Dakah דָּכָא
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| דָּכָא | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | dakah |
| Strong's number | H1792 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to crush |
| Occurrences | 18 in 18 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (6) |
Dakah (Hebrew דָּכָא, Strong's H1792) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to crush”. It occurs 18 times in 18 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to crush, be crushed, be contrite, be broken
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to be crushed
1a2) to be contrite (fig.)
1b) (Piel) to crush
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to be crushed, be shattered
1c2) to be made contrite
1d) (Hithpael) to allow oneself to be crushed
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to be crushed
1a2) to be contrite (fig.)
1b) (Piel) to crush
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to be crushed, be shattered
1c2) to be made contrite
1d) (Hithpael) to allow oneself to be crushed
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | pieces (4), broken (3), crushed (2), destroy (1), break (1), destroyed (1), smitten (1), down (1), oppress (1), beat (1), bruised (1), bruise (1), and 3 other renderings |
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| BSB | crush (3), crushed (2), crush me (2), who can be crushed (1), was crushed (1), they are crushed (1), they crush (1), crushing (1), do you crush (1), dejected (1), he was crushed (1), crush him (1), and 2 other renderings |
Verses
Every verse with Dakah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 4:19How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
- Job 5:4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
- Job 6:9Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!
- Job 19:2How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?
- Job 22:9Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
- Job 34:25Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.Therefore, He recognizes their deeds; He overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.
Psalms
- Psalm 72:4He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
- Psalm 89:10Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
- Psalm 94:5They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
- Psalm 143:3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 22:22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
Isaiah
- Isaiah 3:15What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
- Isaiah 19:10And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish.The workers in cloth will be dejected, and all the hired workers will be sick at heart.
- Isaiah 53:5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.
- Isaiah 53:10Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
- Isaiah 57:15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 44:10They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My instruction or the statutes that I set before you and your fathers.
Lamentations
- Lamentations 3:34To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,
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).