Strong's H1854 · Hebrew
דָּקַק
dâqaq · /daw-kak'/
Definition
to crush (or intransitively) crumble
KJV: beat in pieces (small), bruise, make dust, (into) [idiom] powder, (be, very) small, stamp (small).
Root / derivation: a primitive root (compare H1915 (הָדַךְ)lemma הָדךְ missing vowel, corrected to הָדַךְ);
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered דָּקַק across 11 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
11 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Exodus2 verses
And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
Exodus 32:20And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
2 Kings2 verses
And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
2 Kings 23:15Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.
2 Chronicles3 verses
And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron. mother: that is, grandmother idol: Heb. horror
2 Chronicles 34:4And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. the images: or, the sun images graves: Heb. face of the graves
2 Chronicles 34:7And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. into: Heb. to make powder
Isaiah2 verses
Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.
Isaiah 41:15Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. teeth: Heb. mouths
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H1854 (dâqaq) mean?
to crush (or intransitively) crumble
How many times does H1854 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H1854 (דָּקַק) appears in 11 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “small.”
How is dâqaq translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H1854 is rendered as “small” (4×), “powder” (2×), “stamped” (2×), “bruise” (1×), among other words.
Where does the Hebrew word דָּקַק come from?
a primitive root (compare H1915 (הָדַךְ)lemma הָדךְ missing vowel, corrected to הָדַךְ);