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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Hebrew: 1749. דּוֹנָג (donag) -- Wax</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/hebrew/1749.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/psalms/68-2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/hebrew/1749.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Hebrew</a> > 1749</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrew/1748.htm" title="1748">◄</a> 1749. donag <a href="../hebrew/1750.htm" title="1750">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">donag: Wax</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">דּוֹנַג</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>downag<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>doh-nawg<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(do-nag')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Wax<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>wax<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>The origin of the word "donag" is uncertain, but it is a Hebrew term used in the Old Testament.<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Greek equivalent for the concept of melting or dissolving, often used in similar metaphorical contexts, can be found in Strong's Greek entries such as G5080 (tēkō), which means "to melt" or "to dissolve."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Hebrew word "donag" refers to wax, a substance that is often associated with melting or softening under heat. In biblical contexts, it is used metaphorically to describe the melting or dissolving of something, often in the presence of God's power or judgment.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient times, wax was a common material used for various purposes, including sealing documents, making candles, and as a metaphor for malleability and change. The imagery of wax melting is used in the Bible to convey the idea of transformation or the overwhelming presence of God that causes even the firmest elements to yield.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from an unused word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>wax (as melting)<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>wax (4).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">דּוֺנַג</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun masculine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>wax</b></font>, <font class="hebrew2">דּוֺנַג</font> <a href="/interlinear/micah/1-4.htm">Micah 1:4</a> 2t.; <font class="hebrew2">דּוֺנָג֑</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/22-15.htm">Psalm 22:15</a> — always in simile, of melting; at theophany hills melt like wax <a href="/interlinear/psalms/97-5.htm">Psalm 97:5</a>; like wax before fire <a href="/interlinear/micah/1-4.htm">Micah 1:4</a>; wicked perish as wax melteth before fire <a href="/interlinear/psalms/68-3.htm">Psalm 68:3</a>; heart melteth like wax <a href="/interlinear/psalms/22-15.htm">Psalm 22:15</a> (simile of fear, despair). On <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ד</font> in <a href="/interlinear/psalms/118-12.htm">Psalm 118:12</a> compare Bae Che<sup>critical note</sup>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Of uncertain derivation; wax; -wax <p>Of uncertain derivation; wax; -wax. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>דּ֭וֹנַג דונג כַּדּוֹנַ֗ג כַּדּוֹנַג֙ כַּדּוֹנָ֑ג כדונג dō·w·naḡ Donag dōwnaḡ kad·dō·w·naḡ kad·dō·w·nāḡ kaddoNag kaddōwnaḡ kaddōwnāḡ<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/psalms/22-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 22:14</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/22.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָיָ֣ה לִ֭בִּי <b> כַּדּוֹנָ֑ג </b> נָ֝מֵ֗ס בְּת֣וֹךְ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> My heart <span class="itali">is like wax;</span> It is melted<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> my heart <span class="itali">is like wax;</span> it is melted<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/22-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> become my heart <span class="itali">wax</span> is melted within<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/68-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 68:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/68.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">תִּ֫נְדֹּ֥ף כְּהִמֵּ֣ס <b> דּ֭וֹנַג </b> מִפְּנֵי־ אֵ֑שׁ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/68.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> away, [so] drive [them] away; <span class="itali">As wax</span> melts<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/68.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [so] drive [them] away: <span class="itali">as wax</span> melteth<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/68-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> away melts <span class="itali">wax</span> before the fire<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/97-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 97:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/97.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> הָרִ֗ים <b> כַּדּוֹנַ֗ג </b> נָ֭מַסּוּ מִלִּפְנֵ֣י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/97.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> melted <span class="itali">like wax</span> at the presence<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/97.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> melted <span class="itali">like wax</span> at the presence<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/97-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the mountains <span class="itali">wax</span> melted the presence<p><b><a href="/text/micah/1-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Micah 1:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/micah/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְהָעֲמָקִ֖ים יִתְבַּקָּ֑עוּ <b> כַּדּוֹנַג֙ </b> מִפְּנֵ֣י הָאֵ֔שׁ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/micah/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> will be split, <span class="itali">Like wax</span> before<br><a href="/kjvs/micah/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> shall be cleft, <span class="itali">as wax</span> before<br><a href="/interlinear/micah/1-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the valleys will be split <span class="itali">wax</span> before the fire<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1749.htm">4 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1749.htm">Strong's Hebrew 1749<br>4 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/donag_1749.htm">dō·w·naḡ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/kaddonag_1749.htm">kad·dō·w·nāḡ — 3 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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