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עָמַד (H5975)

ʻâmad

aw-mad'

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.

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

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


495 occurrences

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  • 2 Kings 11:11
    And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.
  • 2 Kings 11:14
    And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.
  • 2 Kings 13:6
    Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove also in Samaria.)
  • 2 Kings 13:18
    And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.
  • 2 Kings 15:20
    And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.
  • 2 Kings 18:17
    And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field.
  • 2 Kings 18:28
    Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:
  • 2 Kings 23:3
    And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
  • 1 Chronicles 6:31
    And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.
  • 1 Chronicles 6:32
    And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.