דּוֹר
generation
also: period, habitation, dwelling 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
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 106 times (63%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct 46 times (27%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct 11 times (7%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 5 times (3%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 168 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H1755 appears — 127 distinct verses across 17 books. 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.
Genesis 7 verses
- Genesis 6:9 בְּ/דֹֽרֹתָ֑י/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms This is the history of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
- Genesis 7:1 בַּ/דּ֥וֹר prep det + n c ms Yahweh said to Noah, "Come with all of your household into the ark, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.
- Genesis 9:12 לְ/דֹרֹ֖ת prep + n c mp cs God said, "This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
- Genesis 15:16 וְ/ד֥וֹר conj + n c ms In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full."
- Genesis 17:7 לְ/דֹרֹתָ֖/ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you.
- Genesis 17:9 לְ/דֹרֹתָֽ/ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp God said to Abraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.
- Genesis 17:12 לְ/דֹרֹתֵי/כֶ֑ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner who is not of your seed.
Exodus 17 verses
- Exodus 1:6 הַ/דּ֥וֹר ptcl def.art + n c ms Joseph died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation.
- Exodus 3:15 לְ/דֹ֥ר דֹּֽר prep + n c ms n c ms God said moreover to Moses, "You shall tell the children of Israel this, 'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.
- Exodus 12:14 לְ/דֹרֹ֣תֵי/כֶ֔ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp This day shall be to you for a memorial, and you shall keep it a feast to Yahweh: throughout your generations you shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.
- Exodus 12:17 לְ/דֹרֹתֵי/כֶ֖ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this same day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall you observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance forever.
- Exodus 12:42 לְ/דֹרֹתָֽ/ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp It is a night to be much observed to Yahweh for bringing them out from the land of Egypt. This is that night of Yahweh, to be much observed of all the children of Israel throughout their generations.
- Exodus 16:32 לְ/דֹרֹתֵי/כֶ֑ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Moses said, "This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded, 'Let an omer-full of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt."
- Exodus 16:33 לְ/דֹרֹתֵי/כֶֽם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Moses said to Aaron, "Take a pot, and put an omer-full of manna in it, and lay it up before Yahweh, to be kept throughout your generations."
- Exodus 17:16 מִ/דֹּ֖ר דֹּֽר prep + n c ms n c ms He said, "Yah has sworn: 'Yahweh will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.'"
- Exodus 27:21 לְ/דֹ֣רֹתָ֔/ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp In the tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Yahweh: it shall be a statute forever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
- Exodus 29:42 לְ/דֹרֹ֣תֵי/כֶ֔ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tent of meeting before Yahweh, where I will meet with you, to speak there to you.
- Exodus 30:8 לְ/דֹרֹתֵי/כֶֽם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp When Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before Yahweh throughout your generations.
- Exodus 30:10 לְ/דֹרֹ֣תֵי/כֶ֔ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once in the year; with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once in the year he shall make atonement for it throughout your generations. It is most holy to Yahweh."
- Exodus 30:21 לְ/דֹרֹתָֽ/ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they not die: and it shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his descendants throughout their generations."
- Exodus 30:31 לְ/דֹרֹתֵי/כֶֽם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'This shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations.
- Exodus 31:13 לְ/דֹרֹ֣תֵי/כֶ֔ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp "Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, 'Most assuredly you shall keep my Sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies you.
- Exodus 31:16 לְ/דֹרֹתָ֖/ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
- Exodus 40:15 לְ/דֹרֹתָֽ/ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to me in the priest's office. Their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
Leviticus 14 verses
- Leviticus 3:17 לְ/דֹרֹ֣תֵי/כֶ֔ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp "'It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that you shall eat neither fat nor blood.'"
- Leviticus 6:18 לְ/דֹרֹ֣תֵי/כֶ֔ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Every male among the children of Aaron shall eat of it, as their portion forever throughout your generations, from the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. Whoever touches them shall be holy.'"
- Leviticus 7:36 לְ/דֹרֹתָֽ/ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp which Yahweh commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them. It is their portion forever throughout their generations.
- Leviticus 10:9 לְ/דֹרֹתֵי/כֶֽם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp "Drink no wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, that you don't die: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations:
- Leviticus 17:7 לְ/דֹרֹתָֽ/ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp They shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat idols, after which they play the prostitute. This shall be a statute forever to them throughout their generations.'
- Leviticus 21:17 לְ/דֹרֹתָ֗/ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp "Say to Aaron, 'None of your seed throughout their generations who has a blemish, may approach to offer the bread of his God.
- Leviticus 22:3 לְ/דֹרֹ֨תֵי/כֶ֜ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Tell them, 'If anyone of all your seed throughout your generations approaches the holy things, which the children of Israel make holy to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from before me. I am Yahweh.
- Leviticus 23:14 לְ/דֹרֹ֣תֵי/כֶ֔ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp You shall eat neither bread, nor roasted grain, nor fresh grain, until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your God. This is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
- Leviticus 23:21 לְ/דֹרֹֽתֵי/כֶֽם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp You shall make proclamation on the same day: there shall be a holy convocation to you; you shall do no regular work. This is a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
- Leviticus 23:31 לְ/דֹרֹ֣תֵי/כֶ֔ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp You shall do no manner of work: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
- Leviticus 23:41 לְ/דֹרֹ֣תֵי/כֶ֔ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp You shall keep it a feast to Yahweh seven days in the year: it is a statute forever throughout your generations; you shall keep it in the seventh month.
- Leviticus 23:43 דֹרֹֽתֵי/כֶם֒ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.'"
- Leviticus 24:3 לְ/דֹרֹֽתֵי/כֶֽם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Outside of the veil of the Testimony, in the Tent of Meeting, shall Aaron keep it in order from evening to morning before Yahweh continually: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.
- Leviticus 25:30 לְ/דֹרֹתָ֑י/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms If it isn't redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetuity to him who bought it, throughout his generations. It shall not be released in the Jubilee.
Numbers 10 verses
- Numbers 9:10 לְ/דֹרֹ֣תֵי/כֶ֔ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp "Say to the children of Israel, 'If any man of you or of your generations is unclean by reason of a dead body, or is on a journey far away, he shall still keep the Passover to Yahweh.
- Numbers 10:8 לְ/דֹרֹתֵי/כֶֽם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and they shall be to you for a statute forever throughout your generations.
- Numbers 15:14 לְ/דֹרֹ֣תֵי/כֶ֔ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you, or whoever may be among you throughout your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh; as you do, so he shall do.
- Numbers 15:15 לְ/דֹרֹ֣תֵי/כֶ֔ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you, and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner [with you], a statute forever throughout your generations: as you are, so shall the foreigner be before Yahweh.
- Numbers 15:21 לְ/דֹרֹ֖תֵי/כֶֽם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Of the first of your dough you shall give to Yahweh a heave-offering throughout your generations.
- Numbers 15:23 לְ/דֹרֹתֵי/כֶֽם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp even all that Yahweh has commanded you by Moses, from the day that Yahweh gave commandment, and onward throughout your generations;
- Numbers 15:38 לְ/דֹרֹתָ֑/ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Speak to the children of Israel, and bid those who they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put on the fringe of each border a cord of blue:
- Numbers 18:23 לְ/דֹרֹ֣תֵי/כֶ֔ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations; and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
- Numbers 32:13 הַ/דּ֔וֹר ptcl def.art + n c ms Yahweh's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander back and forth in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, who had done evil in the sight of Yahweh, was consumed.
- Numbers 35:29 לְ/דֹרֹתֵי/כֶ֑ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp These things shall be for a statute [and] ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Deuteronomy 10 verses
- Deuteronomy 1:35 הַ/דּ֥וֹר ptcl def.art + n c ms Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see the good land, which I swore to give to your fathers,
- Deuteronomy 2:14 הַ/דּ֜וֹר ptcl def.art + n c ms The days in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, were thirty-eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were consumed from the midst of the camp, as Yahweh swore to them.
- Deuteronomy 7:9 דּֽוֹר n c ms Know therefore that Yahweh your God, he is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
- Deuteronomy 23:2 דּ֣וֹר n c ms A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of Yahweh.
- Deuteronomy 23:3 דּ֣וֹר n c ms An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation shall none belonging to them enter into the assembly of Yahweh forever:
- Deuteronomy 23:8 דּ֣וֹר n c ms The children of the third generation who are born to them shall enter into the assembly of Yahweh.
- Deuteronomy 29:22 הַ/דּ֣וֹר ptcl def.art + n c ms The generation to come, your children who shall rise up after you, and the foreigner who shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses with which Yahweh has made it sick;
- Deuteronomy 32:5 דּ֥וֹר n c ms They have dealt corruptly with him, [they are] not his children, [it is] their blemish; [They are] a perverse and crooked generation.
- Deuteronomy 32:7 דּוֹר וָ/ד֑וֹר n c ms conj + n c ms Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations: Ask your father, and he will show you; Your elders, and they will tell you.
- Deuteronomy 32:20 ד֤וֹר n c ms cs He said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: For they are a very perverse generation, Children in whom is no faithfulness.
Joshua 2 verses
- Joshua 22:27 דֹּרוֹתֵי/נוּ֮ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp but it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may do the service of Yahweh before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings; that your children may not tell our children in time to come, You have no portion in Yahweh.
- Joshua 22:28 דֹּרֹתֵ֖י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Therefore said we, It shall be, when they so tell us or to our generations in time to come, that we shall say, Behold the pattern of the altar of Yahweh, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you.
Judges 2 verses
- Judges 2:10 הַ/דּ֣וֹר דּ֨וֹר ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms Also all that generation were gathered to their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, who didn't know Yahweh, nor yet the work which he had worked for Israel.
- Judges 3:2 דֹּר֣וֹת n c mp cs only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing of it:
1 Chronicles 1 verse
Esther 1 verse
Job 2 verses
Psalms 37 verses
- Psalms 10:6 לְ/דֹ֥ר וָ֝/דֹ֗ר prep + n c ms conj + n c ms He says in his heart, "I shall not be shaken; For generations I shall have no trouble."
- Psalms 12:7 הַ/דּ֖וֹר ptcl def.art + n c ms You will keep them, Yahweh, You will preserve them from this generation forever.
- Psalms 14:5 בְּ/ד֣וֹר prep + n c ms There they were in great fear, For God is in the generation of the righteous.
- Psalms 22:30 לַ/דּֽוֹר prep det + n c ms Posterity shall serve him. Future generations shall be told about the Lord.
- Psalms 24:6 דּ֣וֹר n c ms cs This is the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek your face--even Jacob. Selah.
- Psalms 33:11 לְ/דֹ֣ר וָ/דֹֽר prep + n c ms conj + n c ms The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, The thoughts of his heart to all generations.
- Psalms 45:17 דֹּ֣ר וָ/דֹ֑ר n c ms conj + n c ms I will make your name to be remembered in all generations. Therefore the peoples shall give you thanks forever and ever.
- Psalms 48:13 לְ/ד֣וֹר prep + n c ms Mark well her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, That you may tell it to the next generation.
- Psalms 49:11 לְ/דֹ֣ר וָ/דֹ֑ר prep + n c ms conj + n c ms Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, And their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.
- Psalms 49:19 דּ֣וֹר n c ms cs He shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.
- Psalms 61:6 דֹ֥ר וָ/דֹֽר n c ms conj + n c ms You will prolong the king's life; His years shall be for generations.
- Psalms 71:18 לְ/ד֑וֹר prep + n c ms Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don't forsake me, Until I have declared your strength to the next generation, Your might to everyone who is to come.
- Psalms 72:5 דּ֣וֹר דּוֹרִֽים n c ms cs n c mp They shall fear you while the sun endures; And as long as the moon, throughout all generations.
- Psalms 73:15 ד֭וֹר n c ms cs If I had said, "I will speak thus;" Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
- Psalms 77:8 לְ/דֹ֣ר וָ/דֹֽר prep + n c ms conj + n c ms Has his loving kindness vanished forever? Does his promise fail for generations?
- Psalms 78:4 לְ/ד֥וֹר prep + n c ms We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, His strength, and his wondrous works that he has done.
- Psalms 78:6 דּ֣וֹר n c ms That the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; Who should arise and tell their children,
- Psalms 78:8 דּוֹר֮ דּ֭וֹר n c ms n c ms And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that didn't make their hearts loyal, Whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
- Psalms 79:13 לְ/דֹ֥ר וָ/דֹ֑ר prep + n c ms conj + n c ms So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, Will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations.
- Psalms 85:5 לְ/דֹ֣ר וָ/דֹֽר prep + n c ms conj + n c ms Will you be angry with us forever? Will you draw out your anger to all generations?
- Psalms 89:1 לְ/דֹ֥ר וָ/דֹ֓ר prep + n c ms conj + n c ms I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
- Psalms 89:4 לְ/דֹר וָ/ד֖וֹר prep + n c ms conj + n c ms 'I will establish your seed forever, And build up your throne to all generations.'" Selah.
- Psalms 90:1 בְּ/דֹ֣ר וָ/דֹֽר prep + n c ms conj + n c ms Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.
- Psalms 95:10 בְּ/ד֗וֹר prep + n c ms Forty long years I was grieved with that generation, And said, "It is a people that errs in their heart. They have not known my ways."
- Psalms 100:5 דֹּ֥ר וָ֝/דֹ֗ר n c ms conj + n c ms For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, His faithfulness to all generations.
- Psalms 102:12 לְ/דֹ֣ר וָ/דֹֽר prep + n c ms conj + n c ms But you, Yahweh, will abide forever; Your renown endures to all generations.
- Psalms 102:18 לְ/ד֣וֹר prep + n c ms This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah.
- Psalms 102:24 בְּ/ד֖וֹר דּוֹרִ֣ים prep + n c ms cs n c mp I said, "My God, don't take me away in the midst of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.
- Psalms 105:8 דּֽוֹר n c ms He has remembered his covenant forever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
- Psalms 106:31 לְ/דֹ֥ר וָ֝/דֹ֗ר prep + n c ms conj + n c ms That was credited to him for righteousness, For all generations to come.
- Psalms 109:13 בְּ/ד֥וֹר prep + n c ms Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
- Psalms 112:2 דּ֭וֹר n c ms cs His seed will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed.
- Psalms 119:90 לְ/דֹ֣ר וָ֭/דֹר prep + n c ms conj + n c ms Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.
- Psalms 135:13 לְ/דֹר וָ/דֹֽר prep + n c ms conj + n c ms Your name, Yahweh, endures forever; Your renown, Yahweh, throughout all generations.
- Psalms 145:4 דּ֣וֹר לְ֭/דוֹר n c ms prep + n c ms One generation will commend your works to another, And will declare your mighty acts.
- Psalms 145:13 דּ֥וֹר וָ/דֽוֹר n c ms conj + n c ms Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
- Psalms 146:10 לְ/דֹ֥ר וָ/דֹ֗ר prep + n c ms conj + n c ms Yahweh will reign forever; Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Yah!
Proverbs 5 verses
- Proverbs 27:24 לְ/ד֣וֹר דור וָ/דֽוֹר prep + n c ms n c ms conj + n c ms For riches are not forever, Nor does even the crown endure to all generations.
- Proverbs 30:11 דּ֭וֹר n c ms There is a generation that curses their father, And doesn't bless their mother.
- Proverbs 30:12 דּ֭וֹר n c ms There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, Yet are not washed from their filthiness.
- Proverbs 30:13 דּ֭וֹר n c ms There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.
- Proverbs 30:14 דּ֤וֹר n c ms There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, And their jaws like knives, To devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
Ecclesiastes 1 verse
Isaiah 11 verses
- Isaiah 13:20 דּ֣וֹר וָ/ד֑וֹר n c ms conj + n c ms It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be lived in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall shepherds make their flocks to lie down there.
- Isaiah 34:10 מִ/דּ֤וֹר לָ/דוֹר֙ prep + n c ms prep + n c ms It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke of it shall go up for ever; from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it forever and ever.
- Isaiah 34:17 לְ/ד֥וֹר וָ/ד֖וֹר prep + n c ms conj + n c ms He has cast the lot for them, and his hand has divided it to them by line: they shall possess it forever; from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
- Isaiah 38:12 דּוֹרִ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent: I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off from the loom: From day even to night will you make an end of me.
- Isaiah 41:4 הַ/דֹּר֖וֹת ptcl def.art + n c mp Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he.
- Isaiah 51:8 לְ/ד֥וֹר דּוֹרִֽים prep + n c ms cs n c mp For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation to all generations.
- Isaiah 51:9 דֹּר֖וֹת n c mp cs Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn't it you who did cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?
- Isaiah 53:8 דּוֹר֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who [among them] considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living for the disobedience of my people to whom the stroke [was due]?
- Isaiah 58:12 דוֹר וָ/ד֖וֹר n c ms conj + n c ms Those who shall be of you shall build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
- Isaiah 60:15 דּ֥וֹר וָ/דֽוֹר n c ms conj + n c ms Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, so that no man passed through you, I will make you an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
- Isaiah 61:4 דּ֥וֹר וָ/דֽוֹר n c ms conj + n c ms They shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
Jeremiah 3 verses
- Jeremiah 2:31 הַ/דּ֗וֹר ptcl def.art + n c ms Generation, see the word of Yahweh. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? or a land of thick darkness? why say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more to you?
- Jeremiah 7:29 דּ֥וֹר n c ms cs Cut off your hair, [Jerusalem], and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for Yahweh has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
- Jeremiah 50:39 דּ֥וֹר וָ/דֽוֹר n c ms conj + n c ms Therefore the wild animals of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited forever; neither shall it be lived in from generation to generation.
Lamentations 1 verse
Joel 3 verses
- Joel 1:3 לְ/ד֥וֹר prep + n c ms Tell your children about it, And have your children tell their children, And their children, another generation.
- Joel 2:2 דּ֥וֹר וָ/דֽוֹר n c ms conj + n c ms A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn spreading on the mountains, A great and strong people; There has never been the like, Neither will there be any more after them, Even to the years of many generations.
- Joel 3:20 לְ/ד֥וֹר וָ/דֽוֹר prep + n c ms conj + n c ms But Judah will be inhabited forever, And Jerusalem from generation to generation.
About this entry
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At its core, דור (dôwr) means “generation.” Not a single-sense word: its full sense range also takes in “period”, “habitation”, and “dwelling”. Spanning 127 verses in 17 books, it ranks among the common words of the Hebrew Bible. Its uses concentrate in Psalms (29% of all occurrences). Scripture first uses it in Genesis 6:9. Dig into 127-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H1755 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 →
- 127
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 127 distinct verses.
- 17 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 17 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #272
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 272 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 127 occurrences in the concordance →
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 127 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 58 verses · 46%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 48 verses · 38%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 21 verses · 17%
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).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Generations 49×, Generation 45×, All 11×
- American Standard Version†: Generation 37×, Generations 33×, Throughout your generations 21×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Generation 46×, Generations to come 30×, Generations 20×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Generation 94×, Generations 35×, Throughout your generations 8×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H1755 across 165† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 23 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 2 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H1755 across 164† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 35 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 H1755 across 149† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 24 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 17 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H1755 across 178† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 11 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
10 senses and sub-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 10 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.
דור I
- 1. period, age, generation, mostly poet.:
- a. of duration in the past, former age(s) דּוֹרוֹת עוֹלָמִים Is 51:9 (‖ ימי קדם); שְׁנוֹת דֹּר וָדֹר Dt 32:7 (song; ‖ ימות עולם); בְּדֹר וָדֹר ψ 90:1 (cf. v 2); מוֹסְדֵי דּוֹר־וָדוֹר Is 58:12 (‖ חרבות עולם); שֹׁמֲמוֹת דּוֹר וָדוֹר 61:4 (‖ id.) e.g. Isaiah 51:9
- b. usually of duration to come, future age(s), לְדֹר דֹּר Ex 3:15 (E; ‖ לעולם) cf. Pr 27:24 Kt (Qr לְדוֹר וָדוֹר; ‖ id.); מִדֹּר דֹּר Ex 17:16 (E), = מִדּוֹר לָדוֹר Is 34:10; לְדֹר וָדֹר ψ 10:6; 33:11 (‖ לעולם) 49:12; 79:13; 85:6; 102:13; 119:90; 135:13; 146:10 Jo 4:20 (all ‖ id.); ψ 89:2 (‖ עולם) 89:5 (‖ עד־עולם) 106:31 (‖ id.) Is 34:17 (‖ id.); ψ 77:9 (‖ לנצח); עַד־דֹּר וָדֹר ψ 100:5 (‖ לעולם) Is 13:20 (‖ לנצח) Je 50:39 (‖ id.); בְּכָל־דֹּר וָדֹר ψ 45:18 (‖ לעולם ועד) cf. Est 9:28; שְׁנוֹתָיו כְּמוֹ דֹר וָדֹר ψ 61:7 cf. שְׁנֵי דּוֹר וָדוֹר Jo 2:2 (‖ העולם); as modifying phrase מְשׂוֹשׂ דּוֹר וָדוֹר Is 60:15 (‖ גאון עולם); further דּוֹר דּוֹרִים ψ 72:5; 102:25; יְשׁוּעָתִי לְדוֹר דּוֹרִים Is 51:8 (‖ לעולם). e.g. Exodus 3:15
- c. apparently including both past and future בְּדוֹר דּוֹרִים שְׁנוֹתֶיךָ ψ 102:25; בְּכָל דּוֹר וָדֹר ψ 145:13; לְדוֹר וָדוֹר La 5:19. e.g. Psalms 102:25
- 2. of men living at a particular time (period, age), generation, as transitory דּוֹר הֹלֵךְ וְדוֹר בָּא Ec 1:4: specific. e.g. Ecclesiastes 1:4
- a. in the present, and (or) the past Gn 7:1 (J) Ex 1:6 (P) Nu 32:13 (JE) Dt 1:35; 2:14 Ju 2:10(×2) Is 53:8 (cf. Che crit. n.) Je 2:31; also ψ 95:10 Jb 8:8 Is 41:4. e.g. Genesis 7:1
- b. Ju 3:2 (present & future); cf. pl. דֹּרֹתָיו Gn 6:9 (i.e. his own gen. and those immediately contiguous, before and after). e.g. Judges 3:2
- c. especially of a future generation Gn 15:16 (JE), with numeral, cf. Dt 23:3, 4, 9; also Dt 29:21 ψ 48:14; 71:18; 78:4, 6; 102:19; 109:13 Jo 1:3 cf. ψ 22:31, 32 (Che crit. n.); of a succession of generations דּוֹר לְדוֹר יְשַׁבַּח מַעֲשֶׂיךָ ψ 145:4; בְּכָל־דּוֹר וָדוֹר Est 9:28; usually pl. לְדֹרֹת עוֹלָם Gn 9:12 (P); with num. לְאֶלֶף דּוֹר ψ 105:8 (‖ עולם) = 1 Ch 16:15 (‖ לעולם); Dt 7:9; v. further, of posterity, אַרְבָּעָה דֹּרוֹת Jb 42:16; usually pl. c. sf. Gn 17:7, 9, 12 Ex 12:14, 17, 42; 16:32, 33; 27:21; 29:42; 30:8, 10, 21, 31; 31:13, 16; 40:15 Lv 3:17; 6:11; 7:36; 10:9 (all P); 17:7; 21:17; 22:3; 23:14, 21, 31, 41, 43; 24:3; 25:30 (all H); Nu 9:10; 10:8; 15:14, 15, 21, 23, 38; 18:23; 35:29 Jos 22:27, 28 (all P). e.g. Genesis 15:16
- 3. generation characterized by quality or condition, class of men: דּוֹר עִקֵּשׁ crooked generation Dt 32:5 (song) cf. v 20 ψ 78:8(×2) Je 7:29; of diff. classes of wicked, Pr 30:11, 12, 13, 14 cf. ψ 12:8; of the righteous, as a class ψ 14:5; 24:6; 73:15 (דּוֹר בָּנֶיךָ) 112:2 (cf. 22:31 MT, but לדור to v 32 cf. supr. sub 2 c); so also דּוֹר אֲבוֹתָיו i.e. the dead ψ 49:20 (so most; yet v. infr. sub 4). e.g. Deuteronomy 32:5
- 4. dwelling-place, habitation Is 38:12 cf. דּוּר vb., so Saad Ki Ges De Che RVm (Ew life ‖ חַיַּי); so also ψ 49:20 De Witt, cf. CheOP 479. e.g. Isaiah 38:12
דור II loc. (Ph. דאר
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
I. n.m. Dt 32:5 period, generation, dwelling (cf. sub vb. supr.; also NH דּוֹר, Aramaic (incl. Biblical Aramaic) דָּר, ܕܳܪ, age, generation; Arabic دَوْرٌ gyrus, orbis, periodus; Sab. דר, one time, once, דרם דרם each once in a year DHM in MV)—abs. דּוֹר Gn 7:1 + 68 times; דֹּר Ex 3:15; + 36 textual; cstr. דּוֹר Dt 32:20 + 7 times, דֹּר Ex 3:15; sf. דּוֹרִי Is 38:12, דּוֹרוֹ Is 53:8; pl. דּוֹרִים ψ 72:5 + 2 times, דֹּרוֹת abs. Jb 42:16 Is 41:4; cstr. Ju 3:2; דּוֹרוֹת cstr. Is 51:9, דֹּרֹת Gn 9:12; sf. דֹּרֹתָיו Gn 6:9 Lv 25:30, דּוֹרוֹתֵינוּ Jos 22:27, דֹּרֹתֵינוּ v 28, דּרֹתֵיכֶם Gn 17:12 + 27 times, דֹּרֹתָם Gn 17:7 + 10 times;—
II. n.pr.loc. (Ph. דאר; cuneif. Du’ru KG121 COT on Jos 17:11) city in Manasseh, on Mediterr., S. of Carmel (9 Roman miles N. of Caesarea, cf. LagOnom. 115, 2nd ed. 149), דּוֹר Jos 12:23; דּוֹר וּבְנוֹתֶיהָ Ju 1:27 1 Ch 7:29 = דֹּאר וּב׳ Jos 17:11; נָפַת דּוֹר Jos 12:23 = נָפַת דֹּאר 1 K 4:11; נָפוֹת דּוֹר Jos 11:2 (cf. נפה); mod. Ṭanṭura WilsonLands of Bible ii. 249 vandeVelde Narrat. i. 333 BdPal 233 cf. Di Jos 11:2. On עֵין־דֹּר(דּוֹר) v. sub עַיִן.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from דור (dûwr) (H1752) — to dwell.
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.
דּוּר I
- 1. to form a circle or enclosure (v. Fl. to Levy Talm. Dict. I, p. 440ᵃ sq.).—Denom. דּוּר II, דּוֹר, דִּירָה &c.].
- 2. (denom. of דִּירָה) to reside, dwell. Ber. 8ᵃ לעולם יָדוֹר וכ׳ one must try to live in the same place with his teacher. Keth. 72ᵃ; a. fr. אין אדם דָּר וכ׳, v. כְּפִיפָה. Ib. 110ᵇ בל הדָּר בא"י whoever lives in Palestine.—Succ. 35ᵃ (ref. to hadar, Lev. XXIII, 40) א"ת הָדָר אלא הַדָּר דבר שֶדָּר וכ׳ ed. (Ms. M. הָדָר דבר הַדָּר וכ׳) read not hadar but haddar, something which remains on its tree from year to year (without withering); a. fr. e.g. Leviticus 23:40
- 3. to lodge, v. infra.
- 1. to cause a circuit; ד׳ שדה to let cattle change folds within a field, to collect manure in a field, by letting cattle live on it. Shebi. III, 4. Y. ib. 34ᶜ bot. מְדַיְּירִין בטובה you may let your cattle live on one’s field as a favor; a. e.
- 2. to lodge, v. infra.
- to lodge. Pesik. R. s. 3, beg. (play on דָּֽ֗רְ֗בָ֗ן֗) שמֵדִ֗יר̇ ב̇ינ̇ה בפרה it (the goad) causes understanding to dwell in the cow; Pesik. Baḥod. p. 153ᵃ שמורה (ed. O. שמדיר); Koh. R. to XII, 11 [read:] שהוא מְדַיֵּיר; Num. R. s. 14 שדָּר; Y. Snh. Tanḥ. B’haăl 15 דָּר אצל הפרה וכ׳.—[Num. R. l. c. the words of the wise דָּ֗רִ֗ים ב̇ינ̇ה וכ׳ lodge understanding with men.]
- to be manured by cattle living in folds, v. Piel. Shebi. IV, 2; M. Kat. 13ᵃ; a. e.
דּוּר
- , to dwell. Targ. Ps. CV, 23; a. fr.—Pes. 113ᵃ top (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 6).—Part. דָּאִיר, דָּיֵיר. Targ. Ps. LVII, 5 דָיְירָא Ms. (ed. חיירא).—Yeb. 52ᵃ דאיר בבי וכ׳ he resides with his father-in-law. B. Mets. 117ᵃ דהוו דָיְירֵי who occupied. Taan. 24ᵃ דָּיִירְנָא וכ׳ I live in a poor village.
- , דַּיֵּיר
- 1. to go around, to peddle (cmp. h. סָחַר). R. Hash. 9ᵇ (expl. דְּרוֹר, Lev. XXV, 10) כמְדַיֵּיר דיירא ומוביל וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. בי דיירא, Ar. s. v. דר 3: כי מדַוַּאר דריא) as a traveller is licensed to go around and carry his goods through the whole district. e.g. Leviticus 25:10
- 2. to deposit manure, v. preced.Pi.—B. Kam. 113ᵇ הני דדַיְּירֵי דירי Rashi (ed. דרי, Ms. R. דמְדַיְּירֵי דיירי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) those (gentiles) who manure fields for pay by letting cattle live on them in folds.
- 3. to place around (in a row, Rashi). Kidd. 81ᵃ ד׳ גולפי placed jugs around (as a partition).—
- *4. to round a person, to overtake. B. Kam. 92ᵇ; B. Mets. 107ᵇ (prov.) רהוט … ולא דַּוְּורוּהוּ וכ׳ Ar. (ed. מטו, אמטו) runners run but overtake not one who has taken a morning meal.
דּוּר II
- (preced., cmp. זֵר) rim, wreath. Kel. XVI, 3.—Pl. דּוּרִים. Ib.
*דּוּר III
- a stuffed bag. Lam. R. to I, 1 רבתי (חד כות׳ 2), v. אֵדֶר I. [Y. Snh. X, 28ᵃ top; Num. R. s. 14; 15; Tanḥ. B’haăl. 15, v. כַּדּוּר.]
דּוֹר
- [circle, period, cmp. גִּיל] generation, contemporaries. Arakh. 17ᵃ ד׳ לפי פרנס as the leader so the generation; a. v. fr.—ד׳ הפלגה the generation which witnessed the separation of races; ד׳ המבול which perished in the flood; ד׳ המדבר which perished in the desert, &c. Snh. X, 3 (107ᵇ, sq.); a. fr.—Pl. דּוֹרוֹת. Ib. 99ᵃ; a. fr.—לַדּוֹרוֹת for all time to come; permanent, opp. לשעה, הוראת שעה a temporary ordinance. Ib. 16ᵇ (ref. to Num. VII, 1) אותם במשיחה ולא לד׳ וכ׳ only they were installed with ointment, but not as a precedent for future installations; a. fr.—Men. 19ᵇ, a. e. ד׳ משעה לא ילפינן a permanent law cannot be derived from a special temporary legislation.—פסח ד׳ annual Passover celebration, opp. to פסח מצרים the one observed in Epypt. Pes. IX, 5; a. fr. e.g. Numbers 7:1
דּוֹר ²
- imperat. of נָדַר. Kidd. 41ᵃ; a. fr.
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Forms in the corpus
The 77 distinct written forms H1755 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.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 17 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
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Other BDB entries built from the same root as H1755, 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.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 118 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 127 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
- Genesis 6:9
- Exodus 1:6
- Leviticus 3:17
- Numbers 9:10
- Deuteronomy 1:35
- Joshua 22:27
- Judges 2:10
- 1 Chronicles 16:15
- Esther 9:28
- Job 8:8
- Psalms 10:6
- Proverbs 27:24
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.
