בַּד bad

Hebrew word for “alone” · Strong’s H905 · used 200 times in 177 verses

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Meaning

: alone; 1) alone, by itself, besides, a part, separation, being alone;

Senses in the lexicon

• alone (116)
• alone: pole (42)
• alone: besides (40)
• alone: each (2)

How it is translated

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

• alone 69
• only 39
• poles 38
• besides 34
• apart 14
• parts 2
• shoots 2
• part 2

Where it is used

Also in 12 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 29 (11), Exodus 37 (6), Exodus 25 (5), Exodus 35 (4), Numbers 4 (4), Job 1 (4), Exodus 30 (3), Exodus 38 (3), Judges 6 (3), 2 Samuel 18 (3)

Forms

• לבדו 37
• לבד 33
• מלבד 29
• לבדך 17
• לבדי 16
• הבדים 15
• בדיו 14
• לבדם 10
• לבדה 5
• בדי 5

Words used with it

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

• עֹלָה olah “burnt offering” 16
• נֶסֶךְ nesekh “drink offering” 12
• מִנְחָה minchah “offering” 14
• תָּמִיד tamid “continually” 12
• טַבַּעַת tabbaat “ring” 10
• נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 17
• זָהָב zahav “gold” 13
• שָׂעִיר sair “he-goat” 9
• שִׁטָּה shittah “acacia” 8
• צָפָה tsaphah “to overlay” 8
• מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 12
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 15

Key verses

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

• Genesis 32:24 — And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
• Numbers 11:17 — And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of…
• 1 Samuel 7:3 — And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from…
• 1 Kings 19:10 — And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy…
• 2 Kings 19:15 — And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the…
• 2 Kings 21:16 — Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing…
• Nehemiah 9:6 — Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and…
• Psalms 51:4 — Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
• Psalms 72:18 — Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
• Psalms 83:18 — That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
• Isaiah 2:11 — The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Isaiah 44:24 — Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that…

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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.