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Lexicon :: Strong's H1819 - dāmâ

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דָּמָה
Transliteration
dāmâ
Pronunciation
daw-maw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 437

Strong’s Definitions

דָּמָה dâmâh, daw-maw'; a primitive root; to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider:—compare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x

The KJV translates Strong's H1819 in the following manner: like (14x), liken (5x), thought (6x), compared (1x), devised (1x), meaneth (1x), similitudes (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x
The KJV translates Strong's H1819 in the following manner: like (14x), liken (5x), thought (6x), compared (1x), devised (1x), meaneth (1x), similitudes (1x).

  1. to be like, resemble

    1. (Qal) to be like, resemble

    2. (Piel)

      1. to liken, compare

      2. to imagine, think

    3. (Hithpael) to make oneself like

    4. (Niphal)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דָּמָה dâmâh, daw-maw'; a primitive root; to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider:—compare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes.
STRONGS H1819: Abbreviations
† I. דָּמָה verb be like, resemble (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic דְּמֵי, דְּמָא, axmD; compare H1825 דמין, a&yfmD price, Nabataean דמי id. (Nö in EutNab. Inscr. p. 35); also aTxvumD, and axymuvD likeness (whence Arabic دُمْيَةً image, effigy, as loan-word Frä272) compare H1823 דְּמוּת) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ד׳ Ezekiel 31:8; Psalm 144:4; 3rd person feminine singular דָּֽמְתָה Songs 7:8; 2nd person masculine singular דָּמִיתָ Ezekiel 31:2, 18; 1st person singular דָּמִיתִי Psalm 102:7; 3rd person plural דָּמוּ Ezekiel 31:8; 1st person plural דָּמִינוּ Isaiah 1:9; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִדְמֶה Psalm 89:7; 1st person plural וְנִדְמֶה consecutive Isaiah 46:5; Imperative masculine singular דְּמֵה Songs 2:17; Songs 8:14; Participle דּוֺמֶה Songs 2:9; — be like, resemble, of external appearance, followed by לְ, Songs 7:8; Songs 2:9, 17; 8:14; followed by אֶלֿ Ezekiel 31:8 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 31:18 (all of tree, figurative of Pharaoh); of condition or quality followed by לְ Isaiah 1:9; Psalm 102:7; Psalm 144:4; so יִדְמֶה ליהוה⬩⬩⬩מִי Psalm 89:7; also absolute Isaiah 46:5; followed by אֶל Ezekiel 31:2.
Pi. Perfect דִּמָּה 2 Samuel 21:5, דִּמִּיתָ Psalm 50:21; דִּמִּיתִי Numbers 33:56; Isaiah 14:24; suffix דִּמִּיתִיךָ Songs 1:9, דִּמּוּ 2 Samuel 21:5; Imperfect יְדַמֶּה Isaiah 10:7; 2nd person feminine singular תְּדַמִּי Esther 4:13 (jussive); אֲדַמֶּה Lamentations 2:13; Hosea 12:11; 2nd person masculine plural תְּדַמְּיוּן Isaiah 40:18; suffix תְּדַמְּיוּנִי Isaiah 40:25; Isaiah 46:5; — liken, compare; imagine, think, devise; —
1. liken, i.e. consider to be like, compare, causative of Qal followed by לְ of external appearance Songs 1:9; of quality or condition Isaiah 46:5 (object י׳) Lamentations 2:13; followed by אֶל of external appearance Isaiah 40:18, 25 (both object God in reference to idols); absolute use comparisons or similitudes (parables, symbols, etc.) Hosea 12:11 (subject י׳).
2. imagine, form an idea, devise 2 Samuel 21:5 (on context compare Dr); think, intend, followed by Infinitive Numbers 33:56 (J or H) Judges 20:5; Esther 4:13; absolute Isaiah 10:7; compare Isaiah 14:24; think that, followed by object clause (Imperfect without conjunction) Psalm 50:21; think of, followed by accusative Psalm 48:10.
Hithp. make oneself or become like; Imperfect אֶדַּמֶּה לְעֶלְיוֺן Isaiah 14:14 I will make myself like the Most High (on form compare Ges§ 54. 2).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

33:56; 33:56

Judges

20:5

2 Samuel

21:5; 21:5; 21:5

Esther

4:13; 4:13

Psalms

48:10; 50:21; 50:21; 89:7; 89:7; 102:7; 102:7; 144:4; 144:4

Song of Songs

1:9; 1:9; 2:9; 2:9; 2:17; 2:17; 7:8; 7:8; 8:14; 8:14

Isaiah

1:9; 1:9; 10:7; 10:7; 14:14; 14:24; 14:24; 40:18; 40:18; 40:25; 40:25; 46:5; 46:5; 46:5; 46:5

Lamentations

2:13; 2:13

Ezekiel

31:2; 31:2; 31:8; 31:8; 31:8; 31:18; 31:18

Hosea

12:11; 12:11

H1819

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Strong's Number H1819 matches the Hebrew דָּמָה (dāmâ),
which occurs 29 times in 27 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:56

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:56 - And it shall come to pass that I will do unto you as I thought to do unto them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:5 - And the citizens of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house because of me, by night; they thought to slay me, and my concubine have they humbled so that she died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:5 - And they said to the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in all the borders of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:13 - And Mordecai bade to answer Esther: Imagine not in thy heart that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:9 - We have thought, O God, of thy loving-kindness, in the midst of thy temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:21 - These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:6 - For who in the heaven can be compared to Jehovah? who among the sons of the mighty shall be likened to Jehovah?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:6 - I am become like the pelican of the wilderness, I am as an owl in desolate places;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4 - Man is like to vanity; his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:9 - I compare thee, my love, To a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:9 - My beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart. Behold, he standeth behind our wall, He looketh in through the windows, Glancing through the lattice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:17 - Until the day dawn, and the shadows flee away. Turn, my beloved: be thou like a gazelle or a young hart, Upon the mountains of Bether.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:7 - This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, And thy breasts to grape clusters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:14 - Haste, my beloved, And be thou like a gazelle or a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:9 - Unless Jehovah of hosts had left us a very small residue, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:7 - But he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; for it is in his heart to extirpate and cut off nations not a few.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:14 - I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:24 - Jehovah of hosts hath sworn saying, Assuredly as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, it shall stand:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:18 - To whom then will ye liken God? and what likeness will ye compare unto him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:25 - To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:5 - To whom will ye liken me and make me equal, or compare me, that we may be like?

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:13 - What shall I take to witness for thee? what shall I liken unto thee, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, virgin daughter of Zion? For thy ruin is great as the sea: who will heal thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:2 - Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: Whom art thou like in thy greatness?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:8 - The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him; the cypresses were not like his boughs, and the plane-trees were not as his branches: no tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:18 - To 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 lower parts of the earth; thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:2 - Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou wast like a young lion among the nations, and thou wast as a monster in the seas; and thou didst break forth in thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:10 - And I have spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by means of the prophets have I used similitudes.
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