 - And H3254➔ he spake H1696 unto him H413 yet H5750 again, ➔H3254 and said, H559 Peradventure H194 there shall be H4672➔ forty H705 found ➔H4672 there. H8033 And he said, H559 I will H6213➔ not H3808 do ➔H6213 it for H5668➔ forty's H705 sake. ➔H5668

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:30 - And he said H559 unto him, Oh H4994 let H2734➔ not H408 the Lord H136 be angry, ➔H2734 and I will speak: H1696 Peradventure H194 there shall H4672➔ thirty H7970 be found ➔H4672 there. H8033 And he said, H559 I will H6213➔ not H3808 do ➔H6213 it, if H518 I find H4672 thirty H7970 there. H8033

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:31 - And he said, H559 Behold H2009 now, H4994 I have taken upon me H2974 to speak H1696 unto H413 the Lord: H136 Peradventure H194 there shall be H4672➔ twenty H6242 found ➔H4672 there. H8033 And he said, H559 I will H7843➔ not H3808 destroy ➔H7843 it for H5668➔ twenty's H6242 sake. ➔H5668

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - And he said, H559 Oh H4994 let H2734➔ not H408 the Lord H136 be angry, ➔H2734 and I will speak H1696 yet H389 but this once: H6471 Peradventure H194 ten H6235 shall be found H4672 there. H8033 And he said, H559 I will H7843➔ not H3808 destroy ➔H7843 it for H5668➔ ten's H6235 sake. ➔H5668

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:33 - And H3212➔ the LORD H3068 went his way, ➔H3212 as soon as H834 he had left H3615 communing H1696 with H413 Abraham: H85 and Abraham H85 returned H7725 unto his place. H4725

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:14 - And H3318➔ Lot H3876 went out, ➔H3318 and spake H1696 unto H413 his sons in law, H2860 which married H3947 his daughters, H1323 and said, H559 Up, H6965 get you H3318 out H4480 of H4725➔ this H2088 place; ➔H4725 for H3588 the LORD H3068 will destroy H7843 this city. H5892 But he seemed H1961 as one that mocked H6711 unto H5869 his sons in law. H2860

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:21 - And he said H559 unto him, H413 See, H2009 I have accepted H5375 thee H6440 concerning H1697➔ this H2088 thing ➔H1697 also, H1571 that H1115➔ I will H2015➔ not ➔H1115 overthrow ➔H2015 this city, H5892 for the which H834 thou hast spoken. H1696

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:8 - Therefore H7925➔ Abimelech H40 rose early ➔H7925 in the morning, H1242 and called H7121 all H3605 his servants, H5650 and told H1696 all H3605 these H428 things H1697 in their ears: H241 and H3372➔ the men H376 were ➔H3372➔ sore H3966 afraid. ➔H3372

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:1 - And the LORD H3068 visited H6485 Sarah H8283 as H834 he had said, H559 and H6213➔ the LORD H3068 did ➔H6213 unto Sarah H8283 as H834 he had spoken. H1696

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:2 - For H2029➔ Sarah H8283 conceived, ➔H2029 and bare H3205 Abraham H85 a son H1121 in his old age, H2208 at the set time H4150 of which H834 God H430 had spoken H1696 to him. H853

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:3 - And H6965➔ Abraham H85 stood up ➔H6965 from H5921 before H6440 his dead, H4191 and spake H1696 unto H413 the sons H1121 of Heth, H2845 saying, H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:8 - And he communed H1696 with them, H854 saying, H559 If H518 it be H3426 your mind H5315 that I should bury H6912 my dead H4191 out of my sight; H6440 hear me, H8085 and intreat H6293 for me H589 to Ephron H6085 the son H1121 of Zohar, H6714

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:13 - And he spake H1696 unto H413 Ephron H6085 in the audience H241 of the people H5971 of the land, H776 saying, H559 But H389 if H518 thou H859 wilt give it, I pray thee, H3863 hear me: H8085 I will give thee H5414 money H3701 for the field; H7704 take H3947 it of me, H4480 and I will bury H6912 my dead H4191 there. H8033

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - And H8085➔ Abraham H85 hearkened ➔H8085 unto H413 Ephron; H6085 and H8254➔ Abraham H85 weighed ➔H8254 to Ephron H6085 the silver, H3701 which H834 he had named H1696 in the audience H241 of the sons H1121 of Heth, H2845 four H702 hundred H3967 shekels H8255 of silver, H3701 current H5674 money with the merchant. H5503

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:7 - The LORD H3068 God H430 of heaven, H8064 which H834 took me H3947 from H1004➔ my father's H1 house, ➔H1004 and from the land H776 of my kindred, H4138 and which H834 spake H1696 unto me, H589 and that H834 sware H7650 unto me, H589 saying, H559 Unto thy seed H2233 will I give H5414 this H2063 land; H776 he H1931 shall send H7971 his angel H4397 before thee, H6440 and thou shalt take H3947 a wife H802 unto my son H1121 from thence. H8033

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:15 - And it came to pass, H1961 before H2962 he H1931 had done H3615 speaking, H1696 that, behold, H2009 Rebekah H7259 came out, H3318 who H834 was born H3205 to Bethuel, H1328 son H1121 of Milcah, H4435 the wife H802 of Nahor, H5152 Abraham's H85 brother, H251 with her pitcher H3537 upon H5921 her shoulder. H7926

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:30 - And it came to pass, H1961 when he saw H7200 the earring H5141 and H853 bracelets H6781 upon H5921 his sister's H269 hands, H3027 and when he heard H8085 the words H1697 of Rebekah H7259 his sister, H269 saying, H559 Thus H3541 spake H1696 the man H376 unto me; H413 that he came H935 unto H413 the man; H376 and, behold, H2009 he stood H5975 by H5921 the camels H1581 at H5921 the well. H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:33 - And there was set H7760 meat before him H6440 to eat: H398 but he said, H559 I will H398➔ not H3808 eat, ➔H398 until H5704 I have told H1696 mine errand. H1697 And he said, H559 Speak on. H1696

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45 - And H2009➔ before H2962 I H589 had done H3615 speaking H1696 in H413 mine heart, H3820 behold, ➔H2009 Rebekah H7259 came forth H3318 with her pitcher H3537 on H5921 her shoulder; H7926 and she went down H3381 unto the well, H5869 and drew H7579 water: and I said H559 unto her, H413 Let me drink, H8248 I pray thee. H4994

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:50 - Then H6030➔ Laban H3837 and Bethuel H1328 answered ➔H6030 and said, H559 The thing H1697 proceedeth H3318 from the LORD: H3068 we cannot H3808 H3201 speak H1696 unto thee H413 bad H7451 or H176 good. H2896

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:51 - Behold, H2009 Rebekah H7259 is before thee, H6440 take H3947 her, and go, H3212 and let her be H1961 thy master's H113 son's H1121 wife, H802 as H834 the LORD H3068 hath spoken. H1696

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:5 - And Rebekah H7259 heard H8085 when H1696➔ Isaac H3327 spake ➔ H1696 to H413 Esau H6215 his son. H1121 And H3212➔ Esau H6215 went ➔H3212 to the field H7704 to hunt H6679 for venison, H6718 and to bring H935 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:6 - And Rebekah H7259 spake H559 unto H413 Jacob H3290 her son, H1121 saying, H559 Behold, H2009 I heard H8085 thy father H1 speak H1696 unto H413 Esau H6215 thy brother, H251 saying, H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19 - And H559➔ Jacob H3290 said ➔H559 unto H413 his father, H1 I H595 am Esau H6215 thy firstborn; H1060 I have done H6213 according as H834 thou badest H1696 me: H413 arise, H6965 I pray thee, H4994 sit H3427 and eat H398 of my venison, H6718 that H5668 thy soul H5315 may bless me. H1288

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:15 - And, behold, H2009 I H595 am with thee, H5973 and will keep thee H8104 in all H3605 places whither H834 thou goest, H3212 and will bring thee again H7725 into H413 this H2063 land; H127 for H3588 I will H5800➔ not H3808 leave thee, ➔H5800 until H5704 I have done H6213 that which H834 I have spoken H1696➔ to thee of. ➔ H1696

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:9 - And H7354➔ while he yet H5750 spake H1696 with them, H5973 Rachel ➔H7354 came H935 with H5973 her father's H1 sheep: H6629 for H3588 she H1931 kept them. H7462

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:24 - And H935➔ God H430 came ➔H935 to H413 Laban H3837 the Syrian H761 in a dream H2472 by night, H3915 and said H559 unto him, Take heed H8104 that H6435➔ thou speak H1696 not ➔H6435 to H5973 Jacob H3290 either good H2896 or H5704 bad. H7451

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:29 - It is H3426 in the power H410 of my hand H3027 to do H6213 you H5973 hurt: H7451 but the God H430 of your father H1 spake H559 unto me H413 yesternight, H570 saying, H559 Take thou heed H8104 that thou speak H1696 not H2896➔ to H5973 Jacob H3290 either good ➔H2896 or H5704 bad. H7451

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:19 - And H1571 so commanded he H6680 the second, H8145 and H1571 the third, H7992 and H1571 all H3605 that followed H1980 H310 the droves, H5739 saying, H559 On H1697➔ this H2088 manner ➔H1697 shall ye speak H1696 unto H413 Esau, H6215 when ye find H4672 him. H853

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:3 - And H1692➔ his soul H5315 clave ➔H1692 unto Dinah H1783 the daughter H1323 of Jacob, H3290 and he loved H157 the damsel, H5291 and spake H1696 kindly H3820 unto H5921 the damsel. H5291

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:6 - And H3318➔ Hamor H2544 the father H1 of Shechem H7927 went out ➔H3318 unto H413 Jacob H3290 to commune H1696 with him. H854

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:8 - And H1696➔ Hamor H2544 communed ➔ H1696 with them, H854 saying, H559 The soul of H5315 my son H1121 Shechem H7927 longeth H2836 for your daughter: H1323 I pray you H4994 give H5414 her H853 him to wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13 - And H6030➔ the sons H1121 of Jacob H3290 answered ➔H6030 Shechem H7927 and H853 Hamor H2544 his father H1 deceitfully, H4820 and said, H1696 because H834 he had defiled H2930 Dinah H1783 their sister: H269

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:20 - And H935➔ Hamor H2544 and Shechem H7927 his son H1121 came ➔H935 unto H413 the gate H8179 of their city, H5892 and communed H1696 with H413 the men H376 of their city, H5892 saying, H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:13 - And H5927➔ God H430 went up ➔H5927 from him H5921 in the place H4725 where H834 he talked H1696 with him. H854

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:14 - And H5324➔ Jacob H3290 set up ➔H5324 a pillar H4676 in the place H4725 where H834 he talked H1696 with him, H854 even a pillar H4678 of stone: H68 and he poured H5258 a drink offering H5262 thereon, H5921 and he poured H3332 oil H8081 thereon. H5921

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:15 - And H7121➔ Jacob H3290 called ➔H7121 the name H8034 of the place H4725 where H834 God H430 spake H1696 with him, H854 Bethel. H1008 H1008

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:4 - And when H7200➔ his brethren H251 saw ➔H7200 that H3588 their father H1 loved H157 him H853 more than all H3605 his brethren, H251 they hated H8130 him, H853 and H3808➔ could H3201 not ➔H3808 speak H1696➔ peaceably H7965 unto him. ➔ H1696

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:10 - And it came to pass, H1961 as she spake H1696 to H413 Joseph H3130 day H3117 by day, H3117 that H3808➔ he hearkened H8085 not ➔H3808 unto her, H413 to lie H7901 by her, H681 or to be H1961 with her. H5973

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:17 - And she spake H1696 unto him H413 according to H1697➔ these H428 words, ➔H1697 saying, H559 The H5650➔ Hebrew H5680 servant, ➔H5650 which H834 thou hast brought H935 unto us, came in H935 unto me H413 to mock H6711 me:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:19 - And it came to pass, H1961 when H8085➔ his master H113 heard ➔H8085 the words H1697 of his wife, H802 which H834 she spake H1696 unto him, H413 saying, H559 After H1697➔ this H428 manner ➔H1697 did H6213 thy servant H5650 to me; H589 that H2734➔ his wrath H639 was kindled. ➔H2734

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