H1085 H1085
Bildad: one of Job's three friends, called 'the Shuhite,' who argues that suffering implies guilt.
Bildad the Shuhite is one of the three companions who come to comfort Job in his affliction. His name may mean 'Bel has loved,' connecting it to ancient Near Eastern theophoric naming patterns (cf. Eldad). He appears in three speech cycles (Job 8, 18, 25), consistently pressing the retribution principle that God does not pervert justice and that the wicked inevitably perish. All major translations preserve the name unchanged, from English and Spanish 'Bildad' to French and German 'Bildad,' underscoring its firm place in the biblical tradition.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A proper masculine name designating one of Job's three friends, identified as 'the Shuhite' (Job 2:11; 8:1; 18:1; 25:1; 42:9). The name likely means 'Bel has loved' (cf. cuneiform Bir-Dadda), reflecting Mesopotamian theophoric naming. Bildad's speeches champion strict retributive theology, insisting the righteous are never forsaken. 5×
AR["بِلْدادُ", "بِلْدَد", "بِلْدَدُ", "وَبِلْدادُ", "وَبِلْدَادُ"]·ben["আর-বিলদদ", "এবং-বিলদদ", "বিলদদ", "বিল্দদ"]·DE["Bildad", "und-Bildad"]·EN["Bildad", "and-Bildad"]·FR["Bildad", "et-Bildad"]·heb["בלדד", "ו-בלדד"]·HI["और-बिलदद", "और-बिल्दाद", "बिल्दद"]·ID["Bildad", "dan-Bildad"]·IT["Bildad", "e-Bildad"]·jav["Bildad", "lan-Bildad"]·KO["그리고-빌닷", "그리고-빌닷이", "빌다드가", "빌닷이"]·PT["Bildad", "e-Bildad"]·RU["Бильдад", "Вилдад", "и-Билдад", "и-Вилдад"]·ES["Bildad", "y-Bildad"]·SW["Bildadi", "na-Bildadi"]·TR["Bildad", "Bildat", "ve-Bildad", "ve-Bildat"]·urd["اور-بلدد", "بلدد", "بِلدد نے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בִּלְדַּד n.pr.m. (𝔊 Βαλδαδ; NöZMG 1888, 479 Bel has loved, cf. אֶלְדָּד; DlPa 298; ZK ii. 177 comp. cuneif. Bir-Dadda, cf. HptHbr 1885, 224) 2nd friend of Job (הַשֻּׁחִי) בּ׳ הַשּׁוּחִי Jb 2:11; 8:1; 18:1; 25:1; 42:9.