Hebrew verb · H1792
דָּכָא
dakadaw-kaw'
to crush
18 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: dâkâʼ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1792is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 18spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1792
to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: beat to pieces, break (in pieces), bruise, contrite, crush, destroy, humble, oppress, smite.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
daka is rendered "to crush". It stands 18 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Six of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Job 4:19how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
- The Greek text spells it eighteen different ways.
The first use
how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
Job 4:19יְ֝דַכְּא֗וּם
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- crushed2
- so they may be crushed2
- you crush2
- and may he crush me1
- and will you crush? me1
- contrite1
- he has crushed1
- it has been crushed1
- people crush them1
- so he may crush1
- they crush1
- they have been made contrite1
and 3 more, 18 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| דָּכָה | dakah | to crush | Uses5 |
All 18, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
18 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- דִּכָּ֣א1
- דַּכְּאוֹ֙1
- דֻכְּא֔וּ1
- דִכִּ֣אתָ1
- וִֽידַכֵּ֣א1
- וְיִֽדַּכְּא֥וּ1
- וְיִדַּכָּֽאוּ׃1
- וִֽידַכְּאֵ֑נִי1
- וּֽתְדַכְּאוּנַ֥נִי1
- יְדֻכָּֽא׃1
- יְדַכְּא֑וּ1
- יְ֝דַכְּא֗וּם1
and 6 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- HC/Vtu3mp2HC/Vtu3mp
- HC/Vpu2mp/Sp1bs1HC/Vpu2mp/Sp1bs
- HC/Vpu3ms1HC/Vpu3ms
- HC/Vpu3ms/Sp1bs1HC/Vpu3ms/Sp1bs
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)1HR/Vpcc
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine plural1HVNrmpa
- verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HVpcc/Sp3ms
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural1HVpi2mp
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVpi3mp
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HVpi3mp/Sp3mp
- verb · intensive passive (pual), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVPi3ms
- verb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVpj2ms
Job
six uses
how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
- יְ֝דַכְּא֗וּםyedakeumverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: people crush them
His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
- וְיִֽדַּכְּא֥וּveyiddakeuHC/Vtu3mptagged: so they may be crushed
that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!
- וִֽידַכְּאֵ֑נִיvidakeeniHC/Vpu3ms/Sp1bstagged: and may he crush me
“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?
- וּֽתְדַכְּאוּנַ֥נִיutedakeunaniHC/Vpu2mp/Sp1bstagged: and will you crush? me
You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
- יְדֻכָּֽא׃yeduka'verb · intensive passive (pual), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has been crushed
Therefore, He recognizes their deeds; He overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.
- וְיִדַּכָּֽאוּ׃veyiddakauHC/Vtu3mptagged: so they may be crushed
Psalms
four uses
May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
- וִֽידַכֵּ֣אvidake'HC/Vpu3mstagged: so he may crush
You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
- דִכִּ֣אתָdikitaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you crushed
They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
- יְדַכְּא֑וּyedakeuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they crush
For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
- דִּכָּ֣אdika'verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has crushed
Proverbs
one use
Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
- תְּדַכֵּ֖אtedake'verb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you crush
Isaiah
five uses
Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
- תְּדַכְּא֣וּtedakeuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you crush
The workers in cloth will be dejected, and all the hired workers will be sick at heart.
- מְדֻכָּאִ֑יםmedukaimverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: crushed
But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.
- מְדֻכָּ֖אmeduka'verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: crushed
Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
- דַּכְּאוֹ֙dakeoverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to crush him
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
- נִדְכָּאִֽים׃nidkaimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: contrite
Jeremiah
one use
To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My instruction or the statutes that I set before you and your fathers.
- דֻכְּא֔וּdukeuverb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have been made contrite
Lamentations
one use
To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,
- לְדַכֵּא֙ledake'preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to crush
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.