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In the Bible, bears are often used metaphorically to describe danger, strength, or ferocity. The bear is depicted as a creature to be feared, often symbolizing a formidable enemy or a threat.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Near East, bears were known to inhabit the forests and mountainous regions. They were considered dangerous predators, and encounters with bears were likely feared by the people of ancient Israel. The bear's characteristics of strength and aggression made it a fitting symbol in biblical literature for describing powerful adversaries or divine judgment.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/1680.htm">dabab</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a bear<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>bear (10), bears (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">דֹּב</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun masculine</b></font><sup>Proverbs 28:15</sup>, <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>feminine</b></font><sup>2Kings 2:24 (seldom)</sup> <font size="+1"><b>bear</b></font> (from soft or gliding motion, Late Hebrew <em>id.</em>, Ethiopic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb017904.gif"> Assyrian <i><em>dabû</em></i> (?) Dl<sup>S 55</sup>; Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">דּוּבָּא</font>, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb017905.gif">; Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb017906.gif">, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb017907.gif">, is however a loan-word compare Hom<sup>NS 301 f.</sup>); — absolute <font class="hebrew2">דֹּב</font> <a href="/interlinear/amos/5-19.htm">Amos 5:19</a> 5t.; <font class="hebrew2">דּוֺב</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/17-34.htm">1 Samuel 17:34</a> 2t.; plural <font class="hebrew2">דֻּבִּים</font> <a href="/interlinear/2_kings/2-24.htm">2 Kings 2:24</a>; <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/59-11.htm">Isaiah 59:11</a>; — <em>bear</em>, female <a href="/interlinear/2_kings/2-24.htm">2 Kings 2:24</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/17-8.htm">2 Samuel 17:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/17-12.htm">Proverbs 17:12</a>; <a href="/interlinear/hosea/13-8.htm">Hosea 13:8</a> compare <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/11-7.htm">Isaiah 11:7</a>; undetermined <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/17-34.htm">1 Samuel 17:34</a>,36,37; <a href="/interlinear/amos/5-19.htm">Amos 5:19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/28-15.htm">Proverbs 28:15</a>; <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/59-11.htm">Isaiah 59:11</a>; <a href="/interlinear/lamentations/3-10.htm">Lamentations 3:10</a>,10 (on article <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/17-34.htm">1 Samuel 17:34</a>; <a href="/interlinear/amos/5-19.htm">Amos 5:19</a> compare RS<sup>Sem, i. 119 n</sup>.) <p> <font class="hebrew2">דּוֺב</font> <em>bear</em>, see below <font class="hebrew2">דבב</font>. </p><p> <font class="hebrew2">דוג</font>, <font class="hebrew2">דַּוָּג</font>, <font class="hebrew2">דּוּגָה</font> see below <font class="hebrew2">דגה</font> <p><font class="hebrew2">דוד</font> (√ assumed for following, which however perhaps primitive caressing word, Fl NHWB<sup>i. 439</sup> <em>swing, rock, dandle, fondle, love</em>; > Thes Dietr<sup>Semitic Wortforsch. 277</sup> MV, who connect with <font class="hebrew2">דּוּד</font> (compare below) compare Syriac <img src="/bdbgif/bdb018709.gif"> <em>disturb</em>). <p> <font class="hebrew2">דֹּב</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun [masculine]</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>bear</b></font> (so <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ7</font> Biblical Hebrew √ <font class="hebrew2">דבב</font>; Syriac <img src="/bdbgif/bdb108701.gif">); — absolute <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ד</font> <a href="/interlinear/daniel/7-5.htm">Daniel 7:5</a>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>bear <p>Or (fully) dowb {dobe}; from <a href="/hebrew/1680.htm">dabab</a>; the bear (as slow) -- bear. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/1680.htm">dabab</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>דֹּ֣ב דֻּבִּים֙ דב דבים הַדֹּ֑ב הַדֹּ֔ב הַדּ֔וֹב הַדּ֖וֹב הדב הדוב וְדֹ֣ב וָדֹב֙ ודב כְּדֹ֣ב כְּדֹ֥ב כַדֻּבִּים֙ כדב כדבים chaddubBim do dōḇ dub·bîm dubBim dubbîm had·dō·wḇ had·dōḇ hadDo haddōḇ hadDov haddōwḇ ḵad·dub·bîm ḵaddubbîm kə·ḏōḇ keDo kəḏōḇ vaDo veDo wā·ḏōḇ wāḏōḇ wə·ḏōḇ wəḏōḇ<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/1_samuel/17-34.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Samuel 17:34</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/17.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָֽאֲרִי֙ וְאֶת־ <b> הַדּ֔וֹב </b> וְנָשָׂ֥א שֶׂ֖ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_samuel/17.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> When a lion <span class="itali">or a bear</span> came<br><a href="/kjvs/1_samuel/17.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> a lion, <span class="itali">and a bear,</span> and took<br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/17-34.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> came A lion <span class="itali">A bear</span> and took A lamb<p><b><a href="/text/1_samuel/17-36.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Samuel 17:36</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/17.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָאֲרִ֛י גַּם־ <b> הַדּ֖וֹב </b> הִכָּ֣ה עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_samuel/17.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the lion <span class="itali">and the bear;</span> and this<br><a href="/kjvs/1_samuel/17.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> both the lion <span class="itali">and the bear:</span> and this uncircumcised<br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/17-36.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the lion both <span class="itali">and the bear</span> has killed your servant<p><b><a href="/text/1_samuel/17-37.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Samuel 17:37</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/17.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָֽאֲרִי֙ וּמִיַּ֣ד <b> הַדֹּ֔ב </b> ה֣וּא יַצִּילֵ֔נִי</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_samuel/17.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and from the paw <span class="itali">of the bear,</span> He will deliver<br><a href="/kjvs/1_samuel/17.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and out of the paw <span class="itali">of the bear,</span> he will deliver<br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/17-37.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the lion the paw <span class="itali">of the bear</span> He will deliver<p><b><a href="/text/2_samuel/17-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Samuel 17:8</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/17.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙ הֵ֔מָּה <b> כְּדֹ֥ב </b> שַׁכּ֖וּל בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_samuel/17.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and they are fierce, <span class="itali">like a bear</span> robbed of her cubs<br><a href="/kjvs/2_samuel/17.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in their minds, <span class="itali">as a bear</span> robbed<br><a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/17-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> their minds like <span class="itali">A bear</span> robbed the field<p><b><a href="/text/2_kings/2-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Kings 2:24</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_kings/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וַתֵּצֶ֨אנָה שְׁתַּ֤יִם <b> דֻּבִּים֙ </b> מִן־ הַיַּ֔עַר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_kings/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Then two <span class="itali">female bears</span> came<br><a href="/kjvs/2_kings/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> two <span class="itali">she bears</span> out of the wood,<br><a href="/interlinear/2_kings/2-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> came two <span class="itali">bears</span> out of the woods<p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/17-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 17:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/17.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> פָּג֬וֹשׁ <b> דֹּ֣ב </b> שַׁכּ֣וּל בְּאִ֑ישׁ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/17.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> meet <span class="itali">a bear</span> robbed of her cubs,<br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/17.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Let a bear</span> robbed of her whelps meet<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/17-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> meet <span class="itali">A bear</span> robbed A man<p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/28-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 28:15</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/28.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֲרִי־ נֹ֭הֵם <b> וְדֹ֣ב </b> שׁוֹקֵ֑ק מֹשֵׁ֥ל</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and a rushing <span class="itali">bear</span> Is a wicked<br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and a ranging <span class="itali">bear;</span> [so is] a wicked<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/28-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> lion a roaring <span class="itali">bear</span> rushing ruler<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/11-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 11:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/11.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וּפָרָ֤ה <b> וָדֹב֙ </b> תִּרְעֶ֔ינָה יַחְדָּ֖ו</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Also the cow <span class="itali">and the bear</span> will graze,<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> And the cow <span class="itali">and the bear</span> shall feed;<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/11-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the cow <span class="itali">and the bear</span> will graze together<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/59-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 59:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/59.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> נֶהֱמֶ֤ה <b> כַדֻּבִּים֙ </b> כֻּלָּ֔נוּ וְכַיּוֹנִ֖ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/59.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of us growl <span class="itali">like bears,</span> And moan<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/59.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> We roar <span class="itali">all like bears,</span> and mourn<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/59-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> growl <span class="itali">bears</span> All doves<p><b><a href="/text/lamentations/3-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Lamentations 3:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/lamentations/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> דֹּ֣ב </b> אֹרֵ֥ב הוּא֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/lamentations/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">He is to me like a bear</span> lying in wait,<br><a href="/kjvs/lamentations/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">He [was] unto me [as] a bear</span> lying in wait,<br><a href="/interlinear/lamentations/3-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">A bear</span> lying he<p><b><a href="/text/hosea/13-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hosea 13:8</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/hosea/13.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> אֶפְגְּשֵׁם֙ <b> כְּדֹ֣ב </b> שַׁכּ֔וּל וְאֶקְרַ֖ע</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hosea/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> I will encounter <span class="itali">them like a bear</span> robbed of her cubs,<br><a href="/kjvs/hosea/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> I will meet <span class="itali">them as a bear</span> [that is] bereaved<br><a href="/interlinear/hosea/13-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will encounter <span class="itali">A bear</span> robbed will tear<p><b><a href="/text/amos/5-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Amos 5:19</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/amos/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָאֲרִ֔י וּפְגָע֖וֹ <b> הַדֹּ֑ב </b> וּבָ֣א הַבַּ֔יִת</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/amos/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> from a lion <span class="itali">And a bear</span> meets<br><a href="/kjvs/amos/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> a lion, <span class="itali">and a bear</span> met<br><a href="/interlinear/amos/5-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> A lion meets <span class="itali">bear</span> goes home<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1677.htm">12 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1677.htm">Strong's 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