דָּפַק
da.phaq
“to beat”
Definition
to knock; by analogy, to press severely
a primitive root;
- to beat, knock 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to beat, drive severely 1a2) to knock 1b) (Hithpael) to beat violently
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logos (G3056)
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
דָּפַק appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.
While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”
I sleep, but my heart is awake.A sound! My beloved is knocking:“Open to me, my sister, my darling,my dove, my flawless one.My head is drenched with dew,my hair with the dampness of the night.”
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.