Definitions for david

Overview of noun david

The noun david has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. David, Saint David, St. David

(patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600))

2. David, Jacques Louis David

(French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825))

3. David

((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))