דַּךְ
dak · H1790 · Hebrew · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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crushed, oppressed, downtrodden
Literally: crushed; hence: state in which someone is the victim of suffering and humiliation which feels as if one has been crushed with a heavy object
ExamplesPsalm 9:9 The LORD will also be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble;
Psalm 10:18 To vindicate the orphan and the oppressed, So that mankind, which is of the earth, will no longer cause terror.
Psalm 74:21 May the oppressed person not return dishonored; May the afflicted and the needy praise Your name.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הוּhis 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שׁוּבto return, to turn back 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- שָׂנֵאto hate 1
- שָׁפַטto judge, to govern 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- צַר tsar · H6862 · narrow, small
- Both words denote states of affliction or oppression and can substitute for each other in contexts describing suffering or distress. צַר (tsar, H6862) has a much broader range (adversary, narrow, enemy, and others), but overlaps with דַּךְ (dak, H1790) in the sense of the afflicted.
- עָנִי ʻânîy · H6041 · afflicted, poor, humble
- Both words denote states of affliction or oppression and describe persons under duress or in lowly condition. עָנִי (ʻânîy, H6041) has a broader range (also "poor," "humble," "needy"), but its core sense "afflicted" overlaps directly with the meaning of דַּךְ (dak, H1790).
- דַּל dal · H1800 · door, poor, weak
- Both words describe persons in vulnerable, weakened or disadvantaged conditions, and both could substitute in contexts describing the socially or physically vulnerable.
Semantic domains 1 entry
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- דַּךְ describes being afflicted or oppressed, a state of danger and vulnerability, used of the poor and needy as those who suffer under oppression.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1790. dak דַּךְ adjective crushed, oppressed — דַּךְ Psa 74:21; דָּ֑ךְ Psa 9:10; Psa…
דַּךְ adjective crushed, oppressed — דַּךְ Psa 74:21; דָּ֑ךְ Psa 9:10; Psa 10:18; plural suffix דַּכָּ֑ו Pro 26:28 (Baer; and other editions דַּכָּיו) — in poetry; always figurative, oppressed, distressed Psa 9:10Psalm 18 (|| יתום) Psa 74:21(|| עָנִי and אביון); Pro 26:28 דַּכָּו = those crushed by it (a lying tongue).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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