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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.
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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 BoxNum 33:56

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:56 - and it shall come to pass that as I had determined to do to them, so I will do to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:5 - And the men of Gabaa rose up against me, and compassed the house by night against me; they wished to slay me, and they have humbled my concubine, and she is dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:5 - And he said, What say ye? speak, and I will do it for you. And they said to the king, The man who would have made an end of us, and persecuted us, who plotted against us to destroy us, let us utterly destroy him, so that he shall have no standing in all the coasts of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:13 - Then Mardochæus said to Achrathæus, Go, and say to her, Esther, say not to thyself that thou alone wilt escape in the kingdom, more than all the other Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:9 - (LXX 47:10) We have thought of thy mercy, O God, in the midst of thy people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:21 - (LXX 49:21) These things thou didst, and I kept silence: thou thoughtest wickedly that I should be like thee; but I will reprove thee, and set thine offences before thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:6 - (LXX 88:7) For who in the [fn]heavens shall be compared to the Lord? and who shall be likened to the Lord among the sons of God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:6 - (LXX 101:7) I have become like a pelican of the wilderness;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4 - (LXX 143:4) Man is like to vanity: his days pass as a shadow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:9 - I have likened thee, my companion, to my horses in the chariots of Pharao.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:9 - My kinsman is like a roe or a young hart on the mountains of Bæthel: behold, he is behind our wall, looking through the windows, peeping through the lattices.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:17 - Until the day dawn, and the shadows depart, turn, my kinsman, be thou like to a roe or young hart on the mountains of the ravines.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:7 - (LXX 7:8) This is thy greatness in thy delights: thou wast made like a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:14 - Away, my kinsman, and be like a doe or a fawn on the mountains of spices.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:9 - [fn] And if the Lord of Sabaoth had not left us a seed, we should have been as Sodoma, and we should have been made like to Gomorrha.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:7 - But he meant not thus, neither did he devise thus in his soul: but his mind shall change, and that to destroy nations not a few.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:14 - I will go up above the clouds; I will be like the Most High.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:24 - Thus saith the Lord of hosts, As I have said, so it shall be: and as I have purposed, so the matter shall remain:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:18 - To whom have ye compared the Lord? and with what likeness have ye compared him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:25 - Now then to whom have ye compared me, that I may be exalted? saith the Holy One.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:5 - To whom have ye compared me? see, consider, ye that go astray.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:13 - Mem. What shall I testify to thee, or what shall I compare to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? who shall save and comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Sion? for the cup of thy destruction is enlarged: who shall heal thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:2 - Son of man, say to Pharao king of Egypt, and to his multitude; To whom hast thou compared thyself in thy haughtiness?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:8 - And such cypresses as this were in the paradise of God; and there were no pines like his shoots, and there were no firs like his branches: no tree in the paradise of God was like him in his beauty,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:18 - To whom art thou compared? descend, and be thou debased with the trees of paradise to the depth of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain by the sword. Thus shall Pharao be, and the multitude of his host, saith the Lord God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:2 - Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharao king of Egypt, and say to him, Thou art become like a lion of the nations, and as the serpent that is in the sea: and thou didst make assaults with thy rivers, and didst disturb the water with thy feet, and didst trample thy rivers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:10 - (LXX 12:11) And I will speak to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by the means of the prophets I was represented.
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