Alone
בַּדStrong’s H0905bad
Appears in 177 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Bad is the Hebrew word usually translated “only him”, “besides” and “alone you”. It appears in 177 verses of the Old Testament.
“And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves.”
Meaning
- Alone, by itself, besides, a part, separation, being aloneseparation, alone, by itself · part · parts (eg limbs, shoots), bars
How it's translated
- to only him 32
- besides 31
- to alone you 19
- alone 16
- to alone me 16
- the poles 15
- apart 13
- poles its 13
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 35
- Numbers 22
- 1 Kings 15
- Genesis 12
- Deuteronomy 9
- Job 9
24 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 10:8In contextTherefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
- Daniel 11:4In contextAnd when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
- Zechariah 12:12In contextAnd the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;
- Zechariah 12:13In contextThe family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;
- Zechariah 12:14In contextAll the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
- Genesis 2:18And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
All 177 verses, by book
- Exodus 35
- 12:1612:3718:1418:1822:2022:2724:225:1325:1425:1525:2725:2826:927:627:730:430:530:3435:1235:1335:1535:1636:1637:437:537:1437:1537:2737:2838:538:638:739:3539:3940:20
- Numbers 22
- 4:64:84:114:145:86:2111:1411:1716:4928:2328:3129:629:1129:1629:1929:2229:2529:2829:3129:3429:3829:39
- Ecclesiastes 1
- 7:29
Hebrew dictionary
בַּד bad · alone
: pole 1) alone, by itself, besides, a part, separation, being alone 1a) separation, alone, by itself 1a1) only (adv) 1a2) apart from, besides (prep) 1b) part 1c) parts (eg limbs, shoots), bars
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “alone” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ALO'NE, adjective
[all and one.]
- Single; solitary; without the presence of another; applied to a person or thing.“It is not good that man should be alone” Genesis 2:18
- It is applied to two or more persons or things, when separate from others, in a place or condition by themselves; without company.“And when they were alone he expounded all things to his disciples” Mark 4:34
- Only.“Thou whose name alone is Jehovah” Psalms 83:18
All definitions and other forms of “alone”
ALO'NE, adverb
Separately; by itself.
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.