Ammos ἄμμος
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| ἄμμος | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | ammos |
| Strong's number | G285 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | sand |
| Occurrences | 5 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Revelation (2) |
Ammos (Greek ἄμμος, Strong's G285) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “sand”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
ἄμμος, -ου, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for חוֹל ;]
sand, sandy ground: Mat.7:26, Rom.9:27, Heb.11:12, Rev.18:1, Rev.20:8.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for חוֹל ;]
sand, sandy ground: Mat.7:26, Rom.9:27, Heb.11:12, Rev.18:1, Rev.20:8.†
(AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | sand (5) |
|---|---|
| BSB | sand (4), shore (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Ammos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Matthew
- Matthew 7:26And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
Romans
- Romans 9:27Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
Hebrews
- Hebrews 11:12Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
Revelation
- Revelation 12:18(not included in this translation)(not included in this translation)
- Revelation 20:8And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).