- Original: דּמם - Transliteration: Damam - Phonetic: daw-man' - Definition: 1. to be silent, be still, wait, be dumb, grow dumb a. (Qal) 1. to be silent 2. to be still, die 3. to be struck dumb b. (Niphal) to be silenced, be made silent, destroyed c. (Poal) to make quiet d. (Hiphil) to make silent (cause to die) - Origin: a prim root [compare H1724 , H1820 ] - TWOT entry: 439 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root (compare H1724 H1820 ); to be dumb; by implication to be astonished to stop; also to perish: - cease be cut down (off) forbear hold peace quiet self rest be silent keep (put to) silence be (stand) still tarry wait. Total KJV Occurrences: 30 • cease, 1 Lamentations 2:18 • ceased, 1 Psalm 35:15 • down, 2 Jeremiah 25:37; Jeremiah 48:2 • Forbear, 1 Ezekiel 24:17 • off, 3 Jeremiah 49:26; Jeremiah 50:30; Jeremiah 51:6 • peace, 1 Leviticus 10:3 • quieted, 1 Psalm 131:2 • Rest, 1 Psalm 37:7 • rested, 1 Job 30:27 • silence, 6 Job 29:21; Job 31:34; Jeremiah 8:14; Lamentations 2:10; Lamentations 3:28; Amos 5:13 • silent, 4 1 Samuel 2:9; Psalm 30:12; Psalm 31:17; Jeremiah 8:14 • still, 6 Exodus 15:16; Joshua 10:12; Joshua 10:13; Psalm 4:4; Isaiah 23:2; Jeremiah 47:6 • Tarry, 1 1 Samuel 14:9 • wait, 1 Psalm 62:5