STRONGS G1138:
Δαβίδ (the form in
Rec. after the more recent manuscripts [minuscules, cf.
Tdf. on
Matthew 1:1, and
Treg. on
Luke 3:31]),
Δαυἲδ (Griesbach, Schott, Knapp, Theile, others), and
Δαυείδ (L T Tr WH [on the
ει see
WH's Appendix, p. 155 and under the word
ει,
ι]; cf. Winers Grammar, p. 44; Bleek on Heb. vol. ii. 1, p. 538; in Josephus [Antiquities 6, 8, 1ff also Nicolaus Damascenus from 31, p. 114]
Δαυἲδης,
-ου),
ὁ,
(דָּוִד, and especially after the exile
דָּוִיד [i. e. beloved]),
David, indeclinable name of by far the most celebrated king of the Israelites:
Matthew 1:1,
6,
17, etc.
ἡ σκηνὴ Δ.
Acts 15:16;
ἡ κλεὶς τοῦ Δ.
Revelation 3:7;
ὁ θρόνος Δ.
Luke 1:32;
ὁ υἱὸς Δ., a name of the Messiah, viz. the descendant of David and heir to his throne (see
υἱός, 1 b.);
ἡ ῥίζα Δ. the offspring of David,
Revelation 5:5;
Revelation 22:16;
ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Δ.
Mark 11:10 (see
βασιλεία, 3);
ἐν Δαυἲδ, in the book of the Psalms of David,
Hebrews 4:7 [others take it personally, cf.
Hebrews 1:1f; yet see
ἐν, I. 1 d.].
Related entry:
Δαυείδ and Δαυἲδ, see Δαβίδ.
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