H1823

דְּמוּת

dᵉmûwth · dem-ooth'

resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like

Lexicon

Derivation: from H1819 (דָּמָה);

resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like

resemblance
concretely, model, shape
adverbially, like

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: fashion, like (-ness, as), manner, similitude.

Letters

דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
Concrete
door · curtain · entrance
Extended
a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
מMem40
Picture: waves of water
Concrete
water · sea · blood · liquid
Extended
chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
Concrete
nail · peg · hook
Extended
to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
Concrete
mark · sign · cross · signature
Extended
a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

the doorway, the way in › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign

The doorway, the way in of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דְּמוּת 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

25 occurrences · 25 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

and the likeness3 · 12%
as for the likeness2 · 8%
likeness2 · 8%
was the likeness2 · 8%
of the likeness2 · 8%
after our likeness1 · 4%
in the likeness1 · 4%
a son in his own likeness1 · 4%
the fashion1 · 4%
and under it was the similitude1 · 4%
is like1 · 4%
like as1 · 4%
or what likeness1 · 4%
thereof came the likeness1 · 4%
had the likeness1 · 4%
and upon the likeness1 · 4%
and lo a likeness1 · 4%
after the manner1 · 4%
and, behold, one like the similitude1 · 4%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

דְּמ֣וּת5וּדְמ֣וּת3דְּמ֥וּת2דְּמ֖וּת2בִּדְמוּת֖וֹ1דְּמ֤וּת1וּדְמוּת֙1בִּדְמ֥וּת1כִּדְמוּתֵ֑נוּ1וּדְמ֞וּת1וּדְמ֥וּת1כִּדְמוּת֙1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.