דָבַר dâbar

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• 2 Chronicles 32:6 Hezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them, saying,
• 2 Chronicles 32:16 And the servants of Sennacherib spoke further against the LORD God and against His servant Hezekiah.
• 2 Chronicles 32:19 They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.
• 2 Chronicles 33:10 And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.
• 2 Chronicles 33:18 As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with his prayer to his God and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 34:22 So Hilkiah and those the king had designated went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.
• Ezra 8:17 And I sent them to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia, with a message for him and his kinsmen, the temple servants at Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
• Nehemiah 6:12 I realized that God had not sent him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
• Nehemiah 9:13 You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.
• Nehemiah 13:24 Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah.
• Esther 1:22 He sent letters to all the provinces of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be master of his own household.
• Esther 6:10 “Hurry,” said the king to Haman, “and do just as you proposed. Take the robe and the horse to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have suggested.”
• Esther 6:14 While they were still speaking with Haman, the king’s eunuchs arrived and rushed him to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
• Esther 7:9 Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.
• Esther 8:3 And once again, Esther addressed the king. She fell at his feet weeping and begged him to revoke the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews.
• Esther 10:3 For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.
• Job 1:16 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
• Job 1:17 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
• Job 1:18 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
• Job 2:10 “You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
• Job 2:13 Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.
• Job 7:11 Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
• Job 9:35 Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.
• Job 10:1 “I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
• Job 11:5 But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
• Job 13:3 Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
• Job 13:7 Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?
• Job 13:13 Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
• Job 13:22 Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.
• Job 16:4 I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
• Job 16:6 Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?
• Job 18:2 “How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
• Job 19:18 Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.
• Job 21:3 Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
• Job 27:4 my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
• Job 32:7 I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.
• Job 32:16 Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?
• Job 32:20 I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and respond.
• Job 33:2 Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue.
• Job 33:14 For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
• Job 33:31 Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
• Job 33:32 But if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you.
• Job 34:33 Should God repay you on your own terms when you have disavowed Him? You must choose, not I; so tell me what you know.
• Job 34:35 ‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’
• Job 37:20 Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?
• Job 40:5 I have spoken once, but I have no answer—twice, but I have nothing to add.”
• Job 41:3 Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?
• Job 42:4 You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’
• Job 42:7 After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.
• Job 42:8 So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
• Job 42:9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s prayer.
• Psalms 2:5 Then He rebukes them in His anger, and terrifies them in His fury:
• Psalms 5:6 You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
• Psalms 12:2 They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
• Psalms 12:3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
• Psalms 15:2 He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,
• Psalms 17:10 They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.
• Psalms 18:47 the God who avenges me and subdues nations beneath me,
• Psalms 28:3 Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.
• Psalms 31:18 May lying lips be silenced—lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.