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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. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. Jeremiah 4:6 תַּעֲמֹ֑דוּ ta.'a.Mo.du · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    Set up a standard toward Zion: flee for safety, stay not; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

  10. Jeremiah 6:16 עִמְדוּ֩ 'im.Du · A command to all of you: simple action

    Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk therein.

  11. Jeremiah 7:2 עֲמֹ֗ד 'a.Mod · A command to you: simple action

    Stand in the gate of Jehovah's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of Jehovah, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship Jehovah.

  12. Jeremiah 7:10 וַעֲמַדְתֶּ֣ם va.'a.mad.Tem · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by all of you

    and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered; that ye may do all these abominations?

  13. Jeremiah 14:6 עָמְד֣וּ 'a.me.Du · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.

  14. Jeremiah 15:1 יַעֲמֹ֨ד ya.'a.Mod · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Then said Jehovah unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

  15. Jeremiah 15:19 תַּֽעֲמֹ֔ד ta.'a.Mod · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Therefore thus saith Jehovah, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, that thou mayest stand before me; and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: they shall return unto thee, but thou shalt not return unto them.

  16. Jeremiah 17:19 וְעָֽמַדְתָּ֙ ve.'a.mad.Ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    Thus said Jehovah unto me: Go, and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;

  17. Jeremiah 18:20 עָמְדִ֣י 'a.me.Di · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

  18. Jeremiah 19:14 וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙ vai.ya.'a.Mod · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then came Jeremiah from Topheth, whither Jehovah had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of Jehovah's house, and said to all the people:

  19. Jeremiah 23:18 עָמַד֙ 'a.Mad · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    For who hath stood in the council of Jehovah, that he should perceive and hear his word? who hath marked my word, and heard it?

  20. Jeremiah 23:22 עָמְד֖וּ 'a.me.Du · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

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