damazo denotes bringing animals, the tongue, or a person under control.

The attested use concerns bringing a living creature, the tongue, or a resistant person under control: James contrasts animals that are brought under control with the tongue that humans cannot bring under control, while Mark describes a man whom no one was strong enough to subdue.

1. Bringing under control · dominant

   In James 3:7, the supplied present passive indicative morphology describes every kind of animal as receiving this action; the APB renders the clause “is tamed and has been tamed.” In James 3:8 and Mark 5:4, the aorist active infinitive occurs in statements of inability: the APB renders that no human is able to tame the tongue and that no one was strong enough to subdue the man.

   James 3:7James 3:8Mark 5:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the action as “tamed” for animals and the tongue in James 3:7 and James 3:8, and as “subdue” in Mark 5:4. These renderings confirm the clauses' overall portrayal of control rather than establish separate senses.