Strong's Lexicon
G1150
G1150 — δαμάζω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1150 |
|---|---|
| Word: | δαμάζω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | a variation of an obsolete primary of the same meaning |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | damazo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | dam-ad'-zo |
| Meaning: | 1. to tame |
| KJV Renderings: | tame |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δαμάζω: 1 aorist ἐδάμασα; passive (present δαμάζομαι; perfect δεδάμασμαι; (akin to Latindomo,dominus, Goth.gatamjan; English tame; cf. Curtius, § 260); common from Homer down; to tame: Mar 5:4; Jas 3:7; to restrain, curb, τήν γλῶσσαν, Jas 3:8.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
δαμάζω (tame)
Mark 5:4
- KJV: Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains and the chains had been plucked asunder by him and the fetters broken in pieces neither could any tame him
- GK: διά το αυτόν πολλάκις πέδαις και αλύσεσι δεδέσθαι και διεσπάσθαι υπ΄ αυτού τας αλύσεις και τας πέδας συντετρίφθαι και ουδείς αυτόν ίσχυε δαμάσαι
James 3:7
- KJV: For every kind of beasts and of birds and of serpents and of things in the sea is tamed and hath been tamed of mankind
- GK: πάσα γαρ φύσις θηρίων τε και πετεινών ερπετών τε και εναλίων δαμάζεται και δεδάμασται τη φύσει τη ανθρωπίνη
James 3:8
- KJV: But the tongue can no man tame an unruly evil full of deadly poison
- GK: την δε γλώσσαν ουδείς δύναται ανθρώπων δαμάσαι ακατάσχετον κακόν μεστή ιού θανατήφορου