דֹּב dov

Hebrew word for “bear” · Strong’s H1677 · used 12 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

bear; Aramaic equivalent: dov (דֹּב "bear" H1678)

How it is translated

Glosses given for dov in context, with how often each is used:

• bear 8
• like a bear 2
• female bears 1
• like bears 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 17 (3), 2 Samuel 17 (1), 2 Kings 2 (1), Proverbs 17 (1), Proverbs 28 (1), Isaiah 11 (1), Isaiah 59 (1), Lamentations 3 (1), Hosea 13 (1), Amos 5 (1)

Forms

• הדוב 2
• הדב 2
• כדב 2
• דב 2
• ודב 2
• דבים 1
• כדבים 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with dov more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אַרְיֵה aryeh “lion” 7
• שַׁכּוּל shakkul “childless” 3
• פָּגַשׁ pagash “to meet” 2
• בָּקַע baqa “to break up/open” 2
• יֶלֶד yeled “youth” 2
• רָעָה raah “to pasture” 2
• פְּלִשְׁתִּי pelishti “Philistine” 2
• שָׂדֶה sadeh “land” 2
• שָׁאוּל shaul “Saul” 2
• חַי chay “alive” 2
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 2
• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 2

Key verses

The verses using dov that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Samuel 17:34 — And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
• 1 Samuel 17:36 — Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
• 1 Samuel 17:37 — David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this…
• 2 Samuel 17:8 — For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field:…
• 2 Kings 2:24 — And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two…
• Proverbs 17:12 — Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
• Proverbs 28:15 — As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
• Isaiah 11:7 — And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
• Isaiah 59:11 — We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
• Lamentations 3:10 — He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
• Hosea 13:8 — I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast…
• Amos 5:19 — As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.