The meaning of “דָּקַק”
Understanding dâqaq reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
beat in pieces (small), bruise, make dust, (into) [idiom] powder, (be, very) small, stamp (small). - to crush (or intran...
דָּקַק
beat in pieces (small), bruise, make dust, (into) [idiom] powder, (be, very) small, stamp (small). - to crush (or intransitively) crumble 1) to crush, pulverise, thresh 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to crush 1a2) to be fine 1b) (Hiphil) to pulverise, make dust of 1c) (Hophal) to be crushed
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Exodus 32:20 | “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.” Word: דָּקַק (dâqaq) | |
| Deuteronomy 9:21 | “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.” Word: דָּקַק (dâqaq) | |
| 2 Samuel 22:43 | “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.” Word: דָּקַק (dâqaq) | |
| 2 Kings 23:15 | “Moreover the altar that was at Beth–el, 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.” Word: דָּקַק (dâqaq) | |
| 2 Chronicles 34:4 | “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.” Word: דָּקַק (dâqaq) |
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