BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1734
do.do — Dodo
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, only mentioned at Jdg.10.1; father of: Puah (H6312H) § Dodo = "his beloved" 1) a man of the tribe of Issachar 2) a man of Bethlehem, father of Elhanan who was one of David's 30 captains 3) an Ahohite, father of Eleazar, the second of the 3 mighty men who were over the 30
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H445
el.cha.nan — Elhanan
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.21.19; son of: Jaare-oregim (H3296) § Elhanan = "God has been gracious" 1) Jair's son who fought the Gittites 2) Dodo's son who was a chief of David
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1737
do.day — Dodai
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.23.9; father of: Eleazar (H0499I); also called Dodai at 1Ch.27.4; Another name of do.do (דּוֹדוֹ "Dodo" H1734H) § Dodai = "loving" or "amorous" an Ahohite who commanded the course of the second month; probably the same as 'Dodo'
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6972
drus — an oak
1. originally a tree (which indeed comes from the same Root), commonly the oak , Lat. quercus, (Homer), etc.; sacred to Zeus, who gave his oracles from the oaks of Dodona, (Odyssey by Homer);—;hence, αἱ προσήγοροι δρύες (Aeschulus Tragicus):—;proverbial, οὐ γὰρ ἀπὸ δρυός ἐσσι οὐδ᾽ ἀπὸ πέτρης thou art no foundling from tree or rock, i. e. thou hast parents and a country, (Odyssey by Homer); οὐ νῦν ἐστιν ἀπὸ δρυὸς οὐδ᾽ ἀπὸ πέτρης ὀαρίζειν 'tis no time now to talk at ease from tree or rock, (Iliad by Homer) 2. of other trees, πίειρα δρῦς the resinous wood (of the pine), (Sophocles Tragicus); of the olive, (Euripides) 3. metaphorically a wornout old man , [variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Amatory; loving. (1.) A descendant of Issachar (Judg. 10:1). (2.) An Ahohite, father of Eleazar, who was one of David’s three heroes (2 Sam. 23:9; 1 Chr. 11:12). He was the same with Dodai mentioned in 1 Chr. 27:4. (3.) A Bethlehemite, and father of Elhanan, who was one of David’s thirty heroes (2 Sam. 23:24).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
