Δαυείδ, Δαυίδ, Δαβίδ

Δαβίδ — Dabíd

Δαβίδ (the form in Rec. after the more recent manuscripts (minuscules, cf. Tdf. on Mat 1:1, and Treg. on Luk 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: Mat 1:1; Mat 1:6; Mat 1:17, etc. ἡ σκηνή Δαβίδ Act 15:16; ἡ κλείς τοῦ Δαβίδ Rev 3:7; ὁ θρόνος Δαβίδ Luk 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, Rev 5:5; Rev 22:16; ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Δαβίδ Mar 11:10 (see βασιλεία, 3); ἐν Δαυίδ, in the book of the Psalms of David, Heb 4:7 (others take it personally, cf. Heb 1:1 f; yet see ἐν, I. 1 d.).

STRONGS NT 1138: ΔαυειδΔαυειδ and Δαυίδ, see Δαβίδ.