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דָּמָה H1819

H1819 is the Hebrew word דָּמָה, transliterated dâmâh and said daw-maw'. The King James Version most often renders it like.

Word: דָּמָהTransliteration: dâmâhSaid: daw-maw'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 27 verses

What it means

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 24 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

like 9×liken 4×thought 2×you as i thought 1×devised 1×think 1×thoughtest 1×can be likened 1×compared 1×should have been like 1×howbeit he meaneth 1×surely as i have thought 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: compare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes.

Verses using דָּמָה

All 27 verses, quoted in full.

Numbers 33:56 · KJV

Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.

Judges 20:5 · KJV

And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.

2 Samuel 21:5 · KJV

And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,

Esther 4:13 · KJV

Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.

Psalm 48:9 · KJV

We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

Psalm 50:21 · KJV

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

Psalm 89:6 · KJV

For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

Psalm 102:6 · KJV

I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

Psalm 144:4 · KJV

Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

Song of Solomon 1:9 · KJV

I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.

Song of Solomon 2:9 · KJV

My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.

Song of Solomon 2:17 · KJV

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

Song of Solomon 7:7 · KJV

This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.

Song of Solomon 8:14 · KJV

Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

Isaiah 1:9 · KJV

Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

Isaiah 10:7 · KJV

Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

Isaiah 14:14 · KJV

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

Isaiah 14:24 · KJV

The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:

Isaiah 40:18 · KJV

To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

Isaiah 40:25 · KJV

To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.

Isaiah 46:5 · KJV

To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

Lamentations 2:13 · KJV

What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?

Ezekiel 31:2 · KJV

Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?

Ezekiel 31:8 · KJV

The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.

Ezekiel 31:18 · KJV

To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 32:2 · KJV

Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

Hosea 12:10 · KJV

I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.

Common questions

What does Strong's H1819 mean?

H1819 is the Hebrew word דָּמָה (dâmâh), meaning to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider.

How is H1819 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it like (9 times), liken (4 times), thought (2 times), you as i thought (1 time), devised (1 time), among others.

How many times does H1819 appear in the Bible?

דָּמָה (dâmâh) is tagged in 27 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H1819 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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