בַּד
bad · bad
properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of atree, bar forcarrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides
Lexicon
Derivation: from H909 (בָּדַד);
properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of atree, bar forcarrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides
- properly, separation
- by implication, a part of the body, branch of atree, bar forcarrying
- figuratively, chief of a city
- especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: alone, apart, bar, besides, branch, by self, of each alike, except, only, part, staff, strength.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- 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 › the doorway, the way in
The house, what is within of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בַּד 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
200 occurrences · 200 OT · 0 NT · 87 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the staves12 · 22%
- and the staves6 · 11%
- staves4 · 7%
- for the staves4 · 7%
- beside3 · 5%
- of the staves3 · 5%
- and his staves2 · 4%
- his staves2 · 4%
- in the staves2 · 4%
- to the staves2 · 4%
- of each1 · 2%
- shall there be a like1 · 2%
- alone1 · 2%
- you myself alone1 · 2%
- beside him1 · 2%
- only1 · 2%
- were by themselves1 · 2%
- except1 · 2%
- to the bars1 · 2%
- the strength1 · 2%
- his strength1 · 2%
- this only1 · 2%
- branches1 · 2%
- of her branches1 · 2%
- his branches1 · 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.