עָמַד
to stand
also: remain, endure, take one's stand fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘stand’
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘station’
- Hophal
- The passive counterpart of the Hiphil (“he was caused to…”).
Form
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Every verse where H5975 appears in the Book of Jeremiah — 28 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 4:6 תַּעֲמֹ֑דוּ Qal juss 2mp Set up a standard toward Zion: flee for safety, don't stay; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
- Jeremiah 6:16 עִמְדוּ֩ Qal impv 2mp Thus says Yahweh, Stand you in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and you shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk [therein].
- Jeremiah 7:2 עֲמֹ֗ד Qal impv 2ms Stand in the gate of Yahweh's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of Yahweh, all you of Judah, who enter in at these gates to worship Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 7:10 וַ/עֲמַדְתֶּ֣ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered; that you may do all these abominations?
- Jeremiah 14:6 עָמְד֣וּ Qal pf 3cp The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
- Jeremiah 15:1 יַעֲמֹ֨ד Qal impf 3ms Then said Yahweh to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
- Jeremiah 15:19 תַּֽעֲמֹ֔ד Qal impf 2ms Therefore thus says Yahweh, If you return, then will I bring you again, that you may stand before me; and if you take forth the precious from the vile, you shall be as my mouth: they shall return to you, but you shall not return to them.
- Jeremiah 17:19 וְ/עָֽמַדְתָּ֙ conj + Qal wpf 2ms Thus said Yahweh to me: Go, and stand in the gate of the children of the people, through which the kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;
- Jeremiah 18:20 עָמְדִ֣/י Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 1cs Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
- Jeremiah 19:14 וַֽ/יַּעֲמֹד֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then came Jeremiah from Topheth, where Yahweh had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of Yahweh's house, and said to all the people:
- Jeremiah 23:18 עָמַד֙ Qal pf 3ms For who has stood in the council of Yahweh, that he should perceive and hear his word? who has marked my word, and heard it?
- Jeremiah 23:22 עָמְד֖וּ Qal pf 3cp But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
- Jeremiah 26:2 עֲמֹד֮ Qal impv 2ms Thus says Yahweh: Stand in the court of Yahweh's house, and speak to all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in Yahweh's house, all the words that I command you to speak to them; don't diminish a word.
- Jeremiah 28:5 הָ/עֹמְדִ֖ים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people who stood in the house of Yahweh,
- Jeremiah 32:14 יַעַמְד֖וּ Qal impf 3mp Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, this deed of the purchase which is sealed, and this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel; that they may continue many days.
- Jeremiah 35:19 עֹמֵ֥ד Qal ptcp.act ms therefore thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me forever.
- Jeremiah 36:21 הָ/עֹמְדִ֖ים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp So the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll; and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes who stood beside the king.
- Jeremiah 40:10 לַֽ/עֲמֹד֙ prep + Qal inf.cs As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans who shall come to us: but you, gather you wine and summer fruits and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that you have taken.
- Jeremiah 44:15 הָ/עֹמְד֖וֹת ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act fp Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, even all the people who lived in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
- Jeremiah 46:15 עָמַ֔ד Qal pf 3ms Why are your strong ones swept away? they didn't stand, because Yahweh did drive them.
- Jeremiah 46:21 עָמָ֑דוּ Qal pf 3cp Also her hired men in the midst of her are like calves of the stall; for they also are turned back, they are fled away together, they didn't stand: for the day of their calamity is come on them, the time of their visitation.
- Jeremiah 48:11 עָמַ֤ד Qal pf 3ms Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither has he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remains in him, and his scent is not changed.
- Jeremiah 48:19 עִמְדִ֥י Qal impv 2fs Inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch: ask him who flees, and her who escapes; say, What has been done?
- Jeremiah 48:45 עָמְד֖וּ Qal pf 3cp Those who fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire is gone forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and has devoured the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
- Jeremiah 49:19 יַעֲמֹ֖ד Qal impf 3ms Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd who will stand before me?
- Jeremiah 50:44 יַעֲמֹ֖ד Qal impf 3ms Behold, [the enemy] shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd who can stand before me?
- Jeremiah 51:50 תַּעֲמֹ֑דוּ Qal juss 2mp You who have escaped the sword, go you, don't stand still; remember Yahweh from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
- Jeremiah 52:12 עָמַ֛ד Qal pf 3ms Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, who stood before the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem:
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Hebrew verb עמד centers on the idea of “to stand.” Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 18:8. It turns up in 497 verses across 36 books, a common footprint. Across 3 stems, its meaning turns on the binyan (Qal, Hiphil). It shares a root with מעמד, מעמד and עמד. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H5975 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 497
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 497 distinct verses.
- 36 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 36 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #94
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 94 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 497 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- 2 Chronicles 50 verses 10%
- Daniel 38 verses 8%
- Ezekiel 32 verses 6%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 497 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 215 verses · 43%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 198 verses · 40%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 84 verses · 17%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Stood 122×, Stand 47×, Set 15×
- American Standard Version: Stood 106×, Stand 43×, He stood 13×
- Berean Standard Bible: Stood 77×, Stand 45×, Standing 27×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Stood 73×, Stand 69×, And 32×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H5975 across 520 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 134 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H5975 across 518 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 160 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H5975 across 506 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 176 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 16 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H5975 across 599 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 121 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
53 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Hophal (the passive of Hiphil).
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 53 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
Qal
- Pf. ע׳ Gn 19:27 +, 3 fs. עָֽמְדָה 2 K 13:6 +, etc.; Impf. יַעֲמֹד Ex 21:21, יַעֲמוֹד Na 1:6 +, יַעֲמָד־ 1 S 16:22 +; 1 s. אֶעֱמֹ֑דָה Hb 2:1, וָאֶעֱמֹד 2 S 1:10; 3 mpl. יַעַמְדוּ Je 32:14 +, יַעֲמֹ֑דוּ Ez 1:21 +; f. יַעֲמֹדְנָה Dn 8:22; 2 mpl. וַתַּעַמְדוּן Dt 4:11, etc.; Imv. עֲמֹד 1 S 9:27 +, עֲמָד־ 2 S 1:9; fs. עִמְדִי Is 47:12; Je 48:19, etc.; Inf. abs. עָמֹד Est 9:16; cstr. עֲמֹד Ex 18:23 +, sf. עָמְדִי Je 18:20, עֲמָדְךָ Ob 11, etc.; Pt. עֹמֵד Is 3:13 +, f. עֹמֶ֫דֶת Hg 2:5 +, etc.;— e.g. Genesis 19:27
- 1.
- a. stand, be in a standing attitude: c. עַל by, 1 S 26:13; 2 S 2:25; 2 K 2:7 +, so pt. Gn 18:8 (J), 41:1, 17 (E) +, עַל on, Ex 3:5 (E), Dt 27:12 +; c. ב loc. Ex 32:26; Nu 22:24, 26 (all JE), +; c. אֶל loc. 1 K 20:38 (+ לְ pers.), Je 48:19; Ez 21:26; 27:29; c. אֶל pers. 1 S 17:51; 2 K 5:25; c. אֵצֶל Gn 41:3 (E), Ez 9:2; 10:6; Ne 8:4; c. לִפְנֵי Gn 18:22; 1 K 3:16; 8:22 +; before י׳, for intercession Gn 19:27 (J), Dt 4:10; Je 15:1; 18:20, etc.; take one’s stand and do a thing 1 S 17:8; 1 K 8:55; 2 K 18:28 = Is 36:13 +; sq. inf. 1 K 8:11 = 2 Ch 5:14 +. e.g. 1 Samuel 26:13
- b. stand forth (to speak, etc.) 2 K 10:9 +. e.g. 2 Kings 10:9
- c. take a stand against (עַל), in opposition to, Ju 6:31; Ezr 10:15 (but stand over, = have charge of, according to KueGes. Abh. 247 f.) 2 Ch 26:18; cf. עַל־דַּם Lv 19:16 (H) against the blood of, i.e. seek one’s blood, life; c. יָ֑חַד Is 50:8 together, i.e. against each other. e.g. Judges 6:31
- d. present oneself before (לִפְנֵי) Gn 43:15 (J), Ex 9:10 (E), Nu 27:2, 21 (P), 1 S 16:21 +; before י׳ (in sanctuary) Dt 19:17; Je 7:10 cf. 18:20 Lv 9:5 (P); so in heaven 1 K 22:21 = 2 Ch 18:20; c. ב loc. of child at birth Ho 13:13, in palace (as retainer, courtier) Dn 1:4. e.g. Genesis 43:15
- e. c. לִפְנֵי attend upon, be (come) servant of 1 S 16:22 (v. Dr), 1 K 1:2 +; servant of י׳ 1 K 17:1; 18:15 2 K 3:14; 5:16 Je 15:19; priests (לְשָֽׁרְתוֹ) לִפְנֵי י׳ Dt 10:8; Ju 20:28; Ez 44:15; 2 Ch 29:11; of Levites, stand before congreg. for menial duties Ez 44:11; Nu 16:9 (P). e.g. 1 Samuel 16:22
- f. stand afar מֵרָחוֹק Ex 20:18, 21 (E), Is 59:14 ψ 38:12, בְּר׳ ψ 10:1; מִנֶּגֶד מֵר׳ 2 K 2:7; stand aloof, מִנֶּגֶד Ob 11 ψ 38:12. e.g. Exodus 20:15
- g. stand (silent) Jb 32:16. e.g. Job 32:16
- h. stand (appealingly) Jb 30:20 (but read עָמַדְתָּ, of God, Me Hi Du). e.g. Job 30:20
- i. stand, subj. רֶגֶל Zc 14:4 (עַל loc.), ψ 122:2 (ב loc.) so 26:12 (fig.). e.g. Zechariah 14:4
- j. stand, of water, עַל־הָרִים ψ 104:6. Vid. also preps. אֶל, אֵצֶל, עַל, מִמַּעַל, עִם, etc. e.g. Psalms 104:6
- 2.
- a. stand still, stop, cease moving, of moon Jos 10:13 (JE; ‖ וַיִּדֹּם), sun v 13, both, Hb 3:11; of pers. 1 S 9:27 (opp. עָבַר), 2 S 2:28 (opp. רָדַף), עִמְדוּ עֲמֹ֫דוּ Na 2:9 +; stop flowing (of oil) 2 K 4:6; remain standing, c. תַּחְתֵּינוּ Ju 7:21; 1 S 14:9 etc.; of eruption in skin = remain unchanged Lv 13:23, 28; so (without ת׳) 13:5, 37 (all P). e.g. Joshua 10:13
- b. = be inactive 2 Ch 20:17 (opp. לְהִלָּחֵם, + הִתְיַצְּבוּ). e.g. 2 Chronicles 20:17
- c. = be attentive Jb 37:14. e.g. Job 37:14
- d. stop, cease doing a thing 2 K 13:18; c. מִן Gn 29:35; 30:9 (both J), Jon 1:15. e.g. 2 Kings 13:18
- 3.
- a. tarry, delay Gn 45:9 (E), Jos 10:19 (JE; opp. רָדַף), 1 S 20:38 (opp. מְהֵרָה, חוּשָׁה), +. e.g. Genesis 45:9
- b. remain, c. ב loc. 2 K 15:20; Dt 10:10; c. עִמָּדִי Dt 5:28 (opp. שׁוּב); + inf. purpose Est 7:7. e.g. 2 Kings 15:20
- c. continue, abide Lv 13:5; Je 32:14; Is 66:22 ψ 102:27 Ec 2:9; = dwell Ex 8:18 (J; עַל loc.); לָעַד ψ 19:10; 111:3, 10; 112:3, 9; לְעוֹלָם ψ 33:11 Ec 1:4; בְּתוֹךְ Hg 2:5; of plan = be established ψ 33:11 (earlier קוּם, as Is 14:24), so Est 3:4; Dn 11:17 b; = maintain itself (earlier קוּם Jos 2:11) Ec 2:9; לֹא יַעֲמָד־בִּי כֹחַ Dn 10:17. e.g. Leviticus 13:5
- d. endure Ex 18:23 (E), Ez 22:14 (‖ חָזַק). e.g. Exodus 18:23
- e. be steadfast Dt 25:8; Ru 2:7. e.g. Deuteronomy 25:8
- f. persist Ec 8:3. e.g. Ecclesiastes 8:3
- 4. make a stand, hold one’s ground, Am 2:15; 2 K 10:4; Mal 3:2 +; c. לִפְנֵי Ju 2:14; 2 K 10:4; Est 9:2 +, בִּפְנֵי Jos 10:8; 21:44 (Ginsb; van d. H. Baer v 42), 23:9 (all D); c. עַל, for one’s life Est 8:11; 9:16. e.g. Amos 2:15
- 5. stand upright:
- a. remain standing 2 K 13:6; of head 6:31 remain upright upon him (עָלָיו); of house (fig. of endurance) Jb 8:15, Pr 12:7. e.g. 2 Kings 13:6
- b. stand up, opp. sit, Ne 8:5; Jb 29:8 (+ קוּם); opp. lie prostrate Ez 2:1 (עַל־רַגְלֶיךָ), so 37:10 (id.), Dn 10:11, v 11 (עַל־עָמְדֶ֑ךָ), Est 8:4; of revival after death Dn 12:13 (late for קוּם). e.g. Nehemiah 8:5
- c. stand up, rise, of water Jos 3:13 (+ apposs. נֵד אֶחָד), v 16 (+ קָמוּ + id.; both JE). e.g. Joshua 3:13
- d. be erect, upright, of boards Ex 26:15; 36:20 (P). e.g. Exodus 26:15
- 6.
- a. arise, appear, come on the scene (= קוּם; late) Ezr 2:63 = Ne 7:65, ψ 106:30 (cf. Ecclus 47:1, 12), especially Dn 8:22(×2), 23; 11:2, 3, 4; 12:1, cf. 11:7 (כַּנּוֹ), v 20, 21 (עַל־כַּנּוֹ); c. תַּחַת instead of Ec 4:15; of war 1 Ch 20:4, deliverance Est 4:14. e.g. Ezra 2:63
- b. stand forth, appear = come into being Is 48:13 ψ 33:9; 119:90. e.g. Isaiah 48:13
- c. rise up as foe (earlier קום Am 7:9; Gn 4:8), c. עַל against 1 Ch 21:1; 2 Ch 20:23; Dn 8:25; 11:14, c. לְנֶגְדִּי against 10:13. e.g. Amos 7:9
- 7. rare usages are:
- a. ע׳ אֶת־ stand with, as attendant, servitor Gn 45:1 (E), Nu 1:5 (P). e.g. Genesis 45:1
- b. take one’s stand in covenant, בַּבְּרִית 2 K 23:3. e.g. 2 Kings 23:3
- c. stand עַל־חֶרֶב Ez 33:26 (resort to the sword). e.g. Ezekiel 33:26
- d. stand בְּסוֹד י׳ Je 23:18, 22 (v. סוֹד). e.g. Jeremiah 23:18
- e. be appointed Ezr 10:14. e.g. Ezra 10:14
- f. stand before (לִפְנֵי) beast Lv 18:23 (carnal intercourse) e.g. Leviticus 18:23
- g. grow flat, insipid (Gie), taste of wine Je 48:11 (fig. of Moab), or remain unchanged (so most, in that case cf. 3 b).—עָמְדִי Dn 11:1b is crpt., read prob. עָמַדְתִּי, or עָמַד (מִיכָאֵל subj.), join then to 10:21 and del. 11:1a; so Bev Behrm MartiKau. e.g. Jeremiah 48:11
Hiphil
- (cf. DrIntr. (6) 535) Pf. 3 ms. הֶעֱמִיד 1 K 12:32 +, 2 ms. הֶעֱמַדְתָּה ψ 30:8, וְהַעֲמַדְתָּ֫ Nu 3:6 +, etc.; Impf. יַעֲמִיד Pr 29:4 +, וַיַּעֲמֵד 2 K 8:1 +; 3 fs. sf. וַתַּעֲמִדֵנִי Ez 2:2; 3:24, 1 pl. וַנַּעֲמִיד Ne 4:3, etc.; Imv. הַעֲמֵד Is 21:6; sf. הַעֲמִידֶהָ Ez 24:11; Inf. abs. הַעֲמֵיד Ne 7:3; cstr. הַעֲמִיד 1 K 15:4 +; Pt. מַעֲמִיד 2 Ch 18:34 (but v.Hoph.);— e.g. 1 Kings 12:32
- 1. station, set, c. acc. Ju 16:25 (בֵּין); for duty Nu 11:24 (E; סְבִיבֹת), 1 K 12:32 (ב loc.), 2 Ch 19:5 (id.), Ne 13:11 (עַל־עָמְדָם), Is 21:6 + (Ne 4:7a read perhaps Qal, so PerlesAnal. 65), c. עַל against Ne 4:3. e.g. Judges 16:25
- 2. cause to stand firm ψ 18:34 = 2 S 22:34 (c. עַל loc.); maintain (opp. overthrow) Ex 9:16 (J), 1 K 15:4, cf. Pr 29:4. e.g. Psalms 18:34
- 3. cause to stand up, set up, erect, c. acc. + עַל־רַגְלַי Ez 2:2; 3:24, so עַל־עָמְדִי Dn 8:18; temple Ezr 2:68 (על loc.), cf. 2 Ch 24:13 (על loc., of repairs); especially doors Ne 3:1 + 7 times Ne; Asherim 2 Ch 33:19, cf. 25:14. e.g. Ezekiel 2:2
- 4. + לִפְנֵי present one before king Gn 47:7 (P), י׳ (in sanctuary) Lv 14:11 + 3 times P, + (of goat) Lv 16:7, priest Lv 27:8 + 4 times P, + (of beast) Lv 27:11. e.g. Genesis 47:7
- 5. appoint Ne 7:3; 1 Ch 15:17 + (late); c. עַל over Ne 13:9 +, c. inf. purpose 6:7 +, c. 2 acc. 1 Ch 15:16; = assign (land) to (ל) 2 Ch 33:8 (‖ 2 K 21:8 נָתַן); appoint courses of priests 8:14; 31:2, cf. Ne 13:30; ordain commandments, עַל pers. Ne 10:33, cf. 2 Ch 30:5; establish עַד־הָעוֹלָם 1 Ch 17:14 (ב loc.), cf. 2 Ch 9:8 ψ 148:6; c. acc. of covenant ψ 105:10 = 1 Ch 16:17 (ל pers. + ל rei); c. חָזוֹן vision Dn 11:14 (= fulfil, earlier הֵקִים). e.g. Nehemiah 7:3
- 6. other meanings:
- a. ע׳ אֶת־פָּנָיו 2 K 8:11 have a fixed look. e.g. 2 Kings 8:11
- b. c. acc. רַגְלַי + ב loc. ψ 31:9 (fig.). e.g. Psalms 31:9
- c. make to stand (in a covt.; v. ‖ 2 K 23:3) 2 Ch 34:32. e.g. 2 Kings 23:3
- d. restore waste places Ezr 9:9. e.g. Ezra 9:9
- e. + לְפָנֶיהָ Est 4:5, i.e. make servant to. e.g. Esther 4:5
- f. cause wind to arise ψ 107:25. e.g. Psalms 107:25
- g. = raise an army Dn 11:11, 13.—2 Ch 18:34 v. Hoph.; ψ 30:8 v. עֹז; Ez 29:7 v. מָעַד. e.g. Daniel 11:11
Hophal
- Impf. 3 ms. יָעֳמַד־ Lv 16:10 be presented (of goat), + לִפְנֵי י׳; Pt. הָיָה מָעֳמָד 1 K 22:35 he was caused to stand, i.e. propped up, in (ב) his chariot, so read also ‖ 2 Ch 18:34 (as 𝔊), for MT מַעֲמִיד.—On Pf. הָעֳמַדְתִּי v. עֹז ψ 30:8. e.g. Leviticus 16:10
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Word origin
take one’s stand, stand (NH id.; Ph. עמד; Assyrian emêdu, stand, set up; Arabic عَمَدَ prop up, support, and deriv.; Ethiopic ዐምድ: pillar; 𝔗 עַמּוּדָא pillar, Syriac ܥܰܡܽܘܕܳܐ, Palm. עמודא, cf. also n.pr. תימעמד; Sab. עמד pillar, according to CISiv. 91 (or other deriv. from √ עמד DHMZMG xxxvii (1883), 5), pl. אעמדן pillars DHMEpigr. Denkm. aus Abess. 80);—
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Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
עָמַך II
- (b. h.)
- 1. to stand, stand up, rise; to remain, endure; to be ready. Ber. V, 1 אין עוֹמְדִין להתפלל וכ׳ you must not stand up (make ready) for prayer, &c., v. כּוֹבֶד. Ib. I, 2 שכן דרך … לַעֲמוֹד וכ׳ for princes generally rise at three hours. Ib. 3 (expl. ובקומך, Deut. VI, 7) בשעה שבני אדם עוֹמְדִים at the time when people get up (in the morning). Kidd. 71ᵃ עוֹמֵד בחצי ימיו a middle-aged man. Y. Snh. VIII, 26ᵇ ע׳ בדין stood before court. B. Mets. 47ᵇ מי שאינו עומד בדיבורו who does not stand by (keep) his promise. Kil. IV, 4 העומד that part of the fence which is unimpaired, opp. פרוץ. Neg. I, 3, sq. העומד the leprous spot which remained in its place (Lev. XIII, 28). B. Bath. 60ᵇ יכולין לעמוד בה, v. גְּזֵרָה. Ex. R. s. 2 בקש משה שיַעַמְדּוּ וכו׳ Moses prayed that from him should rise priests and kings; a. v. fr.—Esp. uses: ע׳ על a) to understand. Y. Shek. I, 45ᵈ, v. אוֹפִי; a. e.—b) to insist upon. Meg. 28ᵃ לא עָמַדְתִּי על מדותי, v. מִדָּה. Kidd. l. c. מְעַמֵּד על מדותיו Pi. (Rashi מַעֲמִיד Hif.)—c) to be reduced to. Y. Ber. II, 5ᶜ ע׳ על חמשים it came down to fifty; a. fr. e.g. Deuteronomy 6:7
- 2. (of liquids) to settle, become consistent. Ab. Zar. 35ᵇ חלב טהור עומד milk of a clean animal curdles (can be made into cheese or butter).
- 3. (of blades) to become dull (without being notched). Bets. 28ᵇ סכין שעָמְדָה מותר וכ׳ a slaughtering knife which has become dull may be sharpened on the Holy Day.
- 4. עוֹמֵד ל־ standing ready, designated for. Pes. 13ᵇ, a. fr. כל העומד לזרוק וכ׳ whatever is ready to be sprinkled, is considered as if it had been sprinkled. Keth. 51ᵃ top; a. fr.
- 5. ע׳ ב־ to resist. Cant. R. to VII, 8 כל … לעמוד בזנות he who can resister the temptation of lust; כאילו עומד בשתיהן as if he resisted both; a. e.
- to cause to stand, to place; to restore, preserve; to beget, produce. Y. R. Hash. I, 57ᵇ top הַעֲמִידוּ בימה put the dais up (to hold court). Tam. V, 6 היה מַעֲמִיד וכ׳ made the unclean priests stand in the eastern gate. Yeb. 62ᵇ הם הם הֶעֱמִידוּ תורה וכ׳ it was they who preserved the law (tradition) in those days. Ab. I, 1 הַעֲמִידוּ תלמידים הרבה rear many scholars. Num. R. s. 14 ה׳ בנים begot children. Koh. R. to I, 4 מה היא עומדת מַעֲמֶדֶת what does ʿomadeth (ib.) mean? She (the earth) preserves, v. תַּפְקִיד. Gen. R. s. 90 שכל ארץ וארץ מעמדת פירותיה each ground preserves its own fruits (when put into the ground). Ib. דברים שהן מַעֲמִידִין substances which conserve, v. קִטְמִית; a. fr.—2) to change the standing of; to enlarge; to reduce. Meg. 15ᵇ שתי אמות היה והֶעֱמִידוֹ על וכ׳ it was two cubits long, and he extended it to twelve. Macc. 24ᵃ (of the 613 laws of the Torah) בא דוד והֶעֱמִידָן על וכ׳ David came and brought them down to eleven (Ps. XV); בא עמוס והעמידן על אחת Amos came and reduced them to one (Am. V, 4).—3) ה׳ (על) עצמו to contain, check one’s self. Snh. 72ᵃ אין אדם מעמיד עצמו על ממונו no one will restrain himself from defending his property. Ib. 93ᵇ מַעֲמִידִין על עצמם בשעה וכ׳ they restrained themselves when they had a human need.—4) (of liquids) to make consistent, curdle. Ab. Zar. II, 5 מעמידין אותן בקיבת נבלה they make the cheese by putting into the milk rennet from an animal not ritually slaughtered. Orl. I, 7 המעמיד בשרף הערלה if one curdles milk by means of a resinous substance (an acid) from an ‘uncircumcised’ tree (v. עָרְלָה); a. e.—5) ה׳ על חזקתו to let a thing stand on the basis of its presumptive condition, to assume that the ordinary condition has not changed. Nidd. 2ᵃ הַעֲמֵד אשה על חזקתה assume that the woman has not changed her presumptive condition (of cleanness); העמד דבר על חזקתו assume everything to remain unchanged (until a change is proven). Keth. 75ᵇ; a. fr.—6) ה׳ על מדותיו (sub. עצמו), v. supra. e.g. Amos 5:4
- 1. (sub. (sub. עצמו) to insist. Kidd. 71ᵃ, v. supra.
- 2. to place; part. pass. מְעוּמָּד, q. v.
*עֲמַד
- , to stay, dwell, v. עֲמַר II.
- to place; part. pass. מְעַמַּד. Targ. Y. Gen. XXVIII, 13, v. עֲתַר.
עֹמֶד
- preced.) stand. Tanḥ. Vayiḳra 8 עמוד במקום עוֹמְדְּךָ stay where thou standest.
עָמָד I
- (v. עָמַד II,
- 2. urin-soaked dung. Gen. R. s. 39 בית הע׳, v. דָּהוֹן.
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Forms in the corpus
The 334 distinct written forms H5975 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 274 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H5975, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- מעמד maʻămâd H4612 service
- מעמד moʻŏmâd H4613 foothold
- עמד ʻômed H5977 standing place
- עמדה ʻemdâh H5979 standing ground
- עמוד ʻammûwd H5982 pillar
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 6 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 453 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 497 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 18:8
- Exodus 3:5
- Leviticus 9:5
- Numbers 1:5
- Deuteronomy 1:38
- Joshua 3:8
- Judges 2:14
- Ruth 2:7
- 1 Samuel 6:14
- 2 Samuel 1:9
- 1 Kings 1:2
- 2 Kings 2:7
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
