# דֹּב (dov)

Israeli respelling: dov. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H1677. 12 Old Testament occurrences.

the bear (as slow)

King James renderings: bear.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/dov-h1677

## Occurrences

- [1 Samuel 17:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/17/34) — And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
- [1 Samuel 17:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/17/36) — Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of…
- [1 Samuel 17:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/17/37) — David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the h…
- [2 Samuel 17:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/17/8) — For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her…
- [2 Kings 2:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/2/24) — And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and ta…
- [Proverbs 17:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/17/12) — Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
- [Proverbs 28:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/28/15) — As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
- [Isaiah 11:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/11/7) — And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
- [Isaiah 59:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/59/11) — We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
- [Lamentations 3:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/3/10) — He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
- [Hosea 13:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/13/8) — I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion:…
- [Amos 5:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/5/19) — As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.