דֹּבdôb

Meanings

Same root

• דָּבַבdâbab · H1680to move slowly, i.e. glide
• דֹּבdôb · H1678{the bear (as slow)}

Where it appears

Appears 12 times in the Bible.

• 1 Samuel 17:34 But David persisted. “I have been taking care of my father’s sheep and goats,” he said. “When a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock,
• 1 Samuel 17:36 I have done this to both lions and bears, and I’ll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God!
• 1 Samuel 17:37 The Lord who rescued me from the claws of the lion and the bear will rescue me from this Philistine!” Saul finally consented. “All right, go ahead,” he said. “And may the Lord be with you!”
• 2 Samuel 17:8 You know your father and his men; they are mighty warriors. Right now they are as enraged as a mother bear who has been robbed of her cubs. And remember that your father is an experienced man of war. He won’t be spending the night among the troops.
• 2 Kings 2:24 Elisha turned around and looked at them, and he cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of them.
• Proverbs 17:12 It is safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to confront a fool caught in foolishness.