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Lexicon :: Strong's H1823 - dᵊmûṯ

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דְּמוּת
Transliteration
dᵊmûṯ
Pronunciation
dem-ooth'
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Part of Speech
adverb, feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 437a

Strong’s Definitions

דְּמוּת dᵉmûwth, dem-ooth'; from H1819; resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like:—fashion, like (-ness, as), manner, similitude.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H1823 in the following manner: likeness (19x), similitude (2x), like (2x), manner (1x), fashion (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H1823 in the following manner: likeness (19x), similitude (2x), like (2x), manner (1x), fashion (1x).
feminine noun

  1. likeness, similitude

    adverb

  2. in the likeness of, like as

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דְּמוּת dᵉmûwth, dem-ooth'; from H1819; resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like:—fashion, like (-ness, as), manner, similitude.
STRONGS H1823: Abbreviations
† דְּמוּת noun feminine likeness, similitude (mostly late) (according to LagBN 12. 147 ff. mispunct. for דִּמְוַת from דִּמְוָה; according to WeProl. 413. Eng. Tr. 389 an Aramaic Loan-word, but see Di Genesis 5:1, DrJPh xi. 216 CheOP. 474) — absolute ד׳ Isaiah 40:18 + 3 times; construct ד׳ Genesis 5:1 + 16 times; suffix דְּמוּתוֺ Genesis 5:3; דְּמוּתֵנוּ Genesis 1:26; —
1. likeness, similitude, of external appearance, chiefly in Ezek.: Ezekiel 1:5 (likeness, i.e. something that appeared like) so Ezekiel 1:26; Ezekiel 8:2 דְּמוּת כְּמַרְאֵה (אֵשׁׅ (compare Co), Ezekiel 10:1 כִּסֵּא כְּמַרְאֵה ד׳; compare also Daniel 10:16 כִּדְמוּת בְּנֵי אָדָם i.e. one like the sons of man; similitude, resemblance Ezekiel 1:5, 10, 16, 22, 26; Ezekiel 10:10, 21, 22; דְּמוּת כְּמַרְאֵה אָדָם Ezekiel 1:26; מַרְאֵה ד׳ כְּבוֺד י׳ Ezekiel 1:28; also 2 Kings 16:10 (pattern of altar), 2 Chronicles 4:3 (images of oxen); of son in likeness of father Genesis 5:3 (P); so also of man in likeness of God Genesis 1:26 (|| צֶלֶם) Genesis 5:1 (both P); compare Isaiah 40:18 what ד׳ will ye compare to him (אֵל) ? || דִּמָּה which see.
2. adverbially, in likeness of, like as Isaiah 13:4 compare Ezekiel 23:15 & כִּד׳ Psalm 58:5. — Ezekiel 1:13 read וּבֵינוֺת, see בֵּין and J P PetersJBL 1892 40. 42. On דְּמוּת אֶחָד Ezekiel 1:16; Ezekiel 10:10 (apparently masculine) compare Thes & Sm who translate the likeness of one had they all four; Co reads אחת.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:26; 1:26; 5:1; 5:1; 5:1; 5:3; 5:3

2 Kings

16:10

2 Chronicles

4:3

Psalms

58:5

Isaiah

13:4; 40:18; 40:18

Ezekiel

1:5; 1:5; 1:10; 1:13; 1:16; 1:16; 1:22; 1:26; 1:26; 1:26; 1:28; 8:2; 10:1; 10:10; 10:10; 10:21; 10:22; 23:15

Daniel

10:16

H1823

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Strong's Number H1823 matches the Hebrew דְּמוּת (dᵊmûṯ),
which occurs 25 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Then God said, “Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness]; and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, and over the entire earth, and over everything that creeps and crawls on the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:1 -

This is the book (the written record, the history) of the generations of [the descendants of] Adam. When God created man, He made him in the likeness of God [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness].

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When Adam had lived a hundred and thirty years, he [fn]became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.

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Now King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser the king of Assyria, and saw the pagan altar which was at Damascus. Then King Ahaz sent a model of the altar to Urijah the priest along with a [detailed] pattern for all its construction.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:3 - Under it and entirely encircling it were figures of oxen, ten to a cubit. The oxen were in two rows, cast in one piece.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4 -

Their poison is like the venom of a serpent;

They are like the deaf horned viper that stops up its ear,

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A sound of tumult on the mountains,

Like that of many people!

A sound of the uproar of the kingdoms,

Of nations gathered together!

The LORD of hosts is mustering an army for battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:18

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To whom then will you liken God?

Or with what likeness will you compare Him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:5 - Within it there were figures resembling [fn]four living beings. And this was their appearance: they had human form.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:10 - Regarding the [fn]form and appearance of their faces: they [each] had the face of a man [in front], and each had the face of a lion on the right side, and the face of an ox on the left side; all four also had the face of an eagle [at the back of their heads].

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:13 - Among the living beings there was something that looked like burning coals of fire, like torches moving back and forth among the living beings. The fire was bright, and lightning was flashing from the fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:16 - Regarding the appearance of the wheels and their construction: they gleamed like chrysolite (beryl, olivine); and the four were made alike. Their appearance and construction were a wheel [set at a right angle] within a wheel.

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Now stretched over the heads of the living beings there was something like an expanse, looking like the terrible and awesome shimmer of icy crystal.

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Now above the expanse that was over their heads there was something resembling a throne, it appeared like [it was made of] sapphire or lapis lazuli; and [seated] on that which looked like a throne, high up, was a figure with the appearance of a man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:28 - As the appearance of the rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the surrounding radiance. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory and brilliance of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell face downward and I heard a voice of One speaking.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:2 - Then I looked, and behold, a likeness [of a man] with the appearance of fire; from His [fn]loins downward He was like fire, and from His loins upward He had the appearance of brightness, like gleaming metal (bronze).

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:1 -

Then I looked, and behold, in the expanse (firmament) that was over the heads of the cherubim there appeared something [glorious and brilliant] above them looking like a [huge] sapphire stone, formed to resemble a throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:10 - As for their appearance, all four looked alike, as if one wheel were within another wheel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:21 - Each one had four faces and each one had four wings, and beneath their wings was the form of human hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:22 - As for the likeness of their faces, they were the same faces whose appearance I had seen by the River Chebar. Each one went straight forward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:15 - girded with belts on their [fn]loins, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, like the Babylonian men whose native land was Chaldea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:16 - And behold, one who resembled the sons of men touched my lips. Then I opened my mouth and spoke and said to him who was standing before me, “O my lord, because of the vision anguish has come upon me, and I have retained no strength.
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