Strong G285ἄμμος
sand
- Transliteration
- ammos
- Pronunciation
- am'-mos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Perhaps from G260; sand (as heaped on the beach): - sand.
Detailed 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)
In the Bible
Strong G285 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sand5
First verses
- 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:
- 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:
- 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.
- Revelation 13:1And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
- 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.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄμμος,
or ἅμμος (compare ὕφ-αμμος), ἡ,
A sand, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 110a, etc.)]
A.II sandy ground, racecourse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.3.6. (Related to ἄμαθος as ψάμμος to ψάμαθος.))]
or ἅμμος (compare ὕφ-αμμος), ἡ,
A sand, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 110a, etc.)]
A.II sandy ground, racecourse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.3.6. (Related to ἄμαθος as ψάμμος to ψάμαθος.))]