Strong H1085בִּלְדַּד

Bildad

Transliteration
bildad
Pronunciation
bil-dad'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

Of uncertain derivation;
{Bildad} one of Job´ s friends: - Bildad.

Meaning of the name

Bildad = "confusing (by mingling) love"

Detailed definition

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Job.2.11

In the biblical story

Bildad

One of Job's three friends

Bildad the Shuhite was one of Job's three friends who came to comfort him during his affliction.

In the Bible

Strong H1085 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • bildad5

First verses

  1. Job 2:11
    Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
  2. Job 8:1
    Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
  3. Job 18:1
    Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
  4. Job 25:1
    Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
  5. Job 42:9
    So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the Lord commanded them: the Lord also accepted Job.
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