Strong's Concordance H1696

Original Word: דָבַר
Transliteration: dâbar
Phonetic Spelling: daw-bar'
a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue; 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.

Usages throughout the bible

1 Samuel 2:3 - Talk H1696 no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

1 Samuel 3:9 - Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, H1696 LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

1 Samuel 3:10 - And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; H1696 for thy servant heareth.

1 Samuel 3:12 - In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken H1696 concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.

1 Samuel 3:17 - And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said H1696 unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said H1696 unto thee.

1 Samuel 4:20 - And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said H1696 unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.

1 Samuel 8:21 - And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed H1696 them in the ears of the LORD.

1 Samuel 9:6 - And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith H1696 cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go.

1 Samuel 9:21 - And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest H1696 thou so to me?

1 Samuel 9:25 - And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed H1696 with Saul upon the top of the house.

1 Samuel 10:25 - Then Samuel told H1696 the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

1 Samuel 11:4 - Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told H1696 the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.

1 Samuel 14:19 - And it came to pass, while Saul talked H1696 unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.

1 Samuel 15:16 - Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said H1696 to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on. H1696

1 Samuel 16:4 - And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, H1696 and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?

1 Samuel 17:23 - And as he talked H1696 with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake H1696 according to the same words: and David heard them.

1 Samuel 17:28 - And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake H1696 unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

1 Samuel 17:31 - And when the words were heard which David spake, H1696 they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.

1 Samuel 18:1 - And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking H1696 unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

1 Samuel 18:22 - And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune H1696 with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law.

1 Samuel 18:23 - And Saul's servants spake H1696 those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

1 Samuel 18:24 - And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake H1696 David.

1 Samuel 19:1 - And Saul spake H1696 to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.

1 Samuel 19:3 - And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune H1696 with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.

1 Samuel 19:4 - And Jonathan spake H1696 good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:

1 Samuel 20:23 - And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken H1696 of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever.

1 Samuel 20:26 - Nevertheless Saul spake H1696 not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.

1 Samuel 24:16 - And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking H1696 these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.

1 Samuel 25:9 - And when David's young men came, they spake H1696 to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.

1 Samuel 25:17 - Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak H1696 to him.

1 Samuel 25:24 - And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak H1696 in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.

1 Samuel 25:30 - And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken H1696 concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;

1 Samuel 25:39 - And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed H1696 with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

1 Samuel 25:40 - And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake H1696 unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.

1 Samuel 28:17 - And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake H1696 by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David:

1 Samuel 28:21 - And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest H1696 unto me.

2 Samuel 2:27 - And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, H1696 surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.

2 Samuel 3:19 - And Abner also spake H1696 in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak H1696 in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.

2 Samuel 3:27 - And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak H1696 with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

2 Samuel 7:7 - In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake H1696 I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?

2 Samuel 7:17 - According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak H1696 unto David.

2 Samuel 7:19 - And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken H1696 also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?

2 Samuel 7:20 - And what can David say H1696 more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.

2 Samuel 7:25 - And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken H1696 concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said. H1696

2 Samuel 7:28 - And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised H1696 this goodness unto thy servant:

2 Samuel 7:29 - Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken H1696 it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.

2 Samuel 11:19 - And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling H1696 the matters of the war unto the king,

2 Samuel 12:18 - And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake H1696 unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?

2 Samuel 13:13 - And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak H1696 unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.

2 Samuel 13:22 - And Absalom spake H1696 unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.