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Lexicon :: Strong's H1730 - dôḏ

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דּוֹד
Transliteration
dôḏ
Pronunciation
dode
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning properly, to boil
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 410a

Strong’s Definitions

דּוֹד dôwd, dode; or (shortened) דֹּד dôd; from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e. (figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle:—(well-) beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 61x

The KJV translates Strong's H1730 in the following manner: beloved (34x), uncle (16x), love(s) (8x), father's brother (2x), wellbeloved (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 61x
The KJV translates Strong's H1730 in the following manner: beloved (34x), uncle (16x), love(s) (8x), father's brother (2x), wellbeloved (1x).

  1. beloved, love, uncle

    1. loved one, beloved

    2. uncle

    3. love (pl. abstract)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דּוֹד dôwd, dode; or (shortened) דֹּד dôd; from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e. (figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle:—(well-) beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.
STRONGS H1730: Abbreviations
† דּוֺד noun masculineSongs 1:2 beloved, love (plural), uncle (Late Hebrew id., Syriac DxD, axDxD; Assyrian dâdu DlHA 19) — absolute דּוֺד Songs 5:9 (twice in verse); construct דּוֺד 1 Samuel 10:14 3 times; דֹּד Leviticus 10:4; Esther 2:15; suffix דּוֺדִי Isaiah 5:1 (but compare below) + 26 times all Songs; דֹּדִי Jeremiah 32:8 2 times; דֹּדְךָ Jeremiah 32:7; דּוֺדֵךְ Songs 5:9 (twice in verse) + 2 times; דּוֺדוֺ Amos 6:10; 1 Samuel 10:16, דֹּדוֺ Leviticus 20:20 4 times; דּוֺדָהּ Songs 8:5; plural דּוֺדִים Songs 5:1; דֹּדִים Proverbs 7:18; Ezekiel 16:8; Ezekiel 23:17; plural suffix דֹּדַי Cant 7:13; דֹּדֶיךָ Songs 1:2,4; דֹּדַיִךְ Songs 4:10 (twice in verse); דֹּדֵיהֶן Numbers 36:11 —
1. most often loved one, beloved (lover, betrothed) Songs 1:13,14,16; Songs 2:3,8,9,10,16,17; Songs 4:16; Songs 5:2,4,5,6 (twice in verse); Songs 5:8,9 (twice in verse); Songs 5:10,16; Songs 6:1 (twice in verse); Songs 6:2,3(twice in verse); Songs 7:10; Songs 7:11; Songs 7:12; Songs 7:14; Songs 8:5; Songs 8:14; beloved one, friend, שִׁירַת דּוֺדִי Isaiah 5:1 (where Lo Che דודים שׁ׳ love-song, see 3 below)
2. specifically uncle, Leviticus 10:4 (father's brother, patruus; Syriac = also avunculus) Numbers 36:11; 1 Samuel 14:50; 2 Kings 24:17; Leviticus 20:20; Leviticus 25:49 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 10:14,15,16; Esther 2:7,15; Jeremiah 32:7,8,9,12; perhaps also 1 Chronicles 27:32 Jonathan, David's דּוֺד so AV RV; = kinsman (?, so St RVm) Amos 6:10.
3. plural abstract love Proverbs 7:18; Songs 1:2,4; Songs 4:10 (twice in verse); Songs 5:1 (Songs 5:1 and elsewhere concrete beloved ones, so AV RV, Greek Version of the LXX ἀδελφυἰ; so עֵת דדים Ezekiel 16:8; מִשְׁכַּב דדים Ezekiel 23:17.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

10:4; 10:4; 20:20; 20:20; 25:49

Numbers

36:11; 36:11

1 Samuel

10:14; 10:14; 10:15; 10:16; 10:16; 14:50

2 Kings

24:17

1 Chronicles

27:32

Esther

2:7; 2:15; 2:15

Proverbs

7:18; 7:18

Song of Songs

1:2; 1:2; 1:2; 1:4; 1:4; 1:13; 1:14; 1:16; 2:3; 2:8; 2:9; 2:10; 2:16; 2:17; 4:10; 4:10; 4:16; 5:1; 5:1; 5:1; 5:2; 5:4; 5:5; 5:6; 5:8; 5:9; 5:9; 5:9; 5:10; 5:16; 6:1; 6:2; 6:3; 7:10; 7:11; 7:12; 7:13; 8:5; 8:5; 8:14

Isaiah

5:1; 5:1

Jeremiah

32:7; 32:7; 32:8; 32:8; 32:9; 32:12

Ezekiel

16:8; 16:8; 23:17; 23:17

Amos

6:10; 6:10

H1730

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Strong's Number H1730 matches the Hebrew דּוֹד (dôḏ),
which occurs 61 times in 53 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Lev 10:4–Jer 32:12)

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Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel who was Aaron’s uncle, and said to them, “Come here, carry your relatives away from the front of the sanctuary and take them outside the camp.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:20 - ‘If there is a man who lies [intimately] with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness; they will bear their sin. They will die childless.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:49 - either his uncle or his uncle’s son may redeem him, or one of his blood relatives from his family may redeem him; or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:11 - For Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to sons of their father’s brothers.

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Saul’s uncle said to him and to his servant, “Where did you go?” And Saul said, “To look for the donkeys. And when we saw that they were nowhere to be found, we went to Samuel [for help].”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:15 - Saul’s uncle said, “Please tell me, what did Samuel say to you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:16 - And Saul said to his uncle, “He told us plainly that the donkeys had been found.” But he did not tell him about the matter of the kingdom which Samuel had mentioned.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:50 - The name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. The commander of his army was named Abner, the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:17 - Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

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Also Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor and advisor, a man of understanding and wisdom, and a scribe; and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni attended (tutored) the king’s sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:7 - He was the guardian of [fn]Hadassah, that is Esther, his uncle’s daughter, for she had no father or mother. The young woman was beautiful of form and [fn]face; and when her father and mother died, Mordecai took her in as his own daughter.

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Now as for Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her in as his [own] daughter, when her turn came to go in to the king, she requested nothing except what Hegai the king’s eunuch [and attendant] who was in charge of the women, advised. And Esther found favor in the sight of all who saw her.

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“Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning;

Let us console and delight ourselves with love.

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[fn](The Shulammite Bride)

“May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!” [Solomon arrives, she turns to him, saying,]

“For your love is better than wine.

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“Draw me away with you and let us run together!

Let the king bring me into his chambers.”

[fn](The Chorus)

“We will rejoice and be glad in you;

We will remember and extol your love more [sweet and fragrant] than wine.

Rightly do they love you.”

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“My beloved is to me like a pouch of myrrh

Which lies all night between my breasts.

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“My beloved is to me a cluster of henna flowers

In the [fragrant] vineyards of [fn]Engedi.”

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(The Shulammite Bride)

“Behold, how fair and handsome you are, my beloved;

And so delightful!

Our arbor is green and luxuriant.

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(The Shulammite Bride)

“Like an apple tree [rare and welcome] among the trees of the forest,

So is my beloved among the young men!

In his shade I took great delight and sat down,

And his fruit was sweet and delicious to my palate.

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(The Shulammite Bride)

“Listen! My beloved!

Behold, he comes,

Climbing on the mountains,

Leaping and running on the hills!

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“My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.

Behold, he is standing behind our wall,

He is looking through the windows,

He is gazing through the lattice.

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“My beloved speaks and says to me,

‘Arise, my love, my fair one,

And come away.

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(The Shulammite Bride)

“My beloved is mine and I am his;

He pastures his flock among the lilies.

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“Until the cool of the day when the shadows flee away,

Return quickly, my beloved, and be like a gazelle

Or a young stag on the mountains of Bether [which separate us].”

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“How beautiful is your love, my sister, my [promised] bride!

How much better is your love than wine,

And the fragrance of your oils

Than all kinds of balsam and spices.

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(The Shulammite Bride)

“Awake, O north wind,

And come, south wind [blow softly upon my garden];

Make my garden breathe out fragrance, [for the one in whom my soul delights],

Let its spices flow forth.

Let my beloved come into his garden

And eat its choicest fruits.”

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(The Bridegroom)

“I have come into my garden, my sister, my [promised] bride;

I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam and spice [from your sweet words].

I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey;

I have drunk my wine with my milk.

Eat, friends;

Drink and drink deeply, O lovers.”

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(The Shulammite Bride)

“I was asleep, but my heart was awake.

A voice [in my dream]! My beloved was knocking:

‘Open to me, my sister, my darling,

My dove, my perfect one!

For my head is drenched with the [heavy night] dew;

My hair [is covered] with the dampness of the night.’

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“My beloved extended his hand through the opening [of the door],

And my feelings were aroused for him.

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“I arose to open for my beloved;

And my hands dripped with myrrh,

And my fingers with liquid [sweet-scented] myrrh,

On the handles of the bolt.

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“I opened for my beloved,

But my beloved had turned away and was gone.

My heart went out to him when he spoke.

I searched for him, but I could not find him;

I called him, but he did not answer me.

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“I command that you take an oath, O daughters of Jerusalem,

If you find my beloved,

As to what you tell him—

[Say that] I am sick from love [sick from being without him].”

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(The Chorus)

“What is your beloved more than another beloved,

O most beautiful among women?

What is your beloved more than another beloved,

That you should so command us to take an oath?”

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(The Shulammite Bride)

“My beloved is exquisitely handsome and ruddy,

Outstanding among ten thousand.

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“His mouth is full of sweetness;

Yes, he is altogether lovely and desirable.

This is my beloved and this is my friend,

O daughters of Jerusalem.”

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(The Chorus)

“Where has your beloved gone,

O most beautiful among women?

Where is your beloved hiding himself,

That we may seek him with you?”

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(The Shulammite Bride)

“My beloved has gone down to his garden,

To the beds of balsam,

To feed his flock in the gardens

And gather lilies.

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“I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine,

He who feeds his flock among the lilies.”

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And your kisses like the best wine!’”

(The Shulammite Bride)

“It goes down smoothly and sweetly for my beloved,

Gliding gently over his lips while he sleeps.

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“I am my beloved’s,

And his desire is for me.

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“Come, my beloved, let us go out into the country,

Let us spend the night in the villages.

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“Let us go out early to the vineyards;

Let us see whether the vine has budded

And its blossoms have opened,

And whether the pomegranates have flowered.

There I will give you my love.

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“The mandrakes give forth fragrance,

And over our doors are all [kinds of] choice fruits,

Both new and old,

Which I have saved up for you, my beloved.

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(The Chorus)

“Who is this coming up from the wilderness

Leaning upon her beloved?”

(The Shulammite Bride)

“Under the apple tree I awakened you [to my love];

There your mother was in labor with you,

There she was in labor and gave you birth.

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(The Shulammite Bride)

“Hurry, my beloved and come quickly,

Like a gazelle or a young stag [taking me home]

On the mountains of spices.”

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Now let me sing for my greatly Beloved [LORD]

A song of my Beloved about His vineyard (His chosen people).

My greatly Beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile slope (the promised land, Canaan).

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:7 - ‘Behold (listen carefully), Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle is coming to you, saying, “Buy my field that is in [fn]Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it [in accordance with the law].”’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:8 - “Then Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the guard in accordance with the word of the LORD, and he said to me, ‘Please buy my field that is at Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin, for you have the right of inheritance and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.

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“I bought the field that was at Anathoth from Hanamel my uncle’s son, and weighed out the money for him, seventeen shekels of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:12 - and I gave the purchase deed to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of Hanamel my uncle’s son and in sight of the witnesses who signed the purchase deed, in the presence of all the Jews who were sitting in the court of the guard.

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