Aramaic word · H1859

דָּר

dar

generation

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears 4 times in 2 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament. ·

What it means

generation

Aramaic of dor (דּוֹר "generation" H1755)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Daniel · 4

  1. Daniel 4:3 דָּ֥ר וְדָֽר׃ generation, and generation

    How great are His signs, how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom; His dominion endures from generation to generation.

    Here: "Generation": the people living at one time, one span of human life.

  2. Daniel 4:34 דָּ֥ר וְדָֽר׃ generation, and generation

    But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.

    Here: 'Generation', a lifetime of people. Human dynasties fill a generation or two, while God's rule spans all of them.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.