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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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  • Numbers 5:30
    Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.
  • Numbers 7:2
    That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered:
  • Numbers 8:13
    And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.
  • Numbers 9:8
    And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.
  • Numbers 11:24
    And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle.
  • Numbers 12:5
    And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
  • Numbers 14:14
    And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
  • Numbers 16:9
    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 the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?
  • Numbers 16:18
    And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron.
  • Numbers 16:48
    And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.