עָמַד

a.mad · to stand: stand

Hebrew · Strong's H5975 · Verb · Sounds like: aw-mad' · 521 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • to stand: stand H5975G 452
  • to stand: appoint H5975H · a Meaning of 40
  • to stand: rise H5975I · a Meaning of 24
  • to stand: put H5975J · a Meaning of 5

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive); 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, [phrase] 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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
עָמַד 620 take one's stand, stand
Qal 435
1.
a. take one's stand, and (esp. pt.) stand, be in a standing attitude
b. stand forth
c. take a stand against, in opposition to
d. present oneself before
e. attend upon, be(come) servant of
f. stand afar
g. stand (silent)
h. stand (appealingly)
i. stand, subj. רֶגֶל
j. stand, of water
2.
a. stand still, stop, cease moving
b. = be inactive
c. = be attentive
d. stop, cease doing a thing
3.
a. tarry, delay
b. remain
c. continue, abide
d. endure
e. be steadfast
f. persist
4. make a stand, hold one's ground
5. stand upright
6.
a. arise, appear, come on the scene
b. stand forth, appear = come into being
c. rise up as foe
7. rare usages
Hiph. 83
1. station, set
2. cause to stand firm
3. cause to stand up, set up, erect
4. present one before king
5. appoint
6. other meanings
Hoph. be presented

Every occurrence

  1. Genesis 18:8 עֹמֵ֧ד 'o.Med · An -ing word: simple action

    And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

  2. Genesis 18:22 עֹמֵ֖ד 'o.Med · An -ing word: simple action

    And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before Jehovah.

  3. Genesis 19:17 תַּעֲמֹ֖ד ta.'a.Mod · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

  4. Genesis 19:27 עָ֥מַד 'A.mad · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Jehovah:

  5. Genesis 24:30 עֹמֵ֥ד 'o.Med · An -ing word: simple action

    And it came to pass, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he was standing by the camels at the fountain.

  6. Genesis 24:31 תַעֲמֹד֙ ta.'a.Mod · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    And he said, Come in, thou blessed of Jehovah; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

  7. Genesis 29:35 וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד va.ta.'a.Mod · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, This time will I praise Jehovah: therefore she called his name Judah; and she left off bearing.

  8. Genesis 30:9 עָמְדָ֖ה 'a.me.Dah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.

  9. Genesis 41:1 עֹמֵ֥ד 'o.Med · An -ing word: simple action

    And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.

  10. Genesis 41:3 וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֛דְנָה va.ta.'a.Mo.de.nah · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed, and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.

  11. Genesis 41:17 עֹמֵ֖ד 'o.Med · An -ing word: simple action

    And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the brink of the river:

  12. Genesis 41:46 בְּעָמְד֕וֹ be.'a.me.Do · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

  13. Genesis 43:15 וַיַּֽעַמְד֖וּ vai.ya.'am.Du · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

  14. Genesis 45:1 עָ֤מַד 'A.mad · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.

  15. Genesis 45:9 תַּעֲמֹֽד׃ ta.'a.Mod · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not;

  16. Genesis 47:7 וַיַּֽעֲמִדֵ֖הוּ vai.ya.'a.mi.De.hu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

Greek and Hebrew data: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Brown-Driver-Briggs from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0. All sources and licences