'Answer' in the Bible

And he could no longer answer Abner a word, because he was afraid of him.

“They looked, but there was none to save;Even to the Lord, 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 foes while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days’ pestilence in your land? Now consider and see what answer I shall return to Him who sent me.”