בִּלְדַּד
Bildad · bil-dad'
Bildad, one of Job's friends
Lexicon
Derivation: of uncertain derivation;
Bildad, one of Job's friends
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Bildad.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › authority, the one who leads › the doorway, the way in › the doorway, the way in
The house, what is within of authority, the one who leads of the doorway, the way in of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בִּלְדַּד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- bildad3 · 60%
- and bildad2 · 40%
Where it is used, by book.
- Job5
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.