בַּד
apart
‘apart’ is one of 4 main senses fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Where this word appears
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).
Every verse where H905 appears in the Book of Daniel — 3 distinct verses. 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.
Daniel
- Daniel 10:7 לְ/בַדִּ/י֙ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; for the men who were with me didn't see the vision; but a great quaking fell on them, and they fled to hide themselves.
- Daniel 10:8 לְ/בַדִּ֔/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
- Daniel 11:4 מִ/לְּ/בַד prep + prep + n c ms cs When he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of the sky, but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others besides these.
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.
“apart” is the headline sense of the Hebrew noun בד (bad). Translators differ — “staves” in the King James Version, then “alone” (Berean Standard Bible), as the renderings breakdown shows. With 179 verses in 25 books, it is a common word in the Hebrew Bible. First canonically at Genesis 2:18, it enters the text early. Its meaning spans more than one sense — see its full sense range. See the sense tree, 179-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H905 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 →
- 179
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 179 distinct verses.
- 25 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 25 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #236
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 236 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 179 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 179 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 80 verses · 45%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 60 verses · 34%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 39 verses · 22%
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 4 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†: Staves 37×, Beside 3×, Branches 3×
- American Standard Version†: Staves 30×, Staves thereof 4×, Besides 3×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Alone 36×, Poles 34×, Addition to 23×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Alone 41×, Poles 30×, Besides 20×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H905 across 56† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 9 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 H905 across 56† 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.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H905 across 163† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 34 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 38 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H905 across 203† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 18 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.
בד I [m.] white linen (deriv. unknown) pl. בַּדִּים
בד II separation concr. part (بِدٌّ, بِدَّةٌ portion)
- 1. with לְ, only in sg., לְבַד proposes in a state of (v sub לְ) separation, alone, by itself (Fr à part).
- a. Ex 26:9 (= 36:16) five curtains לְבַד by themselves, and six curtains לְבַד by themselves, Ju 7:5 him shalt thou set לבד apart, Zc 12:12–14. e.g. Exodus 26:9
- b. with sf. (89 times) to express the idea of by oneself, alone (proposes in his, thy, my separation), Gn 2:18 it is not good for man to be לְבַדּוֹ alone, 21:28 and A. set the seven lambs לְבַדְּהֶן by themselves (lit. in their separation), 32:17; 43:32; 2 S 10:8; Is 5:8; Gn 42:38 הוּא לְבַדּוֹ he alone, Ex 18:14 אַתָּה לְבַדְּךָ thou alone, Nu 11:14 אָנֹכִי לְבַדִּי I alone, 1 K 19:10, 14; Dt 8:3 not upon bread alone, 29:13; 2 S 13:32; 18:24; Is 44:24; 49:21; 63:3 +; after an oblique case, as a dat. Ex 22:19; Ju 3:20 ψ 51:6 לְךָ לְבַדְּךָ against thee alone have I sinned; a genit. 71:16 I will make mention of צִדְקָֽתְךָ לְבַדֶּֽךָ׃ the righteousness of thee alone. e.g. Genesis 2:18
- c. as adv. of limitation, †Is 26:13 only through thee do we celebrate thy name, Ex 7:29. e.g. Isaiah 26:13
- d. followed by מִן it becomes a prep., apart from, besides, Ex 12:37; Nu 29:39; Dt 3:5; 18:8 (read מִמְּכָרָיו with 𝔊 𝔖 𝔗 Aq Ew Di) Ju 8:26; 20:15 al. (15 times); once, Ezr 1:6, with עַל instead of מִן. e.g. Exodus 12:37
- e. מִלְּבַד33 (prob. inverted for לְבַד מִן) besides (chiefly P and late): Gn 26:1; 46:26; Lv 9:17; 23:38 (4 times) Nu 5:8; 6:21; 17:14 + 12 times Nu 28–29; Dt 28:69; Jos 22:29; 1 K 10:13; 1 Ch 3:9; 2 Ch 9:12; 17:19; 31:16; Ezr 2:65 = Ne 7:67; Dn 11:4. With sf. †Dt 4:35 אֵין עוֹד מִלְּבַדּוֹ there is none else besides him (cf. מִבַּלְעָדַי Is 45:21). e.g. Genesis 26:1
- 2. concr. part Ex 30:34 (P) בַּד בְּבַד יִהְיֶה part for (i.e. like; cf. בְּ III. 3 end) part shall it be. e.g. Exodus 30:34
- 3. בַּדִּים parts, spec. extended from something, i.e. (a) of a body, members, limbs Jb 18:13 (of man), 41:4 (of crocodile); (b) of a vine, rods or shoots Ez 17:6; 19:14; (c) of poles or staves used for carrying the ark Ex 25:13, 14, 15; 35:12; 37:4, 5; 39:35; 40:20; Nu 4:6 1 K 8:7, 8(×2) (= 2 Ch 5:8, 9(×2)) or table of shewbread Ex 25:27, 28; 35:13; 37:14, 15; Nu 4:8, or altar of B. O. Ex 27:6(×2), 7(×2); 35:16; 38:5, 6, 7; 39:39 Nu 4:14, or altar of incense Ex 30:4, 5; 35:15; 37:27, 28; Nu 4:11; (d) more gen. bars (of fortress) Ho 11:6, (of a gate) Jb 17:16 fig. בַּדֵּי שְׁאֹל (cf. Is 38:10). read הַעִמָּדִי (for בַּדֵּי) 𝔊 Du Dr, with נֵחָ֑ת in v b (for נָ֫חַת). e.g. Job 18:13
בד III only Pl. בַּדִּים.
- a. empty, idle talk (Ph. CIS 3, 6 listen not to בדנם = Heb. בַּדֵּיהֶם; cf. ܒܶܕܝܳܐ vain talk), especially with collat. idea of imaginary pretensions or claims: Jb 11:3 בַּדֶּיךָ מְתִים יַחֲרִישׁוּ thy idle talk brings men to silence (‖ וַתִּלְעַג), Is 16:6 (of Moab) לֹא כֵן בַּדָּיו his boastings are not right (unfounded), hence Je 48:30. e.g. Job 11:3
- b. concr. empty talkers, praters (cf. NH בַּדָּאָה, Syriac ܒܳܕܽܘܝܳܐ liar), of false prophets, Is 44:25; Je 50:36. e.g. Isaiah 44:25
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.] white linen (deriv. unknown) pl. בַּדִּים—אֵפוֹד בָּ֑ד 1 S 2:18 (Samuel), 1 S 22:18 (priests of Nob), 2 S 6:14 = 1 Ch 15:27 (David): in P as material of diff. priestly vestments Ex 28:42; 39:28 Lv 6:3(×2) 16:4(×4), 23, 32. Pl. (ה)לבושׁ (הַ)בַּדִּים clad in (the) linen garments, of angel Ez 9:2, 3, 11; 10:2, 6, 7; Dn 10:5; 12:6, 7.
II. v. sub I, II. בדד.
III. n.m. separation concr. part (بِدٌّ, بِدَّةٌ portion)—sf. (always with לְ) לְבַדִּי, לְבַדּוֹ etc., 3 f. pl. †Gn 21:28 לְבַדְּהֶן, v 29 לְבַדָּ֫נָה;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from בדד (bâdad) (H909) — to separate.
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.
בִּדְּ־
- prefix (comp. of בְּ a. דְּ = h. בְּשֶׁ־, בְּשֶׁל)
- 1. concerning that (those) of; at the time of; treating of what refers to. Sabb. 112ᵃ בדטייעי in the case of those (sandals) of the travelling merchants (Arabs). Yoma 78ᵇ, v. הוּצָא. Ḥull. 20ᵃ ומתני׳ בדלא אהדר our Mishnah treats of a case when he did not turn. Gitt. 49ᵃ בדניזק וכ׳ we go in our assessment by (the property) of the injured; a. v. fr.
- 2. if, when. Targ. Y. Gen. XLIII, 5 בִּדְּלֵית unless. Targ. O. Deut. IX, 4 בִּדְּיִתְּבַר; a. e.
*בַּד I
- = אֲבַד. Targ. Y. II, Num. XXI, 29 ובָדְתוּן (Var. וּבַדְתּוּן = וַאֲ׳). Ithpe. אִתְבִּיד, v. אֲבַד
בַּד II
- (בדד) olive press (cmp. גַּת), tank. Shebi. VIII, 6 אין … בַּבַּד you must not press olives in the tank (in the Sabbath year).—בית הַבַּד the building containing the tank and all implements for pressing olives. Sabb. I, 9 קורת ב׳ הב׳ the beam of the press; a. fr.—Bets. 19ᵃ; Tosef. ib. II, 7, v. גַּב.—Pl. בַּדִּים, בַּדִּין. B. Bath. IV, 7 בית הב׳. Toh. IX, 7 בד אחד או שני ב׳ a quantity of olives for one tank or for two; a. fr.
בַּד III
- 1. single, separate. Ber. 63ᵇ (play on baddim, Jer. L, 36) שיושבין ב׳ ב׳ who study separately (without interchange of ideas). Kerith 5ᵃ expl. Ex. XXX, 34 ב׳ בב׳. e.g. Jeremiah 50:36
- 2. with pref. לְ, לְבַד (b. h.) alone, only. Sot. 8ᵃ אותה לְבַדָּהּ her (Num. V, 19) indicates her alone (each separately); a. fr.—בִּלְבַד (adv.) only. Ber. I, 1 ולא זו ב׳ (usu. with אמרו) and not only in this case did they make such a rule. Meg. I, 5 אין בין … אלא … ב׳ there is no difference between Festivals and the Sabbath (as to forbidden labors) except only as to the preparation of the necessaries of life; a. fr.—וּבִלְבַד but only, provided. Zeb. V, 8; a. fr. e.g. Numbers 5:19
בַּד IV
- chosen, fine linen. Zeb. 18ᵇ ב׳ שיהו של בוץ וכ׳ wherever the Law speaks of garments of bad, it means that they must be of byssus, new &c. Ib. how do we know דהאי ב׳ כיתנא הוא that bad (as material for garments) means linen (and no other fine stuff)? Answ. Something which grows בד בבד in single stalks (v. preced. a. next w.); Yoma 71ᵇ. Ib. 35ᵃ bad is used four times, intimating מובחר בב׳ the choicest of &c. (for diff. vers. v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note); [cmp. Targ. Jer. XLVIII, 30].
בַּד V
- (בדד) single stalk, twig; also (b. h.) pole, bar. Zeb. 18ᵇ; Yoma 71ᵇ; v. preced. Keth. 17ᵃ ב׳ של הדס myrtle twig. Succ. 44ᵇ even one leaf וב׳ אחד and (on) one twig. B. Mets. 24ᵃ anything on which something is suspended ב׳ קרו ליה is called bad.—Pl. בַּדִּים. Y. Yoma V, 42ᵇ bot., a. e. בין הב׳ between the bars projecting from the Ark (i.e. their corresponding place in the Second Temple). B. Mets. l. c. בַּדֵּי מחטין וכ׳ poles of peddlars for needles &c. Ib. מאי בדי what does baddé mean? Answ. Twigs.—And why do they call them baddé? Answ., v. supra. V. אַנְפּוֹרְיָא.
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 86 distinct written forms H905 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; 26 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H905, 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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Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 5 — not the complete family. 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 167 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 179 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 2:18
- Exodus 12:16
- Leviticus 9:17
- Numbers 4:6
- Deuteronomy 1:9
- Joshua 11:13
- Judges 3:20
- 1 Samuel 7:3
- 2 Samuel 10:8
- 1 Kings 5:16
- 2 Kings 10:23
- 1 Chronicles 3:9
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.
