The meaning of “דָבַר”
Understanding dâbar reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spoke...
דָבַר
answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work. - perhaps properly, to arrange - but used figuratively (of words), to speak - rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue 1) to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing 1a) (Qal) to speak 1b) (Niphal) to speak with one another, talk 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to speak 1c2) to promise 1d) (Pual) to be spoken 1e) (Hithpael) to speak 1f) (Hiphil) to lead away, put to flight
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 31:24 | “And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.” Word: דָבַר (dâbar) | |
| Ruth 2:13 | “Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.” Word: דָבַר (dâbar) | |
| Ezra 8:17 | “And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.” Word: דָבַר (dâbar) | |
| Song of Solomon 8:8 | “We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?” Word: דָבַר (dâbar) | |
| Amos 3:8 | “The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?” Word: דָבַר (dâbar) |
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