Word

דֹּב

dôb · H1677 · Hebrew · 12 occurrences

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BearMammals16 verses

Meanings

Syrian brown bear

A large thick-furred mammal (Ursus arctos syriacus) about 2 meters tall standing, dangerous when provoked, and associated with violence and danger

Examples
1 Samuel 17:34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant was tending his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a sheep from the flock,
1 Samuel 17:36 “Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.”
1 Samuel 17:37 And David said, “The LORD who saved me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear, He will save me from the hand of this Philistine.” So Saul said to David, “Go, and may the LORD be with you.”

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

5 occurrences in 4 groups

שַׁכּוּלbereaved of (one's) children 2
אָרַבto lie in wait 1
שְׁנַיִםtwo 1
שָׁקַקto rush upon 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

שַׁכּוּלbereaved of (one's) children 1

What it doesIt is the subject

4 occurrences in 4 groups

יָצָאto go out 1
פָּגַעto meet 1
רָעָהto shepherd, to feed, to graze 1
בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

נָכָהto strike, to strike down 1
פָּגַשׁto meet 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

הוּאhe, she, it 1
מָשַׁלto rule, to have dominion 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 1 groups

כlike/as 5

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

יָדhand, power 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

ἄρκτος árktos · G715 · bear: Greek ἄρκτος is the direct translation equivalent of Hebrew דֹּב, both denoting the animal 'bear' with no register or semantic scope distinction.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Wild Animals001001002001: דֹּב denotes the bear as a wild animal, as at 1 Samuel 17:36 — "Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear" — and Proverbs 17:12 — "Let a person meet a bear robbed of her cubs."

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

דָּבַב dâbab · H1680 · to flow · 1×דֹּבdôb · H1677דִּבָּה dibbâh · H1681 · bad report, slander, gossip · 9×דֹּב dôb · H1678 · bear · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1677. dob דֹּב noun masculinePro 28:15, feminine2Ki 2:24 (seldom) bear (from soft or…

H1677. dob
דֹּב noun masculinePro 28:15, feminine2Ki 2:24 (seldom) bear (from soft or gliding motion, Late Hebrew id., Ethiopic Assyrian dabû (?) DlS 55; Aramaic דּוּבָּא, ; Arabic , , is however a loan-word compare HomNS 301 f.); — absolute דֹּב Amo 5:19 Amo 5:5t.; דּוֺב 1Sa 17:34 1Sa 17:2t.; plural דֻּבִּים 2Ki 2:24; Isa 59:11; — bear, female 2Ki 2:24; 2Sa 17:8; Pro 17:12; Hos 13:8 compare Isa 11:7; undetermined 1Sa 17:34, 1Sa 17:36, 1Sa 17:37; Amo 5:19; Pro 28:15; Isa 59:11; Lam 3:10, Lam 3:10 (on article 1Sa 17:34; Amo 5:19 compare RSSem, i. 119 n.)
דּוֺב bear, see below דבב.
דּוּגָה דַּוָּג, דוג, see below דגה
דוד (√ assumed for following, which however perhaps primitive caressing word, Fl NHWBi. 439 swing, rock, dandle, fondle, love; > Thes DietrSemitic Wortforsch. 277 MV, who connect with דּוּד (compare below) compare Syriac disturb).
דֹּב noun [masculine] bear (so ᵑ7 Biblical Hebrew √ דבב; Syriac ); — absolute ׳ד Dan 7:5.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Wild Animals12 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0