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דִּמְעָה H1832

H1832 is the Hebrew word דִּמְעָה, transliterated dimʻâh and said dim-aw'. The King James Version most often renders it tears.

Word: דִּמְעָהTransliteration: dimʻâhSaid: dim-aw'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 21 verses

What it means

weeping.

Where it comes from

feminine of H1831 (דֶּמַע).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 22 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

tears 19×givest them tears 1×behold the tears 1×neither shall thy tears 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: tears.

Verses using דִּמְעָה

All 21 verses, quoted in full.

2 Kings 20:5 · KJV

Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.

Psalm 39:12 · KJV

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

Psalm 42:3 · KJV

My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

Psalm 56:8 · KJV

Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

Psalm 80:5 · KJV

Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

Psalm 116:8 · KJV

For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

Psalm 126:5 · KJV

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

Ecclesiastes 4:1 · KJV

So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

Isaiah 16:9 · KJV

Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.

Isaiah 25:8 · KJV

He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.

Isaiah 38:5 · KJV

Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.

Jeremiah 9:1 · KJV

Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

Jeremiah 9:18 · KJV

And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.

Jeremiah 13:17 · KJV

But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’s flock is carried away captive.

Jeremiah 14:17 · KJV

Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

Jeremiah 31:16 · KJV

Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

Lamentations 1:2 · KJV

She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.

Lamentations 2:11 · KJV

Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.

Lamentations 2:18 · KJV

Their heart cried unto the LORD, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.

Ezekiel 24:16 · KJV

Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.

Malachi 2:13 · KJV

And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.

Common questions

What does Strong's H1832 mean?

H1832 is the Hebrew word דִּמְעָה (dimʻâh), meaning weeping.

How is H1832 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it tears (19 times), givest them tears (1 time), behold the tears (1 time), neither shall thy tears (1 time).

How many times does H1832 appear in the Bible?

דִּמְעָה (dimʻâh) is tagged in 21 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H1832 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: feminine of H1831 (דֶּמַע).

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