דּוּחַ
dûwach · doo'-akh
to thrust away; figuratively, to cleanse
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to thrust away; figuratively, to cleanse
- to thrust away
- figuratively, to cleanse
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cast out, purge, wash.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › to fasten and establish › to separate and protect
The doorway, the way in that works to fasten and establish that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דּוּחַ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- they washed1 · 25%
- and shall have purged1 · 25%
- he hath cast me out1 · 25%
- where they washed1 · 25%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.