The meaning of “דּוּשׁ”
Understanding dûwsh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or דּוֹשׁ dôwsh (dosh); or דִּישׁ dîysh (deesh); a primitive root break, tear, thresh, tread out (down), at grass (Jerem...
דּוּשׁ
or דּוֹשׁ dôwsh (dosh); or דִּישׁ dîysh (deesh); a primitive root break, tear, thresh, tread out (down), at grass (Jeremiah 50:11, by mistake for דֶּשֶׁא). - to trample or thresh 1) to tread out, thresh 1a) (Qal) to tread on, trample on, thresh 1b) (Niphal) to be trampled down 1c) (Hophal) to be threshed
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Judges 8:7 | “And Gideon said, Therefore when the Lord hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.” Word: דּוּשׁ (dûwsh) | |
| 2 Kings 13:7 | “Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.” Word: דּוּשׁ (dûwsh) | |
| 1 Chronicles 21:20 | “And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.” Word: דּוּשׁ (dûwsh) | |
| Job 39:15 | “And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.” Word: דּוּשׁ (dûwsh) | |
| Isaiah 28:27 | “For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.” Word: דּוּשׁ (dûwsh) |
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