דּוּשׁdûwsh

tread, thresh

Pronunciation: doosh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1758

Meanings

Qal: tread on, trample on, thresh (1 Chronicles 21:20; Judges 8:7; Judges 8:16)

Niph`al: be trampled down (Isaiah 25:10)

Hoph`al: be threshed (Isaiah 28:27)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 16 times in the Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 25:4 “You must not muzzle an ox to keep it from eating as it treads out the grain.
  • Judges 8:7 So Gideon said, “After the Lord gives me victory over Zebah and Zalmunna, I will return and tear your flesh with the thorns and briers from the wilderness.”
  • 2 Kings 13:7 Finally, Jehoahaz’s army was reduced to 50 charioteers, 10 chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers. The king of Aram had killed the others, trampling them like dust under his feet.
  • 1 Chronicles 21:20 Araunah, who was busy threshing wheat at the time, turned and saw the angel there. His four sons, who were with him, ran away and hid.
  • Job 39:15 She doesn’t worry that a foot might crush them or a wild animal might destroy them.
  • Isaiah 25:10 For the Lord’s hand of blessing will rest on Jerusalem. But Moab will be crushed. It will be like straw trampled down and left to rot.
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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).