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. Leviticus 16:7 וְהֶעֱמִ֤יד ve.he.'e.Mid · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And he shall take the two goats, and set them before Jehovah at the door of the tent of meeting.

  2. Leviticus 16:10 יָֽעֳמַד־ yo.'o.mad- · An action: being caused, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    But the goat, on which the lot fell for Azazel, shall be set alive before Jehovah, to make atonement for him, to send him away for Azazel into the wilderness.

  3. Leviticus 18:23 תַעֲמֹ֞ד ta.'a.Mod · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

  4. Leviticus 19:16 תַעֲמֹ֖ד ta.'a.Mod · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am Jehovah.

  5. Leviticus 27:8 וְהֶֽעֱמִידוֹ֙ ve.he.'e.mi.Do · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall be set before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to the ability of him that vowed shall the priest value him.

  6. Leviticus 27:11 וְהֶֽעֱמִ֥יד ve.he.'e.Mid · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer an oblation unto Jehovah, then he shall set the beast before the priest;

  7. Numbers 1:5 יַֽעַמְד֖וּ ya.'am.Du · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you. Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.

  8. Numbers 3:6 וְֽהַעֲמַדְתָּ֣ ve.ha.'a.mad.Ta · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by you

    Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.

  9. Numbers 5:16 וְהֶֽעֱמִדָ֖הּ ve.he.'e.mi.Dah · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before Jehovah:

  10. Numbers 5:18 וְהֶעֱמִ֨יד ve.he.'e.Mid · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And the priest shall set the woman before Jehovah, and let the hair of the woman's head go loose, and put the meal-offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal-offering of jealousy: and the priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that causeth the curse.

  11. Numbers 5:30 וְהֶעֱמִ֤יד ve.he.'e.Mid · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon a man, and he is jealous of his wife; then shall he set the woman before Jehovah, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.

  12. Numbers 7:2 הָעֹמְדִ֖ים ha.'o.me.Dim · An -ing word: simple action

    that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, offered. These were the princes of the tribes, these are they that were over them that were numbered:

  13. Numbers 8:13 וְהַֽעֲמַדְתָּ֙ ve.ha.'a.mad.Ta · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by you

    And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave-offering unto Jehovah.

  14. Numbers 9:8 עִמְד֣וּ 'im.Du · A command to all of you: simple action

    And Moses said unto them, Stay ye, that I may hear what Jehovah will command concerning you.

  15. Numbers 11:24 וַֽיַּעֲמֵ֥ד vai.ya.'a.Med · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Moses went out, and told the people the words of Jehovah: and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the Tent.

  16. Numbers 12:5 וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֖ד vai.ya.'a.Mod · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Jehovah came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forth.

  17. Numbers 14:14 עֹמֵ֣ד 'o.Med · An -ing word: simple action

    and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that thou Jehovah art in the midst of this people; for thou Jehovah art seen face to face, and thy cloud standeth over them, and thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.

  18. Numbers 16:9 וְלַעֲמֹ֛ד ve.la.'a.Mod · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of Jehovah, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them;

  19. Numbers 16:18 וַֽיַּעַמְד֗וּ vai.ya.'am.Du · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood at the door of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.

  20. Numbers 16:48 וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד vai.ya.'a.Mod · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.

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