Strong's Concordance H1696

Original Word: דָבַר
Transliteration: dâbar
Phonetic Spelling: daw-bar'
a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue; answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, × well, × work.

Usages throughout the bible

2 Samuel 13:36 - And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, H1696 that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.

2 Samuel 14:3 - And come to the king, and speak H1696 on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

2 Samuel 14:10 - And the king said, Whosoever saith H1696 ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.

2 Samuel 14:12 - Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak H1696 one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on. H1696

2 Samuel 14:13 - And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak H1696 this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.

2 Samuel 14:15 - Now therefore that I am come to speak H1696 of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak H1696 unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.

2 Samuel 14:18 - Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak. H1696

2 Samuel 14:19 - And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: H1696 for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:

2 Samuel 17:6 - And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken H1696 after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak H1696 thou.

2 Samuel 19:7 - Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak H1696 comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.

2 Samuel 19:11 - And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak H1696 unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.

2 Samuel 19:29 - And the king said unto him, Why speakest H1696 thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

2 Samuel 20:16 - Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak H1696 with thee.

2 Samuel 20:18 - Then she spake, saying, They were wont H1696 to speak H1696 in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.

2 Samuel 22:1 - And David spake H1696 unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:

2 Samuel 23:2 - The Spirit of the LORD spake H1696 by me, and his word was in my tongue.

2 Samuel 23:3 - The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake H1696 to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

2 Samuel 24:12 - Go and say unto David, Thus saith H1696 the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

1 Kings 1:14 - Behold, while thou yet talkest H1696 there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.

1 Kings 1:22 - And, lo, while she yet talked H1696 with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.

1 Kings 1:42 - And while he yet spake, H1696 behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.

1 Kings 2:4 - That the LORD may continue his word which he spake H1696 concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

1 Kings 2:14 - He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on. H1696

1 Kings 2:16 - And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on. H1696

1 Kings 2:18 - And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak H1696 for thee unto the king.

1 Kings 2:19 - Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak H1696 unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

1 Kings 2:23 - Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken H1696 this word against his own life.

1 Kings 2:24 - Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, H1696 Adonijah shall be put to death this day.

1 Kings 2:27 - So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake H1696 concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

1 Kings 2:30 - And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said H1696 Joab, and thus he answered me.

1 Kings 2:31 - And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, H1696 and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.

1 Kings 2:38 - And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, H1696 so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

1 Kings 3:22 - And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake H1696 before the king.

1 Kings 4:32 - And he spake H1696 three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.

1 Kings 4:33 - And he spake H1696 of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake H1696 also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

1 Kings 5:5 - And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake H1696 unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.

1 Kings 5:12 - And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised H1696 him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.

1 Kings 6:12 - Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake H1696 unto David thy father:

1 Kings 8:15 - And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake H1696 with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

1 Kings 8:20 - And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, H1696 and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, H1696 and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

1 Kings 8:24 - Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst H1696 him: thou spakest H1696 also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.

1 Kings 8:25 - Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst H1696 him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.

1 Kings 8:26 - And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest H1696 unto thy servant David my father.

1 Kings 8:53 - For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest H1696 by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.

1 Kings 8:56 - Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: H1696 there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised H1696 by the hand of Moses his servant.

1 Kings 9:5 - Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised H1696 to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.

1 Kings 10:2 - And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed H1696 with him of all that was in her heart.

1 Kings 12:3 - That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake H1696 unto Rehoboam, saying,

1 Kings 12:7 - And they spake H1696 unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak H1696 good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.

1 Kings 12:9 - And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken H1696 to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?