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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H1826 - Wait

Strong's No.:H1826

Hebrew:דָּמַם

Transliteration:dâmam

Phonetic:daw-man'

Word Origin:A primitive root (compare {H1724 } H1820)

Bible Usage:{cease} be cut down ({off}) {forbear} hold {peace} quiet {self} {rest} be {silent} keep (put to) {silence} be ({stand}) {still} {tarry} wait.

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

to be dumb; by implication to be {astonished} to stop; also to perish


Brown Driver
Biggs 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)


Bible References:
Wait

Translation
Occurrences:
cease ( 1 )
ceased ( 1 )
down ( 2 )
Forbear ( 1 )
off ( 3 )
peace ( 1 )
quieted ( 1 )
Rest ( 1 )
rested ( 1 )
silence ( 6 )
silent ( 4 )
still ( 6 )
Tarry ( 1 )
wait ( 1 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.