DODAVAH (d&J'a-rah), (I leb. dO-dot71.1 hoe, beloved of Jehovah), father of Eliezer, who condemned Jehoshaphat's alliance with Alm :Lill (2 Citron. xx:37) B.C. before 895. Properly Dodd va DODO (e18'do), Hcb. ',I'm, do-do', amatory).
1. Dodo, the Ahohite, was the father of Elea zar, the second of the three who commanded the "thirty" (2 Sam. xxiii :9; t Chron. xi :t2). Either he or his son had charge of the second monthly course (1 Chron. xxvii :4). Here and in Samuel the name is Dodai, which is probably correct (B. C. ante 1312).
2. Father of Elhanan, who was one of David's "thirty" (2 Sam. xxiii :24; i Chron. xi :26).
3. A man of Issachar, and ancestor of Tola (Judg. x:i), (B. C. ante 1046).
DOE (do), a female deer or antelope. In Prov. v:19, R. V., it is the female ibex or wild goat of Sinai.
DOEG (do"eg), do-ayg-', fearful).
An Edomite, and chief overseer of King Saul's flocks, which is an important trust in Oriental courts. At Nob he was witness of the assistance which the high-priest Ahimelech seemed to afford to the fugitive David, by furnishing him with the sword of Goliath, and by supplying him with bread even from the sacred table (I Sam. xxi :7). Of this he failed not to inform the king, who, re gardless of the explanation offered by Ahimelech, and finding that the chiefs censured him, and hesitated to lay their hands upon a person so sacred, commanded Doeg to slay him and his priests—a task which was executed with equal readiness and cruelty by the Edomite (I Sam. xxii :18, sq.).
DOG (d6g), (Heb. keh'leb, yelping; Ku vcipLo v, koo-nar'ee-on, puppy; KOwv, koo'ohn, dog; Arabic, kelb), occurs in many places of Scripture (Exod. xxii:31; I Sam. xvii:43; xxiv:14; 2 Sam. ix:8; 2 Kings viii:t3; Ps. lix:6, 14, is; Prov. xxvi:ti, 17, etc.).
(1) An animal so well known, whose numerous varieties come under daily observation, requires no detailed description. There is, however, in Asia still extant one, perhaps more than one, species of dogs which never have been the com panions of man, and there are races of uncertain origin, that may have been formerly domesticated, but which are now feral, and as fierce as wolves; while, from the particular opinions of Oriental nations, there are others, exceedingly numerous, neither wild nor domesticated, but existing in all the cities and towns of the Levant, without owners, feeding on carrion and offals, and still having the true instinct of protecting property, guarding the inhabitants of the district or quar ter where they are tolerated, and so far cherished that water and some food are not unusually placed within their reach.
(2) The true wild species of Upper and Eastern Asia is a low, sharp-nosed, reddish cur-dog, not unlike a fox, but with less tail. In Persia and Turkey there exists a larger dog resembling wolf, exceedingly savage. Both are gregarious, hunt in packs, but are occasionally seen alone. They are readily distinguished from a wolf by their shorter unfurnished tails. In the time of the sojourning of Israel in Egypt, there were already irr existence domestic dogs of the principal races now extant—the cur-dog or fox-dog, the hound, the greyhound, and even a kind of low-legged turnspit. All the above, both wild and reclaimed,
there is every reason to believe were known to the Hebrews; and notwithstanding the presumed Mosaic prohibition, anterior habits and in some measure the necessity of their condition must have caused cattle-dogs to be retained as prop erty (Dent. xxiii :18), for we find one of that race, or a house-dog, actually attending on travelers (Tobit v:16; xi :4).
(3) Besides the cattle-dog, the Egyptian hound and one or two varieties of greyhound were most likely used for hunting—a pastime, however, which the Hebrews mostly pursued on foot.
Tild street-dog, without master, apparently de rived from the rufous cur, and in Egypt partak ing of the mongrel greyhound, often more or less bare, with a mangy unctuous skin, frequently with several teeth wanting, was, as it now is, considered a defiling animal. It is to animals of this class, which no doubt followed the camp of Israel, and hung on its skirts, that allusion is more particularly made in Exod. xxii :31 ; for the same custom exists at this day, and the race of street-dogs still retains their ancient habits.
(4) But with regard to the dogs that devoured Jezebel, and licked up Ahab's blood (I Kings xxi: 23), they may have been of the wild races, a spe cies of which is reported to have particularly in fested the banks of the Kishon and the district of Jezreel.
(5) It is to be presumed that practically the street-dogs alone were considered as absolutely unclean, though all, as is the case among Moham medans, were excluded from familiarity.
(6) The cities of the East are still greatly dis turbed in the night by the howlings of street-dogs, who, it seems, were similarly noisy in ancient times, the fact being noticed in Ps. lix :6, 14, and dumb or silent dogs are not unfrequently seen, such as Isaiah alludes to (lvi :to). C. H. S.
Figurative. (i) A dog, dead dog, or dog's head was expressive of the most insignificant person (2 Kings viii :13 ; I Sam. xxiv : 14, and 2 Sam. ix :8, and iii :8). (2) Persons immodest and unclean, or who return to filthy doctrines and practices, or who bark and rail at such as they hate, are called dogs (Rev. xxii:t5; Deut. xxiii: 18; 2 Pet. ii :22 ; Prov. xxvi :It ; Ps. lix :6, and xxii :160. (3) False teachers are dogs; they are inclined to abominable courses: are dumb dogs; do not faithfully warn and instruct men: are lacy dogs; do not faithfully work : are greedy dogs; that never get enough of worldly things; and are given to bark at and reproach the people of God (Phil. iii :2; Is. lvi :II). (4) The gentiles were reckoned as dogs by the Jews. but they ate of the crumbs that fell from Jesus' table; partook of some of his miracles, profited by them, and ap plied his sufferings for the healing and food of their souls (Matt. xv:27; Luke xvi:21). (5) Satan is called a dog to mark his vileness and hurt ful ness, in reproaching and harassing the saints, though God made both him and his agents use ful in driving them to himself (Ps. xxii :20).