Strongs Number: H1696
- Hebrew Word
- דָבַר
- Transliteration
- dâbar
- Phonetic
- daw-bar'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
perhaps properly to arrange; but used figuratively (of words) to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- BDB Definition
-
1. to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing
a. (Qal) to speak
b. (Niphal) to speak with one another, talk
c. (Piel)
1. to speak
2. to promise
d. (Pual) to be spoken
e. (Hithpael) to speak
f. (Hiphil) to lead away, put to flight
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- {answer} {appoint} {bid} {command} {commune} {declare} {destroy} {give} {name} {promise} {pronounce} {rehearse} {say} {speak} be {spokesman} {subdue} {talk} {teach} {tell} {think} use {[entreaties]} {utter} X-(idiom) {well} X-(idiom) work.