doeg · Doeg

What it means

doeg (דֹּאֵג) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Doeg”.

An Edomite, chief of Saul's herdsmen, who informed on the priest Ahimelech and killed the priests of Nob (1 Samuel 22). The name means "anxious, fearful".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

• 1 Samuel×5
• Psalms×1

• 1 Samuel 21:7

  Now there was a man of the servants of Saul on that day, detained before YHWH; his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of the shepherds who belonged to Saul.

• 1 Samuel 22:9

  Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, answered and said, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech son of Ahitub.

• 1 Samuel 22:18

  The king said to Doeg, “You turn and fall upon the priests.” So Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and he put to death on that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.

• 1 Samuel 22:22

  David said to Abiathar, “I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I have caused the death of every person of your father’s house.

• Psalms 52:1

  For the director. A maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, mighty man? The loyal love of El is all the day.

And 1 more times.