עָמַד
to stand
also: remain, endure, take one's stand fuller range ↓
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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).
Grammatical forms 62 distinct
- Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 61 times (12%)
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 55 times (10%)
- Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 44 times (8%)
- Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct 35 times (7%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 34 times (6%)
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 29 times (6%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 24 times (5%)
- Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 24 times (5%)
+54 more forms (220 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 526 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 3 of 3 — showing verses 401–497 of 497 distinct verses where H5975 appears, across 36 books. 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 28 verses
- 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:
Ezekiel 32 verses
- Ezekiel 1:21 וּ/בְ/עָמְדָ֖/ם יַֽעֲמֹ֑דוּ conj + prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp Qal impf 3mp When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up beside them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
- Ezekiel 1:24 בְּ/עָמְדָ֖/ם prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp When they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of a host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
- Ezekiel 1:25 בְּ/עָמְדָ֖/ם prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp There was a voice above the expanse that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings.
- Ezekiel 2:1 עֲמֹ֣ד Qal impv 2ms He said to me, Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
- Ezekiel 2:2 וַ/תַּעֲמִדֵ֖/נִי conj + Hiphil wimpf 3fs + sfx pers 1cs The Spirit entered into me when he spoke to me, and set me on my feet; and I heard him who spoke to me.
- Ezekiel 3:23 עֹמֵ֔ד Qal ptcp.act ms Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of Yahweh stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.
- Ezekiel 3:24 וַ/תַּעֲמִדֵ֖/נִי conj + Hiphil wimpf 3fs + sfx pers 1cs Then the Spirit entered into me, and set me on my feet; and he spoke with me, and said to me, Go, shut yourself within your house.
- Ezekiel 8:11 עֹמֵ֤ד עֹמְדִ֣ים Qal ptcp.act ms Qal ptcp.act mp There stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel; and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, every man with his censer in his hand; and the odor of the cloud of incense went up.
- Ezekiel 9:2 וַ/יַּ֣עַמְד֔וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lies toward the north, every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side. They went in, and stood beside the brazen altar.
- Ezekiel 10:3 עֹֽמְדִ֛ים Qal ptcp.act mp Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
- Ezekiel 10:6 וַֽ/יַּעֲמֹ֔ד conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It came to pass, when he commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim, that he went in, and stood beside a wheel.
- Ezekiel 10:17 בְּ/עָמְדָ֣/ם יַעֲמֹ֔דוּ prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp Qal impf 3mp When they stood, these stood; and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
- Ezekiel 10:18 וַֽ/יַּעֲמֹ֖ד conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The glory of Yahweh went forth from over the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.
- Ezekiel 10:19 וַֽ/יַּעֲמֹ֗ד conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight when they went forth, and the wheels beside them: and they stood at the door of the east gate of Yahweh's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
- Ezekiel 11:23 וַֽ/יַּעֲמֹד֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The glory of Yahweh went up from the midst of the city, and stood on the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
- Ezekiel 13:5 לַ/עֲמֹ֥ד prep + Qal inf.cs You have not gone up into the gaps, neither built up the wall for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in the day of Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 17:14 לְ/עָמְדָֽ/הּ prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3fs that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
- Ezekiel 21:21 עָמַ֨ד Qal pf 3ms For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shook the arrows back and forth, he consulted the teraphim, he looked in the liver.
- Ezekiel 22:14 הֲ/יַעֲמֹ֤ד ptcl inter + Qal impf 3ms Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with you? I, Yahweh, have spoken it, and will do it.
- Ezekiel 22:30 וְ/עֹמֵ֨ד conj + Qal ptcp.act ms I sought for a man among them, who should build up the wall, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.
- Ezekiel 24:11 וְ/הַעֲמִידֶ֥/הָ conj + Hiphil impv 2ms + sfx pers 3fs Then set it empty on the coals of it, that it may be hot, and the brass of it may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the rust of it may be consumed.
- Ezekiel 27:29 יַעֲמֹֽדוּ Qal impf 3mp All who handled the oar, the mariners, [and] all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships; they shall stand on the land,
- Ezekiel 31:14 יַעַמְד֧וּ Qal impf 3mp to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature, neither set their top among the thick boughs, nor that their mighty ones stand up on their height, [even] all who drink water: for they are all delivered to death, to the lower parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with those who go down to the pit.
- Ezekiel 33:26 עֲמַדְתֶּ֤ם Qal pf 2mp You stand on your sword, you work abomination, and you defile everyone his neighbor's wife: and shall you possess the land?
- Ezekiel 37:10 וַ/יַּֽעַמְדוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up on their feet, an exceeding great army.
- Ezekiel 40:3 עֹמֵ֖ד Qal ptcp.act ms He brought me there; and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
- Ezekiel 43:6 עֹמֵ֖ד Qal ptcp.act ms I heard one speaking to me out of the house; and a man stood by me.
- Ezekiel 44:11 יַעַמְד֥וּ Qal impf 3mp Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the house, and ministering in the house: they shall kill the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister to them.
- Ezekiel 44:15 וְ/עָמְד֣וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister to me; and they shall stand before me to offer to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord Yahweh:
- Ezekiel 44:24 יַעַמְד֣וּ Qal impf 3mp In a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to my ordinances shall they judge it: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts; and they shall make my Sabbaths holy.
- Ezekiel 46:2 וְ/עָמַד֙ conj + Qal wpf 3ms The prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate outside, and shall stand by the post of the gate; and the priests shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
- Ezekiel 47:10 יעמדו עָמְד֨וּ Qal impf 3mp Qal pf 3cp It shall happen, that fishermen shall stand by it: from En Gedi even to En Eglaim shall be a place for the spreading of nets; their fish shall be after their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.
Daniel 38 verses
- Daniel 1:4 לַ/עֲמֹ֖ד prep + Qal inf.cs youths in whom was no blemish, but well-favored, and skillful in all wisdom, and endowed with knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability to stand in the king's palace; and that he should teach them the learning and the language of the Chaldeans.
- Daniel 1:5 יַֽעַמְד֖וּ Qal impf 3mp The king appointed for them a daily portion of the king's dainties, and of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years; that at the end of it they should stand before the king.
- Daniel 1:19 וַ/יַּֽעַמְד֖וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The king talked with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.
- Daniel 2:2 וַ/יַּֽעַמְד֖וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.
- Daniel 8:3 עֹמֵ֛ד Qal ptcp.act ms Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
- Daniel 8:4 יַֽעַמְד֣וּ Qal impf 3mp I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; and no animals could stand before him, neither was there any who could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and magnified himself.
- Daniel 8:6 עֹמֵ֖ד Qal ptcp.act ms He came to the ram that had the two horns, which I saw standing before the river, and ran on him in the fury of his power.
- Daniel 8:7 לַ/עֲמֹ֣ד prep + Qal inf.cs I saw him come close to the ram, and he was moved with anger against him, and struck the ram, and broke his two horns; and there was no power in the ram to stand before him; but he cast him down to the ground, and trampled on him; and there was none who could deliver the ram out of his hand.
- Daniel 8:15 עֹמֵ֥ד Qal ptcp.act ms It happened, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, that I sought to understand it; and, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
- Daniel 8:17 עָמְדִ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was frightened, and fell on my face: but he said to me, Understand, son of man; for the vision belongs to the time of the end.
- Daniel 8:18 וַ/יַּֽעֲמִידֵ֖/נִי עָמְדִֽ/י conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 1cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright.
- Daniel 8:22 וַ/תַּֽעֲמֹ֥דְנָה יַעֲמֹ֖דְנָה conj + Qal wimpf 3fp Qal impf 3fp As for that which was broken, in the place where four stood up, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not with his power.
- Daniel 8:23 יַעֲמֹ֛ד Qal impf 3ms In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce face, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
- Daniel 8:25 יַעֲמֹ֔ד Qal impf 3ms Through his policy he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and in [their] security shall he destroy many: he shall also stand up against the prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
- Daniel 10:11 וַ/עֲמֹ֣ד עָמְדֶ֔/ךָ עָמַ֥דְתִּי conj + Qal impv 2ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Qal pf 1cs He said to me, Daniel, you man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright; for to you am I now sent. When he had spoken this word to me, I stood trembling.
- Daniel 10:13 עֹמֵ֤ד Qal ptcp.act ms But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; but, behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me: and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
- Daniel 10:16 הָ/עֹמֵ֣ד ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act ms Behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spoke and said to him who stood before me, my lord, by reason of the vision my sorrows are turned on me, and I retain no strength.
- Daniel 10:17 יַעֲמָד Qal impf 3ms For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, immediately there remained no strength in me, neither was there breath left in me.
- Daniel 11:1 עָמְדִ֛/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs "As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.
- Daniel 11:2 עֹמְדִ֣ים Qal ptcp.act mp Now will I show you the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and when he has grown strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.
- Daniel 11:3 וְ/עָמַ֖ד conj + Qal wpf 3ms A mighty king shall stand up, who shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
- Daniel 11:4 וּ/כְ/עָמְד/וֹ֙ conj + prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms When he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of the sky, but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others besides these.
- Daniel 11:6 יַעֲמֹד֙ Qal impf 3ms At the end of years they shall join themselves together; and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the strength of her arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm; but she shall be given up, and those who brought her, and he who became the father of her, and he who strengthened her in those times.
- Daniel 11:7 וְ/עָמַ֛ד conj + Qal wpf 3ms But out of a shoot from her roots shall one stand up in his place, who shall come to the army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail.
- Daniel 11:8 יַעֲמֹ֔ד Qal impf 3ms Also their gods, with their molten images, [and] with their goodly vessels of silver and of gold, shall he carry captive into Egypt; and he shall refrain some years from the king of the north.
- Daniel 11:11 וְ/הֶעֱמִיד֙ conj + Hiphil wpf 3ms The king of the south shall be moved with anger, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north; and he shall set forth a great multitude, and the multitude shall be given into his hand.
- Daniel 11:13 וְ/הֶעֱמִ֣יד conj + Hiphil wpf 3ms The king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former; and he shall come on at the end of the times, [even of] years, with a great army and with much substance.
- Daniel 11:14 יַֽעַמְד֖וּ לְ/הַעֲמִ֥יד Qal impf 3mp prep + Hiphil inf.cs In those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the children of the violent among your people shall lift themselves up to establish the vision; but they shall fall.
- Daniel 11:15 יַעֲמֹ֔דוּ לַ/עֲמֹֽד Qal impf 3mp prep + Qal inf.cs So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mound, and take a well-fortified city: and the forces of the south shall not stand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to stand.
- Daniel 11:16 עוֹמֵ֖ד וְ/יַעֲמֹ֥ד Qal ptcp.act ms conj + Qal impf 3ms But he who comes against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him; and he shall stand in the glorious land, and in his hand shall be destruction.
- Daniel 11:17 תַעֲמֹ֖ד Qal impf 3fs He shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and with him equitable conditions; and he shall perform them: and he shall give him the daughter of women, to corrupt her; but she shall not stand, neither be for him.
- Daniel 11:20 וְ/עָמַ֧ד conj + Qal wpf 3ms Then shall stand up in his place one who shall cause a tax collector to pass through the kingdom to maintain its glory; but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.
- Daniel 11:21 וְ/עָמַ֤ד conj + Qal wpf 3ms In his place shall stand up a contemptible person, to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in time of security, and shall obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
- Daniel 11:25 יַעֲמֹ֔ד Qal impf 3ms He shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall war in battle with an exceeding great and mighty army; but he shall not stand; for they shall devise devices against him.
- Daniel 11:31 יַעֲמֹ֑דוּ Qal impf 3mp Forces shall stand on his part, and they shall profane the sanctuary, even the fortress, and shall take away the continual [burnt offering], and they shall set up the abomination that makes desolate.
- Daniel 12:1 יַעֲמֹ֨ד הָ/עֹמֵד֮ Qal impf 3ms ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act ms "At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who shall be found written in the book.
- Daniel 12:5 עֹמְדִ֑ים Qal ptcp.act mp Then I, Daniel, looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on the brink of the river on this side, and the other on the brink of the river on that side.
- Daniel 12:13 וְ/תַעֲמֹ֥ד conj + Qal impf 2ms But go you your way until the end be; for you shall rest, and shall stand in your lot, at the end of the days.
Hosea 2 verses
- Hosea 10:9 עָמָ֔דוּ Qal pf 3cp "Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah. There they remained. The battle against the children of iniquity doesn't overtake them in Gibeah.
- Hosea 13:13 יַעֲמֹ֖ד Qal impf 3ms The sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him. He is an unwise son; For when it is time, he doesn't come to the opening of the womb.
Amos 1 verse
Obadiah 2 verses
- Obadiah 1:11 עֲמָֽדְ/ךָ֣ Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 2ms In the day that you stood on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away his substance, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots for Jerusalem, even you were like one of them.
- Obadiah 1:14 תַּעֲמֹד֙ Qal juss 2ms Don't stand in the crossroads to cut off those of his who escape. Don't deliver up those of his who remain in the day of distress.
Jonah 1 verse
Micah 1 verse
Nahum 2 verses
- Nahum 1:6 יַֽעֲמ֔וֹד Qal impf 3ms Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.
- Nahum 2:8 עִמְד֥וּ עֲמֹ֖דוּ Qal impv 2mp Qal impv 2mp But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no one looks back.
Habakkuk 3 verses
- Habakkuk 2:1 אֶעֱמֹ֔דָה Qal coh 1cs I will stand at my watch, and set myself on the ramparts, and will look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint.
- Habakkuk 3:6 עָמַ֣ד Qal pf 3ms He stood, and shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.
- Habakkuk 3:11 עָ֣מַד Qal pf 3ms The sun and moon stood still in the sky, At the light of your arrows as they went, At the shining of your glittering spear.
Haggai 1 verse
Zechariah 11 verses
- Zechariah 1:8 עֹמֵ֔ד Qal ptcp.act ms "I had a vision in the night, and, behold, a man riding on a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in a ravine; and behind him there were red, brown, and white horses.
- Zechariah 1:10 הָ/עֹמֵ֥ד ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act ms The man who stood among the myrtle trees answered, "They are the ones Yahweh has sent to go back and forth through the earth."
- Zechariah 1:11 הָֽ/עֹמֵד֙ ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act ms They reported to the angel of Yahweh who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, "We have walked back and forth through the earth, and, behold, all the earth is at rest and in peace."
- Zechariah 3:1 עֹמֵ֕ד עֹמֵ֥ד Qal ptcp.act ms Qal ptcp.act ms He showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Yahweh, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary.
- Zechariah 3:3 וְ/עֹמֵ֖ד conj + Qal ptcp.act ms Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel.
- Zechariah 3:4 הָ/עֹמְדִ֤ים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp He answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, "Take the filthy garments off of him." To him he said, "Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with rich clothing."
- Zechariah 3:5 עֹמֵֽד Qal ptcp.act ms I said, "Let them set a clean turban on his head." So they set a clean turban on his head, and clothed him; and the angel of Yahweh was standing by.
- Zechariah 3:7 הָ/עֹמְדִ֖ים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp "Thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'If you will walk in my ways, and if you will keep my charge, then you also shall judge my house, and shall also keep my courts, and I will give you a place of access among these who stand by.
- Zechariah 4:14 הָ/עֹמְדִ֖ים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp Then he said, "These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth."
- Zechariah 14:4 וְ/עָמְד֣וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp His feet will stand in that day on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in two, from east to west, making a very great valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
- Zechariah 14:12 עֹמֵ֣ד Qal ptcp.act ms This will be the plague with which Yahweh will strike all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh will consume away while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will consume away in their sockets, and their tongue will consume away in their mouth.
Malachi 1 verse
About this entry
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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
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
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);—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
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.
