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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. Proverbs 12:7 יַעֲמֹֽד׃ ya.'a.Mod · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    The wicked are overthrown, and are not; But the house of the righteous shall stand.

  2. Proverbs 25:6 תַּעֲמֹֽד׃ ta.'a.Mod · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, And stand not in the place of great men:

  3. Proverbs 27:4 יַ֝עֲמֹד Ya.'a.mod · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?

  4. Proverbs 29:4 יַעֲמִ֣יד ya.'a.Mid · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    The king by justice establisheth the land; But he that exacteth gifts overthroweth it.

  5. Ecclesiastes 1:4 עֹמָֽדֶת׃ 'o.Ma.det · An -ing word: simple action

    One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.

  6. Ecclesiastes 2:9 עָ֥מְדָה 'A.me.dah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

  7. Ecclesiastes 4:12 יַעַמְד֣וּ ya.'am.Du · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

  8. Ecclesiastes 4:15 יַעֲמֹ֖ד ya.'a.Mod · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    I saw all the living that walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, that stood up in his stead.

  9. Ecclesiastes 8:3 תַּעֲמֹ֖ד ta.'a.Mod · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Be not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

  10. Song of Solomon 2:9 עוֹמֵד֙ o.Med · An -ing word: simple action

    My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He looketh in at the windows; He glanceth through the lattice.

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

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

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. 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:

  16. 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;

  17. 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.

  18. 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.

  19. 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.

  20. 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.

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