What does דָּעַךְ · σβέννυμι mean in the Bible?
דָּעַךְ · σβέννυμι is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to be extinguished, put out".
Hebrew · H1846, G4570
יִדְעָךְ
To be extinguished ; figuratively, to expire or be dried up · to extinguish (literally or figuratively)
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דָּעַךְ H1846 to be extinguished ; figuratively, to expire or be dried up
σβέννυμι G4570 to extinguish (literally or figuratively)
Pronunciation sbénnymi
Quench literally suppresses fire; metaphorically suppresses the Holy Spirit's influence and work.
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What does יִדְעָךְ (yid'akh) mean in the Bible?
דָּעַךְ · σβέννυμι is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to be extinguished, put out".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1846, G4570?
H1846, G4570 is connected to 9 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. to be extinguished, put out
Source Gloss
to be extinguished, put out
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 9
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 7×
Imperfect Job 18:5 · Job 18:6 · Job 21:17 · Prov 13:9 · Prov 20:20 · Prov 24:20 6×
Perfect Isa 43:17 1×
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 1×
Perfect Job 6:17 1×
Pual intensive passive — intensive action received by the subject 1×
Perfect Ps 118:12 1×
Word Origins
יִדְעָךְ is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain