Lexical Definition

‎דּוֹר‎ dôwr (dore) generation ^H:N-M
or (shortened) דֹּר dôr (dore); from ‎דּוּר‎

age, [idiom] evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity.

• properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation
• also a dwelling

1) period, generation, habitation, dwelling
1a) period, age, generation (period of time)
1b) generation (those living during a period)
1c) generation (characterised by quality, condition, class of men)
1d) dwelling-place, habitation

See Greek: γενεά · γένεσις · ἔκγονον · τέκνον

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: dar (‎ד‎ָּ‎ר‎ "generation" דָּר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: דָּר
I. ‎דּוֺר‎, ‎דֹּר‎ noun masculine^{Deut 32:5} period, generation, dwelling (compare below verb above; also Late Hebrew ‎דּוֺר‎, Aramaic (included Biblical Aramaic) ‎דָּר‎, , age, generation; Arabic gyrus, orbis, periodus; Sabean ‎דר‎, one time, once, ‎דרם דרם‎ each once in a year DHM in MV) — absolute ‎דּוֺר‎ Gen 7:1 + 68 t.; ‎דֹּר‎ Exod 3:15 36 t.; construct ‎דּוֺר‎ Deut 32:20 + 7 t., ‎דֹּר‎ Exod 3:15 suffix ‎דּוֺרִי‎ Isa 38:12, ‎דּוֺרוֺ‎ Isa 53:8 plural ‎דּוֺרִים‎ Ps 72:5 + 2 t., ‎דֹּרוֺת‎ absolute Job 42:16; Isa 41:4 construct Judg 3:2 ‎דּוֺרוֺת‎ construct Isa 51:9, ‎דֹּרֹת‎ Gen 9:12 suffix ‎דֹּרֹתָיו‎ Gen 6:9; Lev 25:30, ‎דּוֺרוֺתֵינוּ‎ Josh 22:27, ‎דֹּרֹתֵינוּ‎ vJosh 22:28, ‎דּרֹתֵיכֶם‎ Gen 17:12 + 27 t., ‎דֹּרֹתָם‎ Gen 17:7 + 10 t.; —

1. period, age, generation, mostly poetic:
a. of duration in the past, former age(s) ‎דּוֺרוֺת עוֺלָמִים‎ Isa 51:9 (|| ‎קדם ימי‎); ‎שְׁנוֺת דֹּר וָדֹר‎ Deut 32:7 (song; || ‎ימות עולם‎); ‎בְּדֹר וָדֹר‎ Ps 90:1 (compare vPs 90:2); ‎מוֺסְדֵי דּוֺרוָֿדוֺר‎ Isa 58:12 (|| ‎חרבות עולם‎); ‎שֹׁמֲמוֺת דּוֺר וָדוֺר‎ Isa 61:4 (|| id.)
b. usually of duration to come, future age(s), ‎לְדֹר‎ ‎דֹּר‎ Exod 3:15 (E; || ‎לעולם‎) compare Prov 27:24 Kt (Qr ‎לְדוֺר‎ ‎וָדוֺר‎; || id.); ‎מִדֹּר דֹּר‎ Exod 17:16 (E), = ‎מִדּוֺר לָדוֺר‎ Isa 34:10 ‎לְדֹר וָדֹר‎ Ps 10:6; Ps 33:11 (|| ‎לעולם‎) Ps 49:12*; Ps 79:13; Ps 85:6*; Ps 102:13*; Ps 119:90; Ps 135:13; Ps 146:10; Joel 4:20* (all || id.); Ps 89:2* (|| ‎עולם‎) Ps 89:5* (|| ‎עדעֿולם‎) Ps 106:31 (|| id.) Isa 34:17 (|| id.); Ps 77:9* (|| ‎לנצח‎); ‎עַדדֹּֿר וָדֹר‎ Ps 100:5 (|| ‎לעולם‎) Isa 13:20 (|| ‎לנצח‎) Jer 50:39 (|| id.); ‎בְּכָלדֹּֿר‎ ‎וָדֹר‎ Jer 45:18 (|| ‎לעולם ועד‎) compare Esth 9:28 ‎שְׁנוֺתָיו כְּמוֺ דֹר‎ ‎וָדֹר‎ Ps 61:7* compare ‎שְׁנֵי דּוֺר וָדוֺר‎ Joel 2:2 (|| ‎העולם‎); as modifying phrase ‎מְשׂוֺשׂ דּוֺר וָדוֺר‎ Isa 60:15 (|| ‎נאון עולם‎); further ‎דּוֺר דּוֺרִים‎ Ps 72:5 ‎יְשׁוּעָתִי לְדוֺר דּוֺרִים‎ Isa 51:8 (|| ‎לעולם‎).
c. apparently including both past and future ‎בְּדוֺר דּוֺרִים שְׁנוֺתֶיךָ‎ Ps 102:25* ‎בְּכָל דּוֺר וָדֹר‎ Ps 145:13 ‎לְדוֺר וָדוֺר‎ Lam 5:19.

2. of men living at a particular time (period, age), generation, as transitory ‎דּוֺר הֹלֵךְ וְדוֺר בָּא‎ Eccl 1:4: specifically
a. in the present, and (or) the past Gen 7:1 (J) Exod 1:6 (P) Num 32:13 (JE) Deut 1:35; Deut 2:14; Judg 2:10 (twice in verse); Isa 53:8 (compare Che critical note) Jer 2:31 also Ps 95:10; Job 8:8; Isa 41:4.
b. Judg 3:2 (present & future); compare plural ‎דֹּרֹתָיו‎ Gen 6:9 (i.e. his own generation and those immediately contiguous, before and after).
c. especially of a future generation Gen 15:16 (JE), with numeral, compare Deut 23:3*; Deut 23:4*; Deut 23:9* also Deut 29:21*; Ps 48:14*; Ps 71:18; Ps 78:4; Ps 78:6; Ps 102:19*; Ps 109:13; Joel 1:3 compare Ps 22:31*; Ps 22:32* (Che^{critical note}); of a succession of generations ‎דּוֺר לְדוֺר‎ ‎יְשַׂבַּח מַעֲשֶׂיךָ‎ Ps 145:4 ‎בְּכָלדּֿוֺר וָדוֺר‎ Esth 9:28 usually plural ‎לְדֹרֹת עוֺלָם‎ Gen 9:12 (P); with number ‎לְאֶלֶף דּוֺר‎ Ps 105:8 (|| ‎עולם‎) = 1Chr 16:15 (|| ‎לעולם‎); Deut 7:9 see further, of posterity, ‎אַרְבָּעָה דֹּרוֺת‎ Job 42:16 usually plural with suffix Gen 17:7; Gen 17:9; Gen 17:12; Exod 12:14; Exod 12:17; Exod 12:42; Exod 16:32; Exod 16:33; Exod 27:21; Exod 29:42; Exod 30:8; Exod 30:10; Exod 30:21; Exod 30:31; Exod 31:13; Exod 31:16; Exod 40:15; Lev 3:17; Lev 6:11*; Lev 7:36; Lev 10:9 (all P); Lev 17:7; Lev 21:17; Lev 22:3; Lev 23:14; Lev 23:21; Lev 23:31; Lev 23:41; Lev 23:43; Lev 24:3; Lev 25:30 (all H); Num 9:10; Num 10:8; Num 15:14; Num 15:15; Num 15:21; Num 15:23; Num 15:38; Num 18:23; Num 35:29; Josh 22:27; Josh 22:28 (all P).

3. generation characterized by quality or condition, class of men: ‎דּוֺר עִקֵּשׁ‎ crooked generation Deut 32:5 (song) compare vDeut 32:20; Ps 78:8 (twice in verse); Jer 7:29 of different classes of wicked, Prov 30:11; Prov 30:12; Prov 30:13; Prov 30:14 compare Ps 12:8* of the righteous, as a class Ps 14:5; Ps 24:6; Ps 73:15 (‎בָּנֶיךָ דּוֺר‎) Ps 112:2 (compare Ps 22:31* ᵑ0, but < Che joins ‎לדור‎ to vPs 22:32* compare above below 2 c); so also ‎דּוֺר אֲבוֺתָיו‎ i.e. the dead Ps 49:20* (so most; yet see below below 4).

4. dwelling-place, habitation Isa 38:12 compare ‎דּוּר‎ verb, so Saad Ki Ges De Che RVm (Ew life || ‎חַיַּי‎); so also Ps 49:20* De Witt, compare Che^{OP 479}.

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