דָבַר
to speak
also: declare, converse, command, promise fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Piel
- An intensive or resultative active stem. Here: ‘with acc. rei’
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘only inf.’
- Hithpael
- The reflexive or reciprocal stem (the subject acts on itself).
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”).
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”).
- Pual
- The passive counterpart of the Piel.
Form
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms 57 distinct
- Verb, Piel, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 248 times (22%)
- Verb, Piel, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 194 times (17%)
- Verb, Piel, Infinitive Construct 103 times (9%)
- Verb, Piel, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular 75 times (7%)
- Verb, Piel, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular 69 times (6%)
- Verb, Piel, Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular 43 times (4%)
- Verb, Piel, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 39 times (3%)
- Verb, Piel, Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular 37 times (3%)
+49 more forms (336 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 1,144 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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Genesis 70 verses
- Genesis 8:15 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms God spoke to Noah, saying,
- Genesis 12:4 דִּבֶּ֤ר Piel pf 3ms So Abram went, as Yahweh had spoken to him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran.
- Genesis 16:13 הַ/דֹּבֵ֣ר ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act ms She called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, "You are a God who sees," for she said, "Have I even stayed alive after seeing him?"
- Genesis 17:3 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,
- Genesis 17:22 לְ/דַבֵּ֣ר prep + Piel inf.cs When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.
- Genesis 17:23 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money; every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.
- Genesis 18:5 דִּבַּֽרְתָּ Piel pf 2ms I will get a morsel of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant." They said, "Very well, do as you have said."
- Genesis 18:19 דִּבֶּ֖ר Piel pf 3ms For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him."
- Genesis 18:27 לְ/דַבֵּ֣ר prep + Piel inf.cs Abraham answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.
- Genesis 18:29 לְ/דַבֵּ֤ר prep + Piel inf.cs He spoke to him yet again, and said, "What if there are forty found there?" He said, "I will not do it for the forty's sake."
- Genesis 18:30 וַ/אֲדַבֵּ֔רָה conj + Piel coh 1cs He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?" He said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."
- Genesis 18:31 לְ/דַבֵּ֣ר prep + Piel inf.cs He said, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake."
- Genesis 18:32 וַ/אֲדַבְּרָ֣ה conj + Piel coh 1cs He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. What if ten are found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake."
- Genesis 18:33 לְ/דַבֵּ֖ר prep + Piel inf.cs Yahweh went his way, as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.
- Genesis 19:14 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters, and said, "Get up! Get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city." But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be joking.
- Genesis 19:21 דִּבַּֽרְתָּ Piel pf 2ms He said to him, "Behold, I have granted your request concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.
- Genesis 20:8 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֛ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. The men were very scared.
- Genesis 21:1 דִּבֵּֽר Piel pf 3ms Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken.
- Genesis 21:2 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
- Genesis 23:3 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children of Heth, saying,
- Genesis 23:8 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms He talked with them, saying, "If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
- Genesis 23:13 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֨ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms He spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, "But if you will, please hear me. I will give the price of the field. Take it from me, and I will bury my dead there."
- Genesis 23:16 דִּבֶּ֖ר Piel pf 3ms Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants' standard.
- Genesis 24:7 דִּבֶּר Piel pf 3ms Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, 'I will give this land to your seed.' He will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.
- Genesis 24:15 לְ/דַבֵּר֒ prep + Piel inf.cs It happened, before he had done speaking, that behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder.
- Genesis 24:30 דִבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms It happened, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, "This is what the man said to me," that he came to the man. Behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.
- Genesis 24:33 דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי דַּבֵּֽר Piel pf 1cs Piel impv 2ms Food was set before him to eat. But he said, "I will not eat until I have told my message." He said, "Speak on."
- Genesis 24:45 לְ/דַבֵּ֣ר prep + Piel inf.cs Before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder. She went down to the spring, and drew. I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'
- Genesis 24:50 דַּבֵּ֥ר Piel inf.cs Then Laban and Bethuel answered, "The thing proceeds from Yahweh. We can't speak to you bad or good.
- Genesis 24:51 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms Behold, Rebekah is before you, take her, and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as Yahweh has spoken."
- Genesis 27:5 בְּ/דַבֵּ֣ר prep + Piel inf.cs Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
- Genesis 27:6 מְדַבֵּ֛ר Piel ptcp.act ms Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, "Behold, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,
- Genesis 27:19 דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ Piel pf 2ms Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me."
- Genesis 28:15 דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי Piel pf 1cs Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you."
- Genesis 29:9 מְדַבֵּ֣ר Piel ptcp.act ms While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.
- Genesis 31:24 תְּדַבֵּ֥ר Piel impf 2ms God came to Laban, the Syrian, in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad."
- Genesis 31:29 מִ/דַּבֵּ֥ר prep + Piel inf.cs It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, 'Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad.'
- Genesis 32:19 תְּדַבְּר֣וּ/ן Piel impf 2mp + sfx n He commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the herds, saying, "This is how you shall speak to Esau, when you find him.
- Genesis 34:3 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֖ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady.
- Genesis 34:6 לְ/דַבֵּ֖ר prep + Piel inf.cs Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with him.
- Genesis 34:8 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Hamor talked with them, saying, "The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.
- Genesis 34:13 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ conj + Piel wimpf 3mp The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,
- Genesis 34:20 וַֽ/יְדַבְּר֛וּ conj + Piel wimpf 3mp Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,
- Genesis 35:13 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.
- Genesis 35:14 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink-offering on it, and poured oil on it.
- Genesis 35:15 דִּבֶּ֨ר Piel pf 3ms Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him "Bethel."
- Genesis 37:4 דַּבְּר֥/וֹ Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn't speak peaceably to him.
- Genesis 39:10 כְּ/דַבְּרָ֥/הּ prep + Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 3fs It happened that as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he didn't listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
- Genesis 39:17 וַ/תְּדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3fs She spoke to him according to these words, saying, "The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me,
- Genesis 39:19 דִּבְּרָ֤ה Piel pf 3fs It happened, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, "This is what your servant did to me," that his wrath was kindled.
- Genesis 41:9 וַ/יְדַבֵּר֙ conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, "I remember my faults today.
- Genesis 41:17 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, "In my dream, behold, I stood on the brink of the river:
- Genesis 41:28 דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי Piel pf 1cs That is the thing which I spoke to Pharaoh. What God is about to do he has shown to Pharaoh.
- Genesis 42:7 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֧ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, "Where did you come from?" They said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."
- Genesis 42:14 דִּבַּ֧רְתִּי Piel pf 1cs Joseph said to them, "It is like I told you, saying, 'You are spies.'
- Genesis 42:24 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms He turned himself about from them, and wept, and he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.
- Genesis 42:30 דִּ֠בֶּר Piel pf 3ms "The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
- Genesis 43:19 וַ/יְדַבְּר֥וּ conj + Piel wimpf 3mp They came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,
- Genesis 44:2 דִּבֵּֽר Piel pf 3ms Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, with his grain money." He did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
- Genesis 44:6 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms He overtook them, and he spoke to them these words.
- Genesis 44:7 יְדַבֵּ֣ר Piel impf 3ms They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!
- Genesis 44:16 נְּדַבֵּ֖ר Piel impf 1cp Judah said, "What will we tell my lord? What will we speak? Or how will we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Behold, we are my lord's bondservants, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found."
- Genesis 44:18 יְדַבֶּר Piel juss 3ms Then Judah came near to him, and said, "Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord's ears, and don't let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.
- Genesis 45:12 הַֽ/מְדַבֵּ֥ר ptcl def.art + Piel ptcp.act ms Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.
- Genesis 45:15 דִּבְּר֥וּ Piel pf 3cp He kissed all his brothers, and wept on them. After that his brothers talked with him.
- Genesis 45:27 וַ/יְדַבְּר֣וּ דִּבֶּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3mp Piel pf 3ms They told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them. When he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob, their father, revived.
- Genesis 49:28 דִּבֶּ֨ר Piel pf 3ms All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his blessing.
- Genesis 50:4 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר דַּבְּרוּ conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Piel impv 2mp When the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
- Genesis 50:17 בְּ/דַבְּרָ֥/ם prep + Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp "So you shall tell Joseph, 'Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you.' Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
- Genesis 50:21 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֖ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Now therefore don't be afraid. I will nourish you and your little ones." He comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.
Exodus 79 verses
- Exodus 1:17 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms But the midwives feared God, and didn't do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
- Exodus 4:10 דַּבֶּרְ/ךָ Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 2ms Moses said to Yahweh, "Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue."
- Exodus 4:12 תְּדַבֵּֽר Piel impf 2ms Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak."
- Exodus 4:14 דַבֵּ֥ר יְדַבֵּ֖ר Piel inf.abs Piel impf 3ms The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Moses, and he said, "What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, behold, he comes forth to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
- Exodus 4:15 וְ/דִבַּרְתָּ֣ conj + Piel wpf 2ms You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
- Exodus 4:16 וְ/דִבֶּר conj + Piel wpf 3ms He will be your spokesman to the people; and it will happen, that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God.
- Exodus 4:30 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר דִּבֶּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Piel pf 3ms Aaron spoke all the words which Yahweh had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
- Exodus 5:23 לְ/דַבֵּ֣ר prep + Piel inf.cs For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people; neither have you delivered your people at all."
- Exodus 6:2 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms God spoke to Moses, and said to him, "I am Yahweh;
- Exodus 6:9 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they didn't listen to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
- Exodus 6:10 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 6:11 דַבֵּ֔ר Piel impv 2ms "Go in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land."
- Exodus 6:12 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, "Behold, the children of Israel haven't listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, who am of uncircumcised lips?"
- Exodus 6:13 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a charge to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 6:27 הַֽ/מְדַבְּרִים֙ ptcl def.art + Piel ptcp.act mp These are those who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are that Moses and Aaron.
- Exodus 6:28 דִּבֶּ֧ר Piel pf 3ms It happened on the day when Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
- Exodus 6:29 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֧ר דַּבֵּ֗ר דֹּבֵ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Piel impv 2ms Qal ptcp.act ms that Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, "I am Yahweh. Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you."
- Exodus 7:2 תְדַבֵּ֔ר יְדַבֵּ֣ר Piel impf 2ms Piel impf 3ms You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
- Exodus 7:7 בְּ/דַבְּרָ֖/ם prep + Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
- Exodus 7:9 יְדַבֵּ֨ר Piel impf 3ms "When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, 'Perform a miracle!' then you shall tell Aaron, 'Take your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.'"
- Exodus 7:13 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as Yahweh had spoken.
- Exodus 7:22 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms The magicians of Egypt did in like manner with their enchantments; and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as Yahweh had spoken.
- Exodus 8:15 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart, and didn't listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.
- Exodus 8:19 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God:" and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as Yahweh had spoken.
- Exodus 9:1 וְ/דִבַּרְתָּ֣ conj + Piel pf 2ms Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
- Exodus 9:12 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he didn't listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken to Moses.
- Exodus 9:35 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms The heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he didn't let the children of Israel go, just as Yahweh had spoken through Moses.
- Exodus 10:29 דִּבַּ֑רְתָּ Piel pf 2ms Moses said, "You have spoken well. I will see your face again no more."
- Exodus 11:2 דַּבֶּר Piel impv 2ms Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold."
- Exodus 12:3 דַּבְּר֗וּ Piel impv 2mp Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, 'On the tenth day of this month, they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household;
- Exodus 12:25 דִּבֵּ֑ר Piel pf 3ms It shall happen when you have come to the land which Yahweh will give you, according as he has promised, that you shall keep this service.
- Exodus 12:31 כְּ/דַבֶּרְ/כֶֽם prep + Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 2mp He called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, "Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the children of Israel; and go, serve Yahweh, as you have said!
- Exodus 12:32 דִּבַּרְתֶּ֖ם Piel pf 2mp Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also!"
- Exodus 13:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 14:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 14:2 דַּבֵּר֮ Piel impv 2ms "Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal Zephon. You shall encamp opposite it by the sea.
- Exodus 14:12 דִּבַּ֨רְנוּ Piel pf 1cp Isn't this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, 'Leave us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians?' For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness."
- Exodus 14:15 דַּבֵּ֥ר Piel impv 2ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Why do you cry to me? Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward.
- Exodus 16:10 כְּ/דַבֵּ֤ר prep + Piel inf.cs It happened, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of Yahweh appeared in the cloud.
- Exodus 16:11 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 16:12 דַּבֵּ֨ר Piel impv 2ms "I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, 'At evening you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread: and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God.'"
- Exodus 16:23 דִּבֶּ֣ר Piel pf 3ms He said to them, "This is that which Yahweh has spoken, 'Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. Bake that which you want to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning."
- Exodus 19:6 תְּדַבֵּ֖ר Piel impf 2ms and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel."
- Exodus 19:8 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms All the people answered together, and said, "All that Yahweh has spoken we will do." Moses reported the words of the people to Yahweh.
- Exodus 19:9 בְּ/דַבְּרִ֣/י prep + Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever." Moses told the words of the people to Yahweh.
- Exodus 19:19 יְדַבֵּ֔ר Piel impf 3ms When the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice.
- Exodus 20:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms God spoke all these words, saying,
- Exodus 20:19 דַּבֵּר יְדַבֵּ֥ר Piel impv 2ms Piel juss 3ms They said to Moses, "Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don't let God speak with us, lest we die."
- Exodus 20:22 דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי Piel pf 1cs Yahweh said to Moses, "This is what you shall tell the children of Israel: 'You yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
- Exodus 23:22 אֲדַבֵּ֑ר Piel impf 1cs But if you indeed listen to his voice, and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries.
- Exodus 24:3 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms Moses came and told the people all the words of Yahweh, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, "All the words which Yahweh has spoken will we do."
- Exodus 24:7 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, "All that Yahweh has spoken will we do, and be obedient."
- Exodus 25:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 25:2 דַּבֵּר֙ Piel impv 2ms "Speak to the children of Israel, that they take an offering for me. From everyone whose heart makes him willing you shall take my offering.
- Exodus 25:22 וְ/דִבַּרְתִּ֨י conj + Piel wpf 1cs There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the testimony, all that I command you for the children of Israel.
- Exodus 28:3 תְּדַבֵּר֙ Piel impf 2ms You shall speak to all who are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron's garments to sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest's office.
- Exodus 29:42 לְ/דַבֵּ֥ר prep + Piel inf.cs It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tent of meeting before Yahweh, where I will meet with you, to speak there to you.
- Exodus 30:11 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 30:17 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 30:22 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Moreover Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 30:31 תְּדַבֵּ֣ר Piel impf 2ms You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'This shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations.
- Exodus 31:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 31:13 דַּבֵּ֨ר Piel impv 2ms "Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, 'Most assuredly you shall keep my Sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies you.
- Exodus 31:18 לְ/דַבֵּ֤ר prep + Piel inf.cs He gave to Moses, when he finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, stone tablets, written with God's finger.
- Exodus 32:7 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, "Go, get down; for your people, who you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves!
- Exodus 32:13 וַ/תְּדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 2ms Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.'"
- Exodus 32:14 דִּבֶּ֖ר Piel pf 3ms Yahweh repented of the evil which he said he would do to his people.
- Exodus 32:34 דִּבַּ֨רְתִּי֙ Piel pf 1cs Now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you. Behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless in the day when I punish, I will punish them for their sin."
- Exodus 33:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֨ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, "Depart, go up from here, you and the people that you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your seed.'
- Exodus 33:9 וְ/דִבֶּ֖ר conj + Piel wpf 3ms It happened, when Moses entered into the Tent, that the pillar of cloud descended, stood at the door of the Tent, and spoke with Moses.
- Exodus 33:11 וְ/דִבֶּ֨ר יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wpf 3ms Piel impf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. He turned again into the camp, but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, didn't depart out of the Tent.
- Exodus 33:17 דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ Piel pf 2ms Yahweh said to Moses, "I will do this thing also that you have spoken; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name."
- Exodus 34:29 בְּ/דַבְּר֥/וֹ prep + Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms It happened, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mountain, that Moses didn't know that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him.
- Exodus 34:31 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him; and Moses spoke to them.
- Exodus 34:32 דִּבֶּ֧ר Piel pf 3ms Afterward all the children of Israel came near, and he gave them all of the commandments that Yahweh had spoken with him on Mount Sinai.
- Exodus 34:33 מִ/דַּבֵּ֖ר prep + Piel inf.cs When Moses was done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.
- Exodus 34:34 לְ/דַבֵּ֣ר וְ/דִבֶּר֙ prep + Piel inf.cs conj + Piel pf 3ms But when Moses went in before Yahweh to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out; and he came out, and spoke to the children of Israel that which he was commanded.
- Exodus 34:35 לְ/דַבֵּ֥ר prep + Piel inf.cs The children of Israel saw Moses' face, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
- Exodus 40:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Leviticus 66 verses
- Leviticus 1:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֤ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh called to Moses, and spoke to him out of the Tent of Meeting, saying,
- Leviticus 1:2 דַּבֵּ֞ר Piel impv 2ms "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When anyone of you offers an offering to Yahweh, you shall offer your offering of the cattle, from the herd and from the flock.
- Leviticus 4:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 4:2 דַּבֵּ֞ר Piel impv 2ms "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'If anyone sins unintentionally, in any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and does any one of them:
- Leviticus 5:14 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 6:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 6:8 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 6:19 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 6:24 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 6:25 דַּבֵּ֤ר Piel impv 2ms "Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, 'This is the law of the sin offering: in the place where the burnt offering is killed, the sin offering shall be killed before Yahweh. It is most holy.
- Leviticus 7:22 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 7:23 דַּבֵּ֛ר Piel impv 2ms "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'You shall eat no fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat.
- Leviticus 7:28 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 7:29 דַּבֵּ֛ר Piel impv 2ms "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'He who offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to Yahweh shall bring his offering to Yahweh out of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.
- Leviticus 8:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 9:3 תְּדַבֵּ֣ר Piel impf 2ms You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'Take a male goat for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both a year old, without blemish, for a burnt offering;
- Leviticus 10:3 דִּבֶּ֨ר Piel pf 3ms Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what Yahweh spoke of, saying, "'I will show myself holy to those who come near me, And before all the people I will be glorified.'" Aaron held his peace.
- Leviticus 10:5 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms So they drew near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses had said.
- Leviticus 10:8 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Aaron, saying,
- Leviticus 10:11 דִּבֶּ֧ר Piel pf 3ms and that you are to teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Yahweh has spoken to them by Moses."
- Leviticus 10:12 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֨ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Moses spoke to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons who were left, "Take the meal offering that remains of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, and eat it without yeast beside the altar; for it is most holy;
- Leviticus 10:19 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֨ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Aaron spoke to Moses, "Behold, this day they have offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before Yahweh; and such things as these have happend to me: and if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been pleasing in the sight of Yahweh?"
- Leviticus 11:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֧ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
- Leviticus 11:2 דַּבְּר֛וּ Piel impv 2mp "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth.
- Leviticus 12:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 12:2 דַּבֵּ֞ר Piel impv 2ms "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'If a woman conceives, and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of her monthly period she shall be unclean.
- Leviticus 13:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
- Leviticus 14:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 14:33 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
- Leviticus 15:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
- Leviticus 15:2 דַּבְּרוּ֙ Piel impv 2mp "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When any man has a discharge from his body, because of his discharge he is unclean.
- Leviticus 16:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֤ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before Yahweh, and died;
- Leviticus 16:2 דַּבֵּר֮ Piel impv 2ms and Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron your brother, not to come at all times into the Most Holy Place within the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark; lest he die: for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat.
- Leviticus 17:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 17:2 דַּבֵּ֨ר Piel impv 2ms "Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them: 'This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded,
- Leviticus 18:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses,
- Leviticus 18:2 דַּבֵּר֙ Piel impv 2ms "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, 'I am Yahweh your God.
- Leviticus 19:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 19:2 דַּבֵּ֞ר Piel impv 2ms "Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, 'You shall be holy; for I Yahweh your God am holy.
- Leviticus 20:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 21:16 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 21:17 דַּבֵּ֥ר Piel impv 2ms "Say to Aaron, 'None of your seed throughout their generations who has a blemish, may approach to offer the bread of his God.
- Leviticus 21:24 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms So Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel.
- Leviticus 22:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 22:2 דַּבֵּ֨ר Piel impv 2ms "Tell Aaron and his sons to separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they make holy to me, and that they not profane my holy name. I am Yahweh.
- Leviticus 22:17 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 22:18 דַּבֵּ֨ר Piel impv 2ms "Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, 'Whoever is of the house of Israel, or of the foreigners in Israel, who offers his offering, whether it be any of their vows, or any of their freewill offerings, which they offer to Yahweh for a burnt offering;
- Leviticus 22:26 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 23:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 23:2 דַּבֵּ֞ר Piel impv 2ms "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'The set feasts of Yahweh, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts.
- Leviticus 23:9 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
About this entry
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דבר (dâbar) is a Hebrew verb most often rendered “to speak.” Translators differ — “spake” in the King James Version, then “spoke” (unfoldingWord Literal Text), as the renderings breakdown shows. With 1,049 verses in 36 books, it is one of the most common word in the Hebrew Bible. It first appears in Genesis 8:15. Read the stem: it spans 6 stems, including Qal and Niphal. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H1696 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 1,049
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 1,049 distinct verses.
- 36 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 36 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #33
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 33 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 1,049 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 1,049 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 486 verses · 46%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 389 verses · 37%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 174 verses · 17%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Spake 229×, Speak 139×, He spake 43×
- American Standard Version: Spake 240×, Speak 114×, He spake 44×
- Berean Standard Bible: Speak 126×, Said 120×, Spoke 72×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Spoke 232×, Speak 183×, And 143×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H1696 across 1,143 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 204 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H1696 across 1,137 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 244 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H1696 across 1,112 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 225 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 26 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H1696 across 1,330 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 112 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
24 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Pual (the passive of Piel) and Hithpael (reflexive or reciprocal).
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 24 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
Qal
- only inf. (once?) & pt.: Inf. sf. בְּדָרְרֶ֑ךָ (by attraction to בְּשָׁפְטֶ֑ךָ for usual Piel) ψ 51:6; Pt. דֹּבֵר Ex 6:29 + 30 times; pl. דֹּבְרִים Nu 36:5 ψ 109:20; cstr. דֹּבְרֵי ψ 5:7 + 3 times; f. דֹּבְרוֹת Nu 27:7 ψ 31:19; pass. דָּבֻר Pr 25:11;—speak, abs. Nu 27:7; 32:27; 36:5 (P) ψ 51:6 (?); דָּבָר דָּבֻר word spoken Pr 25:11; with acc. rei דֹּבֵר דָּבָר speaking a word Jb 2:13; אמת ψ 15:2, תמים Am 5:10, (מ) ישׁרים Pr 16:13; Is 33:15, צדק Is 45:19, שׁלום Est 10:3 ψ 28:3, שׁקר(ים) ψ 63:12; 101:7; Je 40:16, כזב ψ 5:7; 58:4, רע ψ 109:20, נבלה Is 9:16, הַוַּת נפשׁו Mi 7:3; with אֶל of person, unto Gn 16:13 (J) Ex 6:29 (P) Je 38:20; 40:16 Dn 10:11 Jon 3:2; בְּאָזְנֵי in the ears of Dt 5:1; Je 28:7; עַל concerning, about ψ 31:19; 109:20; Je 32:42 (sometimes rendered against, but dub.); עִם with ψ 28:3; הַמַּלְאָךְ הַדֹּבֵר בִּי the angel that spake with me (as a prophet, an instrument of communicating with Israel) Zc 1:9, 13, 14; 2:2, 7; 4:1, 4, 5; 5:5, 10; 6:4 (vid. prep. בְּ III. 2 Ew§ 217 f. (3)). e.g. Psalms 51:6
Niphal
- Pf. נִדְבְּרוּ Mal 3:16, נִדְבָּ֑רוּ ψ 119:23, נִדְבַּרְנוּ Mal 3:13; Pt. הַנִּדְבָּרִים Ez 33:30; reciprocal sense, speak with one another, talk, abs. Mal 3:16; with בְּ, against ψ 119:23; Ez 33:30; with עַל, concerning, about Mal 3:13 (RV against, vid. Ew § 217 i.) e.g. Malachi 3:16
Piel
- Pf. דִּבֶּר Gn 12:4 +, דִּבֵּ֑ר Gn 21:1 + (on דִּבֶּ֑ר Ex 12:25 Dt 26:19 v. Bö§ 1021 d (1) Köi 188); Impf. יְדַבֵּר Gn 44:7 +, יְדַבֶּר־ Gn 44:18 +; תְּדַבְּרוּן Gn 32:20, תְּדַבֵּר֑וּן ψ 58:2; Imv. דַּבֵּר Gn 24:38 +, דַּבֶּר־ Ex 11:2 +; Inf. דַּבֵּר Gn 24:50 +, דַּבֶּר־ Is 59:13 +; Pt. מְדַבֵּר Gn 27:6 +; f. מְדַבֶּרֶת 1 S 1:13 +;—(הַדִּבֵּר Je 5:13, inf. Ki 48, prob. Ol§ 182 e Kö§ 23 (5), perhaps MV; but more prob. a noun, as Ges§ 52 (2), Anm. 3 Ew§ 156 a, dub. pf. as Sta§ 222; בְּיוֹם דִּבֶּר Ex 6:28 Nu 3:1 Dt 4:15; תְּחִלַּת דִּבֶּר־ Ho 1:2, inf. Ki48 Bö§ 987 (7) Kö§ 23 (5); but more prob. pf., as Ges§ 52 (2), Anm. 3);—speak, e.g. Genesis 12:4
- 1. abs. Dt 18:17 + (throughout the literature) usually with לֵאמֹר, less freq. וַיֹּאמֶר: 2 K 18:28 +, cf. the phrases †דברתי (י׳) אני Ez 5:13 + 18 times Ez; †כי י׳ דבר Is 1:2; 21:17; 22:25; 24:3; 25:8; Je 13:15; Jo 4:8; Ob 18; †כי פי י׳ דבר Is 1:20; 40:5; 58:14; Mi 4:4; †פי ידבר ψ 49:4; †(י)דבר פי ψ 66:14; 145:21; †השׁכם ודבר Je 17:13; 25:3; 35:14; †עוד זה מדבר Jb 1:16, 17, 18. e.g. Deuteronomy 18:17
- 2. with acc. rei, very frequently, ד׳ את הדברים האלה Ex 20:1 Dt 5:19 +; לָמָּה תְּדַבֵּר עוֹד דְּבָרֶיךָ why speakest thou any more of thy affairs? 2 S 19:30; עַד אִם־דִּבַּרְתִּי דְּבָרָ֑י until I have told my errand Gn 24:33; seld. sq. דָּבָר indef.; as ד׳ דָּבָר Is 58:13 speak a (mere, empty) word; so prob. also ד׳ דְּבָרִים Ho 10:4; with other nouns, e.g. דבר קשׁות spake rough words Gn 42:7, 30 (E); ד׳ גבהה proud words 1 S 2:3; טבות friendly words Je 12:6; טוב 1 S 19:4 1 K 22:13 Est 7:9; שׁקר Is 59:3 +, כזב Dn 11:27, אמת Je 9:4 +, שׁוא ψ 12:3 +; דבר שׁיר utter, sing a song Ju 5:12; משׁל 1 K 5:12; יְהוּדִית the Jewish language Ne 13:24; †סרה rebellion Dt 13:6 Je 28:16; 29:32. e.g. Exodus 20:1
- 3. with persons:
- a. rarely acc. יָֽכְלוּ דַבְּרוֹ לְשָׁלֹם they could [not] speak unto him peaceably Gn 37:4 (J; but Ew§ 282 a about him); וַיְדַבֵּר … אֹתָם Nu 26:3 (P, but text corrupt vid. Di; no satisfactory explanation yet given, possibly read אִתָּם vid. d). e.g. Genesis 37:4
- b. most frequently with אֶל throughout the literature: Gn 8:15 +; cf. phrases וַיְדַבֵּר י׳ אֶל מֹשֶׁה לֵאמֹר Ex 6:10 + 87 times; P; but †וידבּר י׳ אל משׁה לך Ex 32:7; 33:1 (JE); דבּר אל אהרן Lv 6:18 + 8 times (P); דבר אל בני ישׂראל Ex 6:9 + 38 times (P); elsewhere, Ex 19:6 (E) Dt 1:3; 4:45 (D) ד׳ אל (כל) העדה Ex 12:3 Lv 19:2 Nu 16:24, 26 (P); ד׳ אל לב speak unto one’s heart Gn 24:45, i.e. to oneself, cf. also ד׳ על לִבָּהּ 1 S 1:13, v. 5 infr.; אל is used inexactly for על 1 S 3:12 1 K 16:12 Is 16:13 Je 27:13; 30:4; 33:14; 36:7, 31; 40:2; 50:1; 51:12, 62 where it is rendered concerning or against. e.g. Genesis 8:15
- c. with לְ, speak to 1 K 2:19 Ez 32:21 Dn 2:4; ליהוה speak, sing to Yahweh words of a song Jos 10:12 (D) 2 S 22:1 (= ψ 18:1 title); in D, דבר ל promise to, in phrases †כאשׁר דבר(י׳) ל Dt 1:11, 21; 6:3; 9:3; 10:9; 11:25; 12:20; 15:6; 18:2; 26:18; 27:3; 29:12 Jos 13:14, 33; 22:4; 23:5, 10 (all D); אשׁר דבר ל Dt 9:28 1 K 8:24, 25, 26 (= 2 Ch 6:15, 16, 17).—דבר ל Gn 24:7; 28:15; 49:28 Ex 32:34 (J) Jos 9;21 (P) Ju 14:7 2 S 23:3 Is 30:10 Zc 9:10 usually rendered speak to, but often rather promise to. הֲיֵשׁ לְדַבֶּר־לָךְ אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ is it possible to speak for thee unto the king? 2 K 4:13 (by attraction to לַעֲשׂוֹת לָךְ). e.g. 1 Kings 2:19
- d. with †אֵת speak with Gn 17:3, 22, 23; 21:2; 23:8; 34:6, 8; 35:13, 15 Ex 25:22; 31:18; 34:29, 33, 34, 35 Nu 3:1; 7:89 Jos 22:15, 21 (all P) Gn 35:14; 41:9; 42:7; 45:15 Jos 17:14 (all E) Dt 5:21; sources of S K Ch 2 S 3:27; 7:7 = 1 Ch 17:6 1 K 8:15 = 2 Ch 6:4 1 K 22:24 = 2 Ch 18:23 2 Ch 10:10 (= אל 1 K 12:10) Je 5:5; 7:22; 9:7; 35:2; 38:25 Ez 2:1; 3:22, 24, 27; 14:4; 20:3; 44:5 Dn 1:19 Zc 8:16; cf. phrases †דבר חד את אחד speak one with another Ez 33:30; †דבר משׁפטים את speak judgments with, usually = give judgment against, (not Je 12:1), Je 1:16; 4:12; 12:1; 39:5; 52:9 (= 2 K 25:6); דבר טבות את speak kindly with 2 K 25:28 = Je 52:32. e.g. Genesis 17:3
- e. c. †עִם speak with, (not P), Gn 29:9; 31:24, 29 Ex 19:9; 20:19(×2), 22; 33:9 Nu 11:17; 22:19 Jos 24:27 (all JE) Dt 5:4; 9:10 Ju 6:17 1 S 9:25 (𝔊 Th We Dr וַיִּרְבְּדוּ לְ spread a couch for) 17:23 2 S 13:22 1 K 1:14, 22 2 K 6:33; 18:26 2 Ch 9:1 (= אֶל 1 K 10:2) Ne 9:13 Est 6:14 Je 32:4 Dn 8:18; 9:22; 10:11, 15, 17, 19 Ho 12:5; דִּבַּרְתִּי אֲנִי עִם לִבִּי I Spake, communed with my heart Ec 1:16. e.g. Genesis 29:9
- f. †לִפְנֵי before, in the presence of Ex 6:12 Nu 36:1 (P) Ju 11:11 1 K 3:22 Est 8:3. e.g. Exodus 6:12
- 4. with בְּ:
- a. instrumental, דבר בְּ speak with, by, or by means of a person (vid. supr. Qal ad fin.) Nu 12:2(×2), 6, 8 (E) 2 S 23:2 (cf. Dr), 1 K 22:28 = 2 Ch 18:27, Hb 2:1; †דִּבֶּר בְּשֵׁם speak in the name of Ex 5:23 (J) Dt 18:19, 20(×2), 22 1 Ch 21:19 Je 20:9; 26:16; 29:23; 44:16 Dn 9:6 Zc 13:3; †ביד by the hand of Nu 17:5; 27:23 Jos 20:2 (P) 1 S 28:17 1 K 8:53 + 13 times K, 2 Ch 10:15 (= 1 K 12:15) Is 20:2 Je 37:2; 50:1 Ez 38:17. e.g. Numbers 12:2
- b. local (fig.), בְּאָזְנֵי in the ears of Gn 20:8 (E) Ex 11:2 Dt 32:44 (J) Gn 23:16 Nu 14:28 Jos 20:4 (P) Dt 31:28, 30 Ju 9:2, 3 1 S 8:21; 11:4; 25:24 2 S 3:19(×2) Je 26:15 Pr 23:9; †דבר בלב speak in the heart Ec 2:15. e.g. Genesis 20:8
- c. of the object, speak of, about (prep. בְּ IV. e Ew§ 217 f. (2)) Dt 6:7; 11:19 1 S 19:3, 4 ψ 119:46; 122:8; propose for (a wife) 1 S 25:39 cf. Ct 8:8). e.g. Deuteronomy 6:7
- d. of hostility, against (Ew§ 217 f. (1)) Nu 12:1, 8; 21:5, 7 (E) Jb 19:18 ψ 50:20; 78:19. e.g. Numbers 12:1
- e. of price, בְּנַפְשׁוֹ at the cost of his life 1 K 2:23 (vid. בְּ III. 3). e.g. 1 Kings 2:23
- 5. with †עַל, of the object concerning or about which one speaks Gn 18:19 Nu 10:29 (J) Jos 23:14 (D) Ju 9:3 1 S 25:30 1 K 2:4, 27; 5:13(×2); 14:2, 22:23 (= 2 Ch 18:22), 2 K 10:10, 19:21 = Is 37:22, 1 Ch 22:11 2 Ch 23:3 Je 1:16; 18:7, 8, 9; 42:19. It may have this sense in most if not all of the following, where RV renders 1 K 2:18, 19 Est 7:9 Je 18:20 for; 2 Ch 32:16 Ne 6:12 Je 11:17; 16:10; 25:13; 26:13, 19; 35:17 Ez 36:5 Dn 9:12; 11:36 Ho 7:13 Am 3:1 against; and 1 K 9:5 2 K 22:19 Je 10:1; 19:15 unto (על is used for אל unto 2 Ch 32:19 Je 6:10; 25:2; 26:2 Ho 12:11); cf. the phrase †דבר על לב speak upon the heart, speak kindly, comfort Gn 34:3; 50:21 (E) Ju 19:3 Ru 2:13, 1 S 1:13 (seemingly from context על for אל, to her heart, to herself, vid. Dr), 2 S 19:8 2 Ch 30:22; 32:6 Is 40:2 Ho 2:16. e.g. Genesis 18:19
- 6. with infin. †דבר לעשׂות promise to do Ex 32:14 (J) Dt 1:14 Ez 6:10 Jon 3:10; †דבר לתת promise to give Dt 19:8; †דבר למחות threaten to blot out 2 K 14:27; cf. †דבר להזהיר i.e. so as to warn Ez 3:18; 33:8. e.g. Exodus 32:14
- —וַתָּקָם וַתְּדַבֵּר אֶת־כָּל־זֶרַע הַמַּמְלָכָה 2 Ch 22:10 𝔊 ἀπώλεσε, 𝔙 interfecit, scribal error for וַתְּאַבֵּד 2 K 11:1. Other explanations: plot against, waylay (Arabic دَبَّرَ) Thes MV; pronounce sentence, ellipt. וַתְּדַבֵּר מִשְׁפָּטִים GesHdw Rob; but cf. VB— e.g. 2 Chronicles 22:10
Pual
- Impf. בַּיּוֹם שֶׁיְּדֻבַּר־בָּהּ in the day when she may be spoken for Ct 8:8 (vid. Pi. 4 c); Pt. נִכְבָּדוֹת מְדֻבָּר בָּךְ glorious things are being spoken in thee (RV Pe MV of thee) ψ 87:3. e.g. Song of Solomon 8:8
Hithpael
- Pt. מִדַּבֵּר = מִתְדַּבֵּר with acc. מִדַּבֵּר הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה speaking this word 2 S 14:13; שָׁמַע (אֵת הַקּוֹל) מִדַּבֵּר אֶל׳ heard (the voice, or) one speaking unto Nu 7:89 (P) Ez 2:2; 43:6 (Di Nu 7:89 would read מְדַבֵּר after 𝔊; the meaning not appreciably different from Piel; the Hithp. difficult to reconcile with אֶל). e.g. 2 Samuel 14:13
Hiphil
- Impf. וַיַּדְבֵּר עַמִּים תַּחְתָּי ψ 18:48 (2 S 22:48 has וּמֹרִיד for rare וַיַּדְבֵּר), יַדְבֵּר עַמִּים תַּחְתֵּינוּ 47:4; either (cf. Aramaic דַּבַּר) leads subject (so Ges coegit, De Now), or (cf. Arabic أَدْبَرَ turn the back, retreat) puts to flight, fig. for subdues (so Hi). e.g. Psalms 18:48
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
vb. speak (original meaning dub.; range in order Thes is conjectural and not comprehensive enough; treiben MV does not explain Arabic or Heb. usage, but only Aramaic A meaning go away, sustained by Arabic دَبَرَ بِهِ go away with it, would best explain the four branches of usage:—(1) Arabic دَبَرَ depart, perish, iv. retreat, fig. retrograde, decline; دَبْرٌ passing away, death; Assyrian dabâru, Pi. drive away, Bez Orient. Diplom. Vocab., Dibbara, pest-god, Hpt in KAT 2500, דֶּבֶר pestilence. (2) Arabic دَبَرَ follow behind, in time, place, or station; دَبْرٌ part behind, دُبُرٌ back, דְּבִיר hindmost chamber of temple. (3) Syriac ܕܒܰܪ lead, guide, cattle, sheep, government, take a wife, = Aramaic דְּבר; Syriac ܕܳܒܽܘܪܳܐ, Aramaic דַּבָּר leader; Syriac ܕܽܘܒܳܪܳܐ, Aramaic דַּבָּרָא guidance; Syriac ܕܰܒܪܳܐ Aramaic דַּבְרָא, Heb. דֹּבֶר; Syriac ܡܰܕܒܰܪ, Aramaic מַדְבְּרָא, Heb. מִדְבָּר pasture, wilderness; Arabic دِبْرٌ, Syriac ܕܶܒܘܽܪܻܝܬܳܐ, Aramaic דַּבַּרְתָּא, Heb. דְּבוֹרָה swarm of bees, may be in this line, as led by their queen, so Thes. (4) Arabic دَبَّرَ consider the end or issue (of an affair), relate (a story or tradition); دَبَّرَ فِى consider, دَبَّرَ عَلَى plan against; Ph. דבר speak; Heb. דִּבֶּר etc. Syn. of אָמַר say, as Aramaic מַלֵּל with אֲמַר; Gk. λαλεῖν, λέγειν; Lat. loqui, dicere; Germ. reden, sagen)—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
דָּבַר
- (b. h.) to join, arrange, lead (the flock); v. next w.
- (b. h.) to converse, speak. Ber. 31ᵇ, a. fr. דִּבְּרָה תורה כלשון ב"א the Torah speaks according to the language of men, i.e. uses metaphors and phrases adapted to human understanding. Sot. 12ᵇ שעתיד לְדַבֵּר וכ׳ destined to speak to Divinity. Ter. I, 2 חרש שדִּבְּרוּ … מְדַבֵּר wherever the scholars use the word ḥērēsh, they mean one who neither hears nor talks. Mekh. Bo 7, end, a. fr. או אינו מְדַבֵּר אלא ב־ or does perhaps the text speak only of—? [מְדַבֵּר as a noun, v. s. v.].
- to hold communion, converse. Mekh. Bo, introd. לא נ׳ עמו וכ׳ the Lord did not hold communion with him outside the capital of Egypt. Ib. fr.
- , same, esp. part. f. מִדַּבֶּרֶת being on terms of intimacy with a man. Keth. I, 8 ראוה מד׳ עם אחד (omit בשוק); expl. ib. 13ᵃ. Ib. VII, 6 מד׳ עם כל אדם she is intimate with everybody. Ib. לכשהיא מד׳ בתוך ביתה וכ׳ when her neighbors can hear her voice in moments of intimacy with her husband.
- to make submissive, persuade, v. דִּיבּוּר. Macc. 11ᵃ דִבֵּר לחוד יַדְבֵּר לחוד the Piel dibber has one meaning (speaking harshly), and the Hif. yadber another.
דְּבַר
- 1. to seize, take, lead, drive. Targ. Gen. XIX, 15; a. fr. (h. לקח).—Ib. XXXI, 18; a. fr. (h. נהג).
- 2. to conduct one’s self (cmp. נָהַג). Erub. 14ᵇ, a. e. פוק חזי מאי עמא ד׳ go out and see how the people conduct themselves (what the religious usage is). Koh. R. to IX, 10, v. כְּלוּם.
- 1. to lead, drive. Targ. O. Ex. III, 1 ed. Berl. (ed. דְּבַר). Ib. XIV, 21 (ed. דְּבַר, h. text ויולך). Targ. Ez. XVI, 12; a. e.—Keth. 62ᵇ sq. עד כמה קא מְדַבְּרַת אלמנות חיים how long yet wilt thou lead a life of living widowhood (separation from a living husband)?
- 2. to carry off. Targ. Ezek. XXXIII, 6; a. e.
- to take, lead. Targ. Is. XIV, 2; a. fr.—Bets. 21ᵇ אַדְבְּרֵיה וכ׳ took him out on a walk; ib. 29ᵃ. Y. Yeb. XIII, 13ᶜ bot. מַדְבְּרוּן לה גבר they introduce to her a suitor.
- 1. to be seized, taken away. Targ. Prov. XXIV, 11. Targ. Ez. XXXIII, 6. Targ. II Kings II, 9 sq.; a. e.
- 2. to conduct one’s self. Targ. Gen. XXXIII, 14 אֵידַבַּר ed. Berl. (h. text אתנהלה).
דָּבָר
- preced.)
- 1. word, utterance, command (cmp. דִּיבּוּר). B. Bath. 56ᵇ (ref. to Deut. XIX, 15) ד׳ ולא חצי ד׳ a statement (testimony) but not a partial statement. Mekh. Bo, introd. היה הד׳ לאהרן (Tanḥ. ib. 5 דבור) the word of the Lord came to &c.; a. fr.—דְּבַר תורה according to the Biblical law. Erub. 81; a. fr.—Pl. דְּבָרִים, constr. דִּבְרֵי. ד׳ תורה Biblical laws; ד׳ סופרים Rabbinical laws. Ib. Yeb. IX, 3; a. fr.—ד׳ קבלה prophetic exhortations or incidental utterances in other Biblical books than the Pentateuch. Ḥag. 10ᵇ; Nidd. 23ᵃ; a. e.—B. Mets. 49ᵃ; Bekh. 13ᵇ ד׳ יש בהם משום מחוסרי אמנה to word of mouth the rules concerning the faithless are applied, i.e. a verbal agreement is morally binding. B. Mets. 48ᵃ הנושא ונותן בד׳ וכ׳ he who contracts verbally has no legal claim. Ib. ד׳ ואיכא … קאי באבל he who retracts a verbal transaction with which a payment of money was connected, comes under the category of those against whom the words ‘but the scholars declared’ (ib. IV, 2) has been pronounced.—דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים the Book of Chronicles. Lev. R. s. 1. B. Bath. 14ᵇ.—דָּבָר אַחֵר (abbrev. ד"א) another interpretation (is this). Gen. R. s. 1, beg.; a. fr.—2) thing, affair, object, occurrence &c. Sot. 28ᵇ ד׳ שיש בו דעת לישאל an object which has sense to ask, i.e. a rational being, opp. ד׳ שאין וכ׳ dumb creatures &c.—Num. R. s. 11 ד׳ שבינך לבינו that which concerns only thy relation to God; v. בֵּין.—ד׳ שבממון a monetary affair. B. Mets. 94ᵃ; a. fr.—ד׳ הלמד מענינו a thing (law) derived from the context on the very subject. Sifra, introd.; a. fr.—ד׳ אחר (abbr. ד"א) something not to be named, a) idolatry. Men. XIII, 10 ואין צריך לומר לד"א much less priests who have been offering to idols; a. fr.—b) swine. Ber. 43ᵇ (prov.) תלה ליה קורא לד"א וכ׳ hang a palm shoot around the swine and it will follow its habits (of wallowing in the mud). Sabb. 129ᵃ sq.; a. e.—c) leprosy Ib. אי פגע בד"א קשה לד"א if he meets a swine (after blood letting), he is in danger of becoming a leper.—d) unchaste conduct, sexual intercourse, sodomy &c. Ib. 17ᵇ על בנותיהן משום ד"א ועל ד"א משום ד"א they forbade connection with their daughters on account of idolatry, and decreed something else (that a gentile child should be unclean as though afflicted with gonorrhœa) on account of sodomy. Ber. 8ᵇ צנועין בד"א chaste in marital life; a. fr.—Pl. as above.—בעל ד׳ the person to deal with, opponent, party. B. Mets. 14ᵃ לאו ב"ד דידי את I have nothing to do with thee; a. fr.—לא היו ד׳ מעולם there were no such things, I deny it outright. Shebu. 41ᵇ; a. fr.—ד׳ בגב, ד׳ בגו, v. גַּב, גֵּו. e.g. Deuteronomy 19:15
דֶּבֶר
- , esp. Targ. Ez. XXXIII, 6) death, pestilence. Ab. V, 8. Sabb. 33ᵃ; a. fr.—Esp. the plague of pestilence in Egypt. Ex. R. s. 12. Tanḥ. Vaëra 14; a. fr.
דַּבָּר
- (דבר) leader.—Pl. דַּבָּרִין. Snh. 8ᵃ ד׳ אחד וכ׳ a generation must have one leader, but not two.
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Forms in the corpus
The 370 distinct written forms H1696 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 310 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H1696, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- דבורה dᵉbôwrâh H1682 bee
- דביר dᵉbîyr H1687 holy of holies
- דבר dâbâr H1697 word
- דבר deber H1698 pestilence
- דבר dôber H1699 pasture
- דברה dôbᵉrâh H1702 raft
- דברה dabbârâh H1703 word
- מדבר midbâr H4057 wilderness
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 9 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 1,001 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 1,049 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 8:15
- Exodus 1:17
- Leviticus 1:1
- Numbers 1:1
- Deuteronomy 1:1
- Joshua 1:3
- Judges 1:20
- Ruth 1:18
- 1 Samuel 1:13
- 2 Samuel 2:27
- 1 Kings 1:14
- 2 Kings 1:3
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
