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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.
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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

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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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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:26 - Then God said, “Let us make man[fn] in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:1 - This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:3 - When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:10 - When King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, he saw the altar that was at Damascus. And King Ahaz sent to Uriah the priest a model of the altar, and its pattern, exact in all its details.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:3 - Under it were figures of gourds,[fn] for ten cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4 - They have venom like the venom of a serpent,
like the deaf adder that stops its ear,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:4 - The sound of a tumult is on the mountains
as of a great multitude!
The sound of an uproar of kingdoms,
of nations gathering together!
The LORD of hosts is mustering
a host for battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:18 - To whom then will you liken God,
or what likeness compare with him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:5 - And from the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had a human likeness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:10 - As for the likeness of their faces, each had a human face. The four had the face of a lion on the right side, the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four had the face of an eagle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:13 - As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches moving to and fro among the living creatures. And the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:16 - As for the appearance of the wheels and their construction: their appearance was like the gleaming of beryl. And the four had the same likeness, their appearance and construction being as it were a wheel within a wheel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:22 - Over the heads of the living creatures there was the likeness of an expanse, shining like awe-inspiring crystal, spread out above their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:26 - And above the expanse over their heads there was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like sapphire;[fn] and seated above the likeness of a throne was a likeness with a human appearance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:28 - Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard the 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 form that had the appearance of a man.[fn] Below what appeared to be his waist was fire, and above his waist was something like the appearance of brightness, like gleaming metal.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:1 - Then I looked, and behold, on the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim there appeared above them something like a sapphire,[fn] in appearance like a throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:10 - And as for their appearance, the four had the same likeness, as if a wheel were within a wheel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:21 - Each had four faces, and each four wings, and underneath their wings the likeness of human hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 10:22

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:15 - wearing belts on their waists, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them having the appearance of officers, a likeness of Babylonians whose native land was Chaldea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:16 - And behold, one in the likeness of the children of man touched my lips. Then I opened my mouth and spoke. I said to him who stood before me, “O my lord, by reason of the vision pains have come upon me, and I retain no strength.
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