- Original: דּכא - Transliteration: Daka' - Phonetic: daw-kaw' - Definition: 1. to crush, be crushed, be contrite, be broken a. (Niphal) 1. to be crushed 2. to be contrite (fig.) b. (Piel) to crush c. (Pual) 1. to be crushed, be shattered 2. to be made contrite d. (Hithpael) to allow oneself to be crushed - Origin: a primitive root (compare H1794 ) - TWOT entry: 427 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root (compare H1794 ) to crumble; transitively to bruise (literally or figuratively): - beat to pieces break (in pieces) bruise contrite crush destroy humble oppress smite. Total KJV Occurrences: 18 • broken, 3 Job 22:9; Psalm 89:10; Isaiah 19:10 • bruise, 1 Isaiah 53:10 • bruised, 1 Isaiah 53:5 • crush, 1 Lamentations 3:34 • crushed, 2 Job 4:19; Job 5:4 • destroy, 1 Job 6:9 • destroyed, 1 Job 34:25 • humbled, 1 Jeremiah 44:10 • ones, 1 Isaiah 57:15 • oppress, 1 Proverbs 22:22 • pieces, 4 Job 19:2; Psalm 72:4; Psalm 94:5; Isaiah 3:15 • smitten, 1 Psalm 143:3