H1849 דָּפַק

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 3 KJV occurrences

דָּפַק

dâphaq · daw-fak'

Definition

to knock; by analogy, to press severely

KJV Renderings

beat, knock, overdrive.

Derivation / Etymology

a primitive root;

KJV Verses (3)

Genesis 33:13And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
Judges 19:22¶ Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.
Song of Solomon 5:2¶ I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.