Strong's Hebrew · H1819

דָּמָה

dâmâh · daw-maw'

compare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes.

Definition

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 30 times in Scripture

Psalms 48:9

Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.

Numbers 33:56

And then I will do to you what I had planned to do to them.”

Esther 4:13

he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.

Isaiah 14:14

I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”

Psalms 50:21

You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.

Psalms 89:6

For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?

2 Samuel 21:5

And they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel,

Song of Solomon 7:7

Your stature is like a palm tree; your breasts are clusters of fruit.

Judges 20:5

And during the night, the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house. They intended to kill me, but they abused my concubine, and she died.

Isaiah 40:25

“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.

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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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