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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother.

2. (n.) A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts.

3. (n.) A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing water.

4. (n.) A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.

5. (v. t.) To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally used with in or up.

6. (v. t.) To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

DAM

('em, ordinary Hebrew word for "mother"): Hebrew law prohibited the destruction of the "dam" and the young of birds at the same time, commanding that if the young be taken from a nest the dam be allowed to escape (Deuteronomy 22:6, 7). In the same spirit it enjoined the taking of an animal for slaughter before it had been seven days with its "dam" (Exodus 22:30 Leviticus 22:27; compare Exodus 23:19).

Greek

184. Hakeldamach -- Hakeldama, a field appar. located south of the ...
... located south of the valley of Hinnom. Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Transliteration: Hakeldamach Phonetic Spelling: (ak-el-dam-ah') Short Definition ...
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1152. Damaris -- Damaris, an Athenian woman
... Damaris, an Athenian woman. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Damaris
Phonetic Spelling: (dam'-ar-is) Short Definition: Damaris Definition: Damaris ...
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1151. damalis -- a heifer
... a heifer. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: damalis Phonetic Spelling:
(dam'-al-is) Short Definition: a heifer Definition: a heifer, young cow. ...
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1678. Elmadam -- Elmadam, an Israelite
... Elmadam, an Israelite. Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration:
Elmadam Phonetic Spelling: (el-mo-dam') Short Definition: Elmadam Definition ...
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1154. Damaskos -- Damascus, a city of Syria
... Damascus, a city of Syria. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Damaskos
Phonetic Spelling: (dam-as-kos') Short Definition: Damascus Definition ...
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1150. damazo -- to tame
... to tame. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: damazo Phonetic Spelling:
(dam-ad'-zo) Short Definition: I tame, subdue Definition: I tame, subdue, involving ...
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3365. medamos -- by no means
... by no means. Part of Speech: Adverb, Negative Transliteration: medamos Phonetic
Spelling: (may-dam-oce') Short Definition: by no means, not at all Definition ...
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3760. oudamos -- by no means
... by no means. Part of Speech: Adverb, Negative Transliteration: oudamos Phonetic
Spelling: (oo-dam-oce') Short Definition: by no means Definition: by no means ...
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1153. Damaskenos -- of Damascus
... of Damascus. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: Damaskenos Phonetic Spelling:
(dam-as-kay-nos') Short Definition: an inhabitant of Damascus Definition ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1818. dam -- blood
... 1817, 1818. dam. 1819 . blood. Transliteration: dam Phonetic Spelling: (dawm)
Short Definition: blood. Word Origin a prim. ... 1817, 1818. dam. 1819 . ...
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6450. Pas Dammim -- "palm of blood," a place in Judah
... Pas Dammim. 6451 . "palm of blood," a place in Judah. Transliteration: Pas Dammim
Phonetic Spelling: (pas dam-meem') Short Definition: Pasdammim. ... see HEBREW dam ...
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517. em -- a mother
... mother (145), mother's (67), mothers (5), mothers' (1), parting (1). dam,
mother, parting. A primitive word; a mother (as the bond of ...
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658. Ephec Dammiym -- the two extremities (ie the soles of the ...
... the two extremities (ie the soles of the feet or the ankles). Transliteration: Ephec
Dammiym Phonetic Spelling: (eh'-fes dam-meem') Short Definition: dammim. ...
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6923. qadam -- to come or be in front, meet
... 6922, 6923. qadam. 6924 . to come or be in front, meet. Transliteration:
qadam Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-dam') Short Definition: meet. ...
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7290. radam -- to be in or fall into heavy sleep
... 7289, 7290. radam. 7290a . to be in or fall into heavy sleep. Transliteration:
radam Phonetic Spelling: (raw-dam') Short Definition: asleep. ...
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1834. Dammeseq -- a city in Aram (Syria)
... 1833, 1834. Dammeseq. 1835 . a city in Aram (Syria). Transliteration: Dammeseq
Phonetic Spelling: (dam-meh'-sek) Short Definition: Damascus. ...
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119. adom -- to be red
... 118, 119. adom. 120 . to be red. Transliteration: adom Phonetic Spelling:
(aw-dam') Short Definition: red. Word Origin from an unused ...
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5549. salal -- to lift up, cast up
... A primitive root; to mound up (especially a turnpike); figurative, to exalt;
reflexively, to oppose (as by a dam) -- cast up, exalt (self), extol, make plain ...
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658b. Ephes Dammim -- a place in Judah
... Word Origin from ephes and dam Definition a place in Judah NASB Word Usage
Ephes-dammim (1). 658a, 658b. Ephes Dammim. 659 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

Whether There was any Reasonable Cause for the Ceremonial ...
... cooked. Consequently there seems to be no reason in what is said,
Ex.23:19: "Thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of its dam.". ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether there was any reasonable.htm

The Mosaic Law the Fountain of all Ethics, and the Source from ...
... "Resign accordingly," he says, "the young one to its dam for even the ... Again, the
humane law forbids slaying the offspring and the dam together on the same day. ...
/.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chapter xviii the mosaic law the.htm

Narrow Escapes. Is Thrown from a Horse. Has Pneumonia. Nearly ...
... On Saturday evening we went to a large pond near by to bathe. It was made to
supply a saw-mill by throwing a large dam across a hollow. ...
/.../chapter x narrow escapes is.htm

Recognition and Reconciliation
... men as of old. Now, when the doubt is answered, he can no longer dam back
the flood of forgiving love. The wisest pardoning kindness ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/recognition and reconciliation.htm

No Difference
... It cannot dam back His great love, which flows out for ever towards all His creatures,
and laves them all in its gentle, strong flood, from which nothing can ...
/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/no difference.htm

Philosophy Vs. Christianity
... Such is the law which leads the beaver to build its dam, and all other animals
to pursue some particular habits instead of others. ...
/.../chapter v philosophy vs christianity.htm

External Foes.
... follow me. But I can stop just where I want to; perhaps my son hasn't got
the same power as I have, and he may go over the dam. But ...
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Political Parties in Connecticut at the Beginning of the ...
... NINETEENTH CENTURY. As well dam up the waters of the Nile with Bullrushes
as to fetter the steps of Freedom."LM Child. Leland's ...
/.../chapter xiv political parties in.htm

Of Fascination.
... itself for refuge to the veil of the head as to a helmet, as to a shield, to protect
its glory against the blows of temptations, against the dam of scandals ...
/.../tertullian/on the veiling of virgins/chapter xv of fascination.htm

1 John iv. 17-21
... a force that almost lifts up the mother's body, yet does she not kick them off;
nay, if the young one be not there to suck, the lowing of the dam calls for it ...
/.../ten homilies on the epistle of john to the parthians/homily ix 1 john iv.htm

Thesaurus

Dam (5 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing
a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally used with in or up. ...DAM. ...
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Elma'dam (1 Occurrence)
Elma'dam. Elmadam, Elma'dam. Elmodam . Multi-Version Concordance
Elma'dam (1 Occurrence). Luke 3:28 the 'son' of Neri ...
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Dam'aris (1 Occurrence)
Dam'aris. Damaris, Dam'aris. Damascenes . Multi-Version Concordance
Dam'aris (1 Occurrence). Acts 17:34 and certain ...
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Pas-dam'mim (1 Occurrence)
Pas-dam'mim. Pas-dammim, Pas-dam'mim. Paseah . Multi-Version
Concordance Pas-dam'mim (1 Occurrence). 1 Chronicles 11 ...
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E'phes-Dam'mim (1 Occurrence)
E'phes-Dam'mim. Ephes-dammim, E'phes-Dam'mim. Ephesian .
Multi-Version Concordance E'phes-Dam'mim (1 Occurrence). 1 ...
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Damn
... DAMN; DAMNATION; DAMNABLE. dam, dam-na'-shun, dam'-na-bl: These words have undergone
a change of meaning since the King James Version was made. ...
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Damnation (11 Occurrences)
... DAMN; DAMNATION; DAMNABLE. dam, dam-na'-shun, dam'-na-bl: These words have undergone
a change of meaning since the King James Version was made. ...
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Damnable (1 Occurrence)
... DAMN; DAMNATION; DAMNABLE. dam, dam-na'-shun, dam'-na-bl: These words have undergone
a change of meaning since the King James Version was made. ...
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Damascenes (1 Occurrence)
... DAMASCENES. dam-a-senz', dam'-a-senz ten polin Damaskenon, ("the city of the
Damascenes"): The inhabitants of Damascus under Aretas the Arabian are so called ( ...
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Ephes-dammim (1 Occurrence)
Ephes-dammim. Ephesdammim, Ephes-dammim. E'phes-Dam'mim . Easton's Bible
Dictionary ... (ASV BBE JPS WBS YLT NAS). Ephesdammim, Ephes-dammim. E'phes-Dam'mim ...
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Bible Concordance

Dam (5 Occurrences)

Exodus 22:30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Leviticus 22:27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Deuteronomy 22:6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Deuteronomy 22:7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Proverbs 17:14 The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.
(WEB NIV)

Subtopics

Dam

Related Terms

Elma'dam (1 Occurrence)

Dam'aris (1 Occurrence)

Pas-dam'mim (1 Occurrence)

E'phes-Dam'mim (1 Occurrence)

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Damnation (11 Occurrences)

Damnable (1 Occurrence)

Damascenes (1 Occurrence)