Dôwd — H1730
H1730 · Hebrew — דוד
Pronunciation: dode
Other spellings: dôd דֹּד
Definition
masculine noun
(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
- beloved, love, uncle
- loved one, beloved
- uncle
- love (pl. abstract)
Usually translated as
beloved, uncle, love, father's brother, wellbeloved
Origin
or (shortened) dôd; from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e.
Greek equivalents
Occurrences
Dôwd occurs 61 times in 53 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (3), Numbers (1), 1 Samuel (4), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Esther (2), Proverbs (1), Song of Songs (32), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (4), Ezekiel (2), Amos (1)
- Leviticus 10:4 — And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle (דֹּ֣ד) of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.
- Leviticus 20:20 — And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his uncle’s (דֹּד֖וֹ) nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
- Leviticus 25:49 — Either his uncle (דֹד֞וֹ), or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.
- Leviticus 25:49 — Either his uncle, or his uncle’s (דֹּדוֹ֙) son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.
- Numbers 36:11 — For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father’s brothers (דֹדֵיהֶ֖ן)’ sons:
- 1 Samuel 10:14 — And Saul’s uncle (דּ֨וֹד) said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel.
- 1 Samuel 10:15 — And Saul’s uncle (דּ֣וֹד) said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.
- 1 Samuel 10:16 — And Saul said unto his uncle (דּוֹד֔וֹ), He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not.
- 1 Samuel 14:50 — And the name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle (דּ֥וֹד).
- 2 Kings 24:17 — And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother (דֹד֖וֹ) king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
- 1 Chronicles 27:32 — Also Jonathan David’s uncle (דּוֹד) was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons:
- Esther 2:7 — And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s (דֹּד֔וֹ) daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
- Esther 2:15 — Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle (דֹּ֣ד) of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
- Proverbs 7:18 — Come, let us take our fill of love (דֹ֭דִים) until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
- Song of Songs 1:2 — Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love (דֹּדֶ֖יךָ) is better than wine.
- Song of Songs 1:4 — Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love (דֹדֶ֙יךָ֙) more than wine: the upright love thee.
- Song of Songs 1:13 — A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved (דּוֹדִי֙) unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
- Song of Songs 1:14 — My beloved (דּוֹדִי֙) is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi.
- Song of Songs 1:16 — Behold, thou art fair, my beloved (דוֹדִי֙), yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
- Song of Songs 2:3 — As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved (דּוֹדִ֖י) among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
- Song of Songs 2:8 — The voice of my beloved (דּוֹדִ֔י)! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
- Song of Songs 2:9 — My beloved (דוֹדִי֙) is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
- Song of Songs 2:10 — My beloved (דוֹדִ֖י) spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
- Song of Songs 2:16 — My beloved (דּוֹדִ֥י) is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
- Song of Songs 2:17 — Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved (דוֹדִ֜י), and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
- Song of Songs 4:10 — How fair is thy love (דֹדַ֖יִךְ), my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
- Song of Songs 4:10 — How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love (דֹדַ֙יִךְ֙) than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
- Song of Songs 4:16 — Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved (דוֹדִי֙) come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
- Song of Songs 5:1 — I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved (דּוֹדִֽים).
- Song of Songs 5:2 — I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved (דּוֹדִ֣י) that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
- Song of Songs 5:4 — My beloved (דּוֹדִ֗י) put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.
- Song of Songs 5:5 — I rose up to open to my beloved (לְדוֹדִ֑י); and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
- Song of Songs 5:6 — I opened to my beloved (לְדוֹדִ֔י); but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
- Song of Songs 5:6 — I opened to my beloved; but my beloved (וְדוֹדִ֖י) had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
- Song of Songs 5:8 — I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved (דּוֹדִ֔י), that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
- Song of Songs 5:9 — What is thy beloved (דּוֹדֵ֣ךְ) more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
- Song of Songs 5:9 — What is thy beloved more than another beloved (מִדּ֔וֹד), O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
- Song of Songs 5:9 — What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved (דּוֹדֵ֣ךְ) more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
- Song of Songs 5:9 — What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved (מִדּ֔וֹד), that thou dost so charge us?
- Song of Songs 5:10 — My beloved (דּוֹדִ֥י) is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
- Song of Songs 5:16 — His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved (דוֹדִי֙), and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
- Song of Songs 6:1 — Whither is thy beloved (דּוֹדֵ֔ךְ) gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.
- Song of Songs 6:1 — Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved (דוֹדֵ֔ךְ) turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.
- Song of Songs 6:2 — My beloved (דּוֹדִי֙) is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
- Song of Songs 6:3 — I am my beloved’s (לְדוֹדִי֙), and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
- Song of Songs 6:3 — I am my beloved’s, and my beloved (וְדוֹדִ֣י) is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
- Song of Songs 7:9 — And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved (לְדוֹדִ֖י), that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.
- Song of Songs 7:10 — I am my beloved’s (לְדוֹדִ֔י), and his desire is toward me.
- Song of Songs 7:11 — Come, my beloved (דוֹדִי֙), let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.
- Song of Songs 7:12 — Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves (דֹּדַ֖י).
Strong's Lexicon — D