דּוֹדוֹ
do.do
Dodo
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Explored# Analysis of Dodo (H1734) Based on the lexical data provided, Dodo appears in the Hebrew Bible only twice, making it an extremely rare term. The entry identifies it as a proper name rather than a common noun, suggesting it functioned as a personal identifier in ancient Israelite society. With only two occurrences across the entire biblical text, this word had minimal textual presence and consequently limited narrative significance. The lemma's classification as a proper noun indicates that Dodo referred to specific individuals rather than carrying a descriptive or abstract meaning. Without additional context from the provided data regarding the identity of these individuals or the passages in which they appear, we can only confirm that the name was used to designate particular persons in biblical accounts. The rarity of the term suggests it belonged to figures of secondary rather than primary importance in the biblical narrative tradition.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
2 total occurrences across the text
After him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines who were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel had gone away.
1 Chronicles 11:12After him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men.