Dâmâh — H1820

H1820 · Hebrew — דמה

Pronunciation: daw-mam'

Definition

verb

to be dumb or silent; hence, to fail or perish; trans. to destroy

  1. to cease, cause to cease, cut off, destroy, perish
    1. (Qal)
      1. to cease
      2. to cause to cease, destroy
    2. (Niphal)
      1. to be cut off
      2. to be undone, be cut off at sight of the theophany

Usually translated as

be brought to silence, cease, destroy, be undone, be cut down, utterly

Origin

a primitive root

Occurrences

Dâmâh occurs 15 times in 13 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Psalms (2), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (2), Lamentations (1), Hosea (4), Obadiah (1), Zephaniah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — D