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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. Jeremiah 26:2עֲמֹד֮ · Stand
    “This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. Do not omit a word.
  2. Jeremiah 28:5הָעֹמְדִ֖ים · who were standing
    Then the prophet Jeremiah replied to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the LORD.
  3. Jeremiah 32:14יַעַמְד֖וּ · preserve them
    “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Take these deeds—both the sealed copy and the open copy of the deed of purchase—and put them in a clay jar to preserve them for a long time.
  4. Jeremiah 35:19עֹמֵ֥ד · to stand
    …this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to stand before Me.’”
  5. Jeremiah 36:21הָעֹמְדִ֖ים · who were standing
    Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and all the officials who were standing beside him.
  6. Jeremiah 40:10לַֽעֲמֹד֙ · to represent
    As for me, I will stay in Mizpah to represent you before the Chaldeans who come to us. As for you, gather wine grapes, summer fruit, and oil, place them in your storage jars, and live in the cities you have taken.”
  7. Jeremiah 44:15הָעֹמְד֖וֹת · standing by
    Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by—a great assembly—along with all the people living in the land of Egypt and in Pathros, said to Jeremiah,
  8. Jeremiah 46:15עָמַ֔ד · stand
    Why have your warriors been laid low? They cannot stand, for the LORD has thrust them down.
  9. Jeremiah 46:21עָמָ֑דוּ · stand their ground
    Even the mercenaries among her are like fattened calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee, they will not stand their ground, for the day of calamity is coming upon them—the time of their punishment.
  10. Jeremiah 48:11עָמַ֤ד · has remained the same
    Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.
  11. Jeremiah 48:19עִמְדִ֥י · Stand
    Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’
  12. Jeremiah 48:45עָמְד֖וּ · will stand
    “Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon’s shadow, because fire has gone forth from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It devours the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of the sons of tumult.
  13. Jeremiah 49:19יַעֲמֹ֖ד · can stand
    Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
  14. Jeremiah 50:44יַעֲמֹ֖ד · can stand
    Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
  15. Jeremiah 51:50תַּעֲמֹ֑דוּ · linger
    You who have escaped the sword, depart and do not linger! Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to mind.”
  16. Jeremiah 52:12עָמַ֛ד · a servant
    On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
  17. Ezekiel 1:21וּבְעָמְדָ֖ם · when the creatures stood still; יַֽעֲמֹ֑דוּ · the wheels stood still
    When the creatures moved, the wheels moved; when the creatures stood still, the wheels stood still; and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels rose alongside them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
  18. Ezekiel 1:24בְּעָמְדָ֖ם · When they stood still
    When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings like the roar of many waters, like the voice of the Almighty, like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.
  19. Ezekiel 1:25בְּעָמְדָ֖ם · as they stood still
    And there came a voice from above the expanse over their heads as they stood still with their wings lowered.
  20. Ezekiel 2:1עֲמֹ֣ד · stand up
    “Son of man,” He said to me, “stand up on your feet and I will speak to you.”
  21. Ezekiel 2:2וַתַּעֲמִדֵ֖נִי · and set me
    And as He spoke to me, the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and I heard Him speaking to me.
  22. Ezekiel 3:23עֹמֵ֔ד · was present
    So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.
  23. Ezekiel 3:24וַתַּעֲמִדֵ֖נִי · and set me
    Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
  24. Ezekiel 8:11עֹמֵ֤ד · stood; עֹמְדִ֣ים · standing
    Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.
  25. Ezekiel 9:2וַיַּ֣עַמְד֔וּ · and stood
    And I saw six men coming from the direction of the Upper Gate, which faces north, each with a weapon of slaughter in his hand. With them was another man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. And they came in and stood beside the bronze altar.
  26. Ezekiel 10:3עֹֽמְדִ֛ים · were standing
    Now when the man went in, the cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple, and a cloud filled the inner court.
  27. Ezekiel 10:6וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֔ד · and stood
    When the LORD commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from within the wheelwork, from among the cherubim,” the man went in and stood beside a wheel.
  28. Ezekiel 10:17בְּעָמְדָ֣ם · When the cherubim stood still; יַעֲמֹ֔דוּ · the wheels also stood still
    When the cherubim stood still, the wheels also stood still, and when they ascended, the wheels ascended with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
  29. Ezekiel 10:18וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֖ד · and stood
    Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stood above the cherubim.
  30. Ezekiel 10:19וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֗ד · And they stopped
    As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and rose up from the ground, with the wheels beside them as they went. And they stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the LORD, with the glory of the God of Israel above them.
  31. Ezekiel 11:23וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙ · and stood
    And the glory of the LORD rose up from within the city and stood over the mountain east of the city.
  32. Ezekiel 13:5לַעֲמֹ֥ד · so that it would stand
    You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD.
  33. Ezekiel 17:14לְעָמְדָֽהּ׃ · surviving [only]
    …so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to lift itself up, surviving only by keeping his covenant.
  34. Ezekiel 21:21עָמַ֨ד · stands
    For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.
  35. Ezekiel 22:14הֲיַעֲמֹ֤ד · endure
    Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will act.
  36. Ezekiel 22:30וְעֹמֵ֨ד · and stand
    I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one.
  37. Ezekiel 24:11וְהַעֲמִידֶ֥הָ · Set
    Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust will be consumed.
  38. Ezekiel 27:29יַעֲמֹֽדוּ׃ · will stand
    All who handle the oars will abandon their ships. The sailors and all the captains of the sea will stand on the shore.
  39. Ezekiel 29:7וְהַעֲמַדְתָּ֥ · were wrenched
    When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke, and their backs were wrenched.
  40. Ezekiel 31:14יַעַמְד֧וּ · would reach them
    This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.’
  41. Ezekiel 33:26עֲמַדְתֶּ֤ם · You have relied
    You have relied on your swords, you have committed detestable acts, and each of you has defiled his neighbor’s wife. Should you then possess the land?’
  42. Ezekiel 37:10וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙ · and stood
    So I prophesied as He had commanded me, and the breath entered them, and they came to life and stood on their feet—a vast army.
  43. Ezekiel 40:3עֹמֵ֖ד · was standing
    So He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze. He was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.
  44. Ezekiel 43:6עֹמֵ֖ד · standing
    While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from inside the temple,
  45. Ezekiel 44:11יַעַמְד֥וּ · and stand
    Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, having charge of the gates of the temple and ministering there. They shall slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices for the people and stand before them to minister to them.
  46. Ezekiel 44:15וְעָמְד֣וּ · They will stand
    But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, declares the Lord GOD.
  47. Ezekiel 44:24יַעַמְד֣וּ · shall officiate
    In any dispute, they shall officiate as judges and judge according to My ordinances. They must keep My laws and statutes regarding all My appointed feasts, and they must keep My Sabbaths holy.