דָּוִד

da.vidDavid
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man1,075 occurrences19 books910 verses
This name belongs to 2 different people in the Bible:
  • David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ
  • Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province

Definition

rarely (fully); דָּוִיד; from the same as H1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
Traditional renderings: David.

Glossary entries

David Jew Judah (Person) Juda (Person)

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

1,075 total
  1. 1 Samuel 25:13 (2×)דָּוִ֖ד · So David; דָוִ֗ד · David
    And David said to his men, “Strap on your swords!” So David and all his men strapped on their swords, and about four hundred men followed David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.
  2. 1 Samuel 25:14דָּוִ֨ד · David
    Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s young men informed Nabal’s wife Abigail, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he screamed at them.
  3. 1 Samuel 25:20דָוִד֙ · David
    As Abigail came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming down toward her, and she met them.
  4. 1 Samuel 25:21וְדָוִ֣ד · Now David
    Now David had just said, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.
  5. 1 Samuel 25:22דָוִ֖ד · David
    May God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one male belonging to Nabal survive until morning.”
  6. 1 Samuel 25:23 (2×)דָּוִ֔ד · David; דָוִד֙ · him
    When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.
  7. 1 Samuel 25:32דָּוִ֖ד · Then David
    Then David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me this day!
  8. 1 Samuel 25:35דָּוִד֙ · Then David
    Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him, and he said to her, “Go home in peace. See, I have heeded your voice and granted your request.”
  9. 1 Samuel 25:39 (2×)דָּוִד֮ · David; דָּוִד֙ · Then David
    On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.
  10. 1 Samuel 25:40 (2×)דָוִ֛ד · When [his]; דָּוִד֙ · David
    When his servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said, “David has sent us to take you as his wife.”
  11. 1 Samuel 25:42דָוִ֔ד · David’s
    So Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers and became his wife.
  12. 1 Samuel 25:43דָּוִ֖ד · David
    David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So she and Abigail were both his wives.
  13. 1 Samuel 25:44דָּוִ֑ד · David’s
    But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
  14. 1 Samuel 26:1דָוִ֤ד · David
    Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”
  15. 1 Samuel 26:2דָּוִ֖ד · David
    So Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.
  16. 1 Samuel 26:3וְדָוִד֙ · but David
    Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,
  17. 1 Samuel 26:4דָּוִ֖ד · David
    David sent out spies to verify that Saul had arrived.
  18. 1 Samuel 26:5 (2×)דָּוִ֗ד · Then David; דָּוִ֗ד · He
    Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.
  19. 1 Samuel 26:6דָּוִ֜ד · And David
    And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.
  20. 1 Samuel 26:7דָוִ֨ד · David
    That night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him.
  21. 1 Samuel 26:8דָּוִ֔ד · David
    Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”
  22. 1 Samuel 26:9דָּוִ֛ד · But David
    But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can extend a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”
  23. 1 Samuel 26:10דָּוִד֙ · David
    David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
  24. 1 Samuel 26:12דָּוִ֨ד · So David
    So David took the spear and water jug by Saul’s head, and they departed. No one saw them or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up; they all remained asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.
  25. 1 Samuel 26:13דָּוִד֙ · Then David
    Then David crossed to the other side and stood atop the mountain at a distance; there was a wide gulf between them.
  26. 1 Samuel 26:14דָוִ֜ד · And David
    And David shouted to the troops and to Abner son of Ner, “Will you not answer me, Abner?” “Who are you who calls to the king?” Abner replied.
  27. 1 Samuel 26:15דָּוִ֨ד · So David
    So David said to Abner, “You are a man, aren’t you? And who in Israel is your equal? Why then did you not protect your lord the king when one of the people came to destroy him?
  28. 1 Samuel 26:17 (3×)דָּוִ֔ד · David’s; דָוִ֑ד · David; דָּוִ֔ד · David
    Then Saul recognized David’s voice and asked, “Is that your voice, David my son?” “It is my voice, my lord and king,” David said.
  29. 1 Samuel 26:21דָוִ֗ד · David
    Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”
  30. 1 Samuel 26:22דָּוִד֙ · David
    “Here is the king’s spear,” David answered. “Let one of the young men come over and get it.
  31. 1 Samuel 26:25 (3×)דָּוִ֗ד · him; דָוִ֔ד · David; דָּוִד֙ · So David
    Saul said to him, “May you be blessed, David my son. You will accomplish great things and will surely prevail.” So David went on his way, and Saul returned home.
  32. 1 Samuel 27:1דָּוִד֙ · David, however
    David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
  33. 1 Samuel 27:2דָּוִ֔ד · So David
    So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
  34. 1 Samuel 27:3 (2×)דָּוִ֨ד · David; דָּוִד֙ · and David
    David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.
  35. 1 Samuel 27:4דָּוִ֖ד · David
    And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.
  36. 1 Samuel 27:5דָּוִ֜ד · Then David
    Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”
  37. 1 Samuel 27:7דָּוִ֖ד · David
    And the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.
  38. 1 Samuel 27:8דָּוִד֙ · Now David
    Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
  39. 1 Samuel 27:9דָוִד֙ · Whenever David
    Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,
  40. 1 Samuel 27:10דָּוִ֗ד · And David
    …who would ask him, “What have you raided today?” And David would reply, “The Negev of Judah,” or “The Negev of Jerahmeel,” or “The Negev of the Kenites.”