דָּמָה (da.mah) means “to resemble” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: daw-maw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
דָּמָה · da.mah · to resemble
1) to be like, resemble 1a) (Qal) to be like, resemble 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to liken, compare 1b2) to imagine, think 1c) (Hithpael) to make oneself like 1d) (Niphal) Aramaic equivalent: de.mah (דְּמָה "be like" H1821)
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a primitive root; to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
KJV glosses: compare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| is like | 4 |
| and be like | 2 |
| will you liken me | 2 |
| can be compared | 1 |
| can i compare you | 1 |
| compare | 1 |
| could compare | 1 |
| his intention | 1 |
| i compare you | 1 |
| i gave parables | 1 |
| i had planned | 1 |
| i have planned | 1 |
| i will destroy | 1 |
| i will make myself like | 1 |
| imagine that | 1 |
| is like you | 1 |
| like | 1 |
| plotted | 1 |
| that we should be alike | 1 |
| they intended | 1 |
| we contemplate | 1 |
| we would have resembled | 1 |
| will you liken | 1 |
| you are like | 1 |
| you thought | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| is like | 3 |
| and be thou like | 2 |
| to whom then will ye liken | 2 |
| and used similitudes | 1 |
| can be likened | 1 |
| howbeit he meaneth | 1 |
| i am like | 1 |
| i have compared | 1 |
| i will be like | 1 |
| me that we may be like | 1 |
| shall i liken | 1 |
| surely as i have thought | 1 |
| think | 1 |
| thou thoughtest | 1 |
| thought | 1 |
| to whom art thou thus like | 1 |
| to whom will ye liken | 1 |
| unto him thou art like | 1 |
| unto you as i thought | 1 |
| us and that devised | 1 |
| was like | 1 |
| we have thought | 1 |
| we should have been like | 1 |
| were not like | 1 |
| whom art thou like | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 28 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
And then I will do to you what I had planned to do to them.”
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordAnd 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,
Read word by wordhe 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.
Read word by wordWithin Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 48.10
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.
Read word by wordFor who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 89.7
I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 102.7
Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
Read word by wordI compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
Read word by wordMy beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
Read word by wordBefore the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
Read word by wordYour stature is like a palm tree; your breasts are clusters of fruit.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 7.8
Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
Read word by wordUnless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.
Read word by wordBut this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.
Read word by wordI will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”
Read word by wordThe LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
Read word by wordTo whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?
Read word by word“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.
Read word by wordTo whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?
Read word by wordThough she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.
Read word by wordWhat can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?
Read word by word“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: ‘Who can be compared to your greatness?
Read word by wordThe cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty.
Read word by wordWho then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.’”
Read word by word“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’
Read word by wordI spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.11
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