'Answer' in the Bible

And Ish-bosheth could not say another word to Abner, because he was afraid of him.

“They looked, but there was no savior for them—Even to the Lord [they looked], but He did not answer them.

So Gad came to David and told him, and said to him, “Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your enemies as they pursue you? Or shall there be three days of pestilence (plague) in your land? Now consider this and decide what answer I shall return to Him who sent me.”