What does בָּדָד (bādād) mean in the Bible?
בָּדָד (bādād): Isolation and apartness—often involuntary or painful separation, denoting both physical and existential loneliness
Hebrew · H910
בָּדָד
Separate ; adverb, separately
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בָּדָד H910
Pronunciation bādād
What does בָּדָד (bādād) mean in the Bible?
בָּדָד (bādād): Isolation and apartness—often involuntary or painful separation, denoting both physical and existential loneliness
Full entry for בָּדָד (H910) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H910?
The BSB source-word alignment has 11 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include alone (6), . . . (1), apart (1), lies deserted (1), lives untroubled (1).
Where does בָּדָד (bādād) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Leviticus 13:46. Its strongest book concentrations include Deuteronomy (2), Jeremiah (2), Lamentations (2), Isaiah (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It alone 6× Deuteronomy 32:12, Psalms 4:8, Jeremiah 15:17, Jeremiah 49:31
. . . 1× Leviticus 13:46
apart 1× Numbers 23:9
lies deserted 1× Isaiah 27:10
lives untroubled 1× Deuteronomy 33:28
lonely 1× Lamentations 1:1
Show sample aligned rows
Leviticus 13:46 בָּדָ֣ד to . . . Noun - masculine singular Numbers 23:9 לְבָדָ֣ד to apart Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Deuteronomy 32:12 בָּדָ֣ד to alone Noun - masculine singular Deuteronomy 33:28 בָּדָד֙ to lives untroubled Noun - masculine singular Psalms 4:8 לְבָדָ֑ד to alone Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Isaiah 27:10 בָּדָ֔ד to lies deserted Noun - masculine singular Jeremiah 15:17 בָּדָ֣ד to alone Noun - masculine singular Jeremiah 49:31 בָּדָ֥ד to alone Noun - masculine singular Lamentations 1:1 בָדָ֗ד to lonely Noun - masculine singular Lamentations 3:28 בָּדָד֙ to alone Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Leviticus 13:46
Aligned rows 11
Books represented 8
Leviticus 1 Numbers 1 Deuteronomy 2 Psalms 1 Isaiah 1 Jeremiah 2 Lamentations 2 Micah 1
Source forms
בָּדָ֣ד 3x bā·ḏāḏ Leviticus 13:46, Deuteronomy 32:12, Jeremiah 15:17
בָּדָד֙ 2x bā·ḏāḏ Deuteronomy 33:28, Lamentations 3:28
בָדָ֗ד 1x ḇā·ḏāḏ Lamentations 1:1
בָּדָ֔ד 1x bā·ḏāḏ Isaiah 27:10
בָּדָ֥ד 1x bā·ḏāḏ Jeremiah 49:31
לְבָדָ֣ד 1x lə·ḇā·ḏāḏ Numbers 23:9
לְבָדָ֑ד 1x lə·ḇā·ḏāḏ Psalms 4:8
לְבָדָ֔ד 1x lə·ḇā·ḏāḏ Micah 7:14
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular 8x Leviticus 13:46, Deuteronomy 32:12, Deuteronomy 33:28, Isaiah 27:10
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular 3x Numbers 23:9, Psalms 4:8, Micah 7:14
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Isolation and apartness—often involuntary or painful separation, denoting both physical and existential loneliness
Source Gloss
separate ; adverb, separately
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Isolation and apartness—often involuntary or painful separation, denoting both physical and existential loneliness
separate; adverb, separately BDB: isolation Usage: alone, desolate, only, solitary.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
בָּדָד is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain