To weep
דָּמַעStrong’s H1830dama (da-ma)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Dama is the Hebrew word usually translated “utterly” and “it will weep”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’s flock is carried away captive.”
Meaning
- (Qal) to weep
How it's translated
- and utterly 1
- it will weep 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
דָּמַע dama · to weep
(Qal) to weep
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “weep” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WEEP, verb intransitive
preterit tense and participle passive wept. Weeped, I believe is never used. [See Whoop. The primary sense is to cry out.]
- To express sorrow, grief or anguish by outcry.“They all wept sore, and fell on Pauls neck, and kissed him” Acts 20:37
- To shed tears from any passion.
- To lament; to complain. Numbers 11:10
All definitions and other forms of “weep”
WEEP, verb transitive
- To lament; to bewail; to bemoan.
- To shed moisture; as, to weep tears of joy.
- To drop; as the weeping amber.
- To abound with wet; as weeping grounds.
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.