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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. Psalm 112:3עֹמֶ֥דֶת · endures
    Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.
  2. Psalm 112:9עֹמֶ֣דֶת · endures
    He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
  3. Psalm 119:90וַֽתַּעֲמֹֽד׃ · and it endures
    Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
  4. Psalm 119:91עָמְד֣וּ · stand
    Your ordinances stand to this day, for all things are servants to You.
  5. Psalm 122:2עֹ֭מְדוֹת · are standing
    Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem.
  6. Psalm 130:3יַעֲמֹֽד׃ · could stand
    If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
  7. Psalm 134:1הָעֹמְדִ֥ים · who serve
    A song of ascents. Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!
  8. Psalm 135:2שֶׁ֣֭עֹֽמְדִים · who stand
    …who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.
  9. Psalm 147:17יַעֲמֹֽד׃
    He casts forth His hail like pebbles. Who can withstand His icy blast?
  10. Psalm 148:6וַיַּעֲמִידֵ֣ם · He established them
    He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away.
  11. Proverbs 12:7יַעֲמֹֽד׃ · will stand
    The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the house of the righteous will stand.
  12. Proverbs 25:6תַּעֲמֹֽד׃ · stand
    Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;
  13. Proverbs 27:4יַ֝עֲמֹד · can withstand
    Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
  14. Proverbs 29:4יַעֲמִ֣יד · brings stability
    By justice a king brings stability to the land, but a man who exacts tribute demolishes it.
  15. Ecclesiastes 1:4עֹמָֽדֶת׃ · remains
    Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
  16. Ecclesiastes 2:9עָ֥מְדָה · remained
    So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me.
  17. Ecclesiastes 4:12יַעַמְד֣וּ · can resist
    And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
  18. Ecclesiastes 4:15יַעֲמֹ֖ד · succeeded
    I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed this second one, the youth who succeeded the king.
  19. Ecclesiastes 8:3תַּעֲמֹ֖ד · persist
    Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
  20. Song of Solomon 2:9עוֹמֵד֙ · stands
    My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
  21. Isaiah 3:13וְעֹמֵ֖ד · He stands
    The LORD arises to contend; He stands to judge the people.
  22. Isaiah 6:2עֹמְדִ֤ים׀ · stood
    Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.
  23. Isaiah 10:32לַֽעֲמֹ֑ד · they will halt
    Yet today they will halt at Nob, shaking a fist at the mount of Daughter Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.
  24. Isaiah 11:10עֹמֵד֙ · will stand
    On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.
  25. Isaiah 21:6הַעֲמֵ֣ד · post
    For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.
  26. Isaiah 21:8עֹמֵ֤ד · stand
    Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.
  27. Isaiah 36:2וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֗ד · And he stopped
    And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh, with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
  28. Isaiah 36:13וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙ · stood
    Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!
  29. Isaiah 44:11יַֽעֲמֹ֔דוּ · and take their stand
    Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame.
  30. Isaiah 46:7וְיַֽעֲמֹ֔ד · and there it stands
    They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.
  31. Isaiah 47:12עִמְדִי־ · So take your stand
    So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!
  32. Isaiah 47:13יַעַמְדוּ־ · let them come forward
    You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you—your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.
  33. Isaiah 48:13יַעַמְד֥וּ · they stand up
    Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together.
  34. Isaiah 50:8נַ֣עַמְדָה · Let us confront
    The One who vindicates Me is near. Who will dare to contend with Me? Let us confront each other! Who has a case against Me? Let him approach Me!
  35. Isaiah 59:14תַּעֲמֹ֑ד · stands
    So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.
  36. Isaiah 61:5וְעָמְד֣וּ · will stand
    Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.
  37. Isaiah 66:22עֹמְדִ֥ים · will endure; יַעֲמֹ֥ד · will endure
    “For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure.
  38. Jeremiah 4:6תַּעֲמֹ֑דוּ · delay
    Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.
  39. Jeremiah 6:16עִמְדוּ֩ · Stand
    This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
  40. Jeremiah 7:2עֲמֹ֗ד · Stand
    “Stand in the gate of the house of the LORD and proclaim this message: Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the LORD.
  41. Jeremiah 7:10וַעֲמַדְתֶּ֣ם · and stand
    …and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’?
  42. Jeremiah 14:6עָמְד֣וּ · stand
    Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
  43. Jeremiah 15:1יַעֲמֹ֨ד · should stand
    Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go!
  44. Jeremiah 15:19תַּֽעֲמֹ֔ד · you will stand
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.
  45. Jeremiah 17:19וְעָֽמַדְתָּ֙ · and stand
    This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and stand at the gate of the people, through which the kings of Judah go in and out; and stand at all the other gates of Jerusalem.
  46. Jeremiah 18:20עָמְדִ֣י · how I stood
    Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
  47. Jeremiah 19:14וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙ · and he stood
    Then Jeremiah returned from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and proclaimed to all the people,
  48. Jeremiah 23:18עָמַד֙ · has stood
    But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and obeyed it?
  49. Jeremiah 23:22עָמְד֖וּ · they had stood
    But if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their evil ways and deeds.”