Dâmam — H1826

Definition

verb

to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish

1. to be silent, be still, wait, be dumb, grow dumb
1. (Qal)
1. to be silent
2. to be still, die
3. to be struck dumb
2. (Niphal) to be silenced, be made silent, destroyed
3. (Poal) to make quiet
4. (Hiphil) to make silent (cause to die)

Usually translated as

silence, still, be silent, cease, forbear, hold peace, rest, tarry, wait, be cut down, quiet self, keep, be

Origin

a primitive root (compare H1724, H1820)

• Dâham (H1724)
• Dâmâh (H1820)

Greek equivalents

• aporrhíptō (G641)
• aphístēmi (G868)
• eáō (G1439)
• epaírō (G1869)
• hístēmi (G2476)
• katágō (G2609)
• katanýssō (G2660)
• paúō (G3973)
• siōpáō (G4623)
• hypotássō (G5293)

Occurrences

Dâmam occurs 30 times in 29 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), Leviticus (1), Joshua (2), 1 Samuel (2), Job (3), Psalms (7), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (7), Lamentations (3), Ezekiel (1), Amos (1)

• Exodus 15:16 — Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still (יִדְּמ֣וּ) as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
• Leviticus 10:3 — Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace (וַיִּדֹּ֖ם).
• Joshua 10:12 — Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still (דּ֔וֹם) upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
• Joshua 10:13 — And the sun stood still (וַיִּדֹּ֨ם), and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
• 1 Samuel 2:9 — He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent (יִדָּ֑מּוּ) in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
• 1 Samuel 14:9 — If they say thus unto us, Tarry (דֹּ֕מּוּ) until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.
• Job 29:21 — Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence (וְ֝יִדְּמ֗וּ) at my counsel.
• Job 30:27 — My bowels boiled, and rested (דָ֗מּוּ) not: the days of affliction prevented me.
• Job 31:34 — Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence (וָ֝אֶדֹּ֗ם), and went not out of the door?
• Psalms 4:4 — Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still (וְדֹ֣מּוּ). Selah.
• Psalms 30:12 — To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent (יִדֹּ֑ם). O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
• Psalms 31:17 — Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent (יִדְּמ֥וּ) in the grave.
• Psalms 35:15 — But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased (דָֽמּוּ) not:
• Psalms 37:7 — Rest (דּ֤וֹם) in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
• Psalms 62:5 — My soul, wait (דּ֣וֹמִּי) thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
• Psalms 131:2 — Surely I have behaved and quieted (וְדוֹמַ֗מְתִּי) myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
• Isaiah 23:2 — Be still (דֹּ֖מּוּ), ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
• Jeremiah 8:14 — Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent (וְנִדְּמָה) there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
• Jeremiah 8:14 — Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence (הֲדִמָּ֙נוּ֙), and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
• Jeremiah 25:37 — And the peaceable habitations are cut down (וְנָדַ֖מּוּ) because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
• Jeremiah 47:6 — O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still (וָדֹֽמִּי).
• Jeremiah 48:2 — There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down (תִּדֹּ֔מִּי), O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.
• Jeremiah 49:26 — Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off (יִדַּ֙מּוּ֙) in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Jeremiah 50:30 — Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off (יִדַּ֛מּוּ) in that day, saith the LORD.
• Jeremiah 51:6 — Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off (תִּדַּ֖מּוּ) in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
• Lamentations 2:10 — The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence (יִדְּמוּ֙): they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
• Lamentations 2:18 — Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease (תִּדֹּ֖ם).
• Lamentations 3:28 — He sitteth alone and keepeth silence (וְיִדֹּ֔ם), because he hath borne it upon him.
• Ezekiel 24:17 — Forbear (דֹּ֗ם) to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
• Amos 5:13 — Therefore the prudent shall keep silence (יִדֹּ֑ם) in that time; for it is an evil time.