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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 Box Num 33:56

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:56 - And I will do to you as I thought to do to them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:5 - And the leaders of Gibeah rose against me and surrounded the house against me by night. They meant to kill me, and they violated my concubine, and she is dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:5 - They said to the king, “The man who consumed us and planned to destroy us, so that we should have no place in all the territory of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:13 - Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not think to yourself that in the king’s palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:9 - We have thought on your steadfast love, O God,
in the midst of your temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:21 - These things you have done, and I have been silent;
you thought that I[fn] was one like yourself.
But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:6 - For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD?
Who among the heavenly beings[fn] is like the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:6 - I am like a desert owl of the wilderness,
like an owl[fn] of the waste places;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4 - Man is like a breath;
his days are like a passing shadow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:9 - I compare you, my love,
to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:9 - My beloved is like a gazelle
or a young stag.
Behold, there he stands
behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
looking through the lattice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:17 - Until the day breathes
and the shadows flee,
turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle
or a young stag on cleft mountains.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:7 - Your stature is like a palm tree,
and your breasts are like its clusters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:14 - She
Make haste, my beloved,
and be like a gazelle
or a young stag
on the mountains of spices.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:9 - If the LORD of hosts
had not left us a few survivors,
we should have been like Sodom,
and become like Gomorrah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:7 - But he does not so intend,
and his heart does not so think;
but it is in his heart to destroy,
and to cut off nations not a few;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:14 - I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:24 - The LORD of hosts has sworn:
“As I have planned,
so shall it be,
and as I have purposed,
so shall it stand,

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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 Isa 40:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:25 - To whom then will you compare me,
that I should be like him? says the Holy One.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:5 - “To whom will you liken me and make me equal,
and compare me, that we may be alike?

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:13 - What can I say for you, to what compare you,
O daughter of Jerusalem?
What can I liken to you, that I may comfort you,
O virgin daughter of Zion?
For your ruin is vast as the sea;
who can heal you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:2 - “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude:
“Whom are you like in your greatness?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:8 - The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it,
nor the fir trees equal its boughs;
neither were the plane trees
like its branches;
no tree in the garden of God
was its equal in beauty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:18 - “Whom are you thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? You shall be brought down with the trees of Eden to the world below. You shall lie among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword. “This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:2 - “Son of man, raise a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:
“You consider yourself a lion of the nations,
but you are like a dragon in the seas;
you burst forth in your rivers,
trouble the waters with your feet,
and foul their rivers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:10 - I spoke to the prophets;
it was I who multiplied visions,
and through the prophets gave parables.
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