דּוֹר dor
Hebrew word for “generation” · Strong’s H1755 · used 167 times in 127 verses
Meaning
1) period, generation, habitation, dwelling;
How it is translated
Glosses given for dor in context, with how often each is used:
- generation 112
- generations 54
- dwelling-place 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 59 | 3.0 | |
| Exodus | 19 | 1.1 | |
| Isaiah | 18 | 1.1 | |
| Leviticus | 14 | 1.2 | |
| Deuteronomy | 11 | 0.8 | |
| Numbers | 10 | 0.6 | |
| Genesis | 7 | 0.3 | |
| Proverbs | 6 | 0.9 | |
| Joel | 5 | 5.2 | |
| Jeremiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Judges | 3 | 0.3 | |
| Joshua | 2 | 0.2 |
Also in 5 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Leviticus 23 (5), Numbers 15 (5), Exodus 30 (4), Proverbs 30 (4), Genesis 17 (3), Exodus 12 (3), Deuteronomy 23 (3), Deuteronomy 32 (3), Psalms 78 (3), Psalms 102 (3)
Forms
- דור 33
- לדרתיכם 27
- ודור 16
- לדר 16
- ודר 16
- לדור 12
- לדרתם 11
- הדור 8
- בדור 5
- דר 5
Words used with it
Words that share verses with dor more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עוֹלָם olam “forever” 52
- חֻקָּה chuqqah “statute” 16
- עַד ad “till” 18
- זֶרַע zera “seed” 10
- שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 11
- הֶם hem “them” 12
- אַחֲרוֹן acharon “last” 6
- סָפַר saphar “to recount” 7
- כֶם khem “you” 9
- אַהֲרֹן aharon “Aaron” 8
- זֶה zeh “this” 11
- נֵצַח netsach “perpetuity” 5
Key verses
The verses using dor that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 6:9 — These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
- Genesis 17:7 — And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to…
- Exodus 3:15 — And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the…
- Exodus 12:14 — And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance…
- Deuteronomy 7:9 — Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a…
- Psalms 71:18 — Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
- Psalms 78:8 — And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with…
- Psalms 89:1 — [Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.] I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
- Psalms 100:5 — For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
- Isaiah 51:9 — Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded…
- Jeremiah 2:31 — O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no…
- Joel 2:2 — A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath…
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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.