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Lexicon :: Strong's H1819 - dāmâ

Aa
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 will come about that as it was my purpose 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 townsmen of Gibeah came together against me, going round the house on all sides by night; it was their purpose to put me to death, and my servant-wife was violently used by them and is dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:5 - And they said to the king, As for the man by whom we were wasted, and who made designs against us to have us completely cut off from the land of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:13 - Then Mordecai sent this answer back to Esther: Do not have the idea that you in the king's house will be safe from the fate of all the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:9 - Our thoughts were of your mercy, O God, while we were in your Temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:21 - These things have you done, and I said nothing; it seemed to you that I was such a one as yourself; but I will make a protest against you, and put them in order before your eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:6 - For who is there in the heavens in comparison with the Lord? who is like the Lord among the sons of the gods?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:6 - I am like a bird living by itself in the waste places; like the night-bird in a waste of sand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4 - Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:9 - I have made a comparison of you, O my love, to a horse in Pharaoh's carriages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:9 - My loved one is like a roe; see, he is on the other side of our wall, he is looking in at the windows, letting himself be seen through the spaces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:17 - Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, come, my loved one, and be like a roe on the mountains of Bether.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:7 - You are tall like a palm-tree, and your breasts are like the fruit of the vine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:14 - Come quickly, my loved one, and be like a roe on the mountains of spice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:9 - If the Lord of armies had not kept some at least of us safe, we would have been like Sodom, and the fate of Gomorrah would have been ours.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:7 - But this is not what is in his mind, and this is not his design; but his purpose is destruction, and the cutting off of more and more nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:14

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:24 - The Lord has taken an oath, saying, My design will certainly come about, and my purpose will be effected:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:18 - Whom then is God like, in your opinion? or what will you put forward as a comparison with him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:25 - Who then seems to you to be my equal? says the Holy One.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:5 - Who in your eyes is my equal? or what comparison will you make with me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:13 - What example am I to give you? what comparison am I to make for you, O daughter of Jerusalem? what am I to make equal to you, so that I may give you comfort, O virgin daughter of Zion? for your destruction is great like the sea: who is able to make you well?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:2 - Son of man, say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to his people; Whom are you like in your great power?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:8 - No cedars were equal to it in the garden of God; the fir-trees were not like its branches, and plane-trees were as nothing in comparison with its arms; no tree in the garden of God was so beautiful.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:18 - Whom then are you like? for you will be sent down with the trees of Eden into the lowest parts of the earth: there you will be stretched out among those without circumcision, with those who were put to the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his people, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:2 - Son of man, make a song of grief for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and say to him, Young lion of the nations, destruction has come on you; and you were like a sea-beast in the seas, sending out bursts of water, troubling the waters with your feet, making their streams dirty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:10 - My word came to the ears of the prophets and I gave them visions in great number, and by the mouths of the prophets I made use of comparisons.
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