Strong’s H1793 · Hebrew

דַּכָּא
dakkâʼ
dak-kaw'

Definition

crushed (literally powder, or figuratively, contrite)

Etymology

from H1792 (דָּכָא);

Where the KJV renders it

  • contrite
  • destruction

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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