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Strong H5975H5975Hעָמַד

to stand: appoint

One of the 4 senses of Strong H5975

Transliteration
‛âmad
Pronunciation
aw-mad'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

: appoint/serve
1) to stand, remain, endure, take one's stand
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to stand, take one's stand, be in a standing attitude, stand forth, take a stand, present oneself, attend upon, be or become servant of
1a2) to stand still, stop (moving or doing), cease
1a3) to tarry, delay, remain, continue, abide, endure, persist, be steadfast
1a4) to make a stand, hold one's ground
1a5) to stand upright, remain standing, stand up, rise, be erect, be upright
1a6) to arise, appear, come on the scene, stand forth, appear, rise up or against
1a7) to stand with, take one's stand, be appointed, grow flat, grow insipid
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to station, set
1b2) to cause to stand firm, maintain
1b3) to cause to stand up, cause to set up, erect
1b4) to present (one) before (king)
1b5) to appoint, ordain, establish
1c) (Hophal) to be presented, be caused to stand, be stood before

General definition

A primitive root; to {stand} in various relations (literally and {figuratively} intransitively and transitively): - abide ({behind}) {appoint} {arise} {cease} {confirm} {continue} {dwell} be {employed} {endure} {establish} {leave} {make} {ordain} be {[over]} {place} (be) present ({self}) raise {up} {remain} {repair} + {serve} set ({forth} {over} {-tle} {up}) (make {to} make to be at {a} with-) stand ({by} {fast} {firm} {still} {up}) (be at a) stay ({up}) tarry.

In the Bible

Strong H5975H appears in 39 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • appoint10
  • stand7
  • set6
  • wait3
  • confirm2
  • make2
  • appointed1
  • be1
  • establish1
  • ordain1
  • present1
  • raise1

First verses

  1. Genesis 41:46
    And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
  2. Exodus 9:16
    And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
  3. Leviticus 16:10
    But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.
  4. Numbers 7:2
    That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered:
  5. Judges 3:19
    But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
  6. Judges 20:28
    And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the Lord said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
  7. 1 Samuel 16:21
    And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.
  8. 1 Chronicles 6:31
    And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after that the ark had rest.
  9. 1 Chronicles 6:32
    And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.
  10. 1 Chronicles 6:33
    And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,
  11. 1 Chronicles 15:16
    And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
  12. 1 Chronicles 15:17
    So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
  13. 1 Chronicles 16:17
    And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
  14. 1 Chronicles 17:14
    But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
  15. 2 Chronicles 8:14
    And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
  16. 2 Chronicles 11:15
    And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
  17. 2 Chronicles 11:22
    And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.
  18. 2 Chronicles 19:5
    And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,
  19. 2 Chronicles 19:8
    Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the Lord, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.
  20. 2 Chronicles 20:21
    And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord; for his mercy endureth for ever.
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