Hebrew word study
דָבַרdâbar — perhaps properly, to arrange
Pronounced “daw-bar'”
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Translated in the King James as: 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.
Appears 1,132 times in Scripture
Origin: a primitive root;
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Genesis — 73×
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Exodus — 87×
Leviticus — 66×
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Numbers — 119×
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Deuteronomy — 69×
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Joshua — 31×
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Judges — 26×
1 Samuel — 41×
2 Samuel — 38×
1 Kings — 75×
2 Kings — 48×
1 Chronicles — 10×
2 Chronicles — 34×
Ezra — 1×
Nehemiah — 4×
Esther — 7×
Job — 39×
Psalms — 59×
Psalms 2:5Psalms 5:6Psalms 12:2Psalms 12:3Psalms 15:2Psalms 17:10Psalms 18:1Psalms 18:47Psalms 28:3Psalms 31:18Psalms 34:13Psalms 35:20Psalms 37:30Psalms 38:12Psalms 39:3Psalms 40:5Psalms 41:6Psalms 47:3Psalms 49:3Psalms 50:1Psalms 50:7Psalms 50:20Psalms 51:4Psalms 52:3Psalms 58:1+ 34 more in Psalms
Proverbs — 10×
Ecclesiastes — 5×
Isaiah — 49×
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Jeremiah — 112×
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Ezekiel — 67×
Ezekiel 1:28Ezekiel 2:1Ezekiel 2:2Ezekiel 2:7Ezekiel 2:8Ezekiel 3:1Ezekiel 3:4Ezekiel 3:10Ezekiel 3:11Ezekiel 3:18Ezekiel 3:22Ezekiel 3:24Ezekiel 3:27Ezekiel 5:13Ezekiel 5:15Ezekiel 5:17Ezekiel 6:10Ezekiel 10:5Ezekiel 11:25Ezekiel 12:23Ezekiel 12:25Ezekiel 12:28Ezekiel 13:7Ezekiel 13:8Ezekiel 14:4+ 42 more in Ezekiel
Daniel — 19×
Joel — 1×
Obadiah — 1×
Jonah — 2×
Micah — 3×
Habakkuk — 1×
Zephaniah — 1×
Zechariah — 17×
Malachi — 2×
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