Word Study · Strong's H1861 · Hebrew

דׇּרְבוֹן

dorbon

dor-bone'

Strong's 1890 spelling: dorbôwn

“a goad”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a goad

Rendered in the KJV as

goad.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

הַדָּרְבָֽן׃1
כַּדָּ֣רְבֹנ֔וֹת1

How it is rendered · 2

[are] like the goads1
the goad[s]1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

preposition with the article + noun · feminine plural1
the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HRd/Ncfpa · 1
HTd/Ncmsa · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

1 Samuel1 of 2 · 50%
Ecclesiastes1 of 2 · 50%

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1 Samuel1 occurrence

1 Samuel 13:21הַדָּרְבָֽן׃hadarevanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThe charge was a pim for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad.here: the goad[s]

Ecclesiastes1 occurrence

Ecclesiastes 12:11כַּדָּ֣רְבֹנ֔וֹתkadarevonotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluralThe words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.here: [are] like the goads

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