Daphaq דָּפַק
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| דָּפַק | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | daphaq |
| Strong's number | H1849 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to beat |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (1) |
Daphaq (Hebrew דָּפַק, Strong's H1849) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to beat”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to beat, knock
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to beat, drive severely
1a2) to knock
1b) (Hithpael) to beat violently
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to beat, drive severely
1a2) to knock
1b) (Hithpael) to beat violently
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | overdrive (1), beat (1), knocketh (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | if they are driven hard (1), pounding (1), is knocking (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Daphaq, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 33:13And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.
Judges
- Judges 19:22Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 5:2I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
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).