Lexical Definition
דּוֹד dôwd (dode) beloved H:N-M
or (shortened) דֹּד dôd (dode); from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e.
(well-) beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.
- (figuratively) to love
- by implication, a love-token, lover, friend
- specifically an uncle
1) beloved, love, uncle
1a) loved one, beloved
1b) uncle
1c) love (pl. abstract)
See Greek: ἀγαπητός · ἀδελφός · καταλύω · μαστός · οἰκεῖος · πατήρ · συγγενής · φιλία
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| מִדּ֔וֹד | more than a lover | Song.5.9 • Song.5.9 |
| לְדוֹדִי֙ | to lover my | Song.6.3 |
| לְדוֹדִ֖י | for lover my | Song.7.9 |
| לְדוֹדִ֔י | to lover my | Song.5.6 • Song.7.10 |
| לְדוֹדִ֑י | to lover my | Song.5.5 |
| וְדוֹדִ֣י | and lover my | Song.6.3 |
| וְדוֹדִ֖י | and lover my | Song.5.6 |
| דוֹדֵ֔ךְ | lover your | Song.6.1 |
| דוֹדִי֙ | O lover my | Song.1.16 • Song.7.11 |
| lover my | Song.2.9 • Song.4.16 • Song.5.16 | |
| דוֹדִ֜י | O lover my | Song.2.17 |
| דוֹדִ֖י | lover my | Song.2.10 |
| דּוֹדָ֑הּ | lover her | Song.8.5 |
| דּוֹדֵ֣ךְ | lover your | Song.5.9 • Song.5.9 |
| דּוֹדֵ֔ךְ | lover your | Song.6.1 |
| דּוֹדִי֙ | lover my | Song.1.13 • Song.1.14 • Song.6.2 |
| דּוֹדִ֥י | lover my | Song.2.16 • Song.5.10 |
| דּוֹדִ֣י | lover my | Song.5.2 |
| דּוֹדִ֗י | O lover my | Song.8.14 |
| lover my | Song.5.4 | |
| דּוֹדִ֖י | O lover my | Song.7.13 |
| lover my | Song.2.3 | |
| דּוֹדִ֔י | lover my | Song.2.8 • Song.5.8 |
Extended Information
- : beloved
Brown-Driver-Briggs
דּוֺד noun masculineSong 1:2 beloved, love (plural), uncle (Late Hebrew id., Syriac 
; Assyrian dâdu DlHA 19) — absolute דּוֺד Song 5:9 (twice in verse); construct דּוֺד 1Sam 10:14 + 3 t.; דֹּד Lev 10:4; Esth 2:15 suffix דּוֺדִי Isa 5:1 (but compare below) + 26 t. all Canticles; דֹּדִי Jer 32:8 + 2 t.; דֹּדְךָ Jer 32:7 דּוֺדֵךְ Song 5:9 (twice in verse) + 2 t.; דּוֺדוֺ Amos 6:10; 1Sam 10:16, דֹּדוֺ Lev 20:20 + 4 t.; דּוֺדָהּ Song 8:5 plural דּוֺדִים Song 5:1 דֹּדִים Prov 7:18; Ezek 16:8; Ezek 23:17 plural suffix דֹּדַי Song 7:13* דֹּדֶיךָ Song 1:2; Song 1:4 דֹּדַיִךְ Song 4:10 (twice in verse); דֹּדֵיהֶן Num 36:11 —
1. most often loved one, beloved (lover, betrothed) Song 1:13; Song 1:14; Song 1:16; Song 2:3; Song 2:8; Song 2:9; Song 2:10; Song 2:16; Song 2:17; Song 4:16; Song 5:2; Song 5:4; Song 5:5; Song 5:6 (twice in verse); Song 5:8; Song 5:9 (twice in verse); Song 5:10; Song 5:16; Song 6:1 (twice in verse); Song 6:2; Song 6:3 (twice in verse); Song 7:10*; Song 7:11*; Song 7:12*; Song 7:14*; Song 8:5; Song 8:14 beloved one, friend, שִׁירַת דּוֺדִי Isa 5:1 (where Lo Che דודים ׳שׁ love-song, see 3 below)
2. specifically uncle, Lev 10:4 (father's brother, patruus; Syriac = also avunculus) Num 36:11; 1Sam 14:50; 2Kgs 24:17; Lev 20:20; Lev 25:49 (twice in verse); 1Sam 10:14; 1Sam 10:15; 1Sam 10:16; Esth 2:7; Esth 2:15; Jer 32:7; Jer 32:8; Jer 32:9; Jer 32:12 perhaps also 1Chr 27:32 Jonathan, David's דּוֺד so AV RV; = kinsman (?, so St RVm) Amos 6:10.
3. plural abstract love Prov 7:18; Song 1:2; Song 1:4; Song 4:10 (twice in verse); Song 5:1 (Song 5:1 and elsewhere concrete beloved ones, so AV RV, ᵐ5 ἀδελφυἰ; so עֵת דדים Ezek 16:8 מִשְׁכַּב דדים Ezek 23:17.
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Leviticus | 10:4 · 20:20 · 25:49 |
| Numbers | 36:11 |
| 1 Samuel | 10:14 · 10:15 · 10:16 · 14:50 |
| 2 Kings | 24:17 |
| 1 Chronicles | 27:32 |
| Esther | 2:7 · 2:15 |
| Proverbs | 7:18 |
| Song of Solomon | 1:2 · 1:4 · 1:13 · 1:14 · 1:16 · 2:3 · 2:8 · 2:9 · 2:10 · 2:16 · 2:17 · 4:10 · 4:16 · 5:1 · 5:2 · 5:4 · 5:5 · 5:6 · 5:8 · 5:9 · 5:10 · 5:16 · 6:1 · 6:2 · 6:3 · 7:10* · 7:11* · 7:12* · 7:13* · 7:14* · 8:5 · 8:14 |
| Isaiah | 5:1 |
| Jeremiah | 32:7 · 32:8 · 32:9 · 32:12 |
| Ezekiel | 16:8 · 23:17 |
| Amos | 6:10 |