Quick Definition
to crush
Strong's Definition
to crush (or intransitively) crumble
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H1915 (הָדַךְ)lemma הָדךְ missing vowel, corrected to הָדַךְ);
KJV Usage: beat in pieces (small), bruise, make dust, (into) [idiom] powder, (be, very) small, stamp (small).
TWOT Reference: 448
Outline of Biblical Usage
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
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
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
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
דָּקַק
dâqaq
BDB Definition:
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
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root [compare H1915]
Same Word by TWOT Number: 448
Total KJV Occurrences: 20
