Definition
a primitive root; to be extinguished; figuratively, to expire or be dried up
Traditional renderings: be extinct, consumed, put out, quenched.
Traditional renderings: be extinct, consumed, put out, quenched.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders דָּעַךְ:
- σβέννυμιsbennumi“to extinguish”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
9 total
- Job 6:17נִדְעֲכ֥וּ · [and] vanishing…but ceasing in the dry season and vanishing from their channels in the heat.
- Job 18:5יִדְעָ֑ךְ · is extinguishedIndeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
- Job 18:6יִדְעָֽךְ׃ · goes outThe light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
- Job 21:17יִדְעָ֗ךְ · put outHow often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
- Psalm 118:12דֹּ֭עֲכוּ · [but] they were extinguishedThey swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
- Proverbs 13:9יִדְעָֽךְ׃ · is extinguishedThe light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
- Proverbs 20:20יִֽדְעַ֥ךְ · will be extinguishedWhoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
- Proverbs 24:20יִדְעָֽךְ׃ · will be extinguishedFor the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
- Isaiah 43:17דָּעֲכ֖וּ · to be extinguished…who brings out the chariots and horses, the armies and warriors together, to lie down, never to rise again; to be extinguished, snuffed out like a wick: