# דָּמַם (damam) Israeli respelling: da-mam. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H1826. 29 Old Testament occurrences. to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish King James renderings: cease, be cut down (off), forbear, hold peace, quiet self, rest, be silent, keep (put to) silence, be (stand) still, tarry, wait. Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/damam-h1826 ## Occurrences - [Exodus 15:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/15/16) — Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, ti… - [Leviticus 10:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/10/3) — Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the peop… - [Joshua 10:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/10/12) — Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of… - [Joshua 10:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/10/13) — And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book o… - [1 Samuel 2:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/2/9) — He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. - [1 Samuel 14:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/14/9) — If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. - [Job 29:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/29/21) — Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. - [Job 30:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/30/27) — My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me. - [Job 31:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/31/34) — Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door? - [Psalms 4:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/4/4) — Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. - [Psalms 30:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/30/12) — To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. - [Psalms 31:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/31/17) — Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. - [Psalms 35:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/35/15) — But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew… - [Psalms 37:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/37/7) — Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wi… - [Psalms 62:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/62/5) — My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. - [Psalms 131:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/131/2) — Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. - [Isaiah 23:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/23/2) — Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. - [Jeremiah 8:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/8/14) — Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath… - [Jeremiah 25:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/25/37) — And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD. - [Jeremiah 47:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/47/6) — O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. - [Jeremiah 48:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/48/2) — There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also… - [Jeremiah 49:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/49/26) — Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts. - [Jeremiah 50:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/50/30) — Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD. - [Jeremiah 51:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/51/6) — Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD’s vengea… - [Lamentations 2:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/2/10) — The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themsel… - [Lamentations 2:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/2/18) — Their heart cried unto the LORD, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let n… - [Lamentations 3:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/3/28) — He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him. - [Ezekiel 24:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/24/17) — Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy… - [Amos 5:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/5/13) — Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.