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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 Box2Sa 21:5 - And they answered H559 the king, H4428 The man H376 that H834 consumed us, H3615 and that H834 devised H1819 against us that we should be destroyed H8045 from remaining H3320 in any H3605 of the coasts H1366 of Israel, H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:13 - Then H559➔ Mordecai H4782 commanded ➔H559 to answer H7725 Esther, H635 Think H1819 not H408 with thyself H5315 that thou shalt escape H4422 in H1004➔ the king's H4428 house, ➔H1004 more than all H3605 the Jews. H3064

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:9 - We have thought H1819 of thy lovingkindness, H2617 O God, H430 in the midst H7130 of thy temple. H1964

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:21 - These H428 things hast thou done, H6213 and I kept silence; H2790 thou thoughtest H1819 that H1961➔ I was H1961 altogether ➔H1961 such an one as thyself: H3644 but I will reprove thee, H3198 and set H6186➔ them in order ➔H6186 before thine eyes. H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:6 - For H3588 who H4310 in the heaven H7834 can be compared H6186 unto the LORD? H3068 who among the sons H1121 of the mighty H410 can be likened H1819 unto the LORD? H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:6 - I am like H1819 a pelican H6893 of the wilderness: H4057 I am H1961 like an owl H3563 of the desert. H2723

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4 - Man H120 is like H1819 to vanity: H1892 his days H3117 are as a shadow H6738 that passeth away. H5674

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:9 - I have compared thee, H1819 O my love, H7474 to a company of horses H5484 in H7393➔ Pharaoh's H6547 chariots. ➔H7393

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:9 - My beloved H1730 is like H1819 a roe H6643 or H176 a H354➔ young H6082 hart: ➔H354 behold, H2009 he H2088 standeth H5975 behind H310 our wall, H3796 he looketh forth H7688 at H4480 the windows, H2474 shewing himself H6692 through H4480 the lattice. H2762

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:17 - Until H5704 the day H3117 break, H6315 and H5127➔ the shadows H6752 flee away, ➔H5127 turn, H5437 my beloved, H1730 and be H1819➔ thou like ➔ H1819 a roe H6643 or H176 a H354➔ young H6082 hart ➔H354 upon H5921 the mountains H2022 of Bether. H1336

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:7 - This H2063 thy stature H6967 is like H1819 to a palm tree, H8558 and thy breasts H7699 to clusters H811 of grapes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:14 - Make haste, H1272 my beloved, H1730 and be thou like H1819 to a roe H6643 or H176 to H6082➔ a H354➔ young ➔H6082 hart ➔H354 upon H5921 the mountains H2022 of spices. H1314

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:9 - Except H3884 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 had left H3498 unto us a H8300➔ very small H4592 remnant, ➔H8300 we should have been H1961 as Sodom, H5467 and we should have been like H1819 unto Gomorrah. H6017

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:7 - Howbeit he H1931 meaneth H1819 not H3808 so, H3651 neither H3808 doth H2803➔ his heart H3824 think ➔H2803 so; H3651 but H3588 it is in his heart H3824 to destroy H8045 and cut off H3772 nations H1471 not H3808 a few. H4592

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:14 - I will ascend H5927 above H5921 the heights H1116 of the clouds; H5645 I will be like H1819 the most High. H5945

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:18 - To H413➔ whom H4310 then ➔H413 will ye liken H1819 God? H410 or what H4100 likeness H1823 will ye compare H6186 unto him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:2 - Son H1121 of man, H120 speak H559 unto H413 Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt, H4714 and to H413 his multitude; H1995 Whom H4310 art thou like H1819 in thy greatness? H1433

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:8 - The cedars H730 in the garden H1588 of God H430 could H6004➔ not H3808 hide him: ➔H6004 the fir trees H1265 were H1819➔ not H3808 like ➔ H1819 his boughs, H5589 and the chesnut trees H6196 were H1961 not H3808 like his branches; H6288 nor H3808 any H3605 tree H6086 in the garden H1588 of God H430 was like H1819 unto him H413 in his beauty. H3308

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:18 - To H413 whom H4310 art thou thus like H1819 H3602 in glory H3519 and in greatness H1433 among the trees H6086 of Eden? H5731 yet shalt thou be brought down H3381 with H854 the trees H6086 of Eden H5731 unto H413 the nether parts of H8482 the earth: H776 thou shalt lie H7901 in the midst H8432 of the uncircumcised H6189 with H854 them that be slain H2491 by the sword. H2719 This H1931 is Pharaoh H6547 and all H3605 his multitude, H1995 saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD. H3069

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:2 - Son H1121 of man, H120 take up H5375 a lamentation H7015 for H5921 Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt, H4714 and say H559 unto him, H413 Thou art like H1819 a young lion H3715 of the nations, H1471 and thou H859 art as a whale H8565 in the seas: H3220 and thou camest forth H1518 with thy rivers, H5104 and troubledst H1804 the waters H4325 with thy feet, H7272 and fouledst H7515 their rivers. H5104

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:10 - I have also spoken H1696 by H5921 the prophets, H5030 and I H595 have multiplied H7235 visions, H2377 and used similitudes, H1819 by the ministry H3027 of the prophets. H5030
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