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Doe

אַיָּלָהStrong’s H0355

ayyalah (ay-ya-lah)

Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Ayyalah is the Hebrew word usually translated “like does”, “doe” and “does”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.

“Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.”
Genesis 49:21 KJV
Meaning
  1. Doe, deer, hind
How it's translated
  • like does 3
  • a doe 2
  • does 2
  • by does of 2
  • doe of 1
  • a doe of 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Psalms 3
  • Song of Solomon 2
  • Genesis 1
  • 2 Samuel 1
  • Job 1
  • Proverbs 1

8 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

אַיָּלָה ayyalah · doe

doe, deer, hind

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “doe” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

DOE, noun

Do. A she deer; the female of the fallow-deer. The male is called a buck.

    All definitions and other forms of “doe”

      DOE, noun

      A feat. [Not used.]

        Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

        Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.