Dor דּוֹר

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Dor
דּוֹר
Transliterationdor
Strong's numberH1755
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossgeneration
Occurrences167 in 127 verses
Most frequent inPsalms (37)

Dor (Hebrew דּוֹר, Strong's H1755) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “generation”. It occurs 167 times in 127 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) period, generation, habitation, dwelling
1a) period, age, generation (period of time)
1b) generation (those living during a period)
1c) generation (characterised by quality, condition, class of men)
1d) dwelling-place, habitation
Aramaic equivalent: dar (דָּר "generation" H1859)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVgeneration (57), generations (50), all generations (18), many generations (6), age (2), posterity (1), throughout (1), never (1), evermore (1), one generation (1), every generation (1)
BSBgeneration (44), generations to come (29), generations (20), all generations (5), age (4), there is a generation (4), through all (3), all (3), through all generations (3), throughout your generations (2), your descendants (2), his descendants (2), and 26 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Dor, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

1 Chronicles

Esther

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Joel

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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