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עָמַד

a.madto stand: standHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb522 occurrences36 books497 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Traditional renderings: 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, 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.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עָמַד:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

522 total
  1. Genesis 18:8עֹמֵ֧ד · stood
    Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.
  2. Genesis 18:22עֹמֵ֖ד · standing
    And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.
  3. Genesis 19:17תַּעֲמֹ֖ד · stop
    As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
  4. Genesis 19:27עָ֥מַד · he had stood
    Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.
  5. Genesis 24:30עֹמֵ֥ד · standing
    As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.
  6. Genesis 24:31תַעֲמֹד֙ · are you standing
    “Come, you who are blessed by the LORD,” said Laban. “Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”
  7. Genesis 29:35וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד · Then Leah stopped
    And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.
  8. Genesis 30:9עָמְדָ֖ה · she had stopped
    When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
  9. Genesis 41:1עֹמֵ֥ד · He was standing
    After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,
  10. Genesis 41:3וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֛דְנָה · and stood
    After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river.
  11. Genesis 41:17עֹמֵ֖ד · I was standing
    Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,
  12. Genesis 41:46בְּעָמְד֕וֹ · when he entered the service
    Now Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph left Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt.
  13. Genesis 43:15וַיַּֽעַמְד֖וּ · and stood
    So the men took these gifts, along with double the amount of silver, and Benjamin as well. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.
  14. Genesis 45:1עָ֤מַד · [of them] were with
    Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.
  15. Genesis 45:9תַּעֲמֹֽד׃ · delay
    Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.
  16. Genesis 47:7וַיַּֽעֲמִדֵ֖הוּ · and presented him
    Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
  17. Exodus 3:5עוֹמֵ֣ד · are standing
    “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
  18. Exodus 8:22עֹמֵ֣ד · live
    But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land.
  19. Exodus 9:10וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙ · and stood
    So they took soot from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on man and beast.
  20. Exodus 9:11לַעֲמֹ֛ד · stand
    The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.
  21. Exodus 9:16הֶעֱמַדְתִּ֔יךָ · I have raised you up
    But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
  22. Exodus 9:28לַעֲמֹֽד׃ · need to stay
    Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”
  23. Exodus 14:19וַיַּֽעֲמֹ֖ד · and stood
    And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,
  24. Exodus 17:6עֹמֵד֩ · I will stand
    Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
  25. Exodus 18:13וַיַּעֲמֹ֤ד · and they stood
    The next day Moses took his seat to judge the people, and they stood around him from morning until evening.
  26. Exodus 18:23עֲמֹ֑ד · to endure
    If you follow this advice and God so directs you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people can go home in peace.”
  27. Exodus 20:18וַיַּֽעַמְד֖וּ · and stood
    When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.
  28. Exodus 20:21וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד · stood
    And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.
  29. Exodus 21:21יַעֲמֹ֑ד · [the servant] gets up
    However, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the servant is his property.
  30. Exodus 26:15עֹמְדִֽים׃ · upright
    You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
  31. Exodus 32:26וַיַּעֲמֹ֤ד · stood
    So Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.
  32. Exodus 33:9וְעָמַ֖ד · and remain
    As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses.
  33. Exodus 33:10עֹמֵ֖ד · standing
    When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they would stand up and worship, each one at the entrance to his own tent.
  34. Exodus 36:20עֹמְדִֽים׃ · upright
    Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
  35. Leviticus 9:5וַיַּֽעַמְד֖וּ · and stood
    So they took what Moses had commanded to the front of the Tent of Meeting, and the whole congregation drew near and stood before the LORD.
  36. Leviticus 13:5עָמַ֣ד · is unchanged
    On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine him, and if he sees that the infection is unchanged and has not spread on the skin, the priest must isolate him for another seven days.
  37. Leviticus 13:23תַּעֲמֹ֤ד · remains
    But if the spot remains unchanged and does not spread, it is only the scar from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
  38. Leviticus 13:28תַעֲמֹ֨ד · is unchanged
    But if the spot is unchanged and has not spread on the skin but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest is to pronounce him clean; for it is only the scar from the burn.
  39. Leviticus 13:37עָמַ֨ד · is unchanged
    If, however, in his sight the scaly outbreak is unchanged and black hair has grown in it, then it has healed. He is clean, and the priest is to pronounce him clean.
  40. Leviticus 14:11וְהֶעֱמִ֞יד · shall present
    The priest who performs the cleansing shall present the one to be cleansed, together with these offerings, before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
  41. Leviticus 16:7וְהֶעֱמִ֤יד · and present
    Then he shall take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
  42. Leviticus 16:10יָֽעֳמַד־ · shall be presented
    But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD to make atonement by sending it into the wilderness as the scapegoat.
  43. Leviticus 18:23תַעֲמֹ֞ד · stand
    You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.
  44. Leviticus 19:16תַעֲמֹ֖ד · endanger
    You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
  45. Leviticus 27:8וְהֶֽעֱמִידוֹ֙ · he is to present [the person]
    But if the one making the vow is too poor to pay the valuation, he is to present the person before the priest, who shall set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.
  46. Leviticus 27:11וְהֶֽעֱמִ֥יד · must be presented
    But if the vow involves any of the unclean animals that may not be brought as an offering to the LORD, the animal must be presented before the priest.
  47. Numbers 1:5יַֽעַמְד֖וּ · are to assist
    These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
  48. Numbers 3:6וְֽהַעֲמַדְתָּ֣ · and present
    “Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.
  49. Numbers 5:16וְהֶֽעֱמִדָ֖הּ · and have her stand
    The priest is to bring the wife forward and have her stand before the LORD.
  50. Numbers 5:18וְהֶעֱמִ֨יד · stand
    After the priest has the woman stand before the LORD, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering of memorial, which is the grain offering for jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a curse.