דָּמָה dâmâh

Meaning

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

In the King James Version: compare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Numbers 33:56 And then I will do to you what I had planned to do to them.”
• Judges 20:5 And during the night, the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house. They intended to kill me, but they abused my concubine, and she died.
• 2 Samuel 21:5 And they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel,
• Esther 4:13 he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.
• Psalms 48:9 Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.
• Psalms 50:21 You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
• Psalms 89:6 For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
• Psalms 102:6 I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
• Psalms 144:4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
• Song of Solomon 1:9 I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
• Song of Solomon 2:9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
• Song of Solomon 2:17 Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
• Song of Solomon 7:7 Your stature is like a palm tree; your breasts are clusters of fruit.
• Song of Solomon 8:14 Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
• Isaiah 1:9 Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.
• Isaiah 10:7 But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.
• Isaiah 14:14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”
• Isaiah 14:24 The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
• Isaiah 40:18 To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?
• Isaiah 40:25 “To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.
• Isaiah 46:5 To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?
• Jeremiah 6:2 Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.
• Lamentations 2:13 What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?
• Ezekiel 31:2 “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: ‘Who can be compared to your greatness?
• Ezekiel 31:8 The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty.
• Ezekiel 31:18 Who then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.’”
• Ezekiel 32:2 “Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’
• Hosea 12:10 I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.