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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

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Strong's Number G285 matches the Greek ἄμμος (ammos),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:26 - “And everyone hearing these words of Mine and not doing them, may be compared to a foolish man who built his house on the sand G285.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:27 -

And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “THOUGH THE NUMBER OF THE SONS OF ISRAEL BE LIKE THE SAND G285 OF THE SEA, IT IS THE REMNANT THAT WILL BE SAVED;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:12 - Therefore there were born even of one man, and him as good as dead [fn]at that, as many AS THE STARS OF HEAVEN IN NUMBER, AND INNUMERABLE AS THE SAND G285 WHICH IS BY THE SEASHORE.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:1 -

And the [fn]dragon stood on the sand G285 of the [fn]seashore.

Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:8 - and will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for the war; the number of them is like the sand G285 of the [fn]seashore.
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