Usually translated as
stand, set, stay, present, continue, withstand, endure, establish, remain, abide, appoint, arise, dwell, be employed, raise up, repair, serve, settle, tarry, cease, confirm, leave, make, ordain, be, place
Occurrences
ʻâmad occurs 521 times in 496 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (16), Exodus (18), Leviticus (12), Numbers (21), Deuteronomy (17), Joshua (18), Judges (10), Ruth (1), 1 Samuel (16), 2 Samuel (15), 1 Kings (28), 2 Kings (26), 1 Chronicles (14), 2 Chronicles (50), Ezra (10), Nehemiah (24), Esther (12), Job (8), Psalms (31), Proverbs (4), Ecclesiastes (5), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (17), Jeremiah (28), Ezekiel (32), Daniel (37), Hosea (2), Amos (1), Obadiah (2), Jonah (1), Micah (1), Nahum (2), Habakkuk (3), Haggai (1), Zechariah (11), Malachi (1)
- Genesis 18:8 — And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood (עֹמֵ֧ד) by them under the tree, and they did eat.
- Genesis 18:22 — And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood (עֹמֵ֖ד) yet before the LORD.
- Genesis 19:17 — And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay (תַּעֲמֹ֖ד) thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
- Genesis 19:27 — And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood (עָ֥מַד) before the LORD:
- Genesis 24:30 — And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood (עֹמֵ֥ד) by the camels at the well.
- Genesis 24:31 — And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest (תַעֲמֹד֙) thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.
- Genesis 29:35 — And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left (וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד) bearing.
- Genesis 30:9 — When Leah saw that she had left (עָמְדָ֖ה) bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
- Genesis 41:1 — And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood (עֹמֵ֥ד) by the river.
- Genesis 41:3 — And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood (וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֛דְנָה) by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
- Genesis 41:17 — And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood (עֹמֵ֖ד) upon the bank of the river:
- Genesis 41:46 — And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood (בְּעָמְד֕וֹ) before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 43:15 — And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood (וַיַּֽעַמְד֖וּ) before Joseph.
- Genesis 45:1 — Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood (עָ֤מַד) no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
- Genesis 45:9 — Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry (תַּעֲמֹֽד) not:
- Genesis 47:7 — And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set (וַיַּֽעֲמִדֵ֖הוּ) him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
- Exodus 3:5 — And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest (עוֹמֵ֣ד) is holy ground.
- Exodus 8:22 — And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell (עֹמֵ֣ד), that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.
- Exodus 9:10 — And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood (וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙) before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.
- Exodus 9:11 — And the magicians could not stand (לַעֲמֹ֛ד) before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
- Exodus 9:16 — And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up (הֶעֱמַדְתִּ֔יךָ), for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
- Exodus 9:28 — Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay (לַעֲמֹֽד) no longer.
- Exodus 14:19 — And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood (וַיַּֽעֲמֹ֖ד) behind them:
- Exodus 17:6 — Behold, I will stand (עֹמֵד֩) before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
- Exodus 18:13 — And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood (וַיַּעֲמֹ֤ד) by Moses from the morning unto the evening.
- Exodus 18:23 — If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure (עֲמֹ֑ד), and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
- Exodus 20:18 — And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood (וַיַּֽעַמְד֖וּ) afar off.
- Exodus 20:21 — And the people stood (וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד) afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
- Exodus 21:21 — Notwithstanding, if he continue (יַעֲמֹ֑ד) a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
- Exodus 26:15 — And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up (עֹמְדִֽים).
- Exodus 32:26 — Then Moses stood (וַיַּעֲמֹ֤ד) in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD’s side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
- Exodus 33:9 — And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood (וְעָמַ֖ד) at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses.
- Exodus 33:10 — And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand (עֹמֵ֖ד) at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.
- Exodus 36:20 — And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up (עֹמְדִֽים).
- Leviticus 9:5 — And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood (וַיַּֽעַמְד֖וּ) before the LORD.
- Leviticus 13:5 — And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay (עָמַ֣ד), and the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:
- Leviticus 13:23 — But if the bright spot stay (תַּעֲמֹ֤ד) in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
- Leviticus 13:28 — And if the bright spot stay (תַעֲמֹ֨ד) in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.
- Leviticus 13:37 — But if the scall be in his sight at a stay (עָמַ֨ד), and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
- Leviticus 14:11 — And the priest that maketh him clean shall present (וְהֶעֱמִ֞יד) the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
- Leviticus 16:7 — And he shall take the two goats, and present (וְהֶעֱמִ֤יד) them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
- Leviticus 16:10 — But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented (יָֽעֳמַד) alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.
- Leviticus 18:23 — Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand (תַעֲמֹ֞ד) before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
- Leviticus 19:16 — Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand (תַעֲמֹ֖ד) against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 27:8 — But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself (וְהֶֽעֱמִידוֹ֙) before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.
- Leviticus 27:11 — And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present (וְהֶֽעֱמִ֥יד) the beast before the priest:
- Numbers 1:5 — And these are the names of the men that shall stand (יַֽעַמְד֖וּ) with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
- Numbers 3:6 — Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present (וְֽהַעֲמַדְתָּ֣) them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
- Numbers 5:16 — And the priest shall bring her near, and set (וְהֶֽעֱמִדָ֖הּ) her before the LORD:
- Numbers 5:18 — And the priest shall set (וְהֶעֱמִ֨יד) the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse: