dor · generation

What it means

dor (דּוֹר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “generation”.

The people who live in the same period; also an age, "all generations".

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.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The people of the same time.
2. A home, a place to live.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

Generation: the people who live in the same period, and the span of a life. BDB: a period, an age or generation; also a dwelling.

• “From generation to generation” Psalms 89:1Exodus 3:15
• “Throughout their generations” Genesis 17:9
• “A generation goes, and a generation comes” Ecclesiastes 1:4
• The generation of the wilderness Numbers 32:13
• Dwelling Isaiah 38:12

How we translate it

“Generation” 111 times, “generations” 28, “throughout your generations” 26. In Genesis 6:9, “among his contemporaries”, by the sense. In Isaiah 38:12, “My dwelling”, the other sense BDB gives. This edition's glossary distinguishes דּוֹר, “generation”, from תּוֹלְדוֹת, “generations” in the lists of descendants (“These are the generations of Noah”).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• generation ×111
• generations ×28
• throughout your generations ×26
• among his contemporaries ×1
• dwelling ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×7
• Exodus×19
• Leviticus×14
• Numbers×10
• Deuteronomy×11
• Joshua×2
• Judges×3
• 1 Chronicles×1
• Esther×2
• Job×2
• Psalms×59
• Proverbs×6
• Ecclesiastes×2
• Isaiah×18
• Jeremiah×4
• Lamentations×2
• Joel×5

• Genesis 6:9

  These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among his contemporaries; with Elohim Noah walked.

• Genesis 7:1

  And YHWH said to Noah, “Come, you and all your household, into the ark, for you I have seen to be righteous before me in this generation.

• Genesis 9:12

  And Elohim said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I am giving between me and you and every living being that is with you, for generations forever:

• Genesis 15:16

  And in the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

• Genesis 17:7

  I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations as an eternal covenant, to be Elohim to you and to your offspring after you.

• Genesis 17:9

  Elohim said to Abraham, “As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations.

• Genesis 17:12

  At the age of eight days every male among you shall be circumcised throughout your generations, the one born in the house and the one bought with silver from any foreigner who is not of your offspring.

• Exodus 1:6

  Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation.

• Exodus 3:15

  Elohim also said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel: ‘YHWH, the Elohim of your fathers, the Elohim of Abraham, the Elohim of Isaac, and the Elohim of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and this is my remembrance from generation to generation.

• Exodus 12:14

  This day shall be for you a memorial, and you shall celebrate it as a festival to YHWH; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall celebrate it.

• Exodus 12:17

  You shall keep the festival of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought out your armies from the land of Egypt; and you shall keep this day throughout your generations as a statute forever.

• Exodus 12:42

  It was a night of watching for YHWH, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; this night is for YHWH a night of watching for all the sons of Israel throughout their generations.

• Exodus 16:32

  Moses said, “This is the thing that YHWH has commanded: ‘A full omer of it is to be kept throughout your generations, so that they may see the bread that I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’ ”

• Exodus 16:33

  Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar, and put in it a full omer of manna, and set it before YHWH, to be kept throughout your generations.”

• Exodus 17:16

  and he said, “Because a hand was raised against the throne of Yah, YHWH will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”

• Exodus 27:21

  In the tent of meeting, outside the veil that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall set it in order from evening to morning before YHWH. It is a statute forever throughout their generations on the part of the sons of Israel.

• Exodus 29:42

  It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before YHWH, where I will meet with you to speak to you there.

• Exodus 30:8

  and when Aaron lights the lamps at twilight, he shall offer it up in smoke, a continual incense before YHWH throughout your generations.

• Exodus 30:10

  Aaron shall make expiation on its horns once in the year; with the blood of the sin offering of expiation once in the year he shall make expiation for it throughout your generations. It is most holy to YHWH.”

• Exodus 30:21

  they shall wash their hands and their feet so that they will not die; and it shall be for them a statute forever, for him and for his offspring throughout their generations.”

• Exodus 30:31

  And to the sons of Israel you shall speak, saying, ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil for me throughout your generations.

• Exodus 31:13

  “And you, speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘Surely you shall keep my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, so that you know that I am YHWH who sanctifies you.

• Exodus 31:16

  And the sons of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout their generations as an eternal covenant.

• Exodus 40:15

  And you shall anoint them as you anointed their father, so that they may serve as priests to me; and their anointing shall be for them for an eternal priesthood throughout their generations.”

• Leviticus 3:17

  It is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall not eat any fat or any blood.”

• Leviticus 6:18

  Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it, as a statute forever throughout your generations, from the fire offerings of YHWH. Whatever touches them will become holy.”

• Leviticus 7:36

  which YHWH commanded to be given to them on the day he anointed them, from the sons of Israel; it is a statute forever throughout their generations.”

• Leviticus 10:9

  “Do not drink wine or intoxicating drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, so that you do not die; it is a statute forever throughout your generations,

• Leviticus 17:7

  So they shall no longer sacrifice their sacrifices to the goats after which they prostitute themselves. This shall be a statute forever for them throughout their generations.

• Leviticus 21:17

  “Speak to Aaron, saying: No man of your offspring throughout their generations who has a defect shall approach to present the food of his Elohim.

• Leviticus 22:3

  Say to them: Throughout your generations, any man from among all your offspring who approaches the holy things that the sons of Israel consecrate to YHWH while his uncleanness is on him, that person shall be cut off from before me. I am YHWH.

• Leviticus 23:14

  And bread or roasted grain or fresh grain you shall not eat until this very day, until you have brought the offering of your Elohim; it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

• Leviticus 23:21

  And on this very day you shall proclaim: there shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall do no laborious work at all; it is a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

• Leviticus 23:31

  You shall do no work at all; it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

• Leviticus 23:41

  And you shall celebrate it as a feast to YHWH seven days in the year; it is a statute forever throughout your generations; in the seventh month you shall celebrate it.

• Leviticus 23:43

  so that your generations may know that I made the sons of Israel live in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am YHWH your Elohim.”

• Leviticus 24:3

  Outside the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall arrange it from evening to morning before YHWH continually; it is a statute forever throughout your generations.

• Leviticus 25:30

  But if it is not redeemed before a full year is completed for it, then the house that is in the city that has a wall shall belong in perpetuity to the one who bought it, throughout his generations; it shall not go free in the jubilee.

• Numbers 9:10

  “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If any man of you or of your generations is unclean through a corpse, or on a distant journey, he shall still keep the Passover to YHWH.

• Numbers 10:8

  And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and they shall be for you a statute forever throughout your generations.

And 127 more times.