Strong H18264 sensesדָּמַם

to silence: silent · to silence: stationary · to silence: destroyed · to wail

Transliteration
dâmam
Pronunciation
daw-mam'

The 4 senses of Strong H1826

The lexicon tells 4 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H1826 appears in 29 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. to silence: silentH1826H: silent15 verses · 7 books
  2. to silence: stationaryH1826A: stationary9 verses · 7 books
  3. to silence: destroyedH1826I: destroyed4 verses · 1 Samuel, Jeremiah
  4. to wailH1826Bwail1 verse · Isaiah

General definition

A primitive root (compare {H1724 } H1820); to be dumb; by implication to be {astonished} to stop; also to perish: - {cease} be cut down ({off}) {forbear} hold {peace} quiet {self} {rest} be {silent} keep (put to) {silence} be ({stand}) {still} {tarry} wait.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • cut5
  • be4
  • keep3
  • silence3
  • cease2
  • let2
  • stand2
  • rest2
  • forbear1
  • peace1
  • praise1
  • quiet1

First verses

  1. Exodus 15:16
    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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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 upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
  4. Joshua 10:13
    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.
  5. 1 Samuel 2:9
    He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
  6. 1 Samuel 14:9
    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.
  7. Job 29:21
    Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
  8. Job 30:27
    My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
  9. Job 31:34
    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?
  10. Psalms 4:4
    Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
  11. Psalms 30:12
    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.
  12. 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 in the grave.
  13. 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 not:
  14. Psalms 37:7
    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.
  15. Psalms 62:5
    My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
  16. Psalms 131:2
    Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
  17. Isaiah 23:2
    Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
  18. 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, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.
  19. Jeremiah 25:37
    And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
  20. 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.