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1745 - dumah

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Strong's Concordance

Original word: דּוּמָה
Transliteration: dumah
Definition (short): silence
Definition (full): silence, death

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from an unused word
Definition: a silence
NASB Translation: silence (2).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From an unused root meaning to be dumb (compare damah); silence; figuratively, death -- silence.

see HEBREW damah

References

Strong's 1745: 2 Occurrences
KJV: Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
NASB: If the LORD had not been my help, My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
KJV: The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
NASB: The dead do not praise the LORD, Nor do any who go down into silence;