דָּחַק

dachak · press hard

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1766 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

dachak (דָּחַק) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “press hard”.

Push, crowd someone.

How to say it

da·chak

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To press on others, shove, oppress.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • harassed them ×1
  • push ×1

Where it appears

  • Judges 2:18

    Whenever YHWH raised up judges for them, YHWH was with the judge and saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for YHWH was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed them and harassed them.

  • Joel 2:8

    And one does not push his brother; each man marches on his highway; and through the weapons they fall, but they do not break off.