Definition
from H1738; sick (especially in menstruation)
Traditional renderings: faint, menstruous cloth, she that is sick, having sickness.
Traditional renderings: faint, menstruous cloth, she that is sick, having sickness.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders דָּוֶה:
- αἱμορροέωahimorroeō“to bleed”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
5 total
- Leviticus 15:33וְהַדָּוָה֙ · of a woman…of a woman in her menstrual period, of any male or female who has a discharge, and of a man who lies with an unclean woman.’”
- Leviticus 20:18דָּוָ֗ה · a menstruatingIf a man lies with a menstruating woman and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them must be cut off from among their people.
- Isaiah 30:22דָוָ֔ה · menstrual clothsSo you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”
- Lamentations 1:13דָּוָֽה׃ס · faintHe sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.
- Lamentations 5:17דָוֶה֙ · faintBecause of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—