Dakah means “contrite” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G1794 — entylisso in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H1794 דָּכָה (dakah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. dakah (daw-kaw') v. 1. to collapse (phys. or mentally) [a primitive root] It has 5 linked Bible usages across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include sore, croucheth, and contrite. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
dakah (daw-kaw') v. 1. to collapse (phys. or mentally) [a primitive root] KJV: break (sore), contrite, crouch. Compare: H1790, H1792
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1794. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to crush
Usage: 1) to crush, be crushed, be contrite, be broken 1a) (Qal) to be crushed, collapse 1b)(Niphal) to be crushed, be contrite, be broken 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to crush down 1c2) to crush to pieces
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render dakah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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5 indexed usages in Old Testament.
He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
First 5 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1794.
He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1794, grouped by book.
Dakah (Strong's H1794) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "contrite". dakah (daw-kaw') v. 1. to collapse (phys. or mentally) [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 5 linked usages for Strong's H1794 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1794 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as sore, croucheth, and contrite. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.