Damah דָּמָה
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| דָּמָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | damah |
| Strong's number | H1819 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to resemble |
| Occurrences | 30 in 28 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (7) |
Damah (Hebrew דָּמָה, Strong's H1819) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to resemble”. It occurs 30 times in 28 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to be like, resemble
1a) (Qal) to be like, resemble
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to liken, compare
1b2) to imagine, think
1c) (Hithpael) to make oneself like
1d) (Niphal)
Aramaic equivalent: de.mah (דְּמָה "be like" H1821)
1a) (Qal) to be like, resemble
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to liken, compare
1b2) to imagine, think
1c) (Hithpael) to make oneself like
1d) (Niphal)
Aramaic equivalent: de.mah (דְּמָה "be like" H1821)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | like (14), thought (4), liken (4), devised (1), think (1), thoughtest (1), likened (1), compared (1), meaneth (1), similitudes (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | is like (4), be like (2), will you liken me (2), i had planned (1), they intended (1), plotted (1), imagine (1), we contemplate (1), you thought (1), like (1), i compare you (1), we would have resembled (1), and 13 other renderings |
Verses
Every verse with Damah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Numbers
- Numbers 33:56Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.And then I will do to you what I had planned to do to them.”
Judges
- Judges 20:5And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.And during the night, the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house. They intended to kill me, but they abused my concubine, and she died.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 21:5And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,And they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel,
Esther
- Esther 4:13Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.
Psalms
- Psalm 48:9We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.
- Psalm 50:21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
- Psalm 89:6For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
- Psalm 102:6I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
- Psalm 144:4Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 1:9I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
- Song of Solomon 2:9My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
- Song of Solomon 2:17Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
- Song of Solomon 7:7This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.Your stature is like a palm tree; your breasts are clusters of fruit.
- Song of Solomon 8:14Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 1:9Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.
- Isaiah 10:7Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.
- Isaiah 14:14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”
- Isaiah 14:24The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
- Isaiah 40:18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?
- Isaiah 40:25To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.
- Isaiah 46:5To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 6:2I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.
Lamentations
- Lamentations 2:13What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 31:2Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: ‘Who can be compared to your greatness?
- Ezekiel 31:8The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty.
- Ezekiel 31:18To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.Who then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.’”
- Ezekiel 32:2Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’
Hosea
- Hosea 12:10I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.
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).