בָּדָד badad
Hebrew word for “isolation” · Strong’s H910 · used 11 times in 11 verses
Meaning
1) isolation, withdrawal, separation; 1a) an isolated city; adv; 2) alone; 2a) security (fig.)
How it is translated
Glosses given for badad in context, with how often each is used:
- alone 10
- which alone 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Lamentations | 2 | 1.3 | |
| Leviticus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Micah | 1 | 0.7 |
Chapters where it is used most
Leviticus 13 (1), Numbers 23 (1), Deuteronomy 32 (1), Deuteronomy 33 (1), Psalms 4 (1), Isaiah 27 (1), Jeremiah 15 (1), Jeremiah 49 (1), Lamentations 1 (1), Lamentations 3 (1)
Forms
- בדד 8
- לבדד 3
Words used with it
Words that share verses with badad more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שָׁכַן shakhan “to dwell” 4
- יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 6
- בֶּטַח betach “security” 3
- גּוֹי goy “nation” 3
- רָעָה raah “to pasture” 2
- עִיר ir “city” 2
Key verses
The verses using badad that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Leviticus 13:46 — All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.
- Numbers 23:9 — For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
- Deuteronomy 32:12 — So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
- Deuteronomy 33:28 — Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
- Psalms 4:8 — I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
- Isaiah 27:10 — Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and…
- Jeremiah 15:17 — I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
- Jeremiah 49:31 — Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.
- Lamentations 1:1 — How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces,…
- Lamentations 3:28 — He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
- Micah 7:14 — Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as…
See all 11 verses in the Word Atlas
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.