King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H1730
Transliteration: dod
Phonetic Spelling: (dode)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: beloved, love, uncle
Meaning: to love, a love-token, lover, friend, an uncle
Word Summary
dod: beloved, love, uncle
Original Word: דּוֹדTransliteration: dod
Phonetic Spelling: (dode)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: beloved, love, uncle
Meaning: to love, a love-token, lover, friend, an uncle
Strong's Concordance
well-beloved, father's brother, love, uncle Or (shortened) dod {dode}; from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e. (figuratively) to love; by implication, a love- token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle -- (well-)beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1730. dod
דּוֺד noun masculineSong of Solomon 1:2 beloved, love (plural), uncle (Late Hebrew id., Syriac ; Assyrian dâdu DlHA 19) — absolute דּוֺד Song of Solomon 5:9 (twice in verse); construct דּוֺד 1 Samuel 10:14 3t.; דֹּד Leviticus 10:4; Esther 2:15; suffix דּוֺדִי Isaiah 5:1 (but compare below) + 26 t. all Canticles; דֹּדִי Jeremiah 32:8 2t.; דֹּדְךָ 32:7; דּוֺדֵךְ Song of Solomon 5:9 (twice in verse) + 2t.; דּוֺדוֺ Amos 6:10; 1 Samuel 10:16, דֹּדוֺ Leviticus 20:20 4t.; דּוֺדָהּ Song of Solomon 8:5; plural דּוֺדִים 5:1; דֹּדִים Proverbs 7:18; Ezekiel 16:8; 23:17; plural suffix דֹּדַי Cant 7:13; דֹּדֶיךָ Song of Solomon 1:2, 4; דֹּדַיִךְ 4:10 (twice in verse); דֹּדֵיהֶן Numbers 36:11 —
1 most often loved one, beloved (lover, betrothed) Song of Solomon 1:13-14, 16; 2:3, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17; 4:16; 5:2, 4, 5, 6 (twice in verse); 5:8-9, (twice in verse); 5:10, 16; 6:1 (twice in verse); 6:2-3,(twice in verse); 7:10; 7:11; 7:12; Songs 7:14; 8:5; 8:14; beloved one, friend, דּוֺדִי שִׁירַת Isaiah 5:1 (where Lo Che ׳שׁ דודים love-song, see 3 below)
2 specifically uncle, Leviticus 10:4 (father's brother, patruus; Syriac = also avunculus) Numbers 36:11; 1 Samuel 14:50; 2 Kings 24:17; Leviticus 20:20; 25:49 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 10:14-15, 16; Esther 2:7, 15; Jeremiah 32:7-8, 9, 12; perhaps also 1 Chronicles 27:32 Jonathan, David's דּוֺד so AV RV; = kinsman (?, so St RVm) Amos 6:10.
3 plural abstract love Proverbs 7:18; Song of Solomon 1:2, 4; 4:10 (twice in verse); 5:1 (Song of Solomon 5:1 and elsewhere concrete beloved ones, so AV RV, ᵐ5 ἀδελφυἰ; so דדים עֵת Ezekiel 16:8; דדים מִשְׁכַּב 23:17.