Definition
a primitive root; to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Traditional renderings: abide, accomplish, × be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, × be dim, endure, × enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, × but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-) rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-) stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, -rising).
Traditional renderings: abide, accomplish, × be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, × be dim, endure, × enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, × but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-) rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-) stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, -rising).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders קָמָי:
- ἀνίστημιanistēmi“to arise”73%
- ἵστημιhistēmi“to stand”13%
- ἐγείρωegeirō“to arise”3%
- μένωmenō“to stay”2%
- ἐπανίστημιepanistēmi“to rebel against”1%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
628 total
- Jeremiah 23:4וַהֲקִמֹתִ֧י · I will raise upI will raise up shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any go missing, declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 23:5וַהֲקִמֹתִ֥י · when I will raise upBehold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- Jeremiah 23:20הֲקִימ֖וֹThe anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.
- Jeremiah 25:27תָק֑וּמוּ · get up again“Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’
- Jeremiah 26:17וַיָּקֻ֣מוּ · stood upSome of the elders of the land stood up and said to the whole assembly of the people,
- Jeremiah 28:6יָקֵ֤ם · fulfill“Amen!” Jeremiah said. “May the LORD do so! May the LORD fulfill the words you have prophesied, and may He restore the articles of His house and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon.
- Jeremiah 29:10וַהֲקִמֹתִ֤י · and confirmFor this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.
- Jeremiah 29:15הֵקִ֨ים · has raised upBecause you may say, “The LORD has raised up for us prophets in Babylon,”
- Jeremiah 30:9אָקִ֖ים · I will raise upInstead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
- Jeremiah 30:24הֲקִימ֖וֹThe fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this.
- Jeremiah 31:6ק֚וּמוּ · AriseFor there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!’”
- Jeremiah 33:14וַהֲקִֽמֹתִי֙ · when I will fulfillBehold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the gracious promise that I have spoken to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
- Jeremiah 34:18הֵקִ֙ימוּ֙ · fulfilledAnd those who have transgressed My covenant and have not fulfilled the terms of the covenant they made before Me, I will treat like the calf they cut in two in order to pass between its pieces.
- Jeremiah 35:14הוּקַ֡ם · have been carried outThe words of Jonadab son of Rechab have been carried out. He commanded his sons not to drink wine, and they have not drunk it to this very day because they have obeyed the command of their forefather. But I have spoken to you again and again, and you have not obeyed Me!
- Jeremiah 35:16הֵקִ֗ימוּ · carried outYes, the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab carried out the command their forefather gave them, but these people have not listened to Me.
- Jeremiah 37:10יָק֔וּמוּ · they would still get upIndeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”
- Jeremiah 41:2וַיָּקָם֩ · got upThen Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the land.
- Jeremiah 44:25הָקֵ֤ים · Go ahead, then; תָּקִ֙ימְנָה֙ · doThis is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands your words: ‘We will surely perform our vows that we have made to burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her.’ Go ahead, then, do what you have promised! Keep your vows!
- Jeremiah 44:28יָק֖וּם · will standThose who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs!
- Jeremiah 44:29ק֨וֹם · will surely stand; יָק֧וּמוּThis will be a sign to you that I will punish you in this place, declares the LORD, so that you may know that My threats of harm against you will surely stand.
- Jeremiah 46:16ק֣וּמָה׀ · Get upThey continue to stumble; indeed, they have fallen over one another. They say, ‘Get up! Let us return to our people and to the land of our birth, away from the sword of the oppressor.’
- Jeremiah 49:14וְק֖וּמוּ · Rise upI have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent to the nations: “Assemble yourselves to march against her! Rise up for battle!”
- Jeremiah 49:28ק֚וּמוּ · Rise upConcerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: “Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east!
- Jeremiah 49:31ק֣וּמוּ · Rise upRise up, advance against a nation at ease, one that dwells securely,” declares the LORD. “They have no gates or bars; they live alone.
- Jeremiah 50:32מֵקִ֑ים · one to pick him upThe arrogant one will stumble and fall with no one to pick him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities to consume all those around him.”
- Jeremiah 51:1קָמָ֑יThis is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will stir up against Babylon and against the people of Leb-kamai the spirit of a destroyer.
- Jeremiah 51:12הָקִ֙ימוּ֙ · stationRaise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 51:29קָ֤מָה · standThe earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
- Jeremiah 51:64תָקוּם֙ · rise againThen you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah.
- Lamentations 1:14קֽוּם׃ס · withstandMy transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.
- Lamentations 2:19ק֣וּמִי׀ · AriseArise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.
- Lamentations 3:62קָמַי֙ · of my assailants…the slander and murmuring of my assailants against me all day long.
- Ezekiel 3:22ק֥וּם · Get upAnd there the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you.”
- Ezekiel 3:23וָאָקוּם֮ · So I got upSo 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.
- Ezekiel 7:11קָ֖ם · has grownTheir violence has grown into a rod to punish their wickedness. None of them will remain: none of their multitude, none of their wealth, and nothing of value.
- Ezekiel 13:6לְקַיֵּ֥ם · for the fulfillmentThey see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.
- Ezekiel 16:60וַהֲקִמוֹתִ֥י · and I will establishBut I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
- Ezekiel 16:62וַהֲקִימוֹתִ֥י · will establishSo I will establish My covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD,
- Ezekiel 26:8וְהֵקִ֥ים · and raiseHe will slaughter the villages of your mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp to your walls, and raise his shields against you.
- Ezekiel 34:23וַהֲקִמֹתִ֨י · I will appointI will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
- Ezekiel 34:29וַהֲקִמֹתִ֥י · And I will raise upAnd I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations.
- Daniel 8:27וָאָק֕וּם · Then I got upI, Daniel, was exhausted and lay ill for days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business. I was confounded by the vision; it was beyond understanding.
- Daniel 9:12וַיָּ֜קֶם · You have carried outYou have carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.
- Hosea 6:2יְקִמֵ֖נוּ · He will raise us upAfter two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
- Hosea 10:14וְקָ֣אם · will rise…the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children.
- Amos 2:11וָאָקִ֤ים · I raised upI raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD.
- Amos 5:2ק֔וּם · to rise; מְקִימָֽהּ׃ · one to raise her up“Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”