דָּפַק
dâphaq · daw-fak'
to knock; by analogy, to press severely
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to knock; by analogy, to press severely
- to knock
- by analogy, to press severely
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beat, knock, overdrive.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › to speak, the word › what comes behind, the returning cycle
The doorway, the way in that works to speak, the word of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דָּפַק 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- are with me: and if men should overdrive1 · 33%
- and beat1 · 33%
- that knocketh1 · 33%
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.