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HebrewH1696Verb

דָבַר

da.var

981Occurrences
H1696Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
speak/tell/command 1) to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing 1a) (Qal) to speak 1b) (Niphal) to speak with one another, talk 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to speak 1c2) to promise 1d) (Pual) to be spoken 1e) (Hithpael) to speak 1f) (Hiphil) to lead away, put to flight

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

דָבַר appears 981 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Numbers
103
Jeremiah
99
Exodus
77
Genesis
69
1 Kings
63
Ezk
61
Leviticus
61
Deuteronomy
59

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 17:6BSB

In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’

2 Samuel 20:18BSB

Then the woman said, “Long ago they used to say, ‘Seek counsel at Abel,’ and that is how disputes were settled.

Ezk 20:3BSB

Verse text unavailable

Jeremiah 10:1BSB

Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.

Leviticus 23:9BSB

And the LORD said to Moses,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.