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 27:11 (2×)דָוִ֗ד · David; דָוִד֙ · David
    David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.
  2. 1 Samuel 27:12בְּדָוִ֣ד · David
    So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”
  3. 1 Samuel 28:1דָּוִ֔ד · David
    Now in those days the Philistines gathered their forces for warfare against Israel. So Achish said to David, “You must understand that you and your men are to go out to battle with me.”
  4. 1 Samuel 28:2 (2×)דָּוִד֙ · David; דָּוִ֔ד
    David replied, “Then you will come to know what your servant can do.” “Very well,” said Achish. “I will make you my bodyguard for life.”
  5. 1 Samuel 28:17לְדָוִֽד׃ · David
    He has done exactly what He spoke through me: The LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor David.
  6. 1 Samuel 29:2וְדָוִ֣ד · David
    As the Philistine leaders marched out with their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men marched behind them with Achish.
  7. 1 Samuel 29:3דָוִ֜ד · David
    Then the commanders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish replied, “Is this not David, the servant of King Saul of Israel? He has been with me all these days, even years, and from the day he defected until today I have found no fault in him.”
  8. 1 Samuel 29:5 (2×)דָוִ֔ד · the David; וְדָוִ֖ד · and David
    Is this not the David about whom they sing in their dances: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
  9. 1 Samuel 29:6דָּוִ֗ד · David
    So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright, and it seems right in my sight that you should march in and out with me in the army, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until this day. But you are not good in the sight of the leaders.
  10. 1 Samuel 29:8דָּוִ֜ד · David
    “But what have I done?” David replied. “What have you found against your servant, from the day I came to you until today, to keep me from going along to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”
  11. 1 Samuel 29:9דָּוִד֒
    Achish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’
  12. 1 Samuel 29:11דָּוִ֜ד · So David
    So David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
  13. 1 Samuel 30:1דָוִ֧ד · David
    On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.
  14. 1 Samuel 30:3דָוִ֤ד · When David
    When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.
  15. 1 Samuel 30:4דָוִ֜ד · So David
    So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.
  16. 1 Samuel 30:5דָוִ֖ד · David’s
    David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.
  17. 1 Samuel 30:6 (2×)לְדָוִ֜ד · And David; דָּוִ֔ד · But David
    And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
  18. 1 Samuel 30:7 (2×)דָּוִ֗ד · Then David; דָּוִֽד׃ · him
    Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought it to him,
  19. 1 Samuel 30:8דָּוִ֤ד · and David
    …and David inquired of the LORD: “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” the LORD replied, “for you will surely overtake them and rescue the captives.”
  20. 1 Samuel 30:9דָּוִ֗ד · David
    So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind
  21. 1 Samuel 30:10דָּוִ֔ד · But David
    …because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.
  22. 1 Samuel 30:11דָּוִ֑ד · David
    Now his men found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave the man water to drink and food to eat—
  23. 1 Samuel 30:13דָוִד֙ · Then David
    Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.
  24. 1 Samuel 30:15דָּוִ֔ד · David
    “Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”
  25. 1 Samuel 30:17דָּוִ֛ד · And David
    And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.
  26. 1 Samuel 30:18 (2×)דָּוִ֔ד · So David; דָּוִֽד׃ · [including]
    So David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.
  27. 1 Samuel 30:19דָּוִֽד׃ · David
    Nothing was missing, young or old, son or daughter, or any of the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David brought everything back.
  28. 1 Samuel 30:20 (2×)דָּוִ֔ד · And he; דָּוִֽד׃ · is David’s
    And he took all the flocks and herds, which his men drove ahead of the other livestock, calling out, “This is David’s plunder!”
  29. 1 Samuel 30:21 (4×)דָוִ֗ד · When David; דָוִ֗ד · him; דָּוִ֔ד · him; דָּוִד֙ · As David
    When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and who were left behind at the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,
  30. 1 Samuel 30:22דָּוִד֒ · David
    …but all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”
  31. 1 Samuel 30:23דָּוִ֔ד · But David
    But David said, “My brothers, you must not do this with what the LORD has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiders who came against us.
  32. 1 Samuel 30:26דָוִד֙ · When David
    When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”
  33. 1 Samuel 30:31דָּוִ֖ד · David
    …and to those in Hebron and in all the places where David and his men had roamed.
  34. 2 Samuel 1:1 (2×)וְדָוִ֣ד · David; דָּוִ֛ד
    After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.
  35. 2 Samuel 1:2דָּוִ֔ד · David
    On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.
  36. 2 Samuel 1:3דָּוִ֔ד · David
    “Where have you come from?” David asked. “I have escaped from the Israelite camp,” he replied.
  37. 2 Samuel 1:4דָּוִ֛ד · David
    “What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”
  38. 2 Samuel 1:5דָּוִ֔ד · Then David
    Then David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
  39. 2 Samuel 1:11דָּוִ֛ד · Then David
    Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.