What does דְּקַק (dĕqaq) mean in the Bible?
דְּקַק (dĕqaq): Intensive crushing or shattering into fine fragments; emphasizes violent breakdown into powder or dust.
Hebrew · H1855
דְּקַק
To crumble or (trans.) crush
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דְּקַק H1855
Pronunciation dĕqaq
What does דְּקַק (dĕqaq) mean in the Bible?
דְּקַק (dĕqaq): Intensive crushing or shattering into fine fragments; emphasizes violent breakdown into powder or dust.
Full entry for דְּקַק (H1855) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H1855?
The BSB source-word alignment has 10 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and crushed (3), it will shatter (2), and crush it (1), and crushing (1), and it shattered (1).
Where does דְּקַק (dĕqaq) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Daniel 2:34. Its strongest book concentrations include Daniel (10).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It and crushed 3× Daniel 2:34, Daniel 6:24, Daniel 7:7
it will shatter 2× Daniel 2:40, Daniel 2:44
and crush it 1× Daniel 7:23
and crushing 1× Daniel 7:19
and it shattered 1× Daniel 2:45
shatters 1× Daniel 2:40
were shattered 1× Daniel 2:35
Show sample aligned rows
Daniel 2:34 וְהַדֵּ֖קֶת to and crushed Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular Daniel 2:35 דָּ֣קוּ to were shattered Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine plural Daniel 2:40 מְהַדֵּ֤ק to shatters Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Daniel 2:40 תַּדִּ֥ק to it will shatter Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Daniel 2:44 תַּדִּ֤ק to It will shatter Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Daniel 2:45 וְ֠הַדֶּקֶת to and it shattered Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular Daniel 6:24 הַדִּֽקוּ׃ to and crushed Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine plural Daniel 7:7 וּמַדֱּקָ֔ה to and crushed Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - feminine singular Daniel 7:19 מַדֲּקָ֔ה to and crushing Verb - Hifil - Participle - feminine singular Daniel 7:23 וְתַדְּקִנַּֽהּ׃ to and crush it Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Daniel 2:34
Aligned rows 10
Books represented 1
Daniel 10
Source forms
דָּ֣קוּ 1x dā·qū Daniel 2:35
הַדִּֽקוּ׃ 1x had·di·qū Daniel 6:24
וְהַדֵּ֖קֶת 1x wə·had·dê·qeṯ Daniel 2:34
וְ֠הַדֶּקֶת 1x wə·had·de·qeṯ Daniel 2:45
וּמַדֱּקָ֔ה 1x ū·mad·dĕ·qāh Daniel 7:7
וְתַדְּקִנַּֽהּ׃ 1x wə·ṯad·də·qin·nah Daniel 7:23
מַדֲּקָ֔ה 1x mad·dă·qāh Daniel 7:19
מְהַדֵּ֤ק 1x mə·had·dêq Daniel 2:40
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular 2x Daniel 2:34, Daniel 2:45
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular 2x Daniel 2:40, Daniel 2:44
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person feminine singular 1x Daniel 7:23
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - feminine singular 1x Daniel 7:7
Verb - Hifil - Participle - feminine singular 1x Daniel 7:19
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular 1x Daniel 2:40
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine plural 1x Daniel 6:24
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine plural 1x Daniel 2:35
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Intensive crushing or shattering into fine fragments; emphasizes violent breakdown into powder or dust.
Source Gloss
to crumble or (trans.) crush
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Intensive crushing or shattering into fine fragments; emphasizes violent breakdown into powder or dust.
to crumble or (trans.) crush BDB: be shattered Usage: break to pieces.
Word Origins
דְּקַק is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain