Strong's Definition
to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H1724 (דָּהַם), H1820 (דָּמָה));
KJV Usage: cease, be cut down (off), forbear, hold peace, quiet self, rest, be silent, keep (put to) silence, be (stand) still, tarry, wait.
TWOT Reference: 439
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to be silent, be still, wait, be dumb, grow dumb
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be silent
1a2) to be still, die
1a3) to be struck dumb
1b) (Niphal) to be silenced, be made silent, destroyed
1c) (Poal) to make quiet
1d) (Hiphil) to make silent (cause to die)
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
דָּמַם
dâmam
BDB Definition:
1) to be silent, be still, wait, be dumb, grow dumb
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be silent
1a2) to be still, die
1a3) to be struck dumb
1b) (Niphal) to be silenced, be made silent, destroyed
1c) (Poal) to make quiet
1d) (Hiphil) to make silent (cause to die)
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a prim root [compare H1724, H1820]
Same Word by TWOT Number: 439
Total KJV Occurrences: 33