Damah דָּמָה
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| דָּמָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | damah |
| Strong's number | H1820 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to cease |
| Occurrences | 15 in 13 verses |
| Most frequent in | Hosea (4) |
Damah (Hebrew דָּמָה, Strong's H1820) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to cease”. It occurs 15 times in 13 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to cease, cause to cease, cut off, destroy, perish
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cease
1a2) to cause to cease, destroy
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be cut off
1b2) to be undone, be cut off at sight of the theophany
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cease
1a2) to cause to cease, destroy
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be cut off
1b2) to be undone, be cut off at sight of the theophany
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | off (4), perish (2), silence (2), undone (1), likened (1), cease (1), ceaseth (1), destroy (1), destroyed (1), utterly (1), down (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | perish (2), destroyed (2), will be silenced (2), i am ruined (1), cease (1), i will destroy (1), are destroyed (1), will be carried off (1), will be utterly cut off (1), you will be ruined (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Damah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Psalms
- Psalm 49:12Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
- Psalm 49:20Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 6:5Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
- Isaiah 15:1The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 14:17Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.
- Jeremiah 47:5Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself?
Lamentations
- Lamentations 3:49Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief,
Hosea
- Hosea 4:5Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.You will stumble by day, and the prophet will stumble with you by night; so I will destroy your mother—
- Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
- Hosea 10:7As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.Samaria will be carried off with her king like a twig on the surface of the water.
- Hosea 10:15So shall Beth–el do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.Thus it will be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness. When the day dawns, the king of Israel will be utterly cut off.
Obadiah
- Obadiah 1:5If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?“If thieves came to you, if robbers by night— oh, how you will be ruined— would they not steal only what they wanted? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings?
Zephaniah
- Zephaniah 1:11Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.Wail, O dwellers of the Hollow, for all your merchants will be silenced; all who weigh out silver will be cut off.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).