The meaning of “דּוֹר”
Understanding dôwr reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or (shortened) דֹּר dôr (dore); from דּוּר age, [idiom] evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity. - properly, a revolu...
דּוֹר
or (shortened) דֹּר dôr (dore); from דּוּר age, [idiom] evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity. - properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation - also a dwelling 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
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 15:16 | “But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.” Word: דּוֹר (dôwr) | |
| Numbers 15:23 | “Even all that the Lord hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the Lord commanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations;” Word: דּוֹר (dôwr) | |
| Judges 3:2 | “Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;” Word: דּוֹר (dôwr) | |
| Job 42:16 | “After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.” Word: דּוֹר (dôwr) | |
| Ecclesiastes 1:4 | “One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.” Word: דּוֹר (dôwr) |