דָּחָה

Strong’s Definition

to push down

Etymology & Derivation

or דָּחַח; (Jeremiah 23:12), a primitive root;

KJV Usage

chase, drive away (on), overthrow, outcast, [idiom] sore, thrust, totter.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to push, thrust, chase, overflow, totter, sore, drive away or out, be outcast, be cast down
• 2.(qal) to push, push violently
• 3.(niphal) to be thrust down, be cast down
• 4.(pual) to be thrust down

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: dâchâh; Pronunciation: daw-khaw'