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Lexicon :: Strong's G285 - ammos

Aa
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 as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then may thy seed also be numbered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17 - that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:14 - and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:12 - And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49 - And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for it was without number.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:12 - And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, 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 went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea-shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12 - And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the sea-shore for multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:5 - And the Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude: and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth-aven.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:11 - But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:29 - And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:3 -
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas:
Therefore have my words been rash.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 -
He rained flesh also upon them as the dust,
And winged birds as the sand of the seas:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:18 -
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand:
When I awake, I am still with thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:3 -
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;
But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:22 - For though thy people, Israel, be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them shall return: a destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:19 - thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the grains thereof: his name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:22 - Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:8 - Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas; I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday: I have caused anguish and terrors to fall upon her suddenly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:22 - The sound thereof shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:10

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:9 - They come all of them for violence; the set of their faces is forwards; and they gather captives as the sand.
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