Hebrew word study
דָבַר H1696
- Transliteration
- dâbar
- Pronunciation
- daw-bar'
- KJV glosses
- 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.
Lexical summary
perhaps properly, to arrange
but used figuratively (of words), to speak
rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
perhaps properly, to arrange
but used figuratively (of words), to speak
rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information