Damam means “be dumb” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G1826 — exeimi (“depart”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H1826 דָּמַם (damam) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. damam (daw-man') v. 1. to be dumb 2. (by implication) to be astonished, to stop It has 29 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include cut, down, also, cease, and forbear. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
damam (daw-man') v. 1. to be dumb 2. (by implication) to be astonished, to stop 3. (also) to perish [a prim root] KJV: cease, be cut down (off), forbear, hold peace, quiet self, rest, be silent, keep (put to) silence, be (stand) still, tarry, wait. Compare: H1724, H1820
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to silence: stationary
Usage: : stationary 1) to be silent, be still, wait, be dumb, grow dumb 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be silent 1a2) to be still, die 1a3) to be struck dumb 1b) (Niphal) to be silenced, be made silent, destroyed 1c) (Poal) to make quiet 1d) (Hiphil) to make silent (cause to die)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render damam, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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29 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
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.
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 upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
First 29 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1826.
Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
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.
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 upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
And the sun stood still, 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.
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
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 not:
Rest 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.
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
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, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
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.
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, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.
Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: 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.
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.
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
Forbear 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.
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
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Damam (Strong's H1826) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "be dumb". damam (daw-man') v. 1. to be dumb 2. (by implication) to be astonished, to stop
This page currently indexes 29 linked usages for Strong's H1826 across 11 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1826 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as cut, down, also, cease, and forbear. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.