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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
Dictionary Aids

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 - ‘And just H834 as H834 I plan H1819 to do H6213 to them, I will do H6213 to you.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:5 - “But the [fn]citizens H1167 of Gibeah H1390 rose H6965 up H6965 against H5921 me and surrounded H5437 the house H1004 at night H3915, [fn]threatening H5921 me. They intended H1819 to kill H2026 me; instead, they raped H6031 my concubine H6370 so that she died H4191.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:5 - So they said H559 to the king H4428, “The man H376 who H834 destroyed H3615 us and who H834 planned H1819 [fn]to eliminate H8045 us so H4480 that H4480 we would not H4480 exist H3320 within any H3605 border H1366 of Israel H3478—

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Then Mordecai H4782 told H559 them to reply H7725 to Esther H635, “Do not imagine H1819 that you in the king’s H4428 palace H1004 can escape H4422 any more H4480 than H4480 all H3605 the other Jews H3064.

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We have thought H1819 over H1819 Your goodness H2617, God H430,

In the midst H7130 of Your temple H1964.

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“These H428 things H428 you have done H6213 and I kept H2790 silent H2790;

You thought H1819 that I was just like H3644 you;

I will rebuke H3198 you and present H6186 the case before your eyes H5869.

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For who H4310 in the skies H7834 is H6186 comparable H6186 to the LORD H3068?

Who among the [fn]sons H1121 of the mighty H410 is H1819 like H1819 the LORD H3068,

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I resemble H1819 a pelican H6893 of the wilderness H4057;

I have become H1961 like an owl H3563 of the ruins H2723.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4

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Man H120 is H1819 like H1819 the breath H1892;

His days H3117 are like a passing H5674 shadow H6738.

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“[fn]To me, my darling H7474, you are H1819 like H1819

My mare H5484 among the chariots H7393 of Pharaoh H6547.

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“My beloved H1730 is H1819 like H1819 a gazelle H6643 or H176 a young H6082 [fn]stag H354.

Behold H2009, he is standing H5975 behind H310 our wall H3796,

He is looking H7688 through H4480 the windows H2474,

He is peering H6692 through H4480 the lattice H2762.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:17

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“Until H5704 the cool H6315 of the day H3117, when the shadows H6738 flee H5127,

Turn H5437, my beloved H1730, and be H1819 like H1819 a gazelle H6643

Or H176 a young H6082 stag H354 on the mountains H2022 of [fn]Bether H1336.”

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“[fn]Your stature H6967 is H1819 like H1819 a palm H8558 tree H8558,

And your breasts H7699 are like its clusters H811.

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“[fn]Hurry H1272, my beloved H1730,

And be H1819 like H1819 a gazelle H6643 or H176 a young H6082 [fn]stag H354

On the mountains H2022 of balsam H1314 trees H1314!”

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If H3884 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635

Had not left H3498 us a few H4592 survivors H8300,

We would be like Sodom H5467,

We would be H1819 like H1819 Gomorrah H6017.

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Yet it does not so H3651 intend H1819,

Nor H3808 does [fn]it plan H2803 so H3651 in its heart H3824,

But rather H3588 it is [fn]its purpose H3824 to destroy H8045

And to eliminate H3772 [fn]many H3808 H4592 nations H1471.

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‘I will ascend H5927 above H5921 the heights H1116 of the clouds H5645;

I will make H1819 myself like H1819 the Most H5945 High H5945.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:24 - The LORD H3068 of armies H6635 has sworn H7650, saying H559, “Certainly H518 H3808, just H834 as H834 I have intended H1819, so H3651 it has happened H1961, and just H834 as H834 I have planned H3289, so it will stand H6965,

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To whom H4310 then will you liken H1819 God H410?

Or what H4100 likeness H1823 will you compare H6186 with Him?

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“To whom H4310 then will you compare H1819 Me

That I would be H7737 his equal H7737?” says H559 the Holy H6918 One H6918.

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“To whom H4310 would you liken H1819 Me

And make H7737 Me equal H7737, and compare H4911 Me,

That we would be H1819 alike H1819?

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How H4100 shall I admonish H5749 you?

What H4100 shall I compare H1819 to you,

Daughter H1323 of Jerusalem H3389?

What H4100 shall I liken H7737 to you as I comfort H5162 you,

Virgin H1330 daughter H1323 of Zion H6726?

For your collapse H7667 is as vast H1419 as the sea H3220;

Who H4310 can heal H7495 you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:2 - “Son H1121 of man H120, say H559 to Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 and to his hordes H1995,

‘Whom H413 H4310 are H1819 you like H1819 in your greatness H1433?

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‘The cedars H730 in God’s H430 garden H1588 [fn]could not match H6004 it;

The junipers H1265 [fn]could not compare H1819 with its branches H5589,

And the plane H6196 trees H6196 [fn]could not match its branches H6288.

No H3605 H3808 tree H6086 in God’s H430 garden H1588 [fn]could compare H1819 with it in its beauty H3308.

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“To which H4310 among the trees H6086 of Eden H5731 are H1819 you so H3602 alike H1819 in glory H3519 and greatness H1433? Yet you will be brought H3381 down H3381 with the trees H6086 of Eden H5731 to the earth H776 beneath H8482; you will lie H7901 in the midst H8432 of the uncircumcised H6189 with those who were killed H2491 by the sword H2719. This H1931 is Pharaoh H6547 and all H3605 his hordes H1995!”’ declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3068.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:2 - “Son H1121 of man H120, take H5375 up H5375 a song H7015 of H7015 mourning H7015 over H5921 Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt H4714, and say H559 to him,

‘You [fn]compared H1819 yourself to a young H3715 lion H3715 of the nations H1471,

Yet you are like the monster H8577 in the seas H3220;

And you burst H1518 forth H1518 in your rivers H5104

And muddied H1804 the waters H4325 with your feet H7272

And [fn]fouled H7511 their rivers H5104.’”

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I have also spoken H1696 to the prophets H5030,

And I [fn]provided H7235 many H7235 visions H2377,

And through H3027 the prophets H5030 I spoke H1819 in H1819 parables H1819.

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