Strong's Hebrew · H1793

דַּכָּא

dakkâʼ · dak-kaw'

contrite, destruction.

Definition

crushed (literally powder, or figuratively, contrite)

Derivation

from H1792 (דָּכָא);

Appears 3 times in Scripture

Psalms 34:18

The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.

Psalms 90:3

You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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