Strong H1673דֹּאֵג
Doeg
- Transliteration
- dô'êg dô'êg
- Pronunciation
- {do-ayg'} do-ayg'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Active participle of H1672; anxious;
{Doeg} an Edomite: - Doeg.
{Doeg} an Edomite: - Doeg.
Meaning of the name
Doeg = "fearing"
Detailed definition
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.21.7
In the biblical story
Doeg
Edomite chief shepherd who betrayed David to Saul
Doeg the Edomite, Saul's chief shepherd, witnessed David receiving help from Ahimelech and later betrayed him to Saul, resulting in the massacre of the priests at Nob. (1Sa.21.7; 22.9,18,18,22; Psa.52.1)
In the Bible
Strong H1673 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- doeg4
First verses
- 1 Samuel 21:7Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.
- 1 Samuel 22:9Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
- 1 Samuel 22:18And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
- 1 Samuel 22:22And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father’s house.