Usually translated as
speak, say, talk, tell, utter, commune, bid, well, declare, give, pronounce, be spokesman, subdue, answer, appoint, command, destroy, name, promise, rehearse, teach, think, use, work
Occurrences
Dâbar occurs 943 times in 864 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (62), Exodus (61), Leviticus (29), Numbers (57), Deuteronomy (49), Joshua (23), Judges (24), Ruth (2), 1 Samuel (30), 2 Samuel (27), 1 Kings (60), 2 Kings (42), 1 Chronicles (7), 2 Chronicles (26), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (3), Esther (5), Job (34), Psalms (53), Proverbs (10), Ecclesiastes (5), Song of Songs (2), Isaiah (43), Jeremiah (95), Ezekiel (63), Daniel (15), Hosea (6), Joel (1), Amos (3), Obadiah (1), Jonah (2), Micah (3), Habakkuk (1), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (17), Malachi (1)
- Genesis 12:4 — So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken (דִּבֶּ֤ר) unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
- Genesis 16:13 — And she called the name of the LORD that (הַדֹּבֵ֣ר) spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
- Genesis 17:3 — And Abram fell on his face: and God talked (וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר) with him, saying,
- Genesis 17:22 — And he left off talking (לְדַבֵּ֣ר) with him, and God went up from Abraham.
- Genesis 17:23 — And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said (דִּבֶּ֥ר) unto him.
- Genesis 18:5 — And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said (דִּבַּֽרְתָּ).
- 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 LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken (דִּבֶּ֖ר) of him.
- Genesis 18:27 — And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak (לְדַבֵּ֣ר) unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
- Genesis 18:29 — And (לְדַבֵּ֤ר) he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake.
- Genesis 18:30 — And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak (וַאֲדַבֵּ֔רָה): Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
- Genesis 18:31 — And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak (לְדַבֵּ֣ר) unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.
- Genesis 18:32 — And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak (וַאֲדַבְּרָ֣ה) yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.
- Genesis 18:33 — And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing (לְדַבֵּ֖ר) with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
- Genesis 19:14 — And Lot went out, and (וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר) spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
- Genesis 19:21 — And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken (דִּבַּֽרְתָּ).
- Genesis 20:8 — Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told (וַיְדַבֵּ֛ר) all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
- Genesis 21:1 — And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken (דִּבֵּֽר).
- Genesis 21:2 — For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken (דִּבֶּ֥ר) to him.
- Genesis 23:3 — And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and (וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר) spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
- Genesis 23:8 — And he communed (וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר) with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
- Genesis 23:13 — And (וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר) he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
- Genesis 23:16 — And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named (דִּבֶּ֖ר) in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
- Genesis 24:15 — And it came to pass, before he had done speaking (לְדַבֵּר֒), that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
- Genesis 24:33 — And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told (דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי) mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
- Genesis 24:33 — And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on (דַּבֵּֽר).
- Genesis 24:45 — And before I had done speaking (לְדַבֵּ֣ר) in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.
- Genesis 24:50 — Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak (דַּבֵּ֥ר) unto thee bad or good.
- Genesis 24:51 — Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as the LORD hath spoken (דִּבֶּ֥ר).
- Genesis 27:6 — And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak (מְדַבֵּ֛ר) unto Esau thy brother, saying,
- Genesis 27:19 — And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou (דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ) badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
- Genesis 28:15 — And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken (דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי) to thee of.
- Genesis 31:24 — And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak (תְּדַבֵּ֥ר) not to Jacob either good or bad.
- Genesis 31:29 — It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak (מִדַּבֵּ֥ר) not to Jacob either good or bad.
- Genesis 32:19 — And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak (תְּדַבְּר֣וּן) unto Esau, when ye find him.
- Genesis 34:3 — And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and (וַיְדַבֵּ֖ר) spake kindly unto the damsel.
- Genesis 34:6 — And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune (לְדַבֵּ֖ר) with him.
- Genesis 34:8 — And Hamor communed (וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר) with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
- Genesis 34:13 — And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said (וַיְדַבֵּ֑רוּ), because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
- Genesis 34:20 — And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed (וַֽיְדַבְּר֛וּ) with the men of their city, saying,
- Genesis 35:13 — And God went up from him in the place where he talked (דִּבֶּ֥ר) with him.
- Genesis 35:14 — And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked (דִּבֶּ֥ר) with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
- Genesis 37:4 — And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak (דַּבְּר֥וֹ) peaceably unto him.
- Genesis 39:10 — And it came to pass, as (כְּדַבְּרָ֥הּ) she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
- Genesis 39:17 — And (וַתְּדַבֵּ֣ר) she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:
- Genesis 39:19 — And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she (דִּבְּרָ֤ה) spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.
- Genesis 41:9 — Then (וַיְדַבֵּר֙) spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
- Genesis 41:17 — And Pharaoh said (וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר) unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
- Genesis 41:28 — This is the thing which I have spoken (דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי) unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
- Genesis 42:7 — And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them (וַיְדַבֵּ֧ר), and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
- Genesis 42:14 — And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I (דִּבַּ֧רְתִּי) spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies: