דָּמָה damah
Hebrew word for “to resemble” · Strong’s H1819 · used 30 times in 28 verses
Meaning
1) to be like, resemble;
How it is translated
Glosses given for damah in context, with how often each is used:
- like 11
- intended 3
- will you liken 2
- planned 1
- imagine 1
- have reflected on 1
- imagined 1
- like? 1
- liken 1
- will make myself like 1
- have intended 1
- will you liken ! 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 8 | 0.5 | |
| Psalms | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Song of Solomon | 5 | 4.0 | |
| Ezekiel | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Esther | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 | |
| Hosea | 1 | 0.4 |
Chapters where it is used most
Ezekiel 31 (3), Song of Solomon 2 (2), Isaiah 14 (2), Isaiah 40 (2), Numbers 33 (1), Judges 20 (1), 2 Samuel 21 (1), Esther 4 (1), Psalms 48 (1), Psalms 50 (1)
Forms
- דמיתי 4
- דמה 4
- דמית 3
- אדמה 3
- דמו 2
- דמינו 2
- ידמה 2
- תדמיוני 2
- תדמי 1
- דמיתיך 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with damah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מִי mi “who?” 7
- עֹפֶר opher “fawn” 3
- אַיָּל ayyal “deer” 3
- שָׁוָה shavah “be like” 3
- צְבִי tsevi “beauty” 3
- פַּרְעֹה paroh “Pharaoh” 4
- דּוֹד dod “beloved” 3
- עָרַךְ arakh “to arrange” 3
- גֹּדֶל godel “greatness” 2
- אוֹ o “or” 3
- הָמוֹן hamon “crowd” 2
- אָדָם adam “man” 3
Key verses
The verses using damah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Psalms 50:21 — These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order…
- Psalms 89:6 — For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
- Psalms 144:4 — Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
- Song of Solomon 2:9 — My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
- Isaiah 1:9 — Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
- Isaiah 10:7 — Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
- Isaiah 14:24 — The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
- Isaiah 40:18 — To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
- Lamentations 2:13 — What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O…
- Ezekiel 31:18 — To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of…
- Ezekiel 32:2 — Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas:…
- Hosea 12:10 — I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
See all 28 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.