Word Study · Strong's H1677 · Hebrew
דֹּב
dob
dobe
Strong's 1890 spelling: dôb
“the bear (as slow)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
the bear (as slow)
Rendered in the KJV as
bear.
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 11inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 11
- דֹּ֣ב2
- דֻּבִּים֙1
- הַדֹּ֔ב1
- הַדֹּ֑ב1
- הַדּ֔וֹב1
- הַדּ֖וֹב1
- וְדֹ֣ב1
- וָדֹב֙1
- כְּדֹ֥ב1
- כְּדֹ֣ב1
- כַדֻּבִּים֙1
How it is rendered · 8
- the bear4
- like a bear2
- [female] bears1
- [is] a bear1
- a bear1
- and a bear1
- and bear1
- like the bears1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular4
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular2
- noun · masculine or feminine singular2
- preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular2
- noun · masculine or feminine plural1
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncbsa · 4
- HC/Ncbsa · 2
- HNcbsa · 2
- HR/Ncbsa · 2
- HNcbpa · 1
- HRd/Ncbpa · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 1 Samuel3 of 12 · 25%
- Proverbs2 of 12 · 17%
- Isaiah2 of 12 · 17%
- 2 Samuel1 of 12 · 8%
- 2 Kings1 of 12 · 8%
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1 Samuel3 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 17:34הַדּ֔וֹבhadovthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singularDavid replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,here: the bear
- 1 Samuel 17:36הַדּ֖וֹבhadovthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singularYour servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”here: the bear
- 1 Samuel 17:37הַדֹּ֔בhadothe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singularDavid added, “The LORD, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” “Go,” said Saul, “and may the LORD be with you.”here: the bear
Proverbs2 occurrences
- Proverbs 17:12דֹּ֣בdonoun · masculine or feminine singularIt is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.here: a bear
- Proverbs 28:15וְדֹ֣בvedoconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singularLike a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.here: and a bear
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 11:7וָדֹב֙vadoconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singularThe cow will graze with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.here: and bear
- Isaiah 59:11כַדֻּבִּים֙khadubimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine pluralWe all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.here: like the bears
Lamentations1 occurrence
Same headword in Strong's