noun · masculine
david
Strong’sG1138
David
stem dauid-59 times in the New Testamentin 9 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
David, the king of Israel 1234. The name is indeclinable and comes from the Hebrew David 13. It occurs in various set phrases: "the tabernacle of David," "the key of David," "the throne of David," "the root of David," and "the kingdom of David" 13. The phrase "son of David" is used as a title for the Messiah 13. The expression "in David" refers to the book of Psalms 13.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Δαυείδ (Rec. Δαβίδ), ὁ, indecl. (Heb. דָּוִד),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1138 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddab-eed'
Dabid (i.e. David), the Israelite king
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesDavid.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
David, King of Israel:
(From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | david16×Δαυὶδ | david |
| object accusative | david3×Δαυὶδ | david |
| direct address vocative | david | david |
| of, belonging to genitive | david39×Δαυίδ | david |
| to, for dative | david1×Δαυὶδ | david |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
59 occurrences, every one of them listed
david“David”subjectnominative singular16×
Matthew 1:6… de gennata ton David ton basilevon. David de gennata ton Solomōnon ek tau …… father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by …
Matthew 12:3… legata autoi; Ouk anagnōskava tinem poiata David hote peinata kai tois meta autou?… replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions …
Matthew 22:43legatō autoi; Pōs oun David en pneume kalatō auton kurion legarōntos;… said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’ …
Matthew 22:45ei oun David kalatō auton kurion, pōs huios autou …So if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He …
Mark 2:25… legatō autoi; Oudepote anagnōskava tinem poiata David hote chreian echata kai peinata autos …… replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions …
Mark 12:36autos David legata en te pneume te hagie; …Speaking by the Holy Spirit, David himself declared: ‘The Lord said to …
Mark 12:37autos David legatō auton kurion, kai pothen autou …David himself calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how …
Luke 6:3… Iēsus; Oude houtem anagnōskava hem poiata David hopote peinata autos kai tois meta …… replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions …
Luke 20:42autos gar David legatō en bibla psalmoiu; Legata kurios …For David himself says in the book of …
Luke 20:44David oun auton kurion kalatō, kai pōs …Thus David calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can …
John 7:42… apo Bēthleem tau kōmau hopou ate David, erchotō tos christos?… and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
Acts 2:25David gar legatō eis auton; Proorome ton …David says about Him: ‘I saw the …
Acts 2:34ouk gar David anabainata eis toin ouranoin, legatō de …For David did not ascend into heaven, but …
Acts 13:36David men gar idia genea hupēretarantos ta …For when David had served God’s purpose in his …
Romans 4:6kathaper kai David legatō ton makarismon tou anthrōpou ho …And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of …
Romans 11:9kai David legatō; Genitar tas trapezas autoiu eis …And David says: “May their table become a …
david“David”objectaccusative singular3×
Matthew 1:6Iessai de gennata ton David ton basilevon. David de gennata ton …and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the …
Acts 13:22kai metastēarantos auton egerata ton David autoi eis basilevon, ho kai legata …After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about …
Acts 13:22… basilevon, ho kai legata marturarantos; Heuriskama David ton tou Iessai, andron kata tan …… testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after …
david“David”of, belonging togenitive singular39×
Matthew 1:1Biblas genesiau Iēsu christou huiou David huiou Abraam.… of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
Matthew 1:17… oun tais geneais apo Abraam heōs David geneais dekatessares, kai apo David heōs …… were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile …
Matthew 1:17… heōs David geneais dekatessares, kai apo David heōs tau metoikesiau Babulōnau geneais dekatessares, …… from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and …
Matthew 1:20… onarem fanita auto legarōntos; Iōsēf huios David, mē fobiseia paralabara Marian tan gunaikan …… dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace …
Matthew 9:27… krazarōntois kai legarōntois; Elēasar nin, huior David.… Have mercy on us, Son of David!”
Matthew 12:23… legale; Mēti houtos atō tos huios David?… Could this be the Son of David?”
Matthew 15:22… krazate legarōntas; Elēasar min, kurior huios David; tas thugatras mu kakōs daimonizotō.… Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter …
Matthew 20:30… krazala legarōntois; Kurior, elēasar nin, huios David.… they cried out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
Matthew 20:31… krazala legarōntois; Kurior, elēasar nin, huios David.… all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
Matthew 21:9… akoloutharōntois krazale legarōntois; Hōsanna to huio David; Eulogorēntos tos erchorōntos en onome kuriou; …… shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is He who comes in …
Matthew 21:15… hiere kai legarōntoin; Hōsanna to huio David aganaktala… courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”
Matthew 22:42“David”… tinou huios atō? legalō auto; Tou David.… the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s …
Mark 10:47… atō archeta krazarō kai legarō; Huior David Iēsur, elēasar min.… to cry out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Mark 10:48… tos de polle mallon krazate; Huior David, elēasar min.… out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Mark 11:10… tas erchorōntas basileias tou patrou nu David; Hōsanna en tei hupsistei.… the coming kingdom of our father David!” “Hosanna in the highest!”
Mark 12:35… tois grammatevois hoti tos christos huios David atō?… the Christ is the Son of David?
Luke 1:27… andro ho onomem Iōsēf ek oikou David, kai tem onomem tau parthenau Mariam.… who was of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.
Luke 1:32… auto kurios tos theos ton thronon David tou patrou autou,… Him the throne of His father David,
Luke 1:69… egerata keratem sōtērēau ni en oiko David paidou autou,… in the house of His servant David,
Luke 2:4… Nazareth eis tan Ioudaian eis polan David hotinas kalotō Bēthleem, dia tem arō …… to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from …
Luke 2:4… arō auton ek oikou kai patriau David,… from the house and line of David.
Luke 2:11… hos atō christos kurios en pola David;Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to …
Luke 3:31… Menna tou Mattatha tou Natham tou David… son of Nathan, the son of David,
Luke 18:38kai boata legarōntos; Iēsur huior David, elēasar min.… he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Luke 18:39… autos de polle mallon krazate; Huior David, elēasar min.… out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Luke 20:41“David’s”… autoin; Pōs legalō ton christon arō David huion?… Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David?
John 7:42… grafas legata hoti ek teu spermeu David, kai apo Bēthleem tau kōmau hopou …… will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where …
Acts 1:16… tem pneumem tem hagiem dia stomeu David peri Ioudou tou generantou hodēgou toi …… Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide …
Acts 2:29… parrēsiau pros vin peri tou patriarchou David, hoti kai teleutata kai thaptita, kai …… you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his …
Acts 4:25… patrou nu dia pneumeu hagieu stomeu David paidou su legarantos; Hinati fruassala ethneim …… mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and …
Acts 7:45… toiu patroiu nu heōs taiu hēmeraiu David;… It remained until the time of David,
Acts 13:34… legatē hoti Dōami vi teim hosieim David teim pisteim.… holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
Acts 15:16… houteim anastrefami kai anoikodomami tan skēnan David tan piptarēntan kai teim kataskaptorēnteim autau …… and rebuild the fallen tent of David. Its ruins I will rebuild, and …
Romans 1:3… huiou autou, tou generantou ek spermeu David kata sarkan,… Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,
2 Timothy 2:8… Christon egerorēnton ek nekroiu, ek spermeu David, kata tem euangeliem mu;… raised from the dead, descended from David, as proclaimed by my gospel,
Hebrews 11:32… chronos peri Gedeōn, Barak, Sampsōn, Iefthae, David tē kai Samouēl kai toiu profētoiu,… tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,
Revelation 3:7… tos alēthinos, tos echarōntos tan kleidan David, tos anoigarōntos kai oudenos kleiati, kai …… true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can …
Revelation 5:5… ek tau fulau Ioudou, tas rizas David, anoigara tem bibliem kai tain hepta …… tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll …
Revelation 22:16… amō tas rizas kai tem genem David, tos asteros tos lampros, tos prōinos.… the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”
david“David”to, fordative singular1×
Hebrews 4:7palin tinan horizatō hēmeran, Sēmeron, en David legarōntos meta tosouton chronon, kathōs prolegotē, …… long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if …