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Dodo

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(loving). (1) Father of one of David’s captains (2 Sam. 23:24²⁴Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, (2 Samuel 23:24)). (2) Father of Eleazar (2 Sam. 23:9⁹And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away: (2 Samuel 23:9); 1 Chron. 11:12¹²And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties. (1 Chronicles 11:12)). (3) Grandfather of ToIa (Judg. 10:1¹And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. (Judges 10:1)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

1. Grandfather of Tola, a judge, of the tribe of Issachar (Judg. 10:1¹And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. (Judges 10:1)).

2. An Ahohite, father of Eleazar, one of David’s three mighty men (2 Sam. 23:9⁹And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away: (2 Samuel 23:9); 1 Chron. 11:12¹²And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties. (1 Chronicles 11:12)).

3. Father of Elhanan, one of David’s mighty men (2 Sam. 23:24²⁴Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, (2 Samuel 23:24); 1 Chron. 11:26²⁶Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, (1 Chronicles 11:26)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

1734 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Dowdow

Phonic:

do-do’

Meaning:

from 1730; loving; Dodo, the name of three Israelites

KJV Usage:

Dodo

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

his beloved

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

His beloved; loving:―the name of three Israelites [DODAI], 2 Sam. 23:24. {Dilectus illius}