Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
mandrake
Usage: 1) mandrake, love-apple 1a) as exciting sexual desire, and favouring procreation
Strong's Number
H1736
Language
Hebrew
Linked Usages
5
Books
3
Strong's H1736 Quick Answer
Strong's H1736 דּוּדַי (duwday) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. duwday (doo-dah'-ee) n-m. 1. a boiler or basket 2. also the mandrake (as an aphrodisiac) It has 5 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include mandrakes and baskets. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
- Meaning
- duwday (doo-dah'-ee) n-m. 1. a boiler or basket 2. also the mandrake (as an aphrodisiac)
- Usage
- 5 linked usages
- Books
- 3 indexed books
- Corpus
- Old Testament
- Usage Words
- mandrakes and baskets
Meaning and Definition
duwday (doo-dah'-ee) n-m. 1. a boiler or basket 2. also the mandrake (as an aphrodisiac) [from H1731] KJV: basket, mandrake. Root(s): H1731
Across Lexicons
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1736. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
How Strong's H1736 Is Translated
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render duwday, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
mandrakes
Genesis 30:14
3×
baskets
Jeremiah 24:1
How Strong's H1736 Usage Compares
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
- The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 5 linked usages.
- The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.
Strong's H1736 by Corpus
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
Strong's H1736 in the Old Testament
5 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.
And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
Usage Excerpts
First 5 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1736.
And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.
And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
All Indexed Usage Links
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1736, grouped by book.
Genesis 3 usages, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Strong's H1736 FAQ
What does duday (דּוּדַי) mean?
Duday (Strong's H1736) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "basket". duwday (doo-dah'-ee) n-m. 1. a boiler or basket 2. also the mandrake (as an aphrodisiac)
How many times is duday (דּוּדַי) used in the Bible?
This page currently indexes 5 linked usages for Strong's H1736 across 3 books.
Where can I study duday (דּוּדַי) in context?
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1736 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
What English words translate duday (דּוּדַי)?
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as mandrakes and baskets. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.