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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