דִּמְעָה dimah

Hebrew word for “tears” · Strong’s H1832 · used 23 times in 22 verses

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Meaning

tears

How it is translated

Glosses given for dimah in context, with how often each is used:

• tears 23

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Jeremiah 9 (2), Lamentations 2 (2), 2 Kings 20 (1), Psalms 6 (1), Psalms 39 (1), Psalms 42 (1), Psalms 56 (1), Psalms 80 (1), Psalms 116 (1), Psalms 126 (1)

Forms

• דמעה 9
• דמעתי 4
• דמעתך 3
• בדמעות 2
• בדמעתי 1
• בדמעה 1
• דמעת 1
• מדמעה 1
• ודמעתה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with dimah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עַיִן ayin “eye” 9
• לַיְלָה laylah “night” 6
• בָּכָה bakhah “to weep” 5
• יוֹמָם yomam “by day” 4
• בְּכִי bekhi “weeping” 3
• תְּפִלָּה tephillah “prayer” 3
• יָרַד yarad “to go down” 4
• בַּת bat “daughter” 4
• הֵן hen “look!” 3
• שֶׁבֶר shever “breaking” 2
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 4
• כֹּה koh “thus” 3

Key verses

The verses using dimah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 2 Kings 20:5 — Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears:…
• Psalms 6:6 — I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
• Psalms 39:12 — Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
• Psalms 126:5 — They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
• Ecclesiastes 4:1 — So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and…
• Isaiah 25:8 — He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the…
• Isaiah 38:5 — Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days…
• Jeremiah 9:1 — Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
• Jeremiah 13:17 — But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’s flock…
• Jeremiah 14:17 — Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is…
• Lamentations 1:2 — She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort all her friends have dealt treacherously with…
• Lamentations 2:11 — Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children…

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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.