Hebrew · Strong's H1696 · Verb

דָבַר

da·var

to speak: speak

1058times used
971verses
36books

How it's translated

Definition

: speak/tell/command

1) to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing

1a) (Qal) to speak

1b) (Niphal) to speak with one another, talk

1c) (Piel)

1c1) to speak

1c2) to promise

1d) (Pual) to be spoken

Other senses of this number: to speak: subdue, to speak: promise

The forms it takes

Stem

  • Piel 96% intensive, or bringing about a state
  • Qal 4% simple action
  • Niphal <1% passive or reflexive
  • Hithpael <1% doing it to yourself, or again and again
  • Hiphil <1% causing someone to do it
  • Pual <1% passive of Piel

Form

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Between Hebrew and Greek

The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), the Bible the first Christians often quoted, translates this word as:

Where it appears

Genesisacross the Old TestamentMalachi

…and 26 more books.

Every verse

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English previews: World English Bible. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.