דָּעַךְ
dâʻak · daw-ak'
to be extinguished; figuratively, to expire or be dried up
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be extinguished; figuratively, to expire or be dried up
- to be extinguished
- figuratively, to expire or be dried up
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be extinct, consumed, put out, quenched.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › to see and know › the open hand that covers
The doorway, the way in that works to see and know of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דָּעַךְ 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall be put out5 · 56%
- they are consumed out1 · 11%
- put out1 · 11%
- they are quenched1 · 11%
- they are extinct1 · 11%
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.