Strong’s H1851 · Hebrew

דַּק
daq
dak

Definition

crushed, i.e. (by implication) small or thin

Etymology

from H1854 (דָּקַק);

Where the KJV renders it

  • dwarf
  • lean(-fleshed)
  • very little thing
  • small
  • thin

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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