Word

δαμάζω

damázō · G1150 · Greek · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

to control, to bring under control, to hold in check

To bring under control and to continue to restrain

Examples
Mark 5:4 because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces; and no one was strong enough to subdue him.
James 3:7 For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race.
James 3:8 But no one among mankind can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

4 occurrences in 2 groups

φύσιςnature 2
Not stated (infinitive) 2

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

γλῶσσαtongue, language 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

δύναμαιcan 1
ἰσχύωto be able to 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

To control, to bring under control, to hold in check37.1: Used of subduing an otherwise unmanageable force, as of the demon-possessed man who could not be subdued even with shackles and chains in Mark 5:4, and the taming of every kind of animal contrasted with the tongue, which no one among mankind can tame, in James 3:7-8.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist ἐδάμασα; passive (present δαμάζομαι; perfect δεδάμασμαι; (akin to…

: 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: Mk 5:4; Jas 3:7; to restrain, curb, τήν γλῶσσαν, Jas 3:8.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Control, Restrain4 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0