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Lexicon :: Strong's H1755 - dôr

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דּוֹר
Transliteration
dôr
Pronunciation
dore
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 418b

Strong’s Definitions

דּוֹר dôwr, dore; or (shortened) דֹּר dôr; from H1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling:—age, × evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 167x

The KJV translates Strong's H1755 in the following manner: generation (133x), all (18x), many (6x), miscellaneous (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 167x
The KJV translates Strong's H1755 in the following manner: generation (133x), all (18x), many (6x), miscellaneous (10x).
  1. period, generation, habitation, dwelling

    1. period, age, generation (period of time)

    2. generation (those living during a period)

    3. generation (characterised by quality, condition, class of men)

    4. dwelling-place, habitation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דּוֹר dôwr, dore; or (shortened) דֹּר dôr; from H1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling:—age, × evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity.
STRONGS H1755: Abbreviations
† I. דּוֺר, דֹּר noun masculineDeuteronomy 32:5 period, generation, dwelling (compare below verb above; also Late Hebrew דּוֺר, Aramaic (included Biblical Aramaic) H1859 דָּר, RxD, age, generation; Arabic دَوْرً gyrus, orbis, periodus; Sabean דר, one time, once, דרם דרם each once in a year DHM in MV) — absolute דּוֺר Genesis 7:1 + 68 times; דֹּר Exodus 3:15; + 36 times; construct דּוֺר Deuteronomy 32:20 + 7 times, דֹּר Exodus 3:15; suffix דּוֺרִי Isaiah 38:12, דּוֺרוֺ Isaiah 53:8; plural דּוֺרִים Psalm 72:5 + 2 times, דֹּרוֺת absolute Job 42:16; Isaiah 41:4; construct Judges 3:2; דּוֺרוֺת construct Isaiah 51:9, דֹּרֹת Genesis 9:12; suffix דֹּרֹתָיו Genesis 6:9; Leviticus 25:30, דּוֺרוֺתֵינוּ Joshua 22:27, דֹּרֹתֵינוּ Joshua 22:28, דּרֹתֵיכֶם Genesis 17:12 + 27 times, דֹּרֹתָם Genesis 17:7 + 10 times; —
1. period, age, generation, mostly poetic:
a. of duration in the past, former age(s) דּוֺרוֺת עוֺלָמִים Isaiah 51:9 (|| קדם ימי); שְׁנוֺת דֹּר וָדֹר Deuteronomy 32:7 (song; || ימות עולם); בְּדֹר וָדֹר Psalm 90:1 (compare Psalm 90:2); מוֺסְדֵי דּוֺרוָֿדוֺר Isaiah 58:12 (|| חרבות עולם); שֹׁמֲמוֺת דּוֺר וָדוֺר Isaiah 61:4 (|| id.)
b. usually of duration to come, future age(s), לְדֹר דֹּר Exodus 3:15 (E; || לעולם) compare Proverbs 27:24 Kt (Qr לְדוֺר וָדוֺר; || id.); מִדֹּר דֹּר Exodus 17:16 (E), = מִדּוֺר לָדוֺר Isaiah 34:10; לְדֹר וָדֹר Psalm 10:6; Psalm 33:11 (|| לעולם) Psalm 49:12; Psalm 79:13; Psalm 85:6; Psalm 102:13; Psalm 119:90; Psalm 135:13; Psalm 146:10; Joel 4:20 (all || id.); Psalm 89:2 (|| עולם) Psalm 89:5 (|| עדעֿולם) Psalm 106:31 (|| id.) Isaiah 34:17 (|| id.); Psalm 77:9 (|| לנצח); עַדדֹּֿר וָדֹר Psalm 100:5 (|| לעולם) Isaiah 13:20 (|| לנצח) Jeremiah 50:39 (|| id.); בְּכָלדֹּֿר וָדֹר Jeremiah 45:18 (|| לעולם ועד) compare Esther 9:28; שְׁנוֺתָיו כְּמוֺ דֹר וָדֹר Psalm 61:7 compare שְׁנֵי דּוֺר וָדוֺר Joel 2:2 (|| העולם); as modifying phrase מְשׂוֺשׂ דּוֺר וָדוֺר Isaiah 60:15 (|| נאון עולם); further דּוֺר דּוֺרִים Psalm 72:5; יְשׁוּעָתִי לְדוֺר דּוֺרִים Isaiah 51:8 (|| לעולם).
c. apparently including both past and future בְּדוֺר דּוֺרִים שְׁנוֺתֶיךָ Psalm 102:25; בְּכָל דּוֺר וָדֹר Psalm 145:13; לְדוֺר וָדוֺר Lamentations 5:19.
2. of men living at a particular time (period, age), generation, as transitory דּוֺר הֹלֵךְ וְדוֺר בָּא Ecclesiastes 1:4: specifically
a. in the present, and (or) the past Genesis 7:1 (J) Exodus 1:6 (P) Numbers 32:13 (JE) Deuteronomy 1:35; Deuteronomy 2:14; Judges 2:10 (twice in verse); Isaiah 53:8 (compare Che critical note) Jeremiah 2:31; also Psalm 95:10; Job 8:8; Isaiah 41:4.
b. Judges 3:2 (present & future); compare plural דֹּרֹתָיו Genesis 6:9 (i.e. his own Generation and those immediately contiguous, before and after).
c. especially of a future Generation Genesis 15:16 (JE), with numeral, compare Deuteronomy 23:3; Deuteronomy 23:4; Deuteronomy 23:9; also Deuteronomy 29:21; Psalm 48:14; Psalm 71:18; Psalm 78:4; Psalm 78:6; Psalm 102:19; Psalm 109:13; Joel 1:3 compare Psalm 22:31; Psalm 22:32 (Checritical note); of a succession of generations דּוֺר לְדוֺר יְשַׂבַּח מַעֲשֶׂיךָ Psalm 145:4; בְּכָלדּֿוֺר וָדוֺר Esther 9:28; usually plural לְדֹרֹת עוֺלָם Genesis 9:12 (P); with number לְאֶלֶף דּוֺר Psalm 105:8 (|| עולם) = 1 Chronicles 16:15 (|| לעולם); Deuteronomy 7:9; see further, of posterity, אַרְבָּעָה דֹּרוֺת Job 42:16; usually plural with suffix Genesis 17:7, 9, 12; Exodus 12:14, 17, 42; Exodus 16:32, 33; Exodus 27:21; Exodus 29:42; Exodus 30:8, 10, 21, 31; Exodus 31:13, 16; Exodus 40:15; Leviticus 3:17; Leviticus 6:11; Leviticus 7:36; Leviticus 10:9 (all P); Leviticus 17:7; Leviticus 21:17; Leviticus 22:3; Leviticus 23:14, 21, 31, 41, 43; Leviticus 24:3; Leviticus 25:30 (all H); Numbers 9:10; Numbers 10:8; Numbers 15:14, 15, 21, 23, 38; Numbers 18:23; Numbers 35:29; Joshua 22:27, 28 (all P).
3. generation characterized by quality or condition, class of men: דּוֺר עִקֵּשׁ crooked Generation Deuteronomy 32:5 (song) compare Deuteronomy 32:20; Psalm 78:8 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 7:29; of different classes of wicked, Proverbs 30:11, 12, 13, 14 compare Psalm 12:8; of the righteous, as a class Psalm 14:5; Psalm 24:6; Psalm 73:15 (בָּנֶיךָ דּוֺר) Psalm 112:2 (compare Psalm 22:31 MT, but < Che joins לדור to Psalm 22:32 compare above below 2c); so also דּוֺר אֲבוֺתָיו i.e. the dead Psalm 49:20 (so most; yet see below below 4).
4. dwelling-place, habitation Isaiah 38:12 compare דּוּר verb, so Saad Ki Ges De Che RVm (Ew life || חַיַּי); so also Psalm 49:20 De Witt, compare CheOP 479.
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Strong's Number H1755 matches the Hebrew דּוֹר (dôr),
which occurs 167 times in 127 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Deu 7:9–Psa 135:13)

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:9 -

“Know that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps his gracious covenant loyalty for a thousand generations with those who love him and keep his commands.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:2 -

“No one of illegitimate birth may enter the LORD’s assembly; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, may enter the LORD’s assembly.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:3 -

“No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the LORD’s assembly; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, may ever enter the LORD’s assembly.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:8 -

“The children born to them in the third generation may enter the LORD’s assembly.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:22 -

“Future generations of your children who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant country will see the plagues of that land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:5 -

His people have acted corruptly toward him;

this is their defect[fn] ​— ​they are not his children

but a devious and crooked generation.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:7 -

Remember the days of old;

consider the years of past generations.

Ask your father, and he will tell you,

your elders, and they will teach you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:20 -

He said, “I will hide my face from them;

I will see what will become of them,

for they are a perverse generation —

unfaithful children.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:27 -

“Instead, it is to be a witness between us and you, and between the generations after us, so that we may carry out the worship of the LORD in his presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and fellowship offerings. Then in the future, your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants, ‘You have no share in the LORD! ’

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:28 -

“We thought that if they said this to us or to our generations in the future, we would reply: Look at the replica of the LORD’s altar that our ancestors made, not for burnt offering or sacrifice, but as a witness between us and you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:10 -

That whole generation was also gathered to their ancestors. After them another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works he had done for Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:2 -

This was to teach the future generations of the Israelites how to fight in battle, especially those who had not fought before.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:15 -

Remember his covenant forever —

the promise he ordained for a thousand generations,

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:28 -

These days are remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim will not lose their significance in Jewish life[fn] and their memory will not fade from their descendants.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:8 -

For ask the previous generation,

and pay attention to what their ancestors discovered,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:16 -

Job lived 140 years after this and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:6 -

He says to himself, “I will never be moved —

from generation to generation I will be without calamity.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:7 -

You, LORD, will guard us;[fn]

you will protect us[fn] from this generation forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:5 -

Then[fn] they will be filled with dread,

for God is with those who are[fn] righteous.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:30 -

Their descendants will serve him;

the next generation will be told about the Lord.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:6 -

Such is the generation of those who inquire of him,

who seek the face of the God of Jacob.[fn]Selah

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:11 -

The counsel of the LORD stands forever,

the plans of his heart from generation to generation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:17 -

I will cause your name to be remembered for all generations;

therefore the peoples will praise you forever and ever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:13 -

note its ramparts; tour its citadels

so that you can tell a future generation:

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:11 -

Their graves are their permanent homes,[fn]

their dwellings from generation to generation,

though they have named estates after themselves.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:19 -

he will go to the generation of his ancestors;

they will never see the light.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:6 -

Add days to the king’s life;

may his years span many generations.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:18 -

Even while I am old and gray,

God, do not abandon me,

while I proclaim your power

to another generation,

your strength to all who are to come.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:5 -

May they fear you[fn] while the sun endures

and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:15 -

If I had decided to say these things aloud,

I would have betrayed your people.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:8 -

“Has his faithful love ceased forever?

Is his promise at an end for all generations?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:4 -

We will not hide them from their children,

but will tell a future generation

the praiseworthy acts of the LORD,

his might, and the wondrous works

he has performed.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:6 -

so that a future generation —

children yet to be born ​— ​might know.

They were to rise and tell their children

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:8 -

Then they would not be like their ancestors,

a stubborn and rebellious generation,

a generation whose heart was not loyal

and whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:13 -

Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture,

will thank you forever;

we will declare your praise

to generation after generation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:5 -

Will you be angry with us forever?

Will you prolong your anger for all generations?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:1 -

I will sing about the LORD’s faithful love forever;

I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations

with my mouth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:4 -

“‘I will establish your offspring forever

and build up your throne for all generations.’ ”Selah

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:1 -

Lord, you have been our refuge[fn]

in every generation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:10 -

For forty years I was disgusted with that generation;

I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray;

they do not know my ways.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:5 -

For the LORD is good, and his faithful love endures forever;

his faithfulness, through all generations.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:12 -

But you, LORD, are enthroned forever;

your fame endures to all generations.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:18 -

This will be written for a later generation,

and a people who have not yet been created will praise the LORD:

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:24 -

I say, “My God, do not take me

in the middle of my life![fn]

Your years continue through all generations.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:8 -

He remembers his covenant forever,

the promise he ordained

for a thousand generations —

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:31 -

It was credited to him as righteousness

throughout all generations to come.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:13 -

Let the line of his descendants be cut off;

let their name be blotted out in the next generation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:2 -

His descendants will be powerful in the land;

the generation of the upright will be blessed.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:90 -

Your faithfulness is for all generations;

you established the earth, and it stands firm.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:13 -

LORD, your name endures forever,

your reputation, LORD,

through all generations.


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