Strong’s H1821 · Hebrew

דְּמָה
dᵉmâh
dem-aw'

Definition

to resemble

Etymology

(Aramaic) corresponding to H1819 (דָּמָה);

Where the KJV renders it

  • be like

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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