הָדַךְ
hâdak · H1915 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to tread down, to beat down
Causative action by which someone causes someone else to fall down through an act of violence; possibly associated with humiliation
ExamplesJob 40:12 “Look at everyone who is arrogant, and humble him, And trample down the wicked where they stand.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated: you (one person) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רָשָׁעwicked 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- תַּחַתunder, below, instead of+ הֶםthem 1
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
- דָּרַךְ dârak · H1869 · to tread, to set foot (on something), to march
- דָּרַךְ is the more common Hebrew verb for treading or walking, used frequently for treading on or trampling, semantically overlapping with הָדַךְ though הָדַךְ may emphasize the forceful or destructive aspect.
- רָמַס râmaç · H7429 · to trample (down), to tread, to trample down
- רָמַס specifically denotes trampling or treading down with force, often in contexts of destruction or domination, closely synonymous with הָדַךְ in its violent treading sense.
- דּוּשׁ dûwsh · H1758 · to tread out, to thresh, to trample
- דּוּשׁ means to thresh or trample, commonly used for threshing grain but also metaphorically for trampling down enemies, semantically close to הָדַךְ in treading/trampling contexts.
Contrasting words 2 words
- רוּם rûwm · H7311 · to be high, to become high, to mount up
- רוּם means to raise, lift up, or exalt, the opposite action to treading down or trampling (bringing low), representing a genuine lexical antonym in terms of vertical directionality and status.
- נָשָׂא nâsâʼ · H5375 · to become high, to be lifted up, to rise
- נָשָׂא means to lift up or carry, the opposite physical action to treading down, representing a directional antonym where one raises what the other lowers.
In the other Testament 2 words
- πατέω patéō · G3961 · to step on, to tread on, to trample
- πατέω is the standard Greek verb for treading or trampling, a direct functional equivalent to הָדַךְ in contexts of treading down or trampling underfoot.
- καταπατέω katapatéō · G2662 · to trample on, to despise, to treat with complete disdain
- καταπατέω intensifies the treading action with the prefix κατα-, emphasizing treading down or trampling thoroughly, closely matching the sense of הָדַךְ.
Semantic domains 1 entry
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- הָדַךְ, in its one occurrence, describes treading down or crushing underfoot, an action of forceful downward impact.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1915. hadak הָדַךְ verb cast or tread down (Arabic tear down (a building), synonym of )…
הָדַךְ verb cast or tread down (Arabic tear down (a building), synonym of ) —
Qal Imperative רְשָׁעִים הֲדֹךְ Job 40:12 cast or tread down, wicked men.
הדם (√ of following, compare Arabic overthrow, overturn, cast down ).
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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