Occurrences
Dôb occurs 12 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (3), 2 Samuel (1), 2 Kings (1), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (2), Lamentations (1), Hosea (1), Amos (1)
- 1 Samuel 17:34 — And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear (הַדּ֔וֹב), and took a lamb out of the flock:
- 1 Samuel 17:36 — Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear (הַדּ֖וֹב): and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
- 1 Samuel 17:37 — David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear (הַדֹּ֔ב), he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.
- 2 Samuel 17:8 — For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear (כְּדֹ֥ב) robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
- 2 Kings 2:24 — And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears (דֻּבִּים֙) out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
- Proverbs 17:12 — Let a bear (דֹּ֣ב) robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
- Proverbs 28:15 — As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear (וְדֹ֣ב); so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
- Isaiah 11:7 — And the cow and the bear (וָדֹב֙) shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
- Isaiah 59:11 — We roar all like bears (כַדֻּבִּים֙), and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
- Lamentations 3:10 — He was unto me as a bear (דֹּ֣ב) lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
- Hosea 13:8 — I will meet them as a bear (כְּדֹ֣ב) that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
- Amos 5:19 — As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear (הַדֹּ֑ב) met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.