Dâʻak — H1846

Definition

verb

to be extinguished; figuratively, to expire or be dried up

1. to go out, be extinguished, dry up
1. (Qal) to go out, be extinguished
2. (Niphal) to be made extinct, be dried up
3. (Pual) to be extinguished, be quenched

Usually translated as

be extinct, consumed, quenched, put out

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• ekkaíō (G1572)
• epiginṓskō (G1921)
• sbénnymi (G4570)

Occurrences

Dâʻak occurs 9 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (4), Psalms (1), Proverbs (3), Isaiah (1)

• Job 6:17 — What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed (נִדְעֲכ֥וּ) out of their place.
• Job 18:5 — Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out (יִדְעָ֑ךְ), and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
• Job 18:6 — The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out (יִדְעָֽךְ) with him.
• Job 21:17 — How oft is the candle of the wicked put out (יִדְעָ֗ךְ)! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
• Psalms 118:12 — They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched (דֹּ֭עֲכוּ) as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
• Proverbs 13:9 — The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out (יִדְעָֽךְ).
• Proverbs 20:20 — Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out (יִֽדְעַ֥ךְ) in obscure darkness.
• Proverbs 24:20 — For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out (יִדְעָֽךְ).
• Isaiah 43:17 — Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct (דָּעֲכ֖וּ), they are quenched as tow.