Strong's Hebrew · H1792
דָּכָא
dâkâʼ · daw-kaw'
Definitionto crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
Derivationa primitive root (compare H1794 (דָּכָה));
KJV usagebeat to pieces, break (in pieces), bruise, contrite, crush, destroy, humble, oppress, smite.
Occurrences18 in the KJV · 18 verses
דָּכָא in Scripture
Job 4:19
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
Job 5:4
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them .
Job 6:9
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
Job 19:2
How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
Job 22:9
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Job 34:25
Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
Psalms 72:4
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Psalms 89:10
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
Psalms 94:5
They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.
Psalms 143:3
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
Proverbs 22:22
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Isaiah 3:15
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
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