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Lexicon :: Strong's H1820 - dāmâ

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דָּמָה
Transliteration
dāmâ
Pronunciation
daw-mam'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 438

Strong’s Definitions

דָּמָה dâmâh, daw-mam'; a primitive root; to be dumb or silent; hence, to fail or perish; trans. to destroy:—cease, be cut down (off), destroy, be brought to silence, be undone, × utterly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H1820 in the following manner: cut off (3x), cease (2x), perish (2x), bring to silence (2x), liken (2x), destroy (2x), undone (1x), utterly (1x), cut down (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H1820 in the following manner: cut off (3x), cease (2x), perish (2x), bring to silence (2x), liken (2x), destroy (2x), undone (1x), utterly (1x), cut down (1x).

  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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דָּמָה dâmâh, daw-mam'; a primitive root; to be dumb or silent; hence, to fail or perish; trans. to destroy:—cease, be cut down (off), destroy, be brought to silence, be undone, × utterly.
STRONGS H1820: Abbreviations
† II. [דָּמָה] verb cease, cause to cease, cut off, destroy —
Qal Perfect 1st person singular דָּמִיתִי Jeremiah 6:2, וְדָמִ֫יתִי consecutive Hosea 4:5; Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תִּדְמֶה Lamentations 3:49; 3rd person feminine plural jussive תִּדְמֶינָה Jeremiah 14:17; —
1. intransitive cease Jeremiah 14:17 (eyes from weeping) Lamentations 3:49 (id.)
2. cause to cease, cut off, destroy, with accusative Israel (under figure of בתצֿיון) Jeremiah 6:2; (under figure of אִמֶּ֑ךָ) Hosea 4:5.
Niph. Perfect נִדְמָה Isaiah 15:1 (twice in verse) +; 3rd person feminine singular נִדְמְתָה Jeremiah 47:15; 2nd person masculine singular נִדְמֵיתָה Obadiah 5, נִדְמֵיתָ Ezekiel 32:2; 1st person singular נִדְמֵיתִי Isaiah 6:5; 3rd person plural נִדְמוּ Hosea 4:6 +; Infinitive absolute נִדְמֹה Hosea 10:15; Participle נִדְמֶה Hosea 10:7; be cut off, destroyed, ruined, of a city Isaiah 15:1 (twice in verse) (|| שֻׁדַּד) Jeremiah 47:5; of people Hosea 4:6; Zephaniah 1:11; Obadiah 5; of king Hosea 10:7, 15 (twice in verse) compare Ezekiel 32:2; of beasts Psalm 49:13; Psalm 49:21; be ruined, undone, prophet at sight of Yahweh Isaiah 6:5.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Psalms

49:13

Isaiah

6:5; 6:5; 15:1; 15:1

Jeremiah

6:2; 6:2; 14:17; 14:17; 47:5

Lamentations

3:49; 3:49

Ezekiel

32:2; 32:2

Hosea

4:5; 4:5; 4:6; 4:6; 10:7; 10:7; 10:15; 10:15

Obadiah

1:5; 1:5

Zephaniah

1:11

H1820

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1820 matches the Hebrew דָּמָה (dāmâ),
which occurs 16 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:12 - but their fame will not last.
They will die, just like animals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:20 - People who boast of their wealth don’t understand;
they will die, just like animals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:5 - Then I said, “It’s all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips, and I live among a people with filthy lips. Yet I have seen the King, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:1 - This message came to me concerning Moab:
In one night the town of Ar will be leveled,
and the city of Kir will be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:2 - O Jerusalem,[fn] you are my beautiful and delicate daughter—
but I will destroy you!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:17 - Now, Jeremiah, say this to them:
“Night and day my eyes overflow with tears.
I cannot stop weeping,
for my virgin daughter—my precious people—
has been struck down
and lies mortally wounded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:5 - Gaza will be humiliated, its head shaved bald;
Ashkelon will lie silent.
You remnant from the Mediterranean coast,[fn]
how long will you lament and mourn?

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:49 - My tears flow endlessly;
they will not stop

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:5 - So you will stumble in broad daylight,
and your false prophets will fall with you in the night.
And I will destroy Israel, your mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:6 - My people are being destroyed
because they don’t know me.
Since you priests refuse to know me,
I refuse to recognize you as my priests.
Since you have forgotten the laws of your God,
I will forget to bless your children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:7 - Samaria and its king will be cut off;
they will float away like driftwood on an ocean wave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:15 - You will share that fate, Bethel,
because of your great wickedness.
When the day of judgment dawns,
the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:5 - “If thieves came at night and robbed you
(what a disaster awaits you!),
they would not take everything.
Those who harvest grapes
always leave a few for the poor.
But your enemies will wipe you out completely!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:11 - Wail in sorrow, all you who live in the market area,
for all the merchants and traders will be destroyed.
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