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דָבַר H1696

H1696 is the Hebrew word דָבַר, transliterated dâbar and said daw-bar'. The King James Version most often renders it spake.

Word: דָבַרTransliteration: dâbarSaid: daw-bar'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 957 verses

What it means

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

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 817 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

spake 294×speak 229×spoken 101×said 56×speaking 26×talked 20×speaketh 19×promised 16×hast spoken 15×say 15×told 13×communed 13×

Strong's own list of renderings: 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.

Verses using דָבַר

The first 40 of 957 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 8:15 · KJV

And God spake unto Noah, saying,

Genesis 12:4 · KJV

So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

Genesis 16:13 · KJV

And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?

Genesis 17:3 · KJV

And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

Genesis 17:22 · KJV

And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

Genesis 18:5 · KJV

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.

Genesis 18:27 · KJV

And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:

Genesis 18:29 · KJV

And 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 · KJV

And he said unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

Genesis 18:31 · KJV

And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak 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 · KJV

And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak 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 · KJV

And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

Genesis 19:14 · KJV

And Lot went out, and 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 20:8 · KJV

Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.

Genesis 23:3 · KJV

And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,

Genesis 23:8 · KJV

And he communed 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 · KJV

And 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 · KJV

And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

Genesis 24:7 · KJV

The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.

Genesis 24:15 · KJV

And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, 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 24:30 · KJV

And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

Genesis 24:33 · KJV

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.

Genesis 24:45 · KJV

And before I had done speaking 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 · KJV

Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

Genesis 27:5 · KJV

And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

Genesis 27:6 · KJV

And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,

Genesis 27:19 · KJV

And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first born; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.

Genesis 29:9 · KJV

And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them.

Genesis 31:24 · KJV

And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

Genesis 31:29 · KJV

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 not to Jacob either good or bad.

Genesis 32:19 · KJV

And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.

Genesis 34:3 · KJV

And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

Genesis 34:6 · KJV

And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.

Genesis 34:8 · KJV

And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.

Genesis 34:13 · KJV

And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:

Genesis 34:20 · KJV

And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

Genesis 35:14 · KJV

And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.

Genesis 35:15 · KJV

And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.

Genesis 37:4 · KJV

And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

Genesis 39:10 · KJV

And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

Common questions

What does Strong's H1696 mean?

H1696 is the Hebrew word דָבַר (dâbar), meaning perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue.

How is H1696 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it spake (294 times), speak (229 times), spoken (101 times), said (56 times), speaking (26 times), among others.

How many times does H1696 appear in the Bible?

דָבַר (dâbar) is tagged in 957 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H1696 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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