דָּמָה damah
Hebrew word for “to cease” · Strong’s H1820 · used 15 times in 13 verses
Meaning
1) to cease, cause to cease, cut off, destroy, perish;
How it is translated
Glosses given for damah in context, with how often each is used:
- will be destroyed 4
- destroyed 3
- which they are destroyed 2
- cease 1
- will be silent 1
- will cease 1
- will destroy 1
- have been destroyed 1
- certainly 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hosea | 5 | 2.1 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 | |
| Obadiah | 1 | 3.4 | |
| Zephaniah | 1 | 1.3 |
Chapters where it is used most
Psalms 49 (2), Hosea 4 (2), Hosea 10 (2), Isaiah 6 (1), Isaiah 15 (1), Jeremiah 14 (1), Jeremiah 47 (1), Lamentations 3 (1), Obadiah 1 (1), Zephaniah 1 (1)
Forms
- נדמה 6
- נדמו 3
- נדמיתי 1
- תדמינה 1
- נדמתה 1
- תדמה 1
- ודמיתי 1
- נדמיתה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with damah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- לַיְלָה laylah “night” 4
- מָשַׁל mashal “to use a proverb” 2
- יְקָר yeqar “preciousness” 2
- שָׁדַד shadad “to ruin” 2
- עַיִן ayin “eye” 3
- בְּהֵמָה behemah “animal” 2
- אָדָם adam “man” 2
- גַּם gam “also” 2
- נִי ni “me” 2
- יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 2
Key verses
The verses using damah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Psalms 49:12 — Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
- Psalms 49:20 — Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
- Isaiah 6:5 — Then 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…
- Isaiah 15:1 — The 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…
- Jeremiah 14:17 — Therefore 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…
- Jeremiah 47:5 — Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
- Hosea 4:5 — Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
- Hosea 4:6 — My 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…
- Hosea 10:7 — As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.
- Hosea 10:15 — So shall Beth-el do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
- Obadiah 1:5 — If 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,…
- Zephaniah 1:11 — Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
See all 13 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.