דָּכָא
dâkâʼ · daw-kaw'
to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H1794 (דָּכָה));
to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
- to crumble
- transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beat to pieces, break (in pieces), bruise, contrite, crush, destroy, humble, oppress, smite.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › the open hand that covers › strength, the leader
The doorway, the way in of the open hand that covers of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דָּכָא 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
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- which are crushed1 · 5%
- and they are crushed1 · 5%
- to destroy1 · 5%
- and break1 · 5%
- have been broken1 · 5%
- so that they are destroyed1 · 5%
- and shall break in pieces1 · 5%
- thou hast broken1 · 5%
- in pieces1 · 5%
- they break in pieces1 · 5%
- he hath smitten1 · 5%
- down1 · 5%
- neither oppress1 · 5%
- what mean ye that ye beat1 · 5%
- to pieces1 · 5%
- and they shall be broken1 · 5%
- he was bruised1 · 5%
- to bruise1 · 5%
- of the contrite ones1 · 5%
- they are not humbled1 · 5%
- to crush1 · 5%
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.