909. badad
Strong's Lexicon
badad: Alone, solitary, isolated

Original Word: בָּדָד
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: badad
Pronunciation: bah-dahd
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-dad')
Definition: Alone, solitary, isolated
Meaning: to divide, be solitary

Word Origin: Derived from the root בָּדַד (badad), meaning to be alone or isolated.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The concept of being alone or isolated in the Greek New Testament can be related to words like "μονάζω" (monazo - G3441), meaning to be solitary or alone.

Usage: The Hebrew word "badad" conveys the sense of being alone or in solitude. It is often used to describe a state of isolation, either physically or metaphorically. In the biblical context, it can refer to individuals or groups who are set apart, either by choice or circumstance, for a specific purpose or due to a particular condition.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite culture, being alone or isolated could have both positive and negative connotations. Solitude was sometimes necessary for spiritual reflection, prayer, or purification. However, isolation could also be a result of social ostracism, illness, or divine judgment. The concept of being set apart is significant in the Hebrew Bible, often relating to holiness and the distinctiveness of God's people.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to be separate, isolated
NASB Translation
alone (1), lonely (1), shoots (2), straggler (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. [בָּדַד] verb be separate, isolated (Arabic cause to withdraw; II. separate, disunite, Genesis 11:8 Saad; IV. divide into parts; x. go alone, act independently), only Participle בּוֺדֵד Isaiah 14:31 (of straggler in army), Hosea 8:9 מֶּרֶא בוֺדֵד לוֺ a wild-ass (simile of Ephraim) going alone for itself (i.e. willfully: see below לְ), Psalm 102:8 (of bird sitting solitarily).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
alone

A primitive root; to divide, i.e. (reflex.) Be solitary -- alone.

Forms and Transliterations
בָּדָ֣ד בּוֹדֵ֖ד בּוֹדֵ֣ד בּוֹדֵ֥ד בדד בודד bā·ḏāḏ baDad bāḏāḏ bō·w·ḏêḏ boDed bōwḏêḏ
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Englishman's Concordance
Leviticus 13:46
HEB: טָמֵ֣א ה֑וּא בָּדָ֣ד יֵשֵׁ֔ב מִח֥וּץ
INT: is unclean he alone shall live without

Psalm 102:7
HEB: וָאֶֽהְיֶ֑ה כְּ֝צִפּ֗וֹר בּוֹדֵ֥ד עַל־ גָּֽג׃
NAS: I have become like a lonely bird
KJV: and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
INT: have become bird A lonely on A housetop

Isaiah 14:31
HEB: בָּ֔א וְאֵ֥ין בּוֹדֵ֖ד בְּמוֹעָדָֽיו׃
NAS: And there is no straggler in his ranks.
KJV: a smoke, and none [shall be] alone in his appointed times.
INT: comes and there straggler his ranks

Hosea 8:9
HEB: אַשּׁ֔וּר פֶּ֖רֶא בּוֹדֵ֣ד ל֑וֹ אֶפְרַ֖יִם
NAS: [Like] a wild donkey all alone; Ephraim
KJV: a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim
INT: to Assyria a wild alone Ephraim has hired

4 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 909
4 Occurrences


bā·ḏāḏ — 1 Occ.
bō·w·ḏêḏ — 3 Occ.
















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