"also spelled δανείζω, to subdue, tame, Mk. 5:4; Jas. 3:7; met. to restrain within proper limits, Jas. 3:8*"
Definition and meaning
also spelled δανείζω, to subdue, tame, Mk. 5:4; Jas. 3:7; met. to restrain within proper limits, Jas. 3:8*
In the original Greek the word is written: δαμάζω
Historical context
The Gospel of Mark moves urgently — the word "immediately" appears over 40 times. It was written for a Roman audience familiar with power and action. Jesus is portrayed as a man who acts, heals, and commands authority that the Roman world had never seen from a Jewish teacher.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of damazo (G1150) across the King James Bible.
Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
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Common questions
Strong's G1150 (damazo) is a Greek word that means: also spelled δανείζω, to subdue, tame, Mk. 5:4; Jas. 3:7; met. to restrain within proper limits, Jas. 3:8* It appears 3 times in the King James Bible.
The word damazo (G1150) appears 3 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G1150 is damazo, a Greek word defined as: also spelled δανείζω, to subdue, tame, Mk. 5:4; Jas. 3:7; met. to restrain within proper limits, Jas. 3:8*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
damazo is a Greek word found in the New Testament.