To astonish
דָּהַםStrong’s H1724daham (da-ham)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Daham is the Hebrew word usually translated “astounded”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.”
Meaning
- To astonish, astound(Niphal) astounded (participle)
How it's translated
- astounded 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
דָּהַם daham · to astonish
1) to astonish, astound 1a) (Niphal) astounded (participle)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “astonish” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ASTON'ISH, verb transitive
[Latin attono, to astonish; ad and tono. See Tone and Stun.]
- “I Daniel was astonished at the vision” Daniel 8:27
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.