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דְּמוּת H1823
H1823 is the Hebrew word דְּמוּת, transliterated dᵉmûwth and said dem-ooth'. The King James Version most often renders it likeness.
What it means
resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like.
Where it comes from
from H1819 (דָּמָה).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 25 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: fashion, like (-ness, as), manner, similitude.
Verses using דְּמוּת
All 22 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 1:26 · KJV
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Genesis 5:1 · KJV
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Genesis 5:3 · KJV
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
2 Kings 16:10 · KJV
And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.
2 Chronicles 4:3 · KJV
And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast.
Psalm 58:4 · KJV
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
Isaiah 13:4 · KJV
The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
Isaiah 40:18 · KJV
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
Ezekiel 1:5 · KJV
Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
Ezekiel 1:10 · KJV
As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
Ezekiel 1:13 · KJV
As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
Ezekiel 1:16 · KJV
The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
Ezekiel 1:22 · KJV
And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
Ezekiel 1:26 · KJV
And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
Ezekiel 1:28 · KJV
As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
Ezekiel 8:2 · KJV
Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.
Ezekiel 10:1 · KJV
Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
Ezekiel 10:10 · KJV
And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel.
Ezekiel 10:21 · KJV
Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
Ezekiel 10:22 · KJV
And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.
Ezekiel 23:15 · KJV
Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:
Daniel 10:16 · KJV
And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.
Common questions
What does Strong's H1823 mean?
H1823 is the Hebrew word דְּמוּת (dᵉmûwth), meaning resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like.
How is H1823 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it likeness (14 times), after our likeness (1 time), son in his own likeness (1 time), fashion (1 time), under it was the similitude (1 time), among others.
How many times does H1823 appear in the Bible?
דְּמוּת (dᵉmûwth) is tagged in 22 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H1823 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H1819 (דָּמָה).
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