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דָּקַק H1854
H1854 is the Hebrew word דָּקַק, transliterated dâqaq and said daw-kak'. The King James Version most often renders it powder.
What it means
to crush (or intransitively) crumble.
Where it comes from
a primitive root (compare H1915 (הָדַךְ)lemma הָדךְ missing vowel, corrected to הָדַךְ).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 13 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: beat in pieces (small), bruise, make dust, (into) [idiom] powder, (be, very) small, stamp (small).
Verses using דָּקַק
All 12 verses, quoted in full.
Exodus 30:36 · KJV
And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
Exodus 32:20 · KJV
And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
Deuteronomy 9:21 · KJV
And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.
2 Samuel 22:43 · KJV
Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
2 Kings 23:6 · KJV
And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
2 Kings 23:15 · KJV
Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.
2 Chronicles 15:16 · KJV
And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
2 Chronicles 34:4 · KJV
And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
2 Chronicles 34:7 · KJV
And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
Isaiah 28:28 · KJV
Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.
Isaiah 41:15 · KJV
Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
Micah 4:13 · KJV
Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.
Common questions
What does Strong's H1854 mean?
H1854 is the Hebrew word דָּקַק (dâqaq), meaning to crush (or intransitively) crumble.
How is H1854 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it powder (2 times), stamped (2 times), some of it very small (1 time), until it was as small (1 time), stamp (1 time), among others.
How many times does H1854 appear in the Bible?
דָּקַק (dâqaq) is tagged in 12 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H1854 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root (compare H1915 (הָדַךְ)lemma הָדךְ missing vowel, corrected to הָדַךְ).
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