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. Isaiah 3:13 וְעֹמֵ֖ד ve.'o.Med · An -ing word: simple action

    Jehovah standeth up to contend, and standeth to judge the peoples.

  2. Isaiah 6:2 עֹמְדִ֤ים׀ 'o.me.Dim · An -ing word: simple action

    Above him stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

  3. Isaiah 10:32 לַֽעֲמֹ֑ד la.'a.Mod · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    This very day shall he halt at Nob: he shaketh his hand at the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

  4. Isaiah 11:10 עֹמֵד֙ 'o.Med · An -ing word: simple action

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the root of Jesse, that standeth for an ensign of the peoples, unto him shall the nations seek; and his resting-place shall be glorious.

  5. Isaiah 21:6 הַעֲמֵ֣ד ha.'a.Med · A command to you: causing it

    For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman: let him declare what he seeth:

  6. Isaiah 21:8 עֹמֵ֤ד 'o.Med · An -ing word: simple action

    And he cried as a lion: O Lord, I stand continually upon the watch-tower in the day-time, and am set in my ward whole nights;

  7. Isaiah 36:2 וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֗ד vai.ya.'a.Mod · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.

  8. Isaiah 36:13 וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙ vai.ya.'a.Mod · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.

  9. Isaiah 44:11 יַֽעֲמֹ֔דוּ ya.'a.Mo.du · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Behold, all his fellows shall be put to shame; and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; they shall fear, they shall be put to shame together.

  10. Isaiah 46:7 וְיַֽעֲמֹ֔ד ve.ya.'a.Mod · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    They bear it upon the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it standeth, from its place shall it not remove: yea, one may cry unto it, yet can it not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

  11. Isaiah 47:12 עִמְדִי־ 'im.di- · A command to you: simple action

    Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast labored from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.

  12. Isaiah 47:13 יַעַמְדוּ־ ya.'am.du- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers, the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from the things that shall come upon thee.

  13. Isaiah 48:13 יַעַמְד֥וּ ya.'am.Du · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.

  14. Isaiah 50:8 נַ֣עַמְדָה Na.'am.dah · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand up together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.

  15. Isaiah 59:14 תַּעֲמֹ֑ד ta.'a.Mod · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.

  16. Isaiah 61:5 וְעָמְד֣וּ ve.'a.me.Du · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

    And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

  17. Isaiah 66:22 עֹמְדִ֥ים 'o.me.Dim · An -ing word: simple action

    For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith Jehovah, so shall your seed and your name remain.

  18. Isaiah 66:22 יַעֲמֹ֥ד ya.'a.Mod · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith Jehovah, so shall your seed and your name remain.

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