בָּדָד
bâdâd · H910 · Hebrew · 11 occurrences
Meanings
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alone, isolated, apart, desolate, solitary
The state of being apart from significant others
ExamplesLeviticus 13:46 “He shall remain unclean all the days during which he has the infection; he is unclean. He shall live alone; he shall live outside the camp.
Numbers 23:9 “For I see him from the top of the rocks, And I look at him from the hills; Behold, a people that lives in isolation, And does not consider itself to be among the nations.
Deuteronomy 32:12 “The LORD alone guided him, And there was no foreign god with him.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נָוֶהpasture, habitation 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עִירcity, town 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 5
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 2 words
- μόνος mónos · G3441 · only one, alone, all by oneself
- Greek μόνος renders Hebrew בָּדָד as 'alone/solitary' with direct semantic correspondence across the isolation/singularity concept, functioning as the standard LXX equivalent for this sense.
- καταμόνας katamónas · G2651 · according to sole places, i.e. separately
- Greek καταμόνας (kata-monas, 'according to sole places') renders the Hebrew בָּדָד's spatial-isolation sense with an adverbial construction emphasizing separateness or being apart from others, serving as a Greek equivalent for contexts where being alone is marked by physical separation.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Dissociate002003002009
- This adjectival form describes living alone or in isolation, as the leper must dwell outside the camp in Leviticus 13:46 or Israel is portrayed as a people dwelling apart in Numbers 23:9, placing it in this domain of separation.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H910. badad בָּדָד noun [masculine] isolation, separation: Isa 27:10 בָּדָד בְּצוּרָה…
בָּדָד noun [masculine] isolation, separation: Isa 27:10 בָּדָד בְּצוּרָה עִיר the fenced city is isolation, i.e. is solitary (substantive for adjective : Dr§ 189. 2); more usually as adverb accusative, to signify alone, Deu 32:12; especially with verbs of dwelling, Lev 13:46 יֵשֵׁב בָּדָד he shall dwell alone (literally in isolation), Jer 15:17; Lam 1:1; Lam 3:28: figurative of freedom from attack, security Deu 33:28 (of Israel), Jer 49:31 (Kedar); soלְבָדָד Num 23:9 (Israel) Mic 7:14; Psalm 4:9 for thou תּוֺשִׁיבֵנִי לָבֶטַח לְבָדָד makest me dwell solitarily, in safety (see Deu 33:28).
II. בדד (probably id quod בָּדָא q. v. talk idly).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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