עָמַד
ʻâmad · aw-mad'
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV 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, [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.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the doorway, the way in
To see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָמַד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
521 occurrences · 521 OT · 0 NT · 334 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- stood50 · 22%
- and stood43 · 19%
- stand18 · 8%
- standing10 · 4%
- shall stand9 · 4%
- and he stood9 · 4%
- to stand9 · 4%
- and stand7 · 3%
- and set7 · 3%
- standeth6 · 3%
- and he set6 · 3%
- that stood6 · 3%
- stood up5 · 2%
- stood still5 · 2%
- stay4 · 2%
- stand up4 · 2%
- endureth4 · 2%
- it, and set up4 · 2%
- set4 · 2%
- whom i stand4 · 2%
- stayed4 · 2%
- shall stand up4 · 2%
- and they stood4 · 2%
- and to stand3 · 1%
- not stand3 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
- Genesis16
- Exodus18
- Leviticus12
- Numbers21
- Deuteronomy17
- Joshua20
- Judges10
- Ruth1
- 1 Samuel17
- 2 Samuel16
- 1 Kings29
- 2 Kings29
- 1 Chronicles14
- 2 Chronicles51
- Ezra10
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.