עַמּוּד

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hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine111 occurrences16 books84 verses
This word comes from the name of Hall of Pillars.

Definition

or עַמֻּד; from H5975; a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform
Traditional renderings: × apiece, pillar.

In the Greek Old Testament

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

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

111 total
  1. Judges 16:29עַמּוּדֵ֣י · pillars
    And Samson reached out for the two central pillars supporting the temple. Bracing himself against them with his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other,
  2. Judges 20:40עַמּ֣וּד · But when the column
    But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, the Benjamites looked behind them and saw the whole city going up in smoke.
  3. 1 Kings 7:2עַמּוּדֵ֣י · pillars; הָעַמּוּדִֽים׃
    He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams.
  4. 1 Kings 7:3הָֽעַמּוּדִ֔ים · the pillars
    The house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars—forty-five beams, fifteen per row.
  5. 1 Kings 7:6הָֽעַמּוּדִים֙; וְעַמֻּדִ֥ים · with pillars
    Solomon made his colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of it and a canopy with pillars in front of the portico.
  6. 1 Kings 7:15הָעַמּוּדִ֖ים · pillars; הָעַמּ֣וּד; הָעַמּ֥וּד
    He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
  7. 1 Kings 7:16הָֽעַמּוּדִ֖ים · of the pillars
    He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high.
  8. 1 Kings 7:17הָעַמּוּדִ֑ים · of the pillars
    For the capitals on top of the pillars he made a network of lattice, with wreaths of chainwork, seven for each capital.
  9. 1 Kings 7:18הָעַמּוּדִ֑ים · the pillars
    Likewise, he made the pillars with two rows of pomegranates around each grating to cover each capital atop the pillars.
  10. 1 Kings 7:19הָעַמּוּדִ֔ים · the pillars
    And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high.
  11. 1 Kings 7:20הָֽעַמּוּדִ֔ים · pillars
    On the capitals of both pillars, just above the rounded projection next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows encircling each capital.
  12. 1 Kings 7:21הָֽעַמֻּדִ֔ים · the pillars; הָעַמּ֣וּד · The pillar; הָעַמּ֣וּד · and the pillar
    Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin, and the pillar to the north he named Boaz.
  13. 1 Kings 7:22הָעַמּוּדִ֖ים · of the pillars; הָעַמּוּדִֽים׃ · of the pillars
    And the tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the work of the pillars was completed.
  14. 1 Kings 7:41עַמֻּדִ֣ים · pillars; הָֽעַמֻּדִ֖ים · the pillars; הָעַמּוּדִֽים׃ · the pillars
    …the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;
  15. 1 Kings 7:42הָעַמּוּדִֽים׃ · the pillars)
    …the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars);
  16. 2 Kings 11:14הָעַמּ֜וּד · the pillar
    And she looked out and saw the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason! Treason!”
  17. 2 Kings 23:3הָ֨עַמּ֜וּד · the pillar
    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. And all the people entered into the covenant.
  18. 2 Kings 25:13עַמּוּדֵ֨י · pillars
    Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.
  19. 2 Kings 25:16הָעַמּוּדִ֣ים׀ · pillars
    As for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
  20. 2 Kings 25:17הָעַמּ֣וּד · pillar; לַֽעַמּ֥וּד · pillar
    Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.
  21. 1 Chronicles 18:8הָֽעַמּוּדִ֔ים · the pillars
    And from Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze Sea, the pillars, and various bronze articles.
  22. 2 Chronicles 3:15עַמּוּדִ֣ים · pillars
    In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits.
  23. 2 Chronicles 3:16הָעַמֻּדִ֑ים · of the pillars
    He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.
  24. 2 Chronicles 3:17הָֽעַמּוּדִים֙ · the pillars
    Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north he named Boaz.
  25. 2 Chronicles 4:12עַמּוּדִ֣ים · pillars; הָעַמּוּדִ֖ים · the pillars; הָֽעַמּוּדִֽים׃ · the pillars
    …the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;
  26. 2 Chronicles 4:13הָעַמּוּדִֽים׃ · the pillars)
    …the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars);
  27. 2 Chronicles 23:13עַמּוּד֜וֹ · his pillar
    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!”
  28. Nehemiah 9:12וּבְעַמּ֣וּד · with a pillar; וּבְעַמּ֥וּד · and a pillar
    You led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should travel.
  29. Nehemiah 9:19עַמּ֣וּד · the pillar; עַמּ֨וּד · the pillar
    You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.
  30. Esther 1:6וְעַמּ֣וּדֵי · pillars
    Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.
  31. Job 9:6וְ֝עַמּוּדֶ֗יהָ · so that its foundations
    He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.
  32. Job 26:11עַמּוּדֵ֣י · The foundations
    The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.
  33. Psalm 75:3עַמּוּדֶ֣יהָ · its pillars
    When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah
  34. Psalm 99:7בְּעַמּ֣וּד · from the pillar
    He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.
  35. Proverbs 9:1עַמּוּדֶ֣יהָ · pillars
    Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.
  36. Song of Solomon 3:10עַמּוּדָיו֙ · its posts
    He has made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.