Daveverb
To assuage; soften; mitigate; relieve; calm; alleviate (pain).
Davidnoun
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
Davidnoun
French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825)
Davidnoun
(Old Testament) the 2nd king of the Israelites; as a young shepherd he fought Goliath (a giant Philistine warrior) and killed him by hitting him in the head with a stone flung from a sling; he united Israel with Jerusalem as its capital; many of the Psalms are attributed to David (circa 1000-962 BC)
David
David is described in the Hebrew Bible as king of the United Monarchy of Israel and Judah. In the Books of Samuel, David is a young shepherd who gains fame first as a musician and later by killing the giant Goliath, champion of the Philistines.