דָבַר
dābar
speak
Strong's H1696VerbHebrewTWOT 399

דָבַר (dābar) is a Hebrew verb meaning speak. It appears 1144 times in 36 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1696).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 399)

Range of meaning (TWOT 399)speak; speak with one another, talk; in the day when she may be spoken for; speaking this word; leads, puts to flight, subdues; arrange, subdue; answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

דָבַר verb: speak

Strong's H1696 דָבַר: perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV: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.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 8:15Exodus 1:17Leviticus 1:1

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