Hebrew word · H1766

דָּחַק

vedochakeihem

to crowd

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

1) to thrust, oppress, crowd

1a) (Qal) to thrust, crowd

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Similar words

Where it appears

Judges · 1

  1. Judges 2:18 וְדֹחֲקֵיהֶֽם׃ and [those who] oppressed them

    Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.

    Here: A rare word (elsewhere only Joel 2:8, of locust-soldiers jostling): 'those pushing and shoving them'. Paired with the previous word, it paints the physical crush of foreign domination.

Joel · 1

  1. Joel 2:8 יִדְחָק֔וּן they crowd !

    They do not jostle one another; each proceeds in his path. They burst through the defenses, never breaking ranks.

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