בַּד
bad · H905 · Hebrew · 201 occurrences
A word for 3 things
- Covenant Box, Ark of the CovenantReligion189 verses
- Gate bar, boltCity gate30 verses
- Grating, meshTabernacle altar9 verses
Meanings
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apart, besides, alone
State of being integrated but physically detached from other, similar objects or events
ExamplesGenesis 2:18 Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.”
Genesis 21:28 But Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
Genesis 21:29 Then Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs mean, which you have set by themselves?”
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pole, bar
Long, slender piece of wood; made from a straight branch or tree; used for carrying objects or for locking gates from the inside
ExamplesExodus 25:13 “And you shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
Exodus 25:14 “You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark with them.
Exodus 25:15 “The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it.
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part, limb, piece
State in which an object is an integrated part of a larger unit or substance
ExamplesExodus 30:34 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take for yourself spices—stacte, onycha, and galbanum, spices and pure frankincense; there shall be an equal part of each.
Job 18:13 “It devours parts of his skin, The firstborn of death devours his limbs.
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branch
A part of a tree which grows out from the trunk or a bough
ExamplesEzekiel 17:6 “Then it sprouted and became a low, spreading vine with its branches turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and produced shoots and sent out branches.
Ezekiel 19:14 ‘And fire has gone out from its stem; It has consumed its shoots and fruit, So that there is no strong stem in it, A scepter to rule.’” This is a song of mourning, and has become a song of mourning.
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diviner, false prophet, oracle-priest
Person who speaks on behalf of a deity or other supernatural power; probably associated with foolishness
ExamplesHosea 11:6 And the sword will whirl against their cities, And will destroy their oracle priests And consume them, because of their counsels.
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
140 occurrences in 33 groups
- וֹhim 37
- הוּhis 16
- נִיme 16
- ךָּyou 16
- עֹלָהburnt offering 14
- הֶםthem 10
- Other words · 23 groups that occur once or twice (27) 27
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 2
- נָשַׂגto overtake, to catch up with, to afford 1
- בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- בַּדalone, besides, pole 2
What it doesIt is the subject
6 occurrences in 3 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 3
- אָרַךְto be long 2
- בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1
What is done to itIt is the object
22 occurrences in 6 groups
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 9
- שׂוּםto put, to set, to place 5
- בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 3
- יָדַעto know 2
- אָכַלto eat, to devour 2
- כָּלָהto be finished 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- אַתָּהyou 1
- הֶםtheir 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
131 occurrences in 3 groups
- לto/for 203
- עַלon, upon, over, against 2
- בin/on/with 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- רֹאשׁhead, top, chief 2
- מַטֶּהtribe, staff, rod 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 4 words
- μόνος mónos · G3441 · only one, alone, all by oneself
- בַּד (bad, H905) and μόνος (mónos, G3441) both denote solitude, isolation, or exclusivity — Hebrew בַּד emphasizes separation/apartness ('alone, apart, only, except'), while Greek μόνος emphasizes singularity/sole status ('sole, single, alone'), converging on the semantic core of being without company or addition.
- ἐκτός ektós · G1622 · outside, apart from, on the outside
- בַּד (bad, H905) denotes separateness or exclusivity ("alone, apart, except, only") in Hebrew; ἐκτός (ektós, G1622) functions as its Greek prepositional equivalent expressing exteriority or exception ("aside from, besides, except"), particularly in LXX contexts rendering Hebrew separation idioms into Greek exception constructions.
- μόνον mónon · G3440 · only, merely
- בַּד (bad, H905) denotes physical or relational isolation/separation ('alone, apart'), while μόνον (mónon, G3440) functions adverbially to restrict scope ('merely, only'); both converge on the exclusivity/singularity semantic domain where Hebrew substantival 'aloneness' maps to Greek's restrictive 'only/merely' in translation.
- χωρίς chōrís · G5565 · without, not with, no relationship to
- בַּד (bad, H905) בַּד conveys isolation or separation primarily through the substantival/adverbial sense 'alone, apart, by itself' (often in construct state phrases), while χωρίς (chōrís, G5565) χωρίς functions as a preposition expressing spatial or logical separation 'apart from, without' with broader application to absence or exclusion contexts beyond simple solitude.
Semantic domains 6 entries
- Cloth001002005003
- This entry carries no "Cloth" sense of its own; every one of this lexeme's 201 tagged occurrences is the preposition/adverb "alone," "apart," or "besides" (e.g. Genesis 2:18 — "It is not good for the man to be alone" — and Genesis 43:32 — "they served him by himself... and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves"), never a term for cloth or fabric.
- Dissociate002003002009
- Its dominant sense is standing alone or apart from others, as when Abraham sets seven ewe lambs by themselves in Genesis 21:28-29, so it regularly marks separation or isolation from a group.
- Tools001003001001017
- This entry's own tagged occurrences do genuinely attest the “poles” sense underlying this “Tools” domain in a minority of cases, as in “And you shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold” (Exodus 25:13).
- Trees001002007002
- This entry carries no independent tree/wood-material sense of its own beyond the fashioned poles already noted; its tagged occurrences overwhelmingly render the separate, unrelated adverbial sense “alone” or “by itself,” as in “Then the LORD God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone’” (Genesis 2:18). The “Trees” domain is bundle-shared with the related lexemes בַּד (bad, H906) and בַּד (bad, H907) rather than independently attested here.
- Speak002004001009008
- This entry carries no independent “Speak” sense of its own; its tagged occurrences render either the adverbial sense “alone”, as in “Then the LORD God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone’” (Genesis 2:18), or the concrete “poles” sense. The “Speak” domain is bundle-shared with the related lexemes בַּד (bad, H906) and בַּד (bad, H907) rather than independently attested here.
- Prophets001001003010
- This entry carries no "Prophets" sense of its own; the domain code here is bundle-shared with a homograph rather than reflecting any independent prophetic sense — no tagged occurrence of this lexeme concerns a prophet or prophetic speech.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H905. bad II, III. בַּד see below I, II. בדד. II. בָּ֑ד בַּד, noun masculine separation,…
II, III. בַּד see below I, II. בדד.
II. בָּ֑ד בַּד, noun masculine separation, concrete part (, portion) — suffix (always with לְ) לְבַדּוֺ לְבַדִּי, etc., 3 feminine plural Gen 21:28 לְבַדְּהֶן, Gen 21:29 לְבַדָּ֫נָה; —
1 with לְ, only in singular, לְבַד properly in a state of (see below לְ) separation, alone, by itself (French à part).
a. Exo 26:9 (= Exo 36:16) five curtains לְבַד by themselves, and six curtains לְבַד by themselves, Jdg 7:5 him shalt thou set לבד apart, Zec 12:12-14.
b. with suffix (89 t.) to express the idea of by oneself, alone (properly in his, thy, my separation), Gen 2:18 it is not good for man to be לְבַדּוֺ alone, Gen 21:28 and A. set the seven lambs לְבַדְּהֶן by themselves (literally in their separation), Gen 32:17; Gen 43:32; 2Sa 10:8; Isa 5:8; Gen 42:38 לְבַדּוֺ הוּא he alone, Exo 18:14 לְבַדְּךָ אַתָּה thou alone, Num 11:14 לְבַדִּי אָנֹכִי I alone, 1Ki 19:10, 1Ki 19:14; Deu 8:3 not upon bread alone, Deu 29:13; 2Sa 13:32; 2Sa 18:24; Isa 44:24; Isa 49:21; Isa 63:3 +; after an oblique case, as a dative Exo 22:19; Jdg 3:20; Psa 51:6 לְבַדְּךָ לְךָ against thee alone have I sinned; a Genitive Psa 71:16 I will make mention of לְבֶַדּךָ׃ צִדְקָֽתְךָ the righteousness of thee alone.
c. as adverb of limitation, Isa 26:13 only through thee do we celebrate thy name, Ecc 7:29.
d. followed by מִן it becomes a preposition, apart from, besides, Exo 12:37; Num 29:39; Deu 3:5; Deu 18:8 (read מִמְּכָרָיו with ᵑ7 ᵑ6 ᵐ5 Aq Ew Di) Jdg 8:26; Jdg 20:15 and elsewhere (15 t.); once, Ezr 1:6, with עַל instead of מִן.
e. מִלְּבַד33 (probably inverted for מִן לְבַד besides) (chiefly P and late): Gen 26:1; Gen 46:26; Lev 9:17; Lev 23:38 (4 t.) Num 5:8; Num 6:21; Numbers 17:14 Num 17:12t. 28-29; Deuteronomy 28:69; Jos 22:29; 1Ki 10:13; 1Ch 3:9; 2Ch 9:12; 2Ch 17:19; 2Ch 31:16; Ezr 2:65 = Neh 7:67; Dan 11:4. With suffix Deu 4:35 מִלְּבַדּוֺ עוֺד אֵין there is none else besides him (compare מִבַּלְעָדַי Isa 45:21).
2 concrete part Exo 30:34 (P) יִהְיֶה בְּבַד בַּד part for (i.e. like; compare בְּ
III. 3. end) part shall it be.
3 בַּדִּים parts, specifically extended from something, i.e. (a) of a body, members, limbs Job 18:13 (of man), Job 41:4 (of crocodile); (b) of a vine, rods or shoots Eze 17:6; Eze 19:14; (c) of poles or staves used for carrying the ark Exo 25:13-14, Exo 25:15; Exo 35:12; Exo 37:4-5, Exo 39:35; Exo 40:20; Num 4:6; 1Ki 8:7-8, (twice in verse) (= 2Ch 5:8-9, (twice in verse)), or table of shewbread Exo 25:27-28, Exo 35:13; Exo 37:14-15, Num 4:8, or altar of B. O. Exo 27:6 (twice in verse); Exo 27:7 (twice in verse); Exo 35:16; Exo 38:5-6, Exo 38:7; Exo 39:39; Num 4:14, or altar of incense Exo 30:4-5, Exo 35:15; Exo 37:27-28, Num 4:11; (d) more Generally bars (of fortress) Hos 11:6, (of a gate) Job 17:16 figurative שְׁאֹל בַּדֵּי (see Isa 38:10). **Job 17:16 read הַעִמָּדִי (for בַּדֵּי) ᵐ5 Du Dr, with נֵחָ֑ת in vb (for נָחַ֑ת).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 6 entries
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.
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