Demah דְּמָה
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| דְּמָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | demah |
| Strong's number | H1821 |
| Language | Aramaic |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | be like |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
Demah (Aramaic דְּמָה, Strong's H1821) is an Aramaic verb meaning “be like”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
(P'al) to be like
Aramaic of da.mah (דָּמָה "to resemble" H1819)
Aramaic of da.mah (דָּמָה "to resemble" H1819)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | like (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | like (1), looked like (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Demah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Daniel
- Daniel 3:25He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.“Look!” he exclaimed. “I see four men, unbound and unharmed, walking around in the fire—and the fourth looks like a son of the gods!”
- Daniel 7:5And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.Suddenly another beast appeared, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. So it was told, ‘Get up and gorge yourself on flesh!’
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).