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Proverbs 30:14
“There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
דּוֹרdôwr · dore
H1755 · Hebrew
H1755 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
- Derivation
- or (shortened) דֹּר; from H1752 (דּוּר);
- KJV renderings
- age, [idiom] evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity.
- Grammar
- דּ֤וֹר — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 168 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 6:9Genesis 7:1Genesis 9:12Genesis 15:16Genesis 17:7
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 דּוֹר 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.