Lexical Summary demuth: likeness, similitude Original Word: דְּמוּתTransliteration: demuth Phonetic Spelling: (dem-ooth') Part of Speech: noun feminine Short Definition: likeness, similitude Meaning: resemblance, model, shape, like Strong's Concordance fashion, likeness, as, manner, similitude From damah; resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like -- fashion, like (-ness, as), manner, similitude. see HEBREW damah Brown-Driver-Briggs H1823. demuth דְּמוּת noun feminine likeness, similitude (mostly late) (according to LagBN 12. 147 ff. mispunct. for דִּמְוַת from דִּמְוָה; according to WeProl. 413. Eng. Tr. 389 an Aramaic Loan-word, but see Di Genesis 5:1, DrJPh xi. 216 CheOP. 474) — absolute ׳ד Isaiah 40:18 3t.; construct ׳ד Genesis 5:1 16t.; suffix דְּמוּתוֺ 5:3; דְּמוּתֵנוּ 1:26; — 1 likeness, similitude, of external appearance, chiefly in Ezek.: Ezekiel 1:5 (likeness, i.e. something that appeared like) so 1:26; 8:2 (אֵשׁׅ כְּמַרְאֵה דְּמוּת (compare Co), 10:1 ד ׳כְּמַרְאֵה כִּסֵּא; compare also Daniel 10:16 אָדָם בְּנֵי כִּדְמוּת i.e. one like the sons of man; similitude, resemblance Ezekiel 1:5, 10, 16, 22, 26; 10:10, 21, 22; אָדָם כְּמַרְאֵה דְּמוּת 1:26; י ׳כְּבוֺד ד ׳מַרְאֵה 1:28; also 2 Kings 16:10 (pattern of altar), 2 Chronicles 4:3 (images of oxen); of son in likeness of father Genesis 5:3 (P); so also of man in likeness of God 1:26 ("" צֶלֶם) 5:1 (both P); compare Isaiah 40:18 what ׳ד will ye compare to him (אֵל) ? "" דִּמָּה q. v. 2 adverbially, in likeness of, like as Isaiah 13:4 compare Ezekiel 23:15 & ׳כִּד Psalm 58:5. — Ezekiel 1:13 read וּבֵינוֺת, see בֵּין and J P PetersJBL 1892 40. 42. On אֶחָד דְּמוּת 1:16; 10:10 (apparently masculine) compare Thes & Sm who translate the likeness of one had they all four; Co reads אחת. |
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