Strong's Lexicon

H1760

H1760 — דָּחָה דָּחַח

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewdachahverb-stemOccurrences: 11TWOT: 420

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1760
Word:דָּחָה דָּחַח
Part of Speech:verb-stem
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:11
Transliteration:dachah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:daw-khaw' (or dachach {Jer. 23) v.
Meaning:1. to push down
KJV Renderings:chase, drive away (on), overthrow, outcast, X sore, thrust, totter.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1901

דָּחָה verb push, thrust (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic דְּחִי, דְּחָא, [untranscribed source text 1121]; cf also Arabic [untranscribed source text 1122], spread, extend, also throw, propel) —

Qal Perfect 2 masculine singular suffix דְּחִיתַנִי Ps 118:13 Infinitive construct לִדְחוֺת Ps 140:5 absolute דָּחֹה Ps 118:13 Participle active דֹּחֶה Ps 35:5 (read דֹּחָם ᵐ5 De Che); passive feminine הַדְּחוּיָה Ps 62:4 — push, דָּחֹה דָחָה push violently figurative with accusative Ps 118:13 followed by clause of purpose לִנְפֹּל , compare לִדְחוֺת פעמי Ps 140:5 ( Che trip up my feet), & Ps 35:5 (transpose דחה with רדפם Ps 35:6 and read דֹּחָם ᵐ5 ; compare יְהִידֿרכם חשׁך וַחֲלַקְלַקֹּת va, and Jer 23:12); pushed in (Che), in simile, passive participle, said of גָּדֵר wall Ps 62:4 (|| קיר נטוי).
Niph`al Imperfect יִדָּחֶה Prov 14:32 (3 masculine plural יִדַּ֫חוּ Jer 23:12 is from דחח, if rightly pointed; נִדְחֵי Isa 11:12; Isa 56:8; Ps 147:2, see below נדח); — be thrust or cast down, figurative of wicked Prov 14:32, compare Ps 35:6 above
Pu`al Perfect 3 plural דֹּחוּ Ps 36:13 they are thrust down (|| נפלו & לא יכלו קום).


BDB1904

[דָּחַח] verb only

Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine plural יִדַּ֫חוּ (i. 377) Jer 23:12 they shall be thrust down, figurative, of wicked; read perhaps יִדָּח֫וּ, from דחה q. v.


BDB9438

[דַּחֲוָה] noun feminine dubious; — plural absolute דַּחֲוָן Dan 6:19, Vrss conject.; AV RV instrument of music (so AE, assuming meaning strike [strings] for דְּחָא [Biblical Hebrew דָּחָה ] thrust; Saad RVm dancing-girls; Bertholet al. concubines (from sens. obsc. of Arabic [untranscribed source text 5969], but then read probably לְחֵנָן (Dan 5:2; Dan 5:3; Dan 5:23) Marti Prince Dr.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

דחה (dah-ghah’)

Psalms 35:5

KJV: Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.
EHCC: det the angel of the Lord chase (lit, and...

Psalms 62:3

KJV: How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
EHCC: (4).2 tottering fence.

Jeremiah 23:15

KJV: Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.profaneness: or, hypocrisy
EHCC: - they shall be driven on, and fall therein:
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