Badad בָּדַד
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| בָּדַד | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | badad |
| Strong's number | H909 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | be alone |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (1) |
Badad (Hebrew בָּדַד, Strong's H909) is a Hebrew verb meaning “be alone”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to withdraw, be separate, be isolated
1a) (Qal) an army straggler (part.)
1a1) of Ephraim (metaph.)
2) (TWOT) alone
1a) (Qal) an army straggler (part.)
1a1) of Ephraim (metaph.)
2) (TWOT) alone
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | alone (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | like a lone (1), stragglers (1), its own (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Badad, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Psalms
- Psalm 102:7I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 14:31Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.
Hosea
- Hosea 8:9For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.
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).