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Lexicon :: Strong's H1740 - dûaḥ

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דּוּחַ
Transliteration
dûaḥ
Pronunciation
doo'-akh
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 412

Strong’s Definitions

דּוּחַ dûwach, doo'-akh; a primitive root; to thrust away; figuratively, to cleanse:—cast out, purge, wash.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H1740 in the following manner: wash (2x), purge (1x), cast me out (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H1740 in the following manner: wash (2x), purge (1x), cast me out (1x).

  1. to rinse, cleanse away by rinsing, cast out, purge, wash, washing

    1. (Hiphil)

      1. to rinse

      2. to cleanse (by washing) (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דּוּחַ dûwach, doo'-akh; a primitive root; to thrust away; figuratively, to cleanse:—cast out, purge, wash.
STRONGS H1740: Abbreviations
† [דּוּחַ, דִּיחַ] verb rinse, cleanse away by rinsing, washing (Late Hebrew Hiph., Aramaic Aph`el id.; compare Assyrian dîḫu DlPr 177) —
Hiph. Perfect suffix הדיחנו Kt Jeremiah 51:34 Qr הֱדִיחָ֑נִי but read הִדִּיחני from נדח (Hi, compare Jeremiah 50:17); Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָדִיחַ Isaiah 4:4; 3rd person masculine plural יָדִיחוּ 2 Chronicles 4:6 + Ezekiel 40:38 (Co conjecture הַקָּדִים); —
1. rinse, victims to be offered in sacrifice Ezekiel 40:38, so 2 Chronicles 4:6 (compare above)
2. figurative cleanse by washing Isaiah 4:4, of removing guilt.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Chronicles

4:6; 4:6

Isaiah

4:4; 4:4

Jeremiah

50:17; 51:34

Ezekiel

40:38; 40:38

H1740

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1740 matches the Hebrew דּוּחַ (dûaḥ),
which occurs 5 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:6 - He then made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. In them the things to be used for the burnt offerings were rinsed, but the Sea was to be used by the priests for washing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:4 - The Lord will wash away the filth of the women of Zion; he will cleanse the bloodstains from Jerusalem by a spirit[fn] of judgment and a spirit[fn] of fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:34 - “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured us, he has thrown us into confusion, he has made us an empty jar. Like a serpent he has swallowed us and filled his stomach with our delicacies, and then has spewed us out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:38 - A room with a doorway was by the portico in each of the inner gateways, where the burnt offerings were washed.
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