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עָמַד

a.madto stand: standHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb522 occurrences36 books497 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Traditional renderings: abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-) stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עָמַד:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

522 total
  1. 2 Chronicles 23:10וַיַּעֲמֵ֨ד · He stationed
    He stationed all the troops, with their weapons in hand, surrounding the king by the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple.
  2. 2 Chronicles 23:13עוֹמֵ֨ד · standing
    And she looked and saw the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, while the singers with musical instruments were leading the praises. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason, treason!”
  3. 2 Chronicles 23:19וַֽיַּעֲמֵד֙ · He stationed
    He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that no one who was in any way unclean could enter.
  4. 2 Chronicles 24:13וַֽיַּעֲמִ֜ידוּ · They restored
    So the workmen labored, and in their hands the repair work progressed. They restored the house of God according to its specifications, and they reinforced it.
  5. 2 Chronicles 24:20וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֖ד · who stood up
    Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you.’”
  6. 2 Chronicles 25:5וַיַּֽעֲמִידֵ֣ם
    Then Amaziah gathered the people of Judah and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and of hundreds. And he numbered those twenty years of age or older throughout Judah and Benjamin and found 300,000 chosen men able to serve in the army, bearing the spear and shield.
  7. 2 Chronicles 25:14וַיַּֽעֲמִידֵ֥ם · set them up
    When Amaziah returned from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the Seirites, set them up as his own gods, bowed before them, and burned sacrifices to them.
  8. 2 Chronicles 26:18וַיַּעַמְד֞וּ · They took their stand
    They took their stand against King Uzziah and said, “Uzziah, you have no right to offer incense to the LORD. Only the priests, the descendants of Aaron, are consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully; you will not receive honor from the LORD God.”
  9. 2 Chronicles 29:11לַעֲמֹ֤ד · to stand
    Now, my sons, do not be negligent, for the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, to minister before Him, and to burn incense.”
  10. 2 Chronicles 29:25וַיַּֽעֲמֵ֨ד · Hezekiah stationed
    Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.
  11. 2 Chronicles 29:26וַיַּֽעַמְד֤וּ · stood
    The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
  12. 2 Chronicles 30:5וַיַּֽעֲמִ֣ידוּ · So they established
    So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem. For they had not observed it in great numbers as prescribed.
  13. 2 Chronicles 30:16וַיַּֽעַמְד֤וּ · They stood
    They stood at their prescribed posts, according to the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests splattered the blood, which they received from the hand of the Levites.
  14. 2 Chronicles 31:2וַיַּעֲמֵ֣ד · reestablished
    Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.
  15. 2 Chronicles 33:8הֶֽעֱמַ֖דְתִּי · I assigned
    I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to leave the land that I assigned to your fathers, if only they are careful to do all that I have commanded them through Moses—all the laws, statutes, and judgments.”
  16. 2 Chronicles 33:19וְהֶעֱמִיד֙ · and set up
    His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers.
  17. 2 Chronicles 34:31וַיַּעֲמֹ֨ד · stood
    So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book.
  18. 2 Chronicles 34:32וַיַּעֲמֵ֕ד · take a stand in agreement to it
    Then he had everyone in Jerusalem and Benjamin take a stand in agreement to it. So all the people of Jerusalem carried out the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
  19. 2 Chronicles 35:2וַיַּעֲמֵ֥ד · He appointed
    He appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD.
  20. 2 Chronicles 35:5וְעִמְד֣וּ · Moreover, stand
    Moreover, stand in the Holy Place by the divisions of the families of your kinsmen the lay people, and by the divisions of the families of the Levites.
  21. 2 Chronicles 35:10וַיַּֽעַמְד֨וּ · stood
    So the service was prepared; the priests stood in their places and the Levites in their divisions according to the king’s command.
  22. Ezra 2:63עֲמֹ֥ד
    The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.
  23. Ezra 2:68לְהַעֲמִיד֖וֹ · to rebuild
    When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings to rebuild the house of God on its original site.
  24. Ezra 3:8וַיַּעֲמִ֣ידוּ · They appointed
    In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD.
  25. Ezra 3:9וַיַּעֲמֹ֣ד · joined
    So Jeshua and his sons and brothers, Kadmiel and his sons (descendants of Yehudah), and the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers—all Levites—joined together to supervise those working on the house of God.
  26. Ezra 3:10וַיַּעֲמִידוּ֩ · took their positions
    When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed.
  27. Ezra 9:9וּלְהַעֲמִ֣יד · and repair
    Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.
  28. Ezra 9:15לַעֲמ֛וֹד · can stand
    O LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! For we remain this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it no one can stand before You.”
  29. Ezra 10:13לַעֲמ֣וֹד · to stay
    But there are many people here, and it is the rainy season. We are not able to stay out in the open. Nor is this the work of one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter.
  30. Ezra 10:14יַֽעֲמְדוּ־ · represent
    Let our leaders represent the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.”
  31. Ezra 10:15עָמְד֣וּ · opposed
    (Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this plan.)
  32. Nehemiah 3:1וַֽיַּעֲמִ֖ידוּ · and installed
    At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.
  33. Nehemiah 3:3וַֽיַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙ · and installed
    The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
  34. Nehemiah 3:6וַֽיַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙ · and installed
    The Jeshanah Gate was repaired by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
  35. Nehemiah 3:13וַֽיַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙ · installed
    The Valley Gate was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah. They rebuilt it, installed its doors, bolts, and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.
  36. Nehemiah 3:14וְיַעֲמִיד֙ · and installed
    The Dung Gate was repaired by Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem. He rebuilt it and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
  37. Nehemiah 3:15וְיַעֲמִידוּ · and installed
    The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofed it, and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah near the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David.
  38. Nehemiah 4:9וַנַּעֲמִ֨יד · and posted
    So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.
  39. Nehemiah 4:13וָֽאַעֲמִ֞יד · So I stationed [men]; וָֽאַעֲמִ֤יד · I stationed
    So I stationed men behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vulnerable areas. I stationed them by families with their swords, spears, and bows.
  40. Nehemiah 6:1הֶעֱמַ֥דְתִּי · installed
    When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left—though to that time I had not yet installed the doors in the gates—
  41. Nehemiah 6:7הֶעֱמַ֣דְתָּ · appointed
    …and you have even appointed prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim on your behalf: ‘There is a king in Judah.’ Soon these rumors will reach the ears of the king. So come, let us confer together.”
  42. Nehemiah 7:1וָאַעֲמִ֖יד · in place
    When the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.
  43. Nehemiah 7:3עֹמְדִ֛ים · are on duty; וְהַעֲמֵ֗יד · And appoint
    And I told them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. While the guards are on duty, keep the doors shut and securely fastened. And appoint the residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their own homes.”
  44. Nehemiah 7:65עֲמֹ֥ד · there was
    The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.
  45. Nehemiah 8:4וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֞ד · stood; וַיַּֽעֲמֹ֣ד · stood
    Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
  46. Nehemiah 8:5עָֽמְד֥וּ · stood up
    Ezra opened the book in full view of all the people, since he was standing above them all, and as he opened it, all the people stood up.
  47. Nehemiah 9:2וַיַּעַמְד֗וּ · and they stood
    Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.