Definition

still; adverbially, silently

Etymology

from H1826 (דָּמַם);

Word family

• דָּמַם dâmam

How the KJV renders it

• dumb
• silent
• quietly wait

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.