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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1755 matches the Hebrew דּוֹר (dôr),
which occurs 59 times in 37 verses in 'Psa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:6 -

He says to himself, “I will not be moved;

For throughout all generations I will not be in adversity [for nothing bad will happen to me].”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:7 -

You, O LORD, will preserve and keep them;

You will protect him from this [evil] generation forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:5 -

There they tremble with great fear,

For God is with the [consistently] righteous generation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:30 -

Posterity will serve Him;

They will tell of the Lord to the next generation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:6 -

This is the generation (description) of those who diligently seek Him and require Him as their greatest need,

Who seek Your face, even [as did] Jacob. Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:11 -

The counsel of the LORD stands forever,

The thoughts and plans of His heart through all generations.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:17 -

I will make Your name to be remembered in all generations;

Therefore the peoples will praise and give You thanks forever and ever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:13 -

Consider her ramparts,

Go through her palaces,

That you may tell the next generation [about her glory].

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:11 -

Their inward thought is that their houses will continue forever,

And their dwelling places to all generations;

They have named their lands after their own names [ignoring God].

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:19 -

He shall go to the generation of his fathers;

They shall never again see the light.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:6 -

You will prolong the king’s life [adding days upon days];

His years will be like many generations.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:18 -

And even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not abandon me,

Until I declare Your [mighty] strength to this generation,

Your power to all who are to come.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:5 -

Let them fear You [with awe-inspired reverence and worship You with obedience] while the sun endures,

And as long as the moon [reflects light], throughout all generations.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:15 -

If I had said, “I will say this,” [and expressed my feelings],

I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:8 -

Has His lovingkindness ceased forever?

Have His promises ended for all time?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:4 -

We will not hide them from their children,

But [we will] tell to the generation to come the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD,

And [tell of] His great might and power and the wonderful works that He has done.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:6 -

That the generation to come might know them, that the children still to be born

May arise and recount them to their children,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:8 -

And not be like their fathers—

A stubborn and rebellious generation,

A generation that did not prepare its heart to know and follow God,

And whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:13 -

So we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture,

Will give You thanks forever;

We will declare and publish Your praise from generation to generation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:5 -

Will You be angry with us forever?

Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:1 -

A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem, of Ethan the Ezrahite.

I will sing of the goodness and lovingkindness of the LORD forever;

With my mouth I will make known Your faithfulness from generation to generation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:4 -

I will establish your seed forever

And I will build up your throne for all generations.” Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:1 -

A Prayer of Moses the man of God.

Lord, You have been our dwelling place [our refuge, our sanctuary, our stability] in all generations.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:10 -

“For forty years I was grieved and disgusted with that generation,

And I said, ‘They are a people who err in their heart,

And they do not acknowledge or regard My ways.’

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:5 -

For the LORD is good;

His mercy and lovingkindness are everlasting,

His faithfulness [endures] to all generations.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:12 -

But You, O LORD, are enthroned forever [ruling eternally as sovereign];

And [the fame and glory of] Your name [endures] to all generations.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:18 -

Let this be recorded for the generation to come,

That a people yet to be created will praise the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:24 -

I said, “O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days;

Your years are [eternal] throughout all generations.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:8 -

He has remembered His covenant forever,

The word which He commanded and established to a [fn]thousand generations,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:31 -

And that was credited to him for righteousness,

To all generations forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:13 -

Let his descendants be cut off,

And in the following generation let their name be blotted out.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:2 -

His descendants will be mighty on earth;

The generation of the upright will be blessed.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:90 -

Your faithfulness continues from generation to generation;

You have established the earth, and it stands [securely].

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:13 -

Your name, O LORD, endures forever,

Your fame and remembrance, O LORD, [endures] throughout all generations.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:4 -

One generation shall praise Your works to another,

And shall declare Your mighty and remarkable acts.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:13 -

Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,

And Your dominion endures throughout all generations.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:10 -

The LORD shall reign forever,

Your God, O Zion, to all generations.

Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)

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