דָבַר davar

Hebrew word for “to speak” · Strong’s H1696 · used 1,142 times in 1,049 verses

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Meaning

: speak/tell/command;

Senses in the lexicon

• to speak: speak (1,058)
• to speak: promise (81)
• to speak: subdue (3)

How it is translated

Glosses given for davar in context, with how often each is used:

• spoke 385
• speak 175
• will speak 108
• have spoken 95
• has spoken 65
• had spoken 60
• speaking 58
• speaks 18
• me speak 12
• said 12
• who was speaking 12
• had said 11

Where it is used

Also in 24 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Kings 2 (11), 2 Kings 1 (11), Leviticus 23 (10), Numbers 16 (10), Exodus 6 (9), 1 Kings 13 (9), Genesis 18 (8), Deuteronomy 5 (8), Ezekiel 3 (8), Genesis 24 (7)

Forms

• דבר 333
• וידבר 193
• דברתי 73
• לדבר 56
• ידבר 45
• דברת 42
• דברו 38
• אדבר 36
• מדבר 34
• וידברו 33

Words used with it

Words that share verses with davar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• דָּבָר davar “word” 227
• מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 176
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 120
• אֵת et “with” 94
• אֲנִי ani “I” 92
• זֶה zeh “this” 93
• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 74
• פֶּה peh “lip” 64
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 64
• מָה mah “what?” 60
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 74
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 66

Key verses

The verses using davar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 18:19 — For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the…
• Leviticus 10:3 — Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be…
• Numbers 12:6 — And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
• Numbers 23:19 — God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not…
• Psalms 12:2 — They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
• Isaiah 1:2 — Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
• Isaiah 30:10 — Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
• Isaiah 33:15 — He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth…
• Isaiah 63:1 — Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that…
• Jeremiah 12:1 — Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all…
• Daniel 11:36 — And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God…
• Malachi 3:16 — Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.