דּוֹד
dôwd · dode
(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
Lexicon
Derivation: or (shortened) דֹּד; from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e.
(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
- (figuratively) to love
- by implication, a love-token, lover, friend
- specifically, an uncle
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (well-) beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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 doorway, the way in › to fasten and establish › the doorway, the way in
The doorway, the way in that works to fasten and establish of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דּוֹד 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
61 occurrences · 61 OT · 0 NT · 45 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- my beloved12 · 23%
- uncle4 · 8%
- of love3 · 6%
- of my beloved3 · 6%
- the uncle2 · 4%
- his uncle's2 · 4%
- is thy love2 · 4%
- to my beloved2 · 4%
- what is thy beloved2 · 4%
- more than another beloved2 · 4%
- whither is thy beloved2 · 4%
- i am my beloved's2 · 4%
- mine uncle's2 · 4%
- either his uncle1 · 2%
- or his uncle's1 · 2%
- unto their father's1 · 2%
- unto his uncle1 · 2%
- his father's brother1 · 2%
- for thy love1 · 2%
- thy love1 · 2%
- is my wellbeloved1 · 2%
- so is my beloved1 · 2%
- let my beloved1 · 2%
- o beloved1 · 2%
- but my beloved1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
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.