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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 10 / 21 (1Sa 2:3–2Sa 13:22)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:3 - “[fn]Boast H1696 no more so very proudly,
Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth;
For the LORD is a God of knowledge,
And with Him actions are weighed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:9 - And Eli said to Samuel, “Go lie down, and it shall be if He calls you, that you shall say, ‘Speak, H1696 LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:10 - Then the LORD came and stood and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, H1696 for Your servant is listening.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:12 - “In that day I will carry out against Eli all that I have spoken H1696 concerning his house, from beginning to end.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:17 - He said, “What is the word that He spoke H1696 to you? Please do not hide it from me. May God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the words that He spoke H1696 to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:20 - And about the time of her death the women who stood by her said H1696 to her, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son.” But she did not answer or pay attention.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:21 - Now after Samuel had heard all the words of the people, he repeated H1696 them in the LORD’S hearing.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:6 - He said to him, “Behold now, there is a man of God in this city, and the man is held in honor; all that he says H1696 surely comes true. Now let us go there, perhaps he can tell us about our journey on which we have set out.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:21 - Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and my family the least of all the families of the [fn]tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak H1696 to me in this way?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:25 - When they came down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke H1696 with Saul on the [fn]roof.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:25 - Then Samuel told H1696 the people the ordinances of the kingdom, and wrote them in the book and placed it before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:4 - Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and spoke H1696 these words in the hearing of the people, and all the people lifted up their voices and wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:19 - While Saul talked H1696 to the priest, the commotion in the camp of the Philistines continued and increased; so Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:16 - Then Samuel said to Saul, “Wait, and let me tell you what the LORD said H1696 to me last night.” And he said to him, “Speak!” H1696

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:4 - So Samuel did what the LORD said, H1696 and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the city came trembling to meet him and said, “Do you come in peace?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:23 - As he was talking H1696 with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine from Gath named Goliath, was coming up from the army of the Philistines, and he spoke H1696 these same words; and David heard them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:28 - Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke H1696 to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David and he said, “Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your insolence and the wickedness of your heart; for you have come down in order to see the battle.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:31 - When the words which David spoke H1696 were heard, they told them [fn]to Saul, and he sent for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:1 - Now it came about when he had finished speaking H1696 to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:22 - Then Saul commanded his servants, “Speak H1696 to David secretly, saying, ‘Behold, the king delights in you, and all his servants love you; now therefore, become the king’s son-in-law.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:23 - So Saul’s servants spoke H1696 these words [fn]to David. But David said, “Is it trivial in your sight to become the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:24 - The servants of Saul reported to him [fn]according to these words which David spoke. H1696

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:1 - Now Saul told H1696 Jonathan his son and all his servants to put David to death. But Jonathan, Saul’s son, greatly delighted in David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:3 - “I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak H1696 with my father about you; if I [fn]find out anything, then I will tell you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:4 - Then Jonathan spoke H1696 well of David to Saul his father and said to him, “Do not let the king sin against his servant David, since he has not sinned against you, and since his deeds have been very [fn]beneficial to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:23 - “As for the [fn]agreement of which you and I have spoken, H1696 behold, the LORD is between you and me forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:26 - Nevertheless Saul did not speak H1696 anything that day, for he thought, “It is an accident, he is not clean, surely he is not clean.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:16 - When David had finished speaking H1696 these words to Saul, Saul said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” Then Saul lifted up his voice and wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:9 - When David’s young men came, they spoke H1696 to Nabal according to all these words in David’s name; then they waited.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:17 - “Now therefore, know and [fn]consider what you should do, for evil is plotted against our master and against all his household; and he is such a [fn]worthless man that no one can speak H1696 to him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:24 - She fell at his feet and said, “On me [fn]alone, my lord, be the blame. And please let your maidservant speak H1696 [fn]to you, and listen to the words of your maidservant.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:30 - “And when the LORD does for my lord according to all the good that He has spoken H1696 concerning you, and appoints you ruler over Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 - When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal and has kept back His servant from evil. The LORD has also returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head.” Then David sent [fn]a proposal H1696 to Abigail, to take her as his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:40 - When the servants of David came to Abigail at Carmel, they spoke H1696 to her, saying, “David has sent us to you to take you as his wife.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:17 - “The LORD has done [fn]accordingly as He spoke H1696 through me; for the LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, to David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:21 - The woman came to Saul and saw that he was terrified, and said to him, “Behold, your maidservant has [fn]obeyed you, and I have [fn]taken my life in my hand and have listened to your words which you spoke H1696 to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:27 - Joab said, “As God lives, if you had not spoken, H1696 surely then the people would have gone away in the morning, each from following his brother.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:19 - Abner also spoke H1696 in the hearing of Benjamin; and in addition Abner went to speak H1696 in the hearing of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27 - So when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the middle of the gate to speak H1696 with him privately, and there he struck him in the belly so that he died on account of the blood of Asahel his brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:7 - “Wherever I have gone with all the sons of Israel, did I speak H1696 a word with one of the tribes of Israel, which I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’”’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:17 - In accordance with all these words and all this vision, so Nathan spoke H1696 to David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:19 - “And yet this was insignificant in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, for You have spoken H1696 also of the house of Your servant concerning the distant future. And this is the [fn]custom of man, O Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:20 - “Again what more can David say H1696 to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:25 - “Now therefore, O LORD God, the word that You have spoken H1696 concerning Your servant and his house, confirm it forever, and do as You have spoken, H1696

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:28 - “Now, O Lord GOD, You are God, and Your words are truth, and You have [fn]promised H1696 this good thing to Your servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:29 - “Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken; H1696 and with Your blessing may the house of Your servant be blessed forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:19 - He charged the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling H1696 all the events of the war to the king,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:18 - Then it happened on the seventh day that the child died. And the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Behold, while the child was still alive, we spoke H1696 to him and he did not listen to our voice. How then can we tell him that the child is dead, since he might do himself harm!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:13 - “As for me, where could I [fn]get rid of my reproach? And as for you, you will be like one of the [fn]fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak H1696 to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:22 - But Absalom did not speak H1696 to Amnon either good or bad; for Absalom hated Amnon because he had violated his sister Tamar.

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