Damázō — G1150

Definition

verb

to tame

Usually translated as

tame

Origin

a variation of an obsolete primary of the same meaning

Occurrences

Damázō occurs 4 times in 3 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Mark (1), James (2)

• Mark 5:4 — Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame (δαμάσαι) him.
• James 3:7 — For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed (δαμάζεται), and hath been tamed of mankind:
• James 3:7 — For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed (δεδάμασται) of mankind:
• James 3:8 — But the tongue can no man tame (δαμάσαι); it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.