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Lexicon :: Strong's H1755 - dôr

Aa
דּוֹר
Transliteration
dôr
Pronunciation
dore
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 418b

Strong’s Definitions

דּוֹר dôwr, dore; or (shortened) דֹּר dôr; from H1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling:—age, × evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 167x

The KJV translates Strong's H1755 in the following manner: generation (133x), all (18x), many (6x), miscellaneous (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 167x
The KJV translates Strong's H1755 in the following manner: generation (133x), all (18x), many (6x), miscellaneous (10x).

  1. period, generation, habitation, dwelling

    1. period, age, generation (period of time)

    2. generation (those living during a period)

    3. generation (characterised by quality, condition, class of men)

    4. dwelling-place, habitation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דּוֹר dôwr, dore; or (shortened) דֹּר dôr; from H1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling:—age, × evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity.
STRONGS H1755: Abbreviations
† I. דּוֺר, דֹּר noun masculineDeuteronomy 32:5 period, generation, dwelling (compare below verb above; also Late Hebrew דּוֺר, Aramaic (included Biblical Aramaic) H1859 דָּר, RxD, age, generation; Arabic دَوْرً gyrus, orbis, periodus; Sabean דר, one time, once, דרם דרם each once in a year DHM in MV) — absolute דּוֺר Genesis 7:1 + 68 times; דֹּר Exodus 3:15; + 36 times; construct דּוֺר Deuteronomy 32:20 + 7 times, דֹּר Exodus 3:15; suffix דּוֺרִי Isaiah 38:12, דּוֺרוֺ Isaiah 53:8; plural דּוֺרִים Psalm 72:5 + 2 times, דֹּרוֺת absolute Job 42:16; Isaiah 41:4; construct Judges 3:2; דּוֺרוֺת construct Isaiah 51:9, דֹּרֹת Genesis 9:12; suffix דֹּרֹתָיו Genesis 6:9; Leviticus 25:30, דּוֺרוֺתֵינוּ Joshua 22:27, דֹּרֹתֵינוּ Joshua 22:28, דּרֹתֵיכֶם Genesis 17:12 + 27 times, דֹּרֹתָם Genesis 17:7 + 10 times; —
1. period, age, generation, mostly poetic:
a. of duration in the past, former age(s) דּוֺרוֺת עוֺלָמִים Isaiah 51:9 (|| קדם ימי); שְׁנוֺת דֹּר וָדֹר Deuteronomy 32:7 (song; || ימות עולם); בְּדֹר וָדֹר Psalm 90:1 (compare Psalm 90:2); מוֺסְדֵי דּוֺרוָֿדוֺר Isaiah 58:12 (|| חרבות עולם); שֹׁמֲמוֺת דּוֺר וָדוֺר Isaiah 61:4 (|| id.)
b. usually of duration to come, future age(s), לְדֹר דֹּר Exodus 3:15 (E; || לעולם) compare Proverbs 27:24 Kt (Qr לְדוֺר וָדוֺר; || id.); מִדֹּר דֹּר Exodus 17:16 (E), = מִדּוֺר לָדוֺר Isaiah 34:10; לְדֹר וָדֹר Psalm 10:6; Psalm 33:11 (|| לעולם) Psalm 49:12; Psalm 79:13; Psalm 85:6; Psalm 102:13; Psalm 119:90; Psalm 135:13; Psalm 146:10; Joel 4:20 (all || id.); Psalm 89:2 (|| עולם) Psalm 89:5 (|| עדעֿולם) Psalm 106:31 (|| id.) Isaiah 34:17 (|| id.); Psalm 77:9 (|| לנצח); עַדדֹּֿר וָדֹר Psalm 100:5 (|| לעולם) Isaiah 13:20 (|| לנצח) Jeremiah 50:39 (|| id.); בְּכָלדֹּֿר וָדֹר Jeremiah 45:18 (|| לעולם ועד) compare Esther 9:28; שְׁנוֺתָיו כְּמוֺ דֹר וָדֹר Psalm 61:7 compare שְׁנֵי דּוֺר וָדוֺר Joel 2:2 (|| העולם); as modifying phrase מְשׂוֺשׂ דּוֺר וָדוֺר Isaiah 60:15 (|| נאון עולם); further דּוֺר דּוֺרִים Psalm 72:5; יְשׁוּעָתִי לְדוֺר דּוֺרִים Isaiah 51:8 (|| לעולם).
c. apparently including both past and future בְּדוֺר דּוֺרִים שְׁנוֺתֶיךָ Psalm 102:25; בְּכָל דּוֺר וָדֹר Psalm 145:13; לְדוֺר וָדוֺר Lamentations 5:19.
2. of men living at a particular time (period, age), generation, as transitory דּוֺר הֹלֵךְ וְדוֺר בָּא Ecclesiastes 1:4: specifically
a. in the present, and (or) the past Genesis 7:1 (J) Exodus 1:6 (P) Numbers 32:13 (JE) Deuteronomy 1:35; Deuteronomy 2:14; Judges 2:10 (twice in verse); Isaiah 53:8 (compare Che critical note) Jeremiah 2:31; also Psalm 95:10; Job 8:8; Isaiah 41:4.
b. Judges 3:2 (present & future); compare plural דֹּרֹתָיו Genesis 6:9 (i.e. his own Generation and those immediately contiguous, before and after).
c. especially of a future Generation Genesis 15:16 (JE), with numeral, compare Deuteronomy 23:3; Deuteronomy 23:4; Deuteronomy 23:9; also Deuteronomy 29:21; Psalm 48:14; Psalm 71:18; Psalm 78:4; Psalm 78:6; Psalm 102:19; Psalm 109:13; Joel 1:3 compare Psalm 22:31; Psalm 22:32 (Checritical note); of a succession of generations דּוֺר לְדוֺר יְשַׂבַּח מַעֲשֶׂיךָ Psalm 145:4; בְּכָלדּֿוֺר וָדוֺר Esther 9:28; usually plural לְדֹרֹת עוֺלָם Genesis 9:12 (P); with number לְאֶלֶף דּוֺר Psalm 105:8 (|| עולם) = 1 Chronicles 16:15 (|| לעולם); Deuteronomy 7:9; see further, of posterity, אַרְבָּעָה דֹּרוֺת Job 42:16; usually plural with suffix Genesis 17:7, 9, 12; Exodus 12:14, 17, 42; Exodus 16:32, 33; Exodus 27:21; Exodus 29:42; Exodus 30:8, 10, 21, 31; Exodus 31:13, 16; Exodus 40:15; Leviticus 3:17; Leviticus 6:11; Leviticus 7:36; Leviticus 10:9 (all P); Leviticus 17:7; Leviticus 21:17; Leviticus 22:3; Leviticus 23:14, 21, 31, 41, 43; Leviticus 24:3; Leviticus 25:30 (all H); Numbers 9:10; Numbers 10:8; Numbers 15:14, 15, 21, 23, 38; Numbers 18:23; Numbers 35:29; Joshua 22:27, 28 (all P).
3. generation characterized by quality or condition, class of men: דּוֺר עִקֵּשׁ crooked Generation Deuteronomy 32:5 (song) compare Deuteronomy 32:20; Psalm 78:8 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 7:29; of different classes of wicked, Proverbs 30:11, 12, 13, 14 compare Psalm 12:8; of the righteous, as a class Psalm 14:5; Psalm 24:6; Psalm 73:15 (בָּנֶיךָ דּוֺר) Psalm 112:2 (compare Psalm 22:31 MT, but < Che joins לדור to Psalm 22:32 compare above below 2c); so also דּוֺר אֲבוֺתָיו i.e. the dead Psalm 49:20 (so most; yet see below below 4).
4. dwelling-place, habitation Isaiah 38:12 compare דּוּר verb, so Saad Ki Ges De Che RVm (Ew life || חַיַּי); so also Psalm 49:20 De Witt, compare CheOP 479.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:9; 6:9; 7:1; 7:1; 9:12; 9:12; 15:16; 17:7; 17:7; 17:9; 17:12; 17:12

Exodus

1:6; 3:15; 3:15; 3:15; 12:14; 12:17; 12:42; 16:32; 16:33; 17:16; 27:21; 29:42; 30:8; 30:10; 30:21; 30:31; 31:13; 31:16; 40:15

Leviticus

3:17; 6:11; 7:36; 10:9; 17:7; 21:17; 22:3; 23:14; 23:21; 23:31; 23:41; 23:43; 24:3; 25:30; 25:30

Numbers

9:10; 10:8; 15:14; 15:15; 15:21; 15:23; 15:38; 18:23; 32:13; 35:29

Deuteronomy

1:35; 2:14; 7:9; 23:3; 23:4; 23:9; 29:21; 32:5; 32:5; 32:7; 32:20; 32:20

Joshua

22:27; 22:27; 22:28; 22:28

Judges

2:10; 3:2; 3:2

1 Chronicles

16:15

Esther

9:28; 9:28

Job

8:8; 42:16; 42:16

Psalms

10:6; 12:8; 14:5; 22:31; 22:31; 24:6; 33:11; 48:14; 49:12; 49:20; 49:20; 61:7; 71:18; 72:5; 72:5; 73:15; 77:9; 78:4; 78:6; 78:8; 79:13; 85:6; 89:2; 89:5; 90:1; 90:2; 95:10; 100:5; 102:13; 102:19; 102:25; 105:8; 106:31; 109:13; 112:2; 119:90; 135:13; 145:4; 145:13; 146:10

Proverbs

27:24; 30:11; 30:12; 30:13; 30:14

Ecclesiastes

1:4

Isaiah

13:20; 34:10; 34:17; 38:12; 38:12; 41:4; 41:4; 51:8; 51:9; 51:9; 53:8; 53:8; 58:12; 60:15; 61:4

Jeremiah

2:31; 7:29; 50:39

Lamentations

5:19

Joel

1:3; 2:2

H1755

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Strong's Number H1755 matches the Hebrew דּוֹר (dôr),
which occurs 168 times in 127 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 3 (Psa 145:4–Joe 3:20)

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