This name belongs to 2 different people in the Bible:
Definition
rarely (fully); דָּוִיד; from the same as H1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
Traditional renderings: David.
Traditional renderings: David.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
1,075 total
- Ruth 4:17דָוִֽד׃פ · of DavidThe neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, the father of David.
- Ruth 4:22דָּוִֽד׃ · DavidObed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.
- 1 Samuel 16:13דָּוִ֔ד · DavidSo Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.
- 1 Samuel 16:19דָּוִ֥ד · DavidSo Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
- 1 Samuel 16:20דָּוִ֥ד · DavidAnd Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and one young goat and sent them to Saul with his son David.
- 1 Samuel 16:21דָוִד֙ · When DavidWhen David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul loved him very much, and David became his armor-bearer.
- 1 Samuel 16:22דָוִד֙ · Let DavidThen Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, “Let David remain in my service, for I am pleased with him.”
- 1 Samuel 16:23דָּוִ֛ד · DavidAnd whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would pick up his harp and play. Then Saul would find relief and feel better, and the spirit of distress would depart from him.
- 1 Samuel 17:12וְדָוִד֩ · Now DavidNow David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons. And in the days of Saul, Jesse was old and well along in years.
- 1 Samuel 17:14וְדָוִ֖ד · And DavidAnd David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,
- 1 Samuel 17:15וְדָוִ֛ד · but David…but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.
- 1 Samuel 17:17לְדָוִ֣ד · DavidOne day Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.
- 1 Samuel 17:20דָּוִ֜ד · So DavidSo David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle cry.
- 1 Samuel 17:22דָּוִ֨ד · Then DavidThen David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.
- 1 Samuel 17:23דָּוִֽד׃ · DavidAnd as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the ranks of the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.
- 1 Samuel 17:26דָּוִ֗ד · DavidDavid asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
- 1 Samuel 17:28בְּדָוִ֜ד · against DavidNow when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”
- 1 Samuel 17:29דָּוִ֔ד · David“What have I done now?” said David. “Was it not just a question?”
- 1 Samuel 17:31דָּוִ֑ד · Now David’sNow David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, who sent for him.
- 1 Samuel 17:32דָּוִד֙ · And DavidAnd David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail on account of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him!”
- 1 Samuel 17:33דָּוִ֗דBut Saul replied, “You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”
- 1 Samuel 17:34דָּוִד֙ · DavidDavid replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,
- 1 Samuel 17:37 (2×)דָּוִד֒ · David; דָּוִד֙David added, “The LORD, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” “Go,” said Saul, “and may the LORD be with you.”
- 1 Samuel 17:38דָּוִד֙ · DavidThen Saul clothed David in his own tunic, put a bronze helmet on his head, and dressed him in armor.
- 1 Samuel 17:39 (3×)דָּוִ֣ד · David; דָּוִ֜ד · David; דָּוִ֖ד · So DavidDavid strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off.
- 1 Samuel 17:41דָּוִ֑ד · DavidNow the Philistine came closer and closer to David, with his shield-bearer before him.
- 1 Samuel 17:42דָּוִ֖ד · DavidWhen the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a boy, ruddy and handsome.
- 1 Samuel 17:43 (2×)דָּוִ֔ד · David; דָּוִ֖ד · David“Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
- 1 Samuel 17:44דָּוִ֑ד · David“Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”
- 1 Samuel 17:45דָּוִד֙ · But DavidBut David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
- 1 Samuel 17:48 (2×)דָּוִ֑ד · him; דָּוִ֔ד · DavidAs the Philistine started forward to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.
- 1 Samuel 17:49דָּוִ֨ד · Then DavidThen David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
- 1 Samuel 17:50 (2×)דָּוִ֤ד · Thus David; דָּוִֽד׃Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.
- 1 Samuel 17:51דָּ֠וִד · DavidDavid ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword and pulled it from its sheath and killed him, and he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.
- 1 Samuel 17:54דָּוִד֙ · DavidDavid took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath’s weapons in his own tent.
- 1 Samuel 17:55דָּוִ֗ד · DavidAs Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”
- 1 Samuel 17:57דָּוִ֗ד · So when DavidSo when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul.
- 1 Samuel 17:58דָּוִ֔ד · David“Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.
- 1 Samuel 18:1דָּוִ֑ד · and DavidAfter David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.
- 1 Samuel 18:3וְדָוִ֖ד · with DavidThen Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
- 1 Samuel 18:4לְדָוִ֑ד · it to DavidAnd Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.
- 1 Samuel 18:5דָוִ֜ד · So DavidSo David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.
- 1 Samuel 18:6דָּוִד֙ · after DavidAs the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.
- 1 Samuel 18:7וְדָוִ֖ד · and DavidAnd as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”