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
- Joshua 5:7הֵקִ֣ים · He raised upAnd He raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones Joshua circumcised. Until this time they were still uncircumcised, since they had not been circumcised along the way.
- Joshua 6:26יָקוּם֙ · rises upAt that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”
- Joshua 7:10קֻ֣ם · Stand upBut the LORD said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why have you fallen on your face?
- Joshua 7:12לָקוּם֙ · standThis is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from among you whatever is devoted to destruction.
- Joshua 7:13קֻ֚ם · Get up; לָקוּם֙ · standGet up and consecrate the people, saying, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Among you, O Israel, there are things devoted to destruction. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them.
- Joshua 7:26וַיָּקִ֨ימוּ · And they heapedAnd they heaped over Achan a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. So the LORD turned from His burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor to this day.
- Joshua 8:1וְק֖וּם · and go upThen the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. See, I have delivered into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.
- Joshua 8:3וַיָּ֧קָם · set outSo Joshua and the whole army set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out at night
- Joshua 8:7תָּקֻ֙מוּ֙ · are to rise…you are to rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
- Joshua 8:19קָם֩ · rose…and as soon as he did so, the men in ambush rose quickly from their position. They rushed forward, entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.
- Joshua 8:29וַיָּקִ֤ימוּ · they raisedHe hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.
- Joshua 18:4וְיָקֻ֜מוּAppoint three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to survey the land and map it out, according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return to me
- Joshua 18:8וַיָּקֻ֥מוּ · got upAs the men got up to go out, Joshua commanded them to map out the land, saying, “Go and survey the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will cast lots for you here in Shiloh in the presence of the LORD.”
- Joshua 24:9וַיָּ֨קָם · set outThen Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,
- Joshua 24:26וַיְקִימֶ֣הָ · and set it upJoshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was near the sanctuary of the LORD.
- Judges 2:10וַיָּקָם֩ · rose upAfter that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.
- Judges 2:16וַיָּ֥קֶם · raised upThen the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.
- Judges 2:18הֵקִ֨ים · raised upWhenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.
- Judges 3:9וַיָּ֨קֶם · raised upBut when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.
- Judges 3:15וַיָּקֶם֩ · raised upAnd again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
- Judges 3:20וַיָּ֖קָם · and the king roseThen Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.
- Judges 4:9וַתָּ֧קָם · got up“I will certainly go with you,” Deborah replied, “but the road you are taking will bring you no honor, because the LORD will be selling Sisera into the hand of a woman.” So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh,
- Judges 4:14ק֗וּם · AriseThen Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
- Judges 5:7שַׁקַּ֙מְתִּי֙ · arose; שַׁקַּ֥מְתִּיLife in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.
- Judges 5:12ק֥וּם · Arise‘Awake, awake, O Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, O Barak, and take hold of your captives, O son of Abinoam!’
- Judges 7:9ק֖וּם · Get upThat night the LORD said to Gideon, “Get up and go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
- Judges 7:15ק֔וּמוּ · Get upWhen Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”
- Judges 7:19הָקֵ֥ם · the changing; הֵקִ֖ימוּGideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands.
- Judges 8:20ק֖וּם · Get upSo he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up and kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword; he was fearful because he was still a youth.
- Judges 8:21ק֤וּם · Get up; וַיָּ֣קָם · got upThen Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.
- Judges 9:18קַמְתֶּ֨ם · have risen up…but you have risen up against my father’s house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother—
- Judges 9:32ק֣וּם · are to comeNow then, tonight you and the people with you are to come and lie in wait in the fields.
- Judges 9:34וַיָּ֧קָם · set outSo Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.
- Judges 9:35וַיָּ֧קָם · came outNow Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood at the entrance of the city gate just as Abimelech and his men came out from their hiding places.
- Judges 9:43וַיָּ֥קָם · he rose upSo he took his men, divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose up against them and attacked them.
- Judges 10:1וַיָּקָם֩ · rose upAfter the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.
- Judges 10:3וַיָּ֣קָם · was followed byTola was followed by Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.
- Judges 13:11וַיָּ֛קָם · got upSo Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he asked, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” “I am,” he said.
- Judges 16:3וַיָּ֣קָם׀ · when he got upBut Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron.
- Judges 18:9ק֚וּמָה · Come onThey answered, “Come on, let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and it is very good. Why would you fail to act? Do not hesitate to go there and take possession of the land!
- Judges 18:30וַיָּקִ֧ימוּ · set upThe Danites set up idols for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
- Judges 19:3וַיָּ֨קָם · got up…her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant and a pair of donkeys. So the girl brought him into her father’s house, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.
- Judges 19:5וַיָּ֣קָם · and preparedOn the fourth day, they got up early in the morning and prepared to depart, but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh your heart with a morsel of bread, and then you can go.”
- Judges 19:7וַיָּ֥קָם · got upThe man got up to depart, but his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night.
- Judges 19:9וַיָּ֤קָם · got upWhen the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”
- Judges 19:10וַיָּ֣קָם · He got upBut the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up and departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.