דָּמָה (dâmâh) — Cease

Hebrew word study: דָּמָה (dâmâh), Strong's H1820. to be dumb or silent; hence, to fail or perish; trans. to destroy

HebrewStrong's H1820

Quick definition

Hebrew word

דָּמָה (dâmâh)

Pronounced: daw-mam'

Approximate — computer-generated, not a recording of historical speech.

to be dumb or silent; hence, to fail or perish; trans. to destroy

Word study

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV translation words: cease, be cut down (off), destroy, be brought to silence, be undone, [idiom] utterly.

Where this word appears

Strong's H1820 is tagged on 15 words in 13 verses across 7 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Psalms 49:12 and last appears in Zephaniah 1:11.

How it is rendered in the text

The plain-English sense shown on each tagged word, with the number of times each appears.

it was destroyed ×2which they are destroyed ×2I am destroyed ×1and I will destroy ×1certainly to be destroyed ×1he will be destroyed ×1it will be silent ×1it will cease ×1they cease ×1they have been destroyed ×1will be destroyed ×1you will be destroyed ×1

Forms found in the text

The spellings in which the word is actually written, which can differ by prefix, ending or tense.

נִדְמָה ×4נִדְמוּ ×3וְדָמִיתִי ×1נִדְמְתָה ×1נִדְמֵיתִי ×1נִדְמֵיתָה ×1נִדְמֶה ×1נִדְמֹה ×1תִדְמֶה ×1תִּדְמֶינָה ×1

Books where it appears most

Hosea ×5Isaiah ×3Psalms ×2Jeremiah ×2Lamentations ×1Obadiah ×1Zephaniah ×1

Verses (all 13)

Psalms 49:12 — נִדְמוּ — which they are destroyed
Psalms 49:20 — נִדְמוּ — which they are destroyed
Isaiah 6:5 — נִדְמֵיתִי — I am destroyed
Isaiah 15:1 — נִדְמָה — it was destroyed
Jeremiah 14:17 — תִּדְמֶינָה — they cease
Jeremiah 47:5 — נִדְמְתָה — it will be silent
Lamentations 3:49 — תִדְמֶה — it will cease
Hosea 4:5 — וְדָמִיתִי — and I will destroy
Hosea 4:6 — נִדְמוּ — they have been destroyed
Hosea 10:7 — נִדְמֶה — will be destroyed
Hosea 10:15 — נִדְמֹה — certainly to be destroyed
Obadiah 1:5 — נִדְמֵיתָה — you will be destroyed
Zephaniah 1:11 — נִדְמָה — it will be destroyed

Related entries

Entries whose derivation names this word: H1745 דּוּמָה (dûwmâh), H1747 דּוּמִיָּה (dûwmîyâh), H1822 דֻּמָּה (dummâh), H1824 דְּמִי (dᵉmîy), H1826 דָּמַם (dâmam).

Counts and verses come from the word-by-word tagging of the original-language text published on this site (STEPBible data, CC BY 4.0). They count tagged words, not English translations.

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What does dâmâh (H1820) mean?

To be dumb or silent; hence, to fail or perish; trans. to destroy.

How is H1820 translated in the KJV?

The KJV translates H1820 as: cease, be cut down (off), destroy, be brought to silence, be undone, [idiom] utterly..

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