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).
Page 2 of 6 — showing verses 201–400 of 1,003 distinct verses where H1696 appears in the Piel stem, across 35 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Leviticus 66 verses
- Leviticus 23:23 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 23:24 דַּבֵּ֛ר Piel impv 2ms "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest to you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.
- Leviticus 23:26 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 23:33 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 23:34 דַּבֵּ֛ר Piel impv 2ms "Speak to the children of Israel, and say, 'On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tents for seven days to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 23:44 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Moses declared to the children of Israel the appointed feasts of Yahweh.
- Leviticus 24:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 24:13 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 24:15 תְּדַבֵּ֣ר Piel impf 2ms You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.
- Leviticus 24:23 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and they brought forth him who had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. The children of Israel did as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Leviticus 25:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֤ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses in Mount Sinai,
- Leviticus 25:2 דַּבֵּ֞ר Piel impv 2ms "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a Sabbath to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 27:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 27:2 דַּבֵּ֞ר Piel impv 2ms "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, 'When a man makes a vow, the persons shall be for Yahweh by your valuation.
Numbers 108 verses
- Numbers 1:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֨ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
- Numbers 1:48 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms For Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 2:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
- Numbers 3:1 דִּבֶּ֧ר Piel pf 3ms Now this is the history of the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Yahweh spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai.
- Numbers 3:5 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 3:11 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 3:14 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֤ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
- Numbers 3:44 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 4:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
- Numbers 4:17 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
- Numbers 4:21 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 5:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 5:4 דִּבֶּ֤ר Piel pf 3ms The children of Israel did so, and put them out outside of the camp; as Yahweh spoke to Moses, so did the children of Israel.
- Numbers 5:5 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 5:6 דַּבֵּר֮ Piel impv 2ms "Speak to the children of Israel: When a man or woman commits any sin that men commit, so as to trespass against Yahweh, and that soul is guilty;
- Numbers 5:11 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 5:12 דַּבֵּר֙ Piel impv 2ms "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: If any man's wife goes astray, and is unfaithful to him,
- Numbers 6:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 6:2 דַּבֵּר֙ Piel impv 2ms "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to Yahweh,
- Numbers 6:22 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 6:23 דַּבֵּ֤ר Piel impv 2ms "Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, 'This is how you shall bless the children of Israel.' You shall tell them,
- Numbers 7:89 לְ/דַבֵּ֣ר מִדַּבֵּ֣ר וַ/יְדַבֵּ֖ר prep + Piel inf.cs Hithpael ptcp.act ms conj + Piel wimpf 3ms When Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with Yahweh, he heard his voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the Testimony, from between the two cherubim: and he spoke to him.
- Numbers 8:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 8:2 דַּבֵּר֙ Piel impv 2ms "Speak to Aaron, and tell him, 'When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.'"
- Numbers 8:5 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 8:23 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 9:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
- Numbers 9:4 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Moses spoke to the children of Israel, that they should keep the Passover.
- Numbers 9:9 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 9:10 דַּבֵּ֛ר Piel impv 2ms "Say to the children of Israel, 'If any man of you or of your generations is unclean by reason of a dead body, or is on a journey far away, he shall still keep the Passover to Yahweh.
- Numbers 10:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 10:29 דִּבֶּר Piel pf 3ms Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which Yahweh said, I will give it you: come you with us, and we will do you good; for Yahweh has spoken good concerning Israel.
- Numbers 11:17 וְ/דִבַּרְתִּ֣י conj + Piel wpf 1cs I will come down and talk with you there: and I will take of the Spirit which is on you, and will put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you not bear it yourself alone.
- Numbers 11:24 וַ/יְדַבֵּר֙ conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Moses went out, and told the people the words of Yahweh: and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the Tent.
- Numbers 11:25 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was on him, and put it on the seventy elders: and it happened that when the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did so no more.
- Numbers 12:1 וַ/תְּדַבֵּ֨ר conj + Piel wimpf 3fs Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.
- Numbers 12:2 דִּבֶּ֣ר דִבֵּ֑ר Piel pf 3ms Piel pf 3ms They said, Has Yahweh indeed spoken only with Moses? Hasn't he spoken also with us? Yahweh heard it.
- Numbers 12:6 אֲדַבֶּר Piel impf 1cs He said, Hear now my words: if there be a prophet among you, I Yahweh will make myself known to him in a vision, I will speak with him in a dream.
- Numbers 12:8 אֲדַבֶּר לְ/דַבֵּ֖ר Piel impf 1cs prep + Piel inf.cs with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the form of Yahweh shall he see: why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?
- Numbers 13:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 14:17 דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ Piel pf 2ms Now please let the power of the Lord be great, according as you have spoken, saying,
- Numbers 14:26 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
- Numbers 14:28 דִּבַּרְתֶּ֖ם Piel pf 2mp Tell them, As I live, says Yahweh, surely as you have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you:
- Numbers 14:35 דִּבַּרְתִּי֒ Piel pf 1cs I, Yahweh, have spoken, surely this will I do to all this evil congregation, who are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
- Numbers 14:39 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֤ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Moses told these words to all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
- Numbers 15:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 15:2 דַּבֵּר֙ Piel impv 2ms Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, When you are come into the land of your habitations, which I give to you,
- Numbers 15:17 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 15:18 דַּבֵּר֙ Piel impv 2ms Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, When you come into the land where I bring you,
- Numbers 15:22 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms When you shall err, and not observe all these commandments, which Yahweh has spoken to Moses,
- Numbers 15:38 דַּבֵּ֞ר Piel impv 2ms Speak to the children of Israel, and bid those who they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put on the fringe of each border a cord of blue:
- Numbers 16:5 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֨ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms and he spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, In the morning Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him: even him whom he shall choose will he cause to come near to him.
- Numbers 16:20 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
- Numbers 16:23 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 16:24 דַּבֵּ֥ר Piel impv 2ms Speak to the congregation, saying, Get away from around the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
- Numbers 16:26 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֨ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms He spoke to the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins.
- Numbers 16:31 לְ/דַבֵּ֕ר prep + Piel inf.cs It happened, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground split apart that was under them;
- Numbers 16:36 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 16:40 דִּבֶּ֧ר Piel pf 3ms to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, who isn't of the seed of Aaron, comes near to burn incense before Yahweh; that he not be as Korah, and as his company: as Yahweh spoke to him by Moses.
- Numbers 16:44 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 16:47 דִּבֶּ֣ר Piel pf 3ms Aaron took as Moses spoke, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.
- Numbers 17:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 17:2 דַּבֵּ֣ר Piel impv 2ms Speak to the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods: write you every man's name on his rod.
- Numbers 17:6 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֨ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
- Numbers 18:8 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Aaron, I, behold, I have given you the charge of my heave-offerings, even all the holy things of the children of Israel; to you have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to your sons, as a portion forever.
- Numbers 18:25 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 18:26 תְּדַבֵּר֮ Piel impf 2ms Moreover you shall speak to the Levites, and tell them, When you take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall offer up a heave-offering of it for Yahweh, a tithe of the tithe.
- Numbers 19:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
- Numbers 19:2 דַּבֵּ֣ר Piel impv 2ms This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer without spot, in which is no blemish, [and] on which never came yoke.
- Numbers 20:7 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 20:8 וְ/דִבַּרְתֶּ֧ם conj + Piel wpf 2mp Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you, and Aaron your brother, and speak you to the rock before their eyes, that it give forth its water; and you shall bring forth to them water out of the rock; so you shall give the congregation and their cattle drink.
- Numbers 21:5 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms The people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loathes this light bread.
- Numbers 21:7 דִבַּ֤רְנוּ Piel pf 1cp The people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, because we have spoken against Yahweh, and against you; pray to Yahweh, that he take away the serpents from us. Moses prayed for the people.
- Numbers 22:7 וַ/יְדַבְּר֥וּ conj + Piel wimpf 3mp The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak.
- Numbers 22:8 יְדַבֵּ֥ר Piel impf 3ms He said to them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as Yahweh shall speak to me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.
- Numbers 22:19 דַּבֵּ֥ר Piel inf.cs Now therefore, please wait also here this night, that I may know what Yahweh will speak to me more.
- Numbers 22:20 אֲדַבֵּ֥ר Piel impf 1cs God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men are come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak to you, that shall you do.
- Numbers 22:35 אֲדַבֵּ֥ר תְדַבֵּ֑ר Piel impf 1cs Piel impf 2ms The angel of Yahweh said to Balaam, Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
- Numbers 22:38 דַּבֵּ֣ר אֲדַבֵּֽר Piel inf.cs Piel impf 1cs Balaam said to Balak, Behold, I have come to you: have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.
- Numbers 23:2 דִּבֶּ֣ר Piel pf 3ms Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram.
- Numbers 23:5 תְדַבֵּֽר Piel impf 2ms Yahweh put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.
- Numbers 23:12 לְ/דַבֵּֽר prep + Piel inf.cs He answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts in my mouth?
- Numbers 23:16 תְדַבֵּֽר Piel impf 2ms Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak.
- Numbers 23:17 דִּבֶּ֖ר Piel pf 3ms He came to him, and, behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said to him, What has Yahweh spoken?
- Numbers 23:19 וְ/דִבֶּ֖ר conj + Piel pf 3ms God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
- Numbers 23:26 דִּבַּ֤רְתִּי יְדַבֵּ֥ר Piel pf 1cs Piel impf 3ms But Balaam answered Balak, Didn't I tell you, saying, All that Yahweh speaks, that I must do?
- Numbers 24:12 דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי Piel pf 1cs Balaam said to Balak, Didn't I also tell your messengers who you sent to me, saying,
- Numbers 24:13 יְדַבֵּ֥ר אֲדַבֵּֽר Piel impf 3ms Piel impf 1cs If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the word of Yahweh, to do either good or bad of my own mind; what Yahweh speaks, that will I speak?
- Numbers 25:10 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 25:16 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 26:3 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֨ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
- Numbers 26:52 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 27:8 תְּדַבֵּ֣ר Piel impf 2ms You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.
- Numbers 27:15 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Moses spoke to Yahweh, saying,
- Numbers 27:23 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms and he laid his hands on him, and gave him a charge, as Yahweh spoke by Moses.
- Numbers 28:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 30:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֤ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded.
- Numbers 31:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 31:3 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֤ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm you men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Yahweh's vengeance on Midian.
- Numbers 32:31 דִּבֶּ֧ר Piel pf 3ms The children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As Yahweh has said to your servants, so will we do.
- Numbers 33:50 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֧ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
- Numbers 33:51 דַּבֵּר֙ Piel impv 2ms Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
- Numbers 34:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 34:16 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 35:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֧ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
- Numbers 35:9 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 35:10 דַּבֵּר֙ Piel impv 2ms Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
- Numbers 36:1 וַֽ/יְדַבְּר֞וּ conj + Piel wimpf 3mp The heads of the fathers' [houses] of the family of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spoke before Moses, and before the princes, the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel:
Deuteronomy 62 verses
- Deuteronomy 1:1 דִּבֶּ֤ר Piel pf 3ms These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
- Deuteronomy 1:3 דִּבֶּ֤ר Piel pf 3ms It happened in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the children of Israel, according to all that Yahweh had given him in commandment to them;
- Deuteronomy 1:6 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms Yahweh our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying, You have lived long enough in this mountain:
- Deuteronomy 1:11 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms Yahweh, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are, and bless you, as he has promised you!
- Deuteronomy 1:14 דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ Piel pf 2ms You answered me, and said, The thing which you have spoken is good [for us] to do.
- Deuteronomy 1:21 דִּבֶּ֨ר Piel pf 3ms Behold, Yahweh your God has set the land before you: go up, take possession, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you; don't be afraid, neither be dismayed.
- Deuteronomy 1:43 וָ/אֲדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 1cs So I spoke to you, and you didn't listen; but you rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh, and were presumptuous, and went up into the hill-country.
- Deuteronomy 2:1 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Yahweh spoke to me; and we compassed Mount Seir many days.
- Deuteronomy 2:17 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms that Yahweh spoke to me, saying,
- Deuteronomy 3:26 דַּבֵּ֥ר Piel inf.cs But Yahweh was angry with me for your sakes, and didn't listen to me; and Yahweh said to me, Let it suffice you; speak no more to me of this matter.
- Deuteronomy 4:12 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֧ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to you out of the midst of the fire: you heard the voice of words, but you saw no form; only [you heard] a voice.
- Deuteronomy 4:15 דִּבֶּ֨ר Piel pf 3ms Take therefore good heed to yourselves; for you saw no manner of form on the day that Yahweh spoke to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire.
- Deuteronomy 4:33 מְדַבֵּ֧ר Piel ptcp.act ms Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live?
- Deuteronomy 4:45 דִּבֶּ֤ר Piel pf 3ms these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spoke to the children of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt,
- Deuteronomy 5:4 דִּבֶּ֨ר Piel pf 3ms Yahweh spoke with you face to face on the mountain out of the midst of the fire,
- Deuteronomy 5:22 דִּבֶּר֩ Piel pf 3ms These words Yahweh spoke to all your assembly on the mountain out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. He wrote them on two tables of stone, and gave them to me.
- Deuteronomy 5:24 יְדַבֵּ֧ר Piel impf 3ms and you said, Behold, Yahweh our God has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God does speak with man, and he lives.
- Deuteronomy 5:26 מְדַבֵּ֧ר Piel ptcp.act ms For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
- Deuteronomy 5:27 תְּדַבֵּ֣ר יְדַבֵּ֜ר Piel impf 2ms Piel impf 3ms Go you near, and hear all that Yahweh our God shall say: and speak you to us all that Yahweh our God shall speak to you; and we will hear it, and do it.
- Deuteronomy 5:28 בְּ/דַבֶּרְ/כֶ֖ם דִּבְּר֣וּ דִּבֵּֽרוּ prep + Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 2mp Piel pf 3cp Piel pf 3cp Yahweh heard the voice of your words, when you spoke to me; and Yahweh said to me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken to you: they have well said all that they have spoken.
- Deuteronomy 5:31 וַ/אֲדַבְּרָ֣ה conj + Piel coh 1cs But as for you, stand you here by me, and I will speak to you all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
- Deuteronomy 6:3 דִּבֶּ֨ר Piel pf 3ms Hear therefore, Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.
- Deuteronomy 6:7 וְ/דִבַּרְתָּ֖ conj + Piel wpf 2ms and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
- Deuteronomy 6:19 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms to thrust out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has spoken.
- Deuteronomy 9:3 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms Know therefore this day, that Yahweh your God is he who goes over before you as a devouring fire; he will destroy them, and he will bring them down before you: so shall you drive them out, and make them to perish quickly, as Yahweh has spoken to you.
- Deuteronomy 9:10 דִּבֶּר֩ Piel pf 3ms Yahweh delivered to me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them [was written] according to all the words, which Yahweh spoke with you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.
- Deuteronomy 9:28 דִּבֶּ֣ר Piel pf 3ms lest the land whence you brought us out say, Because Yahweh was not able to bring them into the land which he promised to them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.
- Deuteronomy 10:4 דִּבֶּר֩ Piel pf 3ms He wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which Yahweh spoke to you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and Yahweh gave them to me.
- Deuteronomy 10:9 דִּבֶּ֛ר Piel pf 3ms Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers; Yahweh is his inheritance, according as Yahweh your God spoke to him.)
- Deuteronomy 11:19 לְ/דַבֵּ֣ר prep + Piel inf.cs You shall teach them your children, talking of them, when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
- Deuteronomy 11:25 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms There shall no man be able to stand before you: Yahweh your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you on all the land that you shall tread on, as he has spoken to you.
- Deuteronomy 12:20 דִּבֶּר Piel pf 3ms When Yahweh your God shall enlarge your border, as he has promised you, and you shall say, I will eat flesh, because your soul desires to eat flesh; you may eat flesh, after all the desire of your soul.
- Deuteronomy 13:2 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms and the sign or the wonder come to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, Let us go after other gods, which you have not known, and let us serve them;
- Deuteronomy 13:5 דִבֶּר Piel pf 3ms That prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death, because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to draw you aside out of the way which Yahweh your God commanded you to walk in. So shall you put away the evil from the midst of you.
- Deuteronomy 15:6 דִּבֶּר Piel pf 3ms For Yahweh your God will bless you, as he promised you: and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; and you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you.
- Deuteronomy 18:2 דִּבֶּר Piel pf 3ms They shall have no inheritance among their brothers: Yahweh is their inheritance, as he has spoken to them.
- Deuteronomy 18:17 דִּבֵּֽרוּ Piel pf 3cp Yahweh said to me, They have well said that which they have spoken.
- Deuteronomy 18:18 וְ/דִבֶּ֣ר conj + Piel wpf 3ms I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.
- Deuteronomy 18:19 יְדַבֵּ֖ר Piel impf 3ms It shall happen, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
- Deuteronomy 18:20 לְ/דַבֵּ֨ר לְ/דַבֵּ֔ר יְדַבֵּ֔ר prep + Piel inf.cs prep + Piel inf.cs Piel impf 3ms But the prophet, who shall speak a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who shall speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.
- Deuteronomy 18:21 דִבְּר֖/וֹ Piel pf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms If you say in your heart, How shall we know the word which Yahweh has not spoken?
- Deuteronomy 18:22 יְדַבֵּ֨ר דִבְּר֖/וֹ דִּבְּר֣/וֹ Piel impf 3ms Piel pf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms Piel pf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms when a prophet speaks in the name of Yahweh, if the thing doesn't follow, nor happen, that is the thing which Yahweh has not spoken: the prophet has spoken it presumptuously, you shall not be afraid of him.
- Deuteronomy 19:8 דִּבֶּ֖ר Piel pf 3ms If Yahweh your God enlarge your border, as he has sworn to your fathers, and give you all the land which he promised to give to your fathers;
- Deuteronomy 20:2 וְ/דִבֶּ֥ר conj + Piel wpf 3ms It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,
- Deuteronomy 20:5 וְ/דִבְּר֣וּ conj + Piel wpf 3cp The officers shall speak to the people, saying, What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
- Deuteronomy 20:8 לְ/דַבֵּ֣ר prep + Piel inf.cs The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, What man is there who is fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return to his house, lest his brother's heart melt as his heart.
- Deuteronomy 20:9 לְ/דַבֵּ֣ר prep + Piel inf.cs It shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of hosts at the head of the people.
- Deuteronomy 23:23 דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ Piel pf 2ms That which is gone out of your lips you shall observe and do; according as you have vowed to Yahweh your God, a freewill-offering, which you have promised with your mouth.
- Deuteronomy 25:8 וְ/דִבְּר֣וּ conj + Piel wpf 3cp Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him: and if he stand, and say, I don't want to take her;
- Deuteronomy 26:18 דִּבֶּר Piel pf 3ms and Yahweh has declared you this day to be a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments;
- Deuteronomy 26:19 דִּבֵּֽר Piel pf 3ms and to make you high above all nations that he has made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that you may be a holy people to Yahweh your God, as he has spoken.
- Deuteronomy 27:3 דִּבֶּ֛ר Piel pf 3ms and you shall write on them all the words of this law, when you are passed over; that you may go in to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
- Deuteronomy 27:9 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֤ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel, saying, Keep silence, and listen, Israel: this day you are become the people of Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 29:13 דִּבֶּר Piel pf 3ms that he may establish you this day to himself for a people, and that he may be to you a God, as he spoke to you, and as he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
- Deuteronomy 31:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֛ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.
- Deuteronomy 31:3 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms Yahweh your God, he will go over before you; he will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them: [and] Joshua, he shall go over before you, as Yahweh has spoken.
- Deuteronomy 31:28 וַ/אֲדַבְּרָ֣ה conj + Piel coh 1cs Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
- Deuteronomy 31:30 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Moses spoke in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were finished.
- Deuteronomy 32:1 וַ/אֲדַבֵּ֑רָה conj + Piel coh 1cs Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak; Let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
- Deuteronomy 32:44 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֛ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Joshua the son of Nun.
- Deuteronomy 32:45 לְ/דַבֵּ֛ר prep + Piel inf.cs Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel;
- Deuteronomy 32:48 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֤ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses that same day, saying,
Joshua 29 verses
- Joshua 1:3 דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי Piel pf 1cs Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread on, to you have I given it, as I spoke to Moses.
- Joshua 4:8 דִּבֶּ֤ר Piel pf 3ms The children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as Yahweh spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; and they carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
- Joshua 4:10 לְ/דַבֵּ֣ר prep + Piel inf.cs For the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan, until everything was finished that Yahweh commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hurried and passed over.
- Joshua 4:12 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms The children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spoke to them:
- Joshua 5:14 מְדַבֵּ֥ר Piel ptcp.act ms He said, No; but [as] prince of the host of Yahweh am I now come. Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said to him, What says my lord to his servant?
- Joshua 9:21 דִּבְּר֥וּ Piel pf 3cp The princes said to them, Let them live: so they became wood cutters and drawers of water to all the congregation, as the princes had spoken to them.
- Joshua 9:22 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, Why have you deceived us, saying, We are very far from you; when you dwell among us?
- Joshua 10:12 יְדַבֵּ֤ר Piel impf 3ms Then spoke Joshua to Yahweh in the day when Yahweh delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand you still on Gibeon; You, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.
- Joshua 11:23 דִּבֶּ֣ר Piel pf 3ms So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. The land had rest from war.
- Joshua 13:14 דִּבֶּר Piel pf 3ms Only to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance; the offerings of Yahweh, the God of Israel, made by fire are his inheritance, as he spoke to him.
- Joshua 13:33 דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance: Yahweh, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he spoke to them.
- Joshua 14:6 דִּבֶּ֨ר Piel pf 3ms Then the children of Judah drew near to Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, You know the thing that Yahweh spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning you in Kadesh-barnea.
- Joshua 14:10 דִּבֵּר֒ דִּבֶּ֨ר Piel pf 3ms Piel pf 3ms Now, behold, Yahweh has kept me alive, as he spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that Yahweh spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness: and now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old.
- Joshua 14:12 דִּבֶּ֥ר דִּבֶּ֥ר Piel pf 3ms Piel pf 3ms Now therefore give me this hill-country, of which Yahweh spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and cities great and fortified: it may be that Yahweh will be with me, and I shall drive them out, as Yahweh spoke.
- Joshua 17:14 וַֽ/יְדַבְּרוּ֙ conj + Piel wimpf 3mp The children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why have you given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great people, because hitherto Yahweh has blessed me?
- Joshua 20:1 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Joshua, 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)—
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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.
