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Lexicon :: Strong's H1792 - dāḵā'

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דָּכָא
Transliteration
dāḵā'
Pronunciation
daw-kaw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root (compare דָּכָה (H1794))
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TWOT Reference: 427

Strong’s Definitions

דָּכָא dâkâʼ, daw-kaw'; a primitive root (compare H1794); to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively):—beat to pieces, break (in pieces), bruise, contrite, crush, destroy, humble, oppress, smite.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H1792 in the following manner: break (3x), break in pieces (3x), crush (3x), bruise (2x), destroy (2x), contrite (1x), smite (1x), oppress (1x), beat to pieces (1x), humble (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H1792 in the following manner: break (3x), break in pieces (3x), crush (3x), bruise (2x), destroy (2x), contrite (1x), smite (1x), oppress (1x), beat to pieces (1x), humble (1x).

  1. to crush, be crushed, be contrite, be broken

    1. (Niphal)

      1. to be crushed

      2. to be contrite (fig.)

    2. (Piel) to crush

    3. (Pual)

      1. to be crushed, be shattered

      2. to be made contrite

    4. (Hithpael) to allow oneself to be crushed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דָּכָא dâkâʼ, daw-kaw'; a primitive root (compare H1794); to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively):—beat to pieces, break (in pieces), bruise, contrite, crush, destroy, humble, oppress, smite.
STRONGS H1792: Abbreviations
† [דָּכָא] verb crush, poetic (Assyrian dakû, crush, Muss-ArnHebraica. Oct. 1890, 66) not in Qal; —
Niph. Participle נִדְכָּאִים Isaiah 57:15; — crushed, figurative = contrite ones.
Pi. Perfect דִּכָּא Psalm 143:3; 2nd person masculine singular דִּכִּאתָ Psalm 89:11; Imperfect וִידַכֵּא Psalm 72:4; 2nd person masculine singular תְּדַכֵּא Proverbs 22:22 (juss); יְדַכְּאוּ Psalm 94:5, תְּדַכְּאוּ Isaiah 3:15; suffix וִידַכְּאֵנִי Job 6:9, יְדַכְּאוּם Job 4:19; 2nd person masculine plural וּתְדַכּאוּנַּנִי Job 19:2 (so Baer, see his edition p. 44, compare Norzi); Infinitive לִדַכֵּא Lamentations 3:34; suffix דַּכְּאוֺ Isaiah 53:10; — crush, (figurative) with accusative one's life to the earth Psalm 143:3, Egypt Psalm 89:11 (compare De Che; י׳ subject), servant of Yahweh Isaiah 53:10 (י׳ subject), Job 6:9 וְיֹאֵל אֱלוֺהַּ וִיד׳; oppressor Psalm 72:4, God's people Psalm 94:5 (|| יְּעַנּוּ), Isaiah 3:15, compare Proverbs 22:22 illegally in tribunal, Lamentations 3:34 תחת רגליו ד׳ (in all human oppressor subject); crush me בְּמִלִּים Job 19:2 (Job's friends, subject; || תּוֺגְיוּן נַפְשִׁי); never literal, not even Job 4:19 (יְדַכְּאוּם, with indefinite subject), for suffix reference not to בָּֽתֵּיחֹֿמֶר, but rather to שֹׁכְנֵי, i.e. men inhabiting the clay houses, bodies, compare Di.
Pu. Perfect דֻּכְּאוּ Jeremiah 44:10; Imperfect יְדֻכָּא Job 22:9; Participle מְדֻכָּא Isaiah 53:5, מְדֻכָּאִים Isaiah 19:10; — crushed, broken in pieces, shattered Job 22:9 with object feminine זרועות; Isaiah 19:10 subject שָׁתוֺת (here metaphor. for nobles); figurative of servant of י׳ Isaiah 53:5; made humble, contrite Jeremiah 44:10.
Hithp. Imperfect יִדַּכְּאוּ Job 5:4, יִדַּכָּ֑אוּ Job 34:25; — must let themselves be crushed, i.e. maltreated Job 5:4 (in court בשׁער, compare Pi. Proverbs 22:22); are crushed Job 34:25 (the mighty, by God).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

4:19; 4:19; 5:4; 5:4; 6:9; 6:9; 19:2; 19:2; 22:9; 22:9; 34:25; 34:25

Psalms

72:4; 72:4; 89:11; 89:11; 94:5; 94:5; 143:3; 143:3

Proverbs

22:22; 22:22; 22:22

Isaiah

3:15; 3:15; 19:10; 19:10; 53:5; 53:5; 53:10; 53:10; 57:15

Jeremiah

44:10; 44:10

Lamentations

3:34; 3:34

H1792

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1792 matches the Hebrew דָּכָא (dāḵā'),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:19 - how much less will he trust people made of clay!
They are made of dust, crushed as easily as a moth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:4 - Their children are abandoned far from help;
they are crushed in court with no one to defend them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:9 - I wish he would crush me.
I wish he would reach out his hand and kill me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:2 - “How long will you torture me?
How long will you try to crush me with your words?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:9 - You must have sent widows away empty-handed
and crushed the hopes of orphans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:25 - He knows what they do,
and in the night he overturns and destroys them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:4 - Help him to defend the poor,
to rescue the children of the needy,
and to crush their oppressors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:10 - You crushed the great sea monster.[fn]
You scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:5 - They crush your people, LORD,
hurting those you claim as your own.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:3 - My enemy has chased me.
He has knocked me to the ground
and forces me to live in darkness like those in the grave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:22 - Don’t rob the poor just because you can,
or exploit the needy in court.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:15 - How dare you crush my people,
grinding the faces of the poor into the dust?”
demands the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:10 - They will be in despair,
and all the workers will be sick at heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:5 - But he was pierced for our rebellion,
crushed for our sins.
He was beaten so we could be whole.
He was whipped so we could be healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:10 - But it was the LORD’s good plan to crush him
and cause him grief.
Yet when his life is made an offering for sin,
he will have many descendants.
He will enjoy a long life,
and the LORD’s good plan will prosper in his hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:15 - The high and lofty one who lives in eternity,
the Holy One, says this:
“I live in the high and holy place
with those whose spirits are contrite and humble.
I restore the crushed spirit of the humble
and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:10 - To this very hour you have shown no remorse or reverence. No one has chosen to follow my word and the decrees I gave to you and your ancestors before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:34 - If people crush underfoot
all the prisoners of the land,
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