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Ecclesiastes 7:29
“Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
בַּדbad · bad
H905 · Hebrew
H905 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of atree, bar forcarrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides
- Derivation
- from H909 (בָּדַד);
- KJV renderings
- alone, apart, bar, besides, branch, by self, of each alike, except, only, part, staff, strength.
- Grammar
- לְ — preposition
- בַד֙ — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 202 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:18Genesis 21:28Genesis 21:29Genesis 26:1Genesis 30:40
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בַּד here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.