דְּקַק deqaq

Hebrew word for “to break up” · Strong’s H1855 · used 10 times in 9 verses

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Meaning

1) to break into pieces, fall into pieces, be shattered; 1a) (P'al) to be shattered; 1b) (Aphel) to break into pieces

How it is translated

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

• shattered 4
• shattering 3
• will shatter 3

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Daniel 2 (5), Daniel 7 (3), Daniel 6 (1)

Forms

• והדקת 2
• תדק 2
• דקו 1
• מהדק 1
• הדקו 1
• ומדקה 1
• מדקה 1
• ותדקנה 1

Words used with it

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

• פַּרְזֶל parzel “iron” 6
• דִּי di “that” 9
• הֲוָא hava “to be” 7
• כֹּל kol “all” 7
• רְבִיעִי reviay “fourth” 4
• אֲכַל akhal “to devour” 4
• לָא la “not” 5
• חֲסַף chasaph “clay” 3
• רְגַל regal “foot” 3
• אֶבֶן even “stone” 3
• נְחָשׁ nechash “bronze” 3
• מִן־ min “from” 4

Key verses

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

• Daniel 2:34 — Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
• Daniel 2:35 — Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the…
• Daniel 2:40 — And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in…
• Daniel 2:44 — And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but…
• Daniel 2:45 — Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and…
• Daniel 6:24 — And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives;…
• Daniel 7:7 — After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and…
• Daniel 7:19 — Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass;…
• Daniel 7:23 — Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall…

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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.