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Lexicon :: Strong's H1677 - dōḇ

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דֹּב
Transliteration
dōḇ
Pronunciation
dobe
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 396a

Strong’s Definitions

דֹּב dôb, dobe; or (fully) דּוֹב dôwb; from H1680; the bear (as slow):—bear.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H1677 in the following manner: bear (12x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H1677 in the following manner: bear (12x).

  1. bear

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דֹּב dôb, dobe; or (fully) דּוֹב dôwb; from H1680; the bear (as slow):—bear.
STRONGS H1677: Abbreviations
† דֹּב noun masculineProverbs 28:15, feminine 2 Kings 2:24 (seldom) bear (from soft or gliding motion, Late Hebrew id., Ethiopic bdb017904 Assyrian dabû (?) DlS 55; Aramaic דּוּבָּא, bdb017905; Arabic bdb017906, bdb017907, is however a loan-word compare HomNS 301 f.); — absolute דֹּב Amos 5:19 + 5 times; דּוֺב 1 Samuel 17:34 + 2 times; plural דֻּבִּים 2 Kings 2:24; Isaiah 59:11; — bear, female 2 Kings 2:24; 2 Samuel 17:8; Proverbs 17:12; Hosea 13:8 compare Isaiah 11:7; undetermined 1 Samuel 17:34, 36, 37; Amos 5:19; Proverbs 28:15; Isaiah 59:11; Lamentations 3:10, 10 (on article 1 Samuel 17:34; Amos 5:19 compare RSSem, i. 119 n.)

See related Aramaic BDB entry H1678.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

17:34; 17:34; 17:34; 17:36; 17:37

2 Samuel

17:8

2 Kings

2:24; 2:24; 2:24

Proverbs

17:12; 28:15; 28:15

Isaiah

11:7; 59:11; 59:11

Lamentations

3:10; 3:10

Hosea

13:8

Amos

5:19; 5:19; 5:19

H1677

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1677 matches the Hebrew דֹּב (dōḇ),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34 - But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep sheep for his father. And when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:36 - Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:37 - And David said, “The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and the LORD be with you!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:8 - Hushai said, “You know that your father and his men are mighty men, and that they are enraged,[fn] like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Besides, your father is expert in war; he will not spend the night with the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:24 - And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of the LORD. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:12 - Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs
rather than a fool in his folly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:15 - Like a roaring lion or a charging bear
is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7 - The cow and the bear shall graze;
their young shall lie down together;
and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:11 - We all growl like bears;
we moan and moan like doves;
we hope for justice, but there is none;
for salvation, but it is far from us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:10 - He is a bear lying in wait for me,
a lion in hiding;

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:8 - I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs;
I will tear open their breast,
and there I will devour them like a lion,
as a wild beast would rip them open.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:19 - as if a man fled from a lion,
and a bear met him,
or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall,
and a serpent bit him.
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