Thayer's
STRONGS NT 1138: ΔαβίδΔαβίδ (the form in
Rec. after the more recent manuscripts (minuscules, cf.
Tdf. on
Matthew 1:1, and
Treg. on
Luke 3:31)),
Δαυίδ (Griesbach, Schott, Knapp, Theile, others), and
Δαυειδ (
L T Tr WH (on the
εἰ see
WH's Appendix, p. 155 and under the word
εἰ,
ἰ); cf.
Winers Grammar, p. 44; Bleek on Heb. vol. ii. 1, p. 538; in
Josephus (Antiquities 6, 8, 1ff also Nicolaus Damascenus from 31, p. 114)
Δαυιδης,
Δαυιδου),
ὁ (
דָּוִד, and especially after the exile
דָּוִיד (i. e. beloved)),
David, indeclinable name of by far the most celebrated king of the Israelites:
Matthew 1:1, 6, 17, etc.
ἡ σκηνή Δαβίδ Acts 15:16;
ἡ κλείς τοῦ Δαβίδ Revelation 3:7;
ὁ θρόνος Δαβίδ Luke 1:32;
ὁ υἱός Δαβίδ, a name of the Messiah, viz. the descendant of David and heir to his throne (see
υἱός, 1 b.);
ἡ ῤίζα Δαβίδ the offspring of David,
Revelation 5:5;
Revelation 22:16;
ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Δαβίδ Mark 11:10 (see
βασιλεία, 3);
ἐν Δαυίδ, in the book of the Psalms of David,
Hebrews 4:7 (others take it personally, cf.
Hebrews 1:1f; yet see
ἐν, I. 1 d.).
STRONGS NT 1138: ΔαυειδΔαυειδ and Δαυίδ, see Δαβίδ.