Dôwr — H1756

Definition

locative proper noun

Dor, a place in Palestine

1. Dor = "generation"
2. a coastal city in Manasseh, south of Carmel

Usually translated as

Dor

Origin

or (by permutation) Dôʼr; (Joshua 17:11; 1 Kings 4:11), from H1755; dwelling

• Derived from Dôwr (H1755)

Occurrences

Dôwr occurs 7 times in 6 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (3), Judges (1), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1)

• Joshua 11:2 — And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor (דּ֖וֹר) on the west,
• Joshua 12:23 — The king of Dor (דּ֛וֹר) in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
• Joshua 12:23 — The king of Dor in the coast of Dor (דּ֖וֹר), one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
• Joshua 17:11 — And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor (דֹ֣אר) and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.
• Judges 1:27 — Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor (ד֜וֹר) and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
• 1 Kings 4:11 — The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor (דֹּ֑אר); which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
• 1 Chronicles 7:29 — And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor (דּ֣וֹר) and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.