דּוֹד dod

Hebrew word for “beloved” · Strong’s H1730 · used 61 times in 53 verses

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Meaning

: beloved; 1) beloved, love, uncle; 1a) loved one, beloved; 1b) uncle; 1c) love (pl. abstract)

Senses in the lexicon

• beloved (33)
• beloved: male relative (18)
• beloved: love (10)

How it is translated

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

• lover 31
• uncle 16
• loves 8
• more than a lover 2
• uncles 1
• loved one 1
• lovers 1
• beloved 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Song of Solomon 5 (9), Song of Solomon 2 (6), Song of Solomon 1 (5), Song of Solomon 7 (5), Jeremiah 32 (4), 1 Samuel 10 (3), Song of Solomon 6 (3), Esther 2 (2), Song of Solomon 4 (2), Song of Solomon 8 (2)

Forms

• דודי 20
• לדודי 5
• דדו 5
• דודך 4
• דוד 4
• דדי 4
• דדיך 4
• דדים 3
• ודודי 2
• מדוד 2

Words used with it

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

• חֲנַמְאֵל chanamel “Hanamel” 4
• יָפֶה yapheh “beautiful” 5
• בֶּשֶׂם besem “spice” 4
• נִי ni “me” 8
• יַיִן yayin “wine” 5
• עֹפֶר opher “fawn” 3
• אֲנִי ani “I” 7
• בַּת bat “daughter” 6
• מֹר mor “myrrh” 3
• אַיָּל ayyal “deer” 3
• עֲנָתוֹת anatot “Anathoth” 3
• ךְ kh “you” 5

Key verses

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

• Song of Solomon 1:4 — Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the…
• Song of Solomon 2:3 — As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my…
• Song of Solomon 4:16 — Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant…
• Song of Solomon 5:1 — I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my…
• Song of Solomon 5:2 — I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled…
• Song of Solomon 5:6 — I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him,…
• Song of Solomon 5:16 — His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
• Song of Solomon 6:2 — My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
• Song of Solomon 7:12 — Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee…
• Song of Solomon 8:5 — Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she…
• Isaiah 5:1 — Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
• Ezekiel 16:8 — Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I…

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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.