דּוֹד
beloved
also: love, uncle fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
49 distinct verses where H1730 appears in the Construct state, across 10 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Leviticus 3 verses
- Leviticus 10:4 דֹּ֣ד n c ms cs Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, "Draw near, carry your brothers from before the sanctuary out of the camp."
- Leviticus 20:20 דֹּד֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms If a man lies with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
- Leviticus 25:49 דֹד֞/וֹ דֹּד/וֹ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any who is a close relative to him of his family may redeem him; or if he has grown rich, he may redeem himself.
Numbers 1 verse
1 Samuel 4 verses
- 1 Samuel 10:14 דּ֨וֹד n c ms cs Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, Where went you? He said, To seek the donkeys; and when we saw that they were not found, we came to Samuel.
- 1 Samuel 10:15 דּ֣וֹד n c ms cs Saul's uncle said, Tell me, Please, what Samuel said to you.
- 1 Samuel 10:16 דּוֹד֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Saul said to his uncle, He told us plainly that the donkeys were found. But concerning the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel spoke, he didn't tell him.
- 1 Samuel 14:50 דּ֥וֹד n c ms cs and the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the captain of his host was Abner the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
2 Kings 1 verse
1 Chronicles 1 verse
Esther 2 verses
- Esther 2:7 דֹּד֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He brought up Hadassah, who is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
- Esther 2:15 דֹּ֣ד n c ms cs Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. Esther obtained favor in the sight of all those who looked at her.
Song of Solomon 31 verses
- Song of Solomon 1:2 דֹּדֶ֖י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; For your love is better than wine.
- Song of Solomon 1:4 דֹדֶ֨י/ךָ֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Take me away with you. Let us hurry. The king has brought me into his chambers. Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! Beloved They are right to love you.
- Song of Solomon 1:13 דּוֹדִ/י֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, That lies between my breasts.
- Song of Solomon 1:14 דּוֹדִ/י֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms From the vineyards of En Gedi. Lover
- Song of Solomon 1:16 דוֹדִ/י֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; And our couch is verdant. Lover
- Song of Solomon 2:3 דּוֹדִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, His fruit was sweet to my taste.
- Song of Solomon 2:8 דּוֹדִ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, Leaping on the mountains, Skipping on the hills.
- Song of Solomon 2:9 דוֹדִ/י֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs My beloved is like a roe or a young hart. Behold, he stands behind our wall! He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice.
- Song of Solomon 2:10 דוֹדִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs My beloved spoke, and said to me, Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.
- Song of Solomon 2:16 דּוֹדִ֥/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.
- Song of Solomon 2:17 דוֹדִ֜/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, And be like a roe or a young hart on the mountains of Bether.
- Song of Solomon 4:10 דֹדַ֖יִ/ךְ דֹדַ֨יִ/ךְ֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine! The fragrance of your perfumes than all manner of spices!
- Song of Solomon 4:16 דוֹדִ/י֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Awake, north wind; and come, you south; Blow on my garden, that its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, And taste his precious fruits. Lover
- Song of Solomon 5:2 דּוֹדִ֣/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My hair with the dampness of the night.
- Song of Solomon 5:4 דּוֹדִ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening. My heart pounded for him.
- Song of Solomon 5:5 לְ/דוֹדִ֑/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, My fingers with liquid myrrh, On the handles of the lock.
- Song of Solomon 5:6 לְ/דוֹדִ֔/י וְ/דוֹדִ֖/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I opened to my beloved; But my beloved left; gone away. My heart went out when he spoke. I looked for him, but I didn't find him. I called him, but he didn't answer.
- Song of Solomon 5:8 דּוֹדִ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, That you tell him that I am faint with love. Friends
- Song of Solomon 5:9 דּוֹדֵ֣/ךְ מִ/דּ֔וֹד דּוֹדֵ֣/ךְ מִ/דּ֔וֹד n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs prep + n c ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs prep + n c ms How is your beloved better than another beloved, You fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, That you do so adjure us? Beloved
- Song of Solomon 5:10 דּוֹדִ֥/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs My beloved is white and ruddy. The best among ten thousand.
- Song of Solomon 5:16 דוֹדִ/י֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs His mouth is sweetness; Yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, Daughters of Jerusalem. Friends
- Song of Solomon 6:1 דּוֹדֵ֔/ךְ דוֹדֵ֔/ךְ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs Where has your beloved gone, you fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you? Beloved
- Song of Solomon 6:2 דּוֹדִ/י֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs My beloved has gone down to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
- Song of Solomon 6:3 לְ/דוֹדִ/י֙ וְ/דוֹדִ֣/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine. He browses among the lilies,
- Song of Solomon 7:9 לְ/דוֹדִ֖/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Your mouth like the best wine, That goes down smoothly for my beloved, Gliding through the lips of those who are asleep.
- Song of Solomon 7:10 לְ/דוֹדִ֔/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I am my beloved's. His desire is toward me.
- Song of Solomon 7:11 דוֹדִ/י֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field. Let us lodge in the villages.
- Song of Solomon 7:12 דֹּדַ֖/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Let's go early up to the vineyards. Let's see whether the vine has budded, Its blossom is open, And the pomegranates are in flower. There I will give you my love.
- Song of Solomon 7:13 דּוֹדִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs The mandrakes give forth fragrance. At our doors are all kinds of precious fruits, new and old, Which I have stored up for you, my beloved.
- Song of Solomon 8:5 דּוֹדָ֑/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, Leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I aroused you. There your mother conceived you. There she was in labor and bore you.
- Song of Solomon 8:14 דּוֹדִ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!
Isaiah 1 verse
Jeremiah 4 verses
- Jeremiah 32:7 דֹּֽדְ/ךָ֔ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle shall come to you, saying, Buy you my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.
- Jeremiah 32:8 דֹּדִ֜/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs So Hanamel my uncle's son came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of Yahweh, and said to me, Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself. Then I knew that this was the word of Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 32:9 דֹּדִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel my uncle's son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.
- Jeremiah 32:12 דֹּדִ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs and I delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses who subscribed the deed of the purchase, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the guard.
Amos 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
דוד — transliterated dôwd — is a Hebrew noun carrying the sense “beloved.” Its uses cluster heavily in Song of Solomon (60% of all occurrences). With 53 verses in 12 books, it is a moderately common word in the Hebrew Bible. It first appears in Leviticus 10:4. It also covers “love” and “uncle”, alongside “beloved” — see its full sense range. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H1730 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 53
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 53 distinct verses.
- 12 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 12 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #629
- by frequency
- Top 1000 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 629 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 53 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Song of Solomon 32 verses 60%
- 1 Samuel 4 verses 8%
- Jeremiah 4 verses 8%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 53 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 36 verses · 68%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 13 verses · 25%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 4 verses · 8%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Beloved 22×, Uncle 9×, Love 5×
- American Standard Version: Beloved 19×, Uncle 8×, 's uncle 4×
- Berean Standard Bible: Beloved 24×, Uncle 11×, Love 8×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Beloved 24×, Uncle 6×, Uncle of 6×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H1730 across 61 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 8 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H1730 across 60 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 15 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H1730 across 57 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 12 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 4 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H1730 across 60 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 8 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 3 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. most often loved one, beloved (lover, betrothed) Ct 1:13, 14, 16; 2:3, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17; 4:16; 5:2, 4, 5, 6(×2), 8, 9(×2), 10, 16; 6:1(×2), 2, 3(×2); 7:10, 11, 12, 14; 8:5, 14; beloved one, friend, שִׁירַת דּוֹדִי Is 5:1 (where Lo Che שׁ׳ דודים love-song, v. 3 infr.) e.g. Song of Solomon 1:13
- 2. specif. uncle, Lv 10:4 (father’s brother, patruus; Syriac = also avunculus) Nu 36:11 1 S 14:50 2 K 24:17 Lv 20:20; 25:49(×2) 1 S 10:14, 15, 16 Est 2:7, 15 Je 32:7, 8, 9, 12; perhaps also 1 Ch 27:32 Jonathan, David’s דּוֹד, so AV RV; = kinsman (?, so St RVm) Am 6:10. e.g. Leviticus 10:4
- 3. pl. abstr. love Pr 7:18 Ct 1:2, 4; 4:10(×2) 5:1 (5:1 al. concr. beloved ones, so AV RV, 𝔊 ἀδελφοί); so עֵת דדים Ez 16:8; מִשְׁכַּב דדים Ez 23:17. e.g. Proverbs 7:18
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.m. Ct 1:2 beloved, love (pl.), uncle (NH id., Syriac ܕܳܕ, ܕܳܕܳܐ; Assyrian dâdu DlHA 19)—abs. דּוֹד Ct 5:9(×2); cstr. דּוֹד 1 S 10:14 + 3 times; דֹּד Lv 10:4 Est 2:15; sf. דּוֹדִי Is 5:1 (but cf. infr.) + 26 times all Ct; דֹּדִי Je 32:8 + 2 times; דֹּדְךָ Je 32:7; דּוֹדֵךְ Ct 5:9(×2) + 2 times; דּוֹדוֹ Am 6:10 1 S 10:16, דֹּדוֹ Lv 20:20 + 4 times; דּוֹדָהּ Ct 8:5; pl. דּוֹדִים Ct 5:1; דֹּדִים Pr 7:18 Ez 16:8; 23:17; pl. sf. דֹּדַי Ct 7:13; דֹּדֶיךָ Ct 1:2, 4; דֹּדַיִךְ Ct 4:10(×2); דֹּדֵיהֶן Nu 36:11—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: from an unused root meaning properly, to boil
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
דָּוִד
- (b. h.) pr. n. m. David, King of Israel. Ber. 4ᵃ; a. v. fr.—בן ד׳ or ד׳ (= משיח) the son of David (the David of the future), the redeemer of Israel from captivity. Snh. 98ᵇ ד׳ אחר a second David. R. Hash. 25ᵃ (a secret watchword) ד׳ מלך וכ׳ David, the King of Israel, is alive &c. Y. Ber. II, 5ᵃ top. Yeb. 62ᵃ; a. fr.
דּוֹד
- (b. h.)
- 1. friend, lover, beloved; (allegor.) the Lord, as the beloved of Israel. Cant. R. to I, 4, v. גִּנּוּן; a. e.
- 2. uncle, father’s brother. Sifra K’dosh. Par. 10, ch. XI; Yeb. 54ᵇ.—Fem. דּוֹדָה, דֹּדָה aunt. Ib.—Pl. דּוֹדִים 1) friends, related. Y. Snh. XI, 30ᵃ bot.; Y. Ber. I, 3ᵇ bot. (ref. to Cant. I, 2) ד׳ דברי וכ׳ the words of the scholars are related to the words of the Law; Cant. R. to l. c. Ab. Zar. 35ᵃ דברי דודים Ms. M. (ed. דודיך) the words of the friends (the scholars); Num. R. s. 14. Gen. R. s. 37 בני דוֹדֵיהֶן וכ׳ cousins (related nation).—2) (abstr. noun) friendship, love. Ab. Zar. II, 5 (29ᵇ) do you read כי טובים דּוֹדֶיךָ מיין … דּוֹדַיִיךְ מיין Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. a. Cant. R. l. c.) better is thy (God’s) love, or thy (Israel’s) love? e.g. Song of Solomon 1:2
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 45 distinct written forms H1730 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H1730, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 8 — not the complete family. 3 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 53 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 53 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Leviticus 10:4
- Numbers 36:11
- 1 Samuel 10:14
- 2 Kings 24:17
- 1 Chronicles 27:32
- Esther 2:7
- Proverbs 7:18
- Song of Solomon 1:2
- Isaiah 5:1
- Jeremiah 32:7
- Ezekiel 16:8
- Amos 6:10
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
