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Lexicon :: Strong's H1832 - dimʿâ

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דִּמְעָה
Transliteration
dimʿâ
Pronunciation
dim-aw'
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Part of Speech
collective feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 442b

Strong’s Definitions

דִּמְעָה dimʻâh, dim-aw'; feminine of H1831; weeping:—tears.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H1832 in the following manner: tear (23x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H1832 in the following manner: tear (23x).

  1. tears

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דִּמְעָה dimʻâh, dim-aw'; feminine of H1831; weeping:—tears.
STRONGS H1832: Abbreviations
† דִּמְעָה noun feminine collective tears (chiefly poetic and late; frequently in Jeremiah and contemporary) (Arabic bdb019907; Assyrian dimu, dimtu HptKAT 2 Gloss i. ZimBP 23, 95; Aramaic דִּמְעָא, bdb019908; Late Hebrew דֶּמַע, דִּמְעָה) — absolute ד׳ Psalm 80:6 + 10 times; construct דִּמְעַת Ecclesiastes 4:1; suffix דִּמְעָתִי Psalm 6:7 + 4 times; דִּמְעָתֶ֑ךָ 2 Kings 20:5 = Isaiah 38:5 + Ezekiel 24:16 (strike out Greek Version of the LXX Co); דִּמְעָתָהּ Lamentations 1:2; plural דְּמָעוֺת Psalm 80:6; Lamentations 2:11 — tears Psalm 6:7; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Lamentations 1:2; Lamentations 2:11; especially in Jeremiah in phrase תֵּרֵד עֵינִי ד׳ etc. Jeremiah 9:17; Jeremiah 13:17; Jeremiah 14:17, compare Lamentations 2:18; Jeremiah 8:23 וְעֵינִי מְקוֺר ד׳; אֲרַיָּ֫וֶךְ דִּמְעָתִי of weeping over, in behalf of one Isaiah 16:9; as appealing to God's compassion 2 Kings 20:5 = Isaiah 38:5; Psalm 39:13; Psalm 56:9 שִׂימָה ד׳ בְּנאֹדֶ֑ךָ (compare Che); see also Psalm 116:8; Jeremiah 31:16; Isaiah 25:8; opposed to רִנָּה Psalm 126:5; of hypocritical tears Malachi 2:13; figurative tears as food Psalm 42:4 (דִּמְעָתִי לחם); לחם ד׳ Psalm 80:6; as drink Psalm 80:6, compare Babylonian dimtu maštîtî, tears (were) my drink (ZimBP 42; || bikîtum kurmatî, weeping (was) my sustenance). — Ezekiel 24:16 וְלֹא תָבוֺא דִּמְעָתֶ֑ךָ strike out Greek Version of the LXX Co compare Ezekiel 24:23.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Kings

20:5; 20:5

Psalms

6:7; 6:7; 39:13; 42:4; 56:9; 80:6; 80:6; 80:6; 80:6; 116:8; 126:5

Ecclesiastes

4:1; 4:1

Isaiah

16:9; 25:8; 38:5; 38:5

Jeremiah

9:17; 13:17; 14:17; 31:16

Lamentations

1:2; 1:2; 2:11; 2:11; 2:18

Ezekiel

24:16; 24:16; 24:23

Malachi

2:13

H1832

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1832 matches the Hebrew דִּמְעָה (dimʿâ),
which occurs 23 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:5 - “Go back and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:6 - I am worn out from my groaning. All night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:12 - “Hear my prayer, LORD, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. I dwell with you as a foreigner, a stranger, as all my ancestors were.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:3 - My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:8 - Record my misery; list my tears on your scroll[fn]— are they not in your record?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:5 - You have fed them with the bread of tears; you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:8 - For you, LORD, have delivered me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 126:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:5 - Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 - Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed— and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors— and they have no comforter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:9 - So I weep, as Jazer weeps, for the vines of Sibmah. Heshbon and Elealeh, I drench you with tears! The shouts of joy over your ripened fruit and over your harvests have been stilled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8 - he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth.

The LORD has spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:5 - “Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will add fifteen years to your life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:1 - Oh, that my head were a spring of water and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night for the slain of my people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:18 - Let them come quickly and wail over us till our eyes overflow with tears and water streams from our eyelids.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:17 - If you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly, overflowing with tears, because the LORD’s flock will be taken captive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:17 - “Speak this word to them: “ ‘Let my eyes overflow with tears night and day without ceasing; for the Virgin Daughter, my people, has suffered a grievous wound, a crushing blow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:16 - This is what the LORD says: “Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded,”

declares the LORD.

“They will return from the land of the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:2 - Bitterly she weeps at night, tears are on her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:11 - My eyes fail from weeping, I am in torment within; my heart is poured out on the ground because my people are destroyed, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:18 - The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. You walls of Daughter Zion, let your tears flow like a river day and night; give yourself no relief, your eyes no rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:16 - “Son of man, with one blow I am about to take away from you the delight of your eyes. Yet do not lament or weep or shed any tears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:13 - Another thing you do: You flood the LORD’s altar with tears. You weep and wail because he no longer looks with favor on your offerings or accepts them with pleasure from your hands.
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