1765. dachaph
Strong's Lexicon
dachaph: To push, drive, thrust

Original Word: דָּחַף
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: dachaph
Pronunciation: dah-khaf'
Phonetic Spelling: (daw-khaf')
Definition: To push, drive, thrust
Meaning: to urge, hasten

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct one-to-one correspondence in the Greek Strong's entries, similar concepts can be found in Greek verbs like "ἐκβάλλω" (ekballo - to cast out, drive out) or "ὠθέω" (otheo - to push, thrust).

Usage: The Hebrew verb "dachaph" primarily means to push, drive, or thrust. It conveys the action of forcefully moving something or someone forward. This term is often used in contexts where physical force or pressure is applied to achieve movement or change in position.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, physical actions such as pushing or driving were common in daily life, whether in agricultural settings, warfare, or social interactions. The concept of forcefully moving something was understood both in literal and metaphorical senses, often reflecting the dynamics of power, control, and influence within the community.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to drive, hasten
NASB Translation
hastened (1), hurried (1), impelled (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[דָּחַף] verb drive, hasten (late) (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic דְּחַף) —

Qal Passive participle plural דְּחוּפִים of runners Esther 3:15; Esther 8:14 ("" מְבֹהָלִים).

Niph`al Perfect hasten one's self, hurry נִדְחַף אֶלֿ Esther 6:12; נִדְחַף לָצֵאת2Chronicles 26:20 ("" בהל).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
be hastened, pressed on

A primitive root; to urge, i.e. Hasten -- (be) haste(-ned), pressed on.

Forms and Transliterations
דְחוּפִים֙ דחופים וּדְחוּפִ֖ים ודחופים נִדְחַ֣ף נדחף ḏə·ḥū·p̄îm dechuFim ḏəḥūp̄îm niḏ·ḥap̄ nidChaf niḏḥap̄ ū·ḏə·ḥū·p̄îm udechuFim ūḏəḥūp̄îm
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Englishman's Concordance
2 Chronicles 26:20
HEB: וְגַם־ הוּא֙ נִדְחַ֣ף לָצֵ֔את כִּ֥י
NAS: also hastened to get
KJV: and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out,
INT: also himself hastened to get because

Esther 3:15
HEB: הָֽרָצִ֞ים יָצְא֤וּ דְחוּפִים֙ בִּדְבַ֣ר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
NAS: went out impelled by the king's
KJV: went out, being hastened by the king's
INT: the couriers went impelled command the king's

Esther 6:12
HEB: הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וְהָמָן֙ נִדְחַ֣ף אֶל־ בֵּית֔וֹ
NAS: But Haman hurried home,
KJV: But Haman hasted to his house
INT: to the king's Haman hurried about home

Esther 8:14
HEB: יָֽצְא֛וּ מְבֹהָלִ֥ים וּדְחוּפִ֖ים בִּדְבַ֣ר הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ
NAS: hastened and impelled by the king's
KJV: being hastened and pressed on by the king's
INT: went hastened and impelled command the king's

4 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1765
4 Occurrences


ḏə·ḥū·p̄îm — 1 Occ.
niḏ·ḥap̄ — 2 Occ.
ū·ḏə·ḥū·p̄îm — 1 Occ.
















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