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דָּמַם H1826
H1826 is the Hebrew word דָּמַם, transliterated dâmam and said daw-man'. The King James Version most often renders it silent.
What it means
to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish.
Where it comes from
a primitive root (compare H1724 (דָּהַם), H1820 (דָּמָה)).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 22 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: cease, be cut down (off), forbear, hold peace, quiet self, rest, be silent, keep (put to) silence, be (stand) still, tarry, wait.
Verses using דָּמַם
All 25 verses, quoted in full.
Exodus 15:16 · KJV
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.
Joshua 10:12 · KJV
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.
Joshua 10:13 · KJV
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.
1 Samuel 2:9 · KJV
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
1 Samuel 14:9 · KJV
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.
Job 29:21 · KJV
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
Job 30:27 · KJV
My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
Job 31:34 · KJV
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?
Psalm 4:4 · KJV
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
Psalm 30:12 · KJV
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.
Psalm 31:17 · KJV
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.
Psalm 37:7 · KJV
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.
Psalm 62:5 · KJV
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
Psalm 131:2 · KJV
Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
Isaiah 23:2 · KJV
Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
Jeremiah 8:14 · KJV
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.
Jeremiah 25:37 · KJV
And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
Jeremiah 48:2 · KJV
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.
Jeremiah 49:26 · KJV
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.
Jeremiah 50:30 · KJV
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.
Jeremiah 51:6 · KJV
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.
Lamentations 2:10 · KJV
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.
Lamentations 3:28 · KJV
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
Ezekiel 24:17 · KJV
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.
Amos 5:13 · KJV
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
Common questions
What does Strong's H1826 mean?
H1826 is the Hebrew word דָּמַם (dâmam), meaning to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish.
How is H1826 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it silent (4 times), still (3 times), cut off (3 times), kept silence (2 times), cut down (2 times), among others.
How many times does H1826 appear in the Bible?
דָּמַם (dâmam) is tagged in 25 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H1826 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root (compare H1724 (דָּהַם), H1820 (דָּמָה)).
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