Midvash

דּוֹנַגdôwnag

wax, always in simile, of melting (Micah 1:4; Psalms 22:15; Psalms 97:5; Psalms 68:3; Psalms 118:12)

Pronunciation: do-nag' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1749

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Psalms 22:14 My life is poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax, melting within me.
  • Psalms 68:2 Blow them away like smoke. Melt them like wax in a fire. Let the wicked perish in the presence of God.
  • Psalms 97:5 The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth.
  • Micah 1:4 The mountains melt beneath his feet and flow into the valleys like wax in a fire, like water pouring down a hill.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).