דּוּשׁ dush
Hebrew word for “to tread” · Strong’s H1758 · used 16 times in 14 verses
Meaning
1) to tread out, thresh; 1a) (Qal) to tread on, trample on, thresh; 1b) (Niphal) to be trampled down; 1c) (Hophal) to be threshed
How it is translated
Glosses given for dush in context, with how often each is used:
- will thresh 2
- threshed 2
- thresh 2
- when threshes 1
- trample 1
- will trample 1
- will be trampled down 1
- trampled down 1
- certainly 1
- anyone threshes 1
- threshing 1
- threshed they 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 6 | 0.4 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Hosea | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Amos | 1 | 0.5 | |
| Micah | 1 | 0.7 | |
| Habakkuk | 1 | 1.5 |
Chapters where it is used most
Isaiah 28 (2), Deuteronomy 25 (1), Judges 8 (1), 2 Kings 13 (1), 1 Chronicles 21 (1), Job 39 (1), Isaiah 25 (1), Isaiah 41 (1), Jeremiah 50 (1), Hosea 10 (1)
Forms
- תדושׁ 2
- בדישׁו 1
- ודשׁתי 1
- לדשׁ 1
- דשׁ 1
- תדושׁה 1
- ונדושׁ 1
- כהדושׁ 1
- יודשׁ 1
- אדושׁ 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with dush more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- דָּקַק daqaq “to crush” 3
- חָרוּץ charuts “sharp” 3
- עֶגְלָה eglah “heifer” 2
- עֲגָלָה agalah “cart” 2
- פָּרָשׁ parash “horseman” 2
- בַּרְזֶל barzel “iron” 2
- שׂוּם sum “to set” 3
- אַרְבַּע arba “four” 2
- הַר har “mountain” 2
- שׁוּב shuv “to return” 2
Key verses
The verses using dush that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 25:4 — Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
- 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…
- 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.
- Isaiah 25:10 — For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.
- 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…
- Isaiah 28:28 — Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.
- Isaiah 41:15 — Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
- Jeremiah 50:11 — Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;
- Hosea 10:11 — And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall…
- Amos 1:3 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with…
- Micah 4:13 — Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will…
- Habakkuk 3:12 — Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
See all 14 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.