דָבַר

Strong’s Definition

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

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.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing
• 2.(qal) to speak
• 3.(niphal) to speak with one another, talk
• 4.(piel)
• 5.(pual) to be spoken
• 6.(hithpael) to speak
• 7.(hiphil) to lead away, put to flight

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: dâbar; Pronunciation: daw-bar'