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Lexicon :: Strong's H5982 - ʿammûḏ

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עַמּוּד
Transliteration
ʿammûḏ
Pronunciation
am-mood'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1637c

Strong’s Definitions

עַמּוּד ʻammûwd, am-mood'; or עַמֻּד ʻammud; from H5975; a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform:—× apiece, pillar.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 110x

The KJV translates Strong's H5982 in the following manner: pillar (109x), apiece (with H259) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 110x
The KJV translates Strong's H5982 in the following manner: pillar (109x), apiece (with H259) (1x).

  1. pillar, column

    1. pillar

    2. column, upright

    3. column (of smoke)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַמּוּד ʻammûwd, am-mood'; or עַמֻּד ʻammud; from H5975; a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform:—× apiece, pillar.
STRONGS H5982: Abbreviations
עַמּוּד, עַמֻּד 110 noun masculine 1 Kings 7:15 pillar, column; — עַמּוּד absolute 1 Kings 7:15 +, construct Exodus 13:21 +; עַמֻּד absolute Jeremiah 52:21, construct Numbers 14:14; suffix עַמּוּדוֺ 2 Chronicles 23:13; plural עַמּוּדִים 1 Kings 7:16 +, less often , עַמֻּ 1 Kings 7:21 +; construct עַמּוּדֵי Exodus 26:32 +, less often , עַמֻּ Exodus 38:17 +; suffix עַמּוּדָיו Exodus 36:38 +, עַמֻּדָיו Exodus 27:10 +, etc.; —
1. pillar, supporting house Judges 16:25, 26, 29; pillars in tabernacle Exodus 27:10, 11, 17; Exodus 36:38; Numbers 3:37 + 27 times Exodus, Numbers (P), + עַמּוּדֵי שִׁטִּים pillars of acacia wood Exodus 26:32, 37; Exodus 36:36; pillars in Solomon's palace 1 Kings 7:2, 3, 6, הָע׳ אוּלָם 1 Kings 7:6, עַמּוּדֵי אֲרָזִים 1 Kings 7:2 pillars of cedar (P); in Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 42:6 (twice in verse); שֵׁשׁ ע׳ Esther 1:6 (in palace), Songs 5:15 (simile).
2. two bronze pillars — 1 Kings 7:15; 2 Kings 25:13 = Jeremiah 52:17 — before temple 1 Kings 7:15 (twice in verse) + 14 times 1 Kings 7, + 2 Kings 25:16, 17 (twice in verse) = Jeremiah 52:20, 21 (twice in verse), Jeremiah 27:19; 1 Chronicles 18:8; 2 Chronicles 3:15, 17 + 5 times Chronicles; perhaps one of these was הָע׳ by which king stood in temple 2 Kings 11:14 2 Chronicles 23:13; 2 Kings 23:3; > ע׳ here = standing-place, platform Thes and others; two pillars before Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 40:49.
3. columns, uprights, of silver Songs 3:10 (litter).
4. עָשָׁן ע׳ Judges 20:40 column of smoke: (הֶ)עָנָן ע׳ Exodus 13:21, 22 (J) + 6 times J E, hence Nehemiah 9:12, 19; Psalm 99:7; || (הָ)אֵשׁ ע׳ Exodus 13:21, 22 (J) + 6 times, (JE), hence Nehemiah 9:12, 19; קֵשׁ וְעָנָן ע׳ Exodus 14:24 (J), all of the theophanies at time of Exodus.
5.
a. בּרזֶל ע׳ Jeremiah 1:18 (figurative of prophet).
b. poetic of pillars of earth Job 9:5 + Psalm 75:4, of heaven Job 26:11.
c. of wisdom's house Proverbs 9:1.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

13:21; 13:21; 13:21; 13:22; 13:22; 14:24; 26:32; 26:32; 26:37; 27:10; 27:10; 27:11; 27:17; 36:36; 36:38; 36:38; 38:17

Numbers

3:37; 14:14

Judges

16:25; 16:26; 16:29; 20:40

1 Kings

7; 7:2; 7:2; 7:3; 7:6; 7:6; 7:15; 7:15; 7:15; 7:15; 7:16; 7:21

2 Kings

11:14; 23:3; 25:13; 25:16; 25:17

1 Chronicles

18:8

2 Chronicles

3:15; 3:17; 23:13; 23:13

Nehemiah

9:12; 9:12; 9:19; 9:19

Esther

1:6

Job

9:5; 26:11

Psalms

75:4; 99:7

Proverbs

9:1

Song of Songs

3:10; 5:15

Jeremiah

1:18; 27:19; 52:17; 52:20; 52:21; 52:21

Ezekiel

40:49; 42:6

H5982

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5982 matches the Hebrew עַמּוּד (ʿammûḏ),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in 'Jdg' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:25 - And when their hearts were merry, they said, “Call Samson, that he may entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison, and he entertained them. They made him stand between the pillars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:26 - And Samson said to the young man who held him by the hand, “Let me feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean against them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:29 - And Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and he leaned his weight against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:40 - But when the signal began to rise out of the city in a column of smoke, the Benjaminites looked behind them, and behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to heaven.
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