Duday דּוּדַי
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| דּוּדַי | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | duday |
| Strong's number | H1736 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | mandrake |
| Occurrences | 6 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (3) |
Duday (Hebrew דּוּדַי, Strong's H1736) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “mandrake”. It occurs 6 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) mandrake, love-apple
1a) as exciting sexual desire, and favouring procreation
1a) as exciting sexual desire, and favouring procreation
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | mandrakes (6), baskets (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | mandrakes (5), some mandrakes (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Duday, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 30:14And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
- Genesis 30:15And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son’s mandrakes.But Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”
- Genesis 30:16And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 7:13The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.The mandrakes send forth a fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, new as well as old, that I have treasured up for you, my beloved.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).