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Lexicon :: Strong's G285 - ammos

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ἄμμος
Transliteration
ammos (Key)
Pronunciation
am'-mos
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps from ἅμα (G260)
mGNT
5x in 2 unique form(s) TR
5x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
23x in 4 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἄμμος ámmos, am'-mos; perhaps from G260; sand (as heaped on the beach):—sand.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G285 in the following manner: sand (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G285 in the following manner: sand (5x).

  1. sand, sandy ground

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἄμμος ámmos, am'-mos; perhaps from G260; sand (as heaped on the beach):—sand.
STRONGS G285:
ἄμμος, -ου, ἡ, sand; according to a Hebrew comparison ἄμ. τῆς θαλάσσης and ἄμ. παρὰ τὸ χεῖλος τῆς θαλ. are used for an innumerable multitude, Romans 9:27; Hebrews 11:12; Revelation 20:8, equivalent to Revelation 12:18 (Revelation 13:1). According to the context sandy ground, Matthew 7:26. (Xenophon, Plato, Theophrastus often, Plutarch, the Sept. often.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
7:26
Romans
9:27
Hebrews
11:12
Revelation
12:18; 13:1; 20:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G285 matches the Greek ἄμμος (ammos),
which occurs 23 times in 22 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:16 - And I will make thy seed like the [fn]dust of the earth; if any one is able to number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed be numbered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17 - [fn] surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is by the shore of the sea, and thy seed shall inherit the cities of their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:14 - And thy seed shall be as the sand of the earth; and it shall spread abroad to the sea, and the south, and the north, and to the east; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:12 - (LXX 32:13) But thou saidst, I will do thee good, and will make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which shall not be numbered for multitude.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49 - And Joseph gathered very much corn as the sand of the sea, until it could not be numbered, for there was no number of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:12 - And having looked round this way and that way, he sees no one; and he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:4 - And they and their kings with them went forth, as the sand of the sea in multitude, and horses, and very many chariots.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12 - And Madiam and Amalec and all the children of the east were scattered in the valley, as the locust for multitude; and there was no number to their camels, but they were as the sand on the seashore for multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:5 - And the Philistines gather together to war with Israel; and then come up against Israel thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand by the seashore for multitude: and they come up, and encamp in Machmas, opposite Bæthoron southward.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:11 - For thus I have surely given counsel, that all Israel be generally gathered to thee from Dan even to Bersabee, as the sand that is upon the sea-shore for multitude: and that thy presence [fn]go in the midst of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:29 - (LXX 5:9) And the Lord gave understanding to Solomon, and very much wisdom, and enlargement of heart, as the sand on the seashore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:3 - And verily they would be heavier than the sand by the seashore: but, as it seems, my words are vain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 - (LXX 77:27) And he rained upon them flesh like dust, and feathered birds like the sand of the seas.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:18 - (LXX 138:18) I will number them, and they shall be multiplied beyond the sand; I awake, and am still with thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:3 - A stone is heavy, and sand cumbersome; but a fool's wrath is heavier than both.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:22 - [fn] And though the people of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant of them shall be saved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:19 - Thy seed also would have been as the sand, and the offspring of thy belly as the dust of the ground: neither now shalt thou by any means be utterly destroyed, neither shall thy name perish before me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:22 - will ye not be afraid of me? saith the Lord; and will ye not fear before me, who have set the sand for a bound to the sea, as a perpetual ordinance, and it shall not pass it: yea, it shall rage, but not prevail; and its waves shall roar, but not pass over it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:8 - Their widows have been multiplied more than the sand of the sea: I have brought young men against the mother, even distress at noon-day: I have suddenly cast upon her trembling and anxiety.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:22 - (LXX 26:22) Their voice is as that of a hissing serpent, for they go upon the sand; they shall come upon Egypt with axes, as men that cut wood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:10 - (LXX 2:1) Yet the number of the children of Israel was as the sand of the sea, which shall not be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, even they shall be called the sons of the living God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:9 - Destruction shall come upon ungodly men, resisting with their adverse front, and he shall gather the captivity as the sand.
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