H1696 · דָבַר

dâbar · daw-bar' · speak, say, talk

H1696 (dâbar, pronounced daw-bar') is the Hebrew word דָבַר in Strong’s dictionary: perhaps properly, to arrange. It appears 1142 times in 1049 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).

Strong’s entry

Original word: דָבַר (Hebrew)
Transliteration: dâbar
Pronunciation: daw-bar'
Derivation: a primitive root;
Definition: perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Rendered in the KJV: 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.

In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)

1142 occurrences in 1049 verses (1112 with English words of their own, 30 in the original with no English word of their own).

How the BSB renders it

“said” ×109
“spoke” ×50
“speak” ×48
“Speak” ×33
“has spoken” ×32
“have spoken” ×27
“speaking” ×27
“to speak” ×22

By book

Genesis 70 · Exodus 79 · Leviticus 66 · Numbers 111 · Deuteronomy 63 · Joshua 29 · Judges 27 · Ruth 3 · 1 Samuel 38 · 2 Samuel 32 · 1 Kings 67 · 2 Kings 43 · 1 Chronicles 9 · 2 Chronicles 29 · Ezra 1 · Nehemiah 3 · Esther 6 · Job 35 · Psalms 55 · Proverbs 10 · Ecclesiastes 5 · Song of Solomon 2 · Isaiah 46 · Jeremiah 103 · Ezekiel 63 · Daniel 16 · Hosea 7 · Joel 1 · Amos 3 · Obadiah 1 · Jonah 2 · Micah 3 · Habakkuk 1 · Zephaniah 1 · Zechariah 17 · Malachi 2

First 30 of 1049 verses

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