Keraia
Lexicon

קָמָי

qa.may(Leb)-kamaiHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb628 occurrences36 books596 verses

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).

In the Greek Old Testament

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

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

628 total
  1. Nehemiah 9:5ק֗וּמוּ · Stand up
    Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.
  2. Nehemiah 9:8וַתָּ֙קֶם֙ · You have kept
    You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.
  3. Esther 5:9קָם֙ · rise
    That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.
  4. Esther 7:7קָ֤ם · arose
    In his fury, the king arose from drinking his wine and went to the palace garden, while Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king was planning a terrible fate for him.
  5. Esther 8:4וַתָּ֣קָם · arose
    The king extended the gold scepter toward Esther, and she arose and stood before the king.
  6. Esther 9:21לְקַיֵּם֮ · to establish
    …to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar
  7. Esther 9:27קִיְּמ֣וּ · to establish the custom
    …the Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail to celebrate these two days at the appointed time each and every year, according to their regulation.
  8. Esther 9:29לְקַיֵּ֗ם · to confirm
    So Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim.
  9. Esther 9:31לְקַיֵּ֡ם · in order to confirm; קִיַּ֨ם · had established them; קִיְּמ֥וּ · had committed
    …in order to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and had committed themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and lamentation.
  10. Esther 9:32קִיַּ֕ם · confirmed
    So Esther’s decree confirmed these regulations about Purim, which were written into the record.
  11. Job 1:20וַיָּ֤קָם · stood up
    Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
  12. Job 4:4יְקִימ֣וּן · have steadied
    Your words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling.
  13. Job 7:4אָ֭קוּם · will I get up
    When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
  14. Job 8:15יָקֽוּם׃ · endure
    He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.
  15. Job 11:17יָק֣וּם · will be brighter
    Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
  16. Job 14:12יָ֫ק֥וּם · rise
    …so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.
  17. Job 15:29יָק֣וּם · endure
    He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.
  18. Job 16:8וַיָּ֥קָם · rises up
    You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.
  19. Job 16:12וַיְקִימֵ֥נִי · He has set me up
    I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;
  20. Job 19:18אָ֝ק֗וּמָה · when I appear
    Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.
  21. Job 19:25יָקֽוּם׃ · He will stand
    But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
  22. Job 20:27מִתְקוֹמָ֘מָ֥ה · will rise up
    The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.
  23. Job 22:28וְיָ֣קָם · will be carried out
    Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
  24. Job 24:14יָ֘ק֤וּם · rises
    When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
  25. Job 24:22יָ֝ק֗וּם · though rising up
    Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.
  26. Job 25:3יָק֥וּם · rise
    Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?
  27. Job 27:7וּמִתְקוֹמְמִ֥י · and my opponent
    May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.
  28. Job 29:8קָ֣מוּ · rose
    …the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.
  29. Job 30:12יָ֫ק֥וּמוּ · arises
    The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.
  30. Job 30:28קַ֖מְתִּי · I stand up
    I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
  31. Job 31:14יָק֣וּם · rises to judge
    …what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?
  32. Job 41:26תָק֑וּם · effect
    The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or dart or arrow.
  33. Psalm 1:5יָקֻ֣מוּ · stand
    Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
  34. Psalm 3:1קָמִ֥ים · rise up
    A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom. O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!
  35. Psalm 3:7ק֘וּמָ֤ה · Arise
    Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
  36. Psalm 7:6ק֘וּמָ֤ה · Arise
    Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
  37. Psalm 9:19קוּמָ֣ה · Rise up
    Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.
  38. Psalm 10:12קוּמָ֤ה · Arise
    Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.
  39. Psalm 12:5אָ֭קוּם · arise
    “For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
  40. Psalm 17:7מִ֝מִּתְקוֹמְמִ֗ים · from their foes
    Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes.
  41. Psalm 17:13קוּמָ֤ה · Arise
    Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,
  42. Psalm 18:38ק֑וּם · rise
    I crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
  43. Psalm 18:39קָמַ֣י · my foes
    You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
  44. Psalm 18:48קָ֭מַי · above my foes
    …who delivers me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
  45. Psalm 20:8קַּ֝֗מְנוּ · rise up
    They collapse and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.
  46. Psalm 24:3יָ֝קוּם · may stand
    Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place?
  47. Psalm 27:3תָּק֣וּם · breaks out
    Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust.
  48. Psalm 27:12קָֽמוּ־ · rise up
    Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.