Strong's Concordance, Hebrew Dictionary
28 King James Bible Verses
Here are compare, devise, like, mean, think and related words in the Bible. What does the source Hebrew word דָּמָה mean and how is it used in the Bible? Below are the English definition details. Also below are examples within Bible verses highlighted in yellow (follow this link to go there). Tap or hover on blue, underlined words to see more original scripture and meanings. Information sourced from Strong's Concordance[1].
Strong's Number: H1819
Hebrew Base Word: דָּמָה
Part of speech: Verb
Usage: Compare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes
Definition: To compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider.
Detailed definition:
Derived terms: A primitive root.
Pronunciation:
“The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:”
— Isaiah 14:24
1 to 28 of 28 Verses
“Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.”
— Numbers 33:56
“And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.”
— Judges 20:5
“And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,”
— 2 Samuel 21:5
“Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.”
— Esther 4:13
“We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.”
— Psalm 48:9
“These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.”
— Psalm 50:21
“For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord?”
— Psalm 89:6
“I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.”
— Psalm 102:6
“Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.”
— Psalm 144:4
“I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.”
— Song of Solomon 1:9
“My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.”
— Song of Solomon 2:9
“Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.”
— Song of Solomon 2:17
“This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.”
— Song of Solomon 7:7
“Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.”
— Song of Solomon 8:14
“Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.”
— Isaiah 1:9
“Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.”
— Isaiah 10:7
“I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.”
— Isaiah 14:14
“The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:”
— Isaiah 14:24
“To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?”
— Isaiah 40:18
“To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.”
— Isaiah 40:25
“To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?”
— Isaiah 46:5
“I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.”
— Jeremiah 6:2
“What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?”
— Lamentations 2:13
“Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?”
— Ezekiel 31:2
“The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.”
— Ezekiel 31:8
“To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.”
— Ezekiel 31:18
“Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.”
— Ezekiel 32:2
“I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.”
— Hosea 12:10
(End 1 to 28 of 28 Verses)
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