Strong's Hebrew · H1730

דּוֹד

dôwd · dode

Definition(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
Derivationor (shortened) דֹּד; from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e.
KJV usage(well-) beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.
Occurrences61 in the KJV · 53 verses

דּוֹד in Scripture

Leviticus 10:4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp. Leviticus 20:20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle' s nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. Leviticus 25:49 Either his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself. Numbers 36:11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father’s brothers’ sons: 1 Samuel 10:14 And Saul' s uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel. 1 Samuel 10:15 And Saul' s uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you. 1 Samuel 10:16 And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not. 1 Samuel 14:50 And the name of Saul' s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul' s uncle. 2 Kings 24:17 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. 1 Chronicles 27:32 Also Jonathan David' s uncle was a counselor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king' s sons: Esther 2:7 And he brought up Hadassah, that is , Esther, his uncle' s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter. Esther 2:15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king' s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
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