Duach דּוּחַ
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| דּוּחַ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | duach |
| Strong's number | H1740 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to wash |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | 2 Chronicles (1) |
Duach (Hebrew דּוּחַ, Strong's H1740) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to wash”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to rinse, cleanse away by rinsing, cast out, purge, wash, washing
1a) (Hiphil)
1a1) to rinse
1a2) to cleanse (by washing) (fig.)
1a) (Hiphil)
1a1) to rinse
1a2) to cleanse (by washing) (fig.)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | washed (2), purged (1), out (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | were rinsed (1), cleansed (1), vomited me out (1), was to be washed (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Duach, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 4:6He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.He also made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the priests used the Sea for washing.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 4:4When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 51:34Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 40:38And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.There was a chamber with a doorway by the portico in each of the inner gateways. There the burnt offering was to be washed.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).