Strong's Concordance H1696

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

Usages throughout the bible

1 Kings 12:10 - And the young men that were grown up with him spake H1696 unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake H1696 unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say H1696 unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.

1 Kings 12:12 - So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, H1696 saying, Come to me again the third day.

1 Kings 12:14 - And spake H1696 to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

1 Kings 12:15 - Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake H1696 by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

1 Kings 13:3 - And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; H1696 Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

1 Kings 13:7 - And the king said H1696 unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.

1 Kings 13:11 - Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken H1696 unto the king, them they told also to their father.

1 Kings 13:12 - And their father said H1696 unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.

1 Kings 13:18 - He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake H1696 unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.

1 Kings 13:22 - But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the LORD did say H1696 to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.

1 Kings 13:25 - And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told H1696 it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

1 Kings 13:26 - And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake H1696 unto him.

1 Kings 13:27 - And he spake H1696 to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.

1 Kings 14:2 - And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told H1696 me that I should be king over this people.

1 Kings 14:5 - And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say H1696 unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.

1 Kings 14:11 - Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken H1696 it.

1 Kings 14:18 - And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake H1696 by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.

1 Kings 15:29 - And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake H1696 by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:

1 Kings 16:12 - Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake H1696 against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,

1 Kings 16:34 - In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake H1696 by Joshua the son of Nun.

1 Kings 17:16 - And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake H1696 by Elijah.

1 Kings 20:11 - And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell H1696 him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.

1 Kings 21:2 - And Ahab spake H1696 unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.

1 Kings 21:4 - And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken H1696 to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

1 Kings 21:5 - But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said H1696 unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?

1 Kings 21:6 - And he said H1696 unto her, Because I spake H1696 unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.

1 Kings 21:19 - And thou shalt speak H1696 unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak H1696 unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

1 Kings 21:23 - And of Jezebel also spake H1696 the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.

2 Kings 1:3 - But the angel of the LORD said H1696 to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say H1696 unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?

2 Kings 1:6 - And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say H1696 unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

2 Kings 1:7 - And he said H1696 unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told H1696 you these words?

2 Kings 1:9 - Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake H1696 unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, H1696 Come down.

2 Kings 1:10 - And Elijah answered and said H1696 to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

2 Kings 1:11 - Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said H1696 unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.

2 Kings 1:12 - And Elijah answered and said H1696 unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

2 Kings 1:13 - And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said H1696 unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.

2 Kings 1:15 - And the angel of the LORD said H1696 unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.

2 Kings 1:16 - And he said H1696 unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

2 Kings 1:17 - So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. H1696 And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.

2 Kings 2:11 - And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, H1696 that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

2 Kings 2:22 - So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake. H1696

2 Kings 4:13 - And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken H1696 for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.

2 Kings 4:17 - And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said H1696 unto her, according to the time of life.

2 Kings 5:4 - And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said H1696 the maid that is of the land of Israel.

2 Kings 5:13 - And his servants came near, and spake H1696 unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid H1696 thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?

2 Kings 6:12 - And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest H1696 in thy bedchamber.

2 Kings 6:33 - And while he yet talked H1696 with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?

2 Kings 7:17 - And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, H1696 who spake H1696 when the king came down to him.

2 Kings 7:18 - And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken H1696 to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:

2 Kings 8:1 - Then spake H1696 Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.