דָּחָה
dâchâh · daw-khaw'
to push down
Lexicon
Derivation: or דָּחַח; (Jeremiah 23:12), a primitive root;
to push down
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: chase, drive away (on), overthrow, outcast, [idiom] sore, thrust, totter.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › to separate and protect › to reveal, behold
The doorway, the way in that works to separate and protect that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דָּחָה 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the outcasts3 · 27%
- chase1 · 9%
- they are cast down1 · 9%
- shall ye be, and as a tottering1 · 9%
- thou hast thrust1 · 9%
- sore1 · 9%
- to overthrow1 · 9%
- is driven away1 · 9%
- they shall be driven on1 · 9%
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.