Dôʼêg — H1673

Definition

masculine proper noun

Doeg, an Edomite

1. Doeg = "fearing"
2. an Edomite, chief of Saul's herdsmen, who slew all the priests

Usually translated as

Doeg

Origin

or (fully) Dôwʼêg; active participle of H1672; anxious

• Dâʼag (H1672)

Occurrences

Dôʼêg occurs 5 times in 4 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (4)

• 1 Samuel 21:7 — Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg (דֹּאֵ֣ג), an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.
• 1 Samuel 22:9 — Then answered Doeg (דֹּאֵ֣ג) the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
• 1 Samuel 22:18 — And the king said to Doeg (לְדוֹאֵ֔ג), Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
• 1 Samuel 22:18 — And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg (דּוֹאֵ֣ג) the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
• 1 Samuel 22:22 — And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg (דּוֹאֵ֣ג) the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father’s house.