עַמּוּד
ʻammûwd · am-mood'
a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform
Lexicon
Derivation: or עַמֻּד; from H5975 (עָמַד);
a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform
- a column (as standing)
- also, a stand, i.e. platform
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] apiece, pillar.
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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 › to fasten and establish › the doorway, the way in
To see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עַמּוּד 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
111 occurrences · 111 OT · 0 NT · 67 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- pillars18 · 19%
- of the pillars14 · 15%
- pillar11 · 12%
- the pillars9 · 9%
- their pillars7 · 7%
- and the pillars5 · 5%
- in a pillar4 · 4%
- his pillars4 · 4%
- by a pillar3 · 3%
- the pillar2 · 2%
- and their pillars2 · 2%
- for the pillars2 · 2%
- thereof, and the pillars2 · 2%
- nor the pillar1 · 1%
- them; and the pillar1 · 1%
- through the pillar1 · 1%
- cubits: their pillars1 · 1%
- all the pillars1 · 1%
- and all the pillars1 · 1%
- and his pillars1 · 1%
- in the pillar1 · 1%
- and in a pillar1 · 1%
- and the pillar1 · 1%
- him between the pillars1 · 1%
- with a pillar1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
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.