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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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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 39 times in 32 verses in 'Sng' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:2 - Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love H1730 is better than wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 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 H1730 more than wine: the upright love thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:13 - A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved H1730 unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:14 - My beloved H1730 is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:16 - Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, H1730 yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:3 - As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved H1730 among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:8 - The voice of my beloved! H1730 behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:9 - My beloved H1730 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:10 - My beloved H1730 spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:16 - My beloved H1730 is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:17 - Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, H1730 and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:10 - How fair is thy love, H1730 my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love H1730 than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:16 - Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved H1730 come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 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. H1730

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2 - I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved H1730 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:4 - My beloved H1730 put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:5 - I rose up to open to my beloved; H1730 and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:6 - I opened to my beloved; H1730 but my beloved H1730 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:8 - I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, H1730 that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:9 - What is thy beloved H1730 more than another beloved, H1730 O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved H1730 more than another beloved, H1730 that thou dost so charge us?

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:10 - My beloved H1730 is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:16 - His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, H1730 and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:1 - Whither is thy beloved H1730 gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved H1730 turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:2 - My beloved H1730 is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:3 - I am my beloved's, H1730 and my beloved H1730 is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:9 - And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, H1730 that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:10 - I am my beloved's, H1730 and his desire is toward me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:11 - Come, my beloved, H1730 let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 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. H1730

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:13 - The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved. H1730

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:5 - Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? H1730 I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:14 - Make haste, my beloved, H1730 and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
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