דְּמוּתdᵉmûwth

likeness, similitude

Pronunciation: dem-ooth' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1823

Meanings

1. likeness, similitude (Ezekiel 1:5; Ezekiel 1:26; Ezekiel 8:2)

2. in likeness of, like as, adverbially (Isaiah 13:4; Ezekiel 23:15; Psalms 58:5)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 25 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.”
  • Genesis 5:1 This is the written account of the descendants of Adam. When God created human beings, he made them to be like himself.
  • Genesis 5:3 When Adam was 130 years old, he became the father of a son who was just like him—in his very image. He named his son Seth.
  • 2 Kings 16:10 King Ahaz then went to Damascus to meet with King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria. While he was there, he took special note of the altar. Then he sent a model of the altar to Uriah the priest, along with its design in full detail.
  • 2 Chronicles 4:3 It was encircled just below its rim by two rows of figures that resembled oxen. There were about six oxen per foot all the way around, and they were cast as part of the basin.
  • Psalms 58:4 They spit venom like deadly snakes; they are like cobras that refuse to listen,
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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).