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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 5 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:26 - “And everyone G3956 who hears G191 these G3778 words G3056 of Mine G1473, and does not [fn]act G4160 on them, will be like G3666 a foolish G3474 man G435 who G3748 built G3618 his house G3614 on the sand G285.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:27 -

Isaiah G2268 cries G2896 out G2896 concerning G5228 Israel G2474, “THOUGH G1437 THE NUMBER G706 OF THE SONS G5207 OF ISRAEL G2474 MAY BE LIKE G5613 THE SAND G285 OF THE SEA G2281, ONLY THE REMNANT G2640 WILL BE SAVED G4982;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:12 - Therefore G1352 even G2532 from one G1520 man G1520, and one who was as good as dead G3499 [fn]at that, there were born G1096 descendants who were just G2531 as G2531 the stars G798 of heaven G3772 in number G4128, and as the innumerable G382 grains of sand G285 along the seashore G5491 G2281.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:1 -

And the dragon stood G2476 on the sand G285 of the [fn]seashore G2281.

Then G2532 I saw G3708 a beast G2342 coming G305 up G305 out of the sea G2281, having G2192 ten G1176 horns G2768 and seven G2033 heads G2776, and on his horns G2768 were ten G1176 crowns G1238, and on his heads G2776 were blasphemous G988 names G3686.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:8 - and will come G1831 out G1831 to deceive G4105 the nations G1484 which are at the four G5064 corners G1137 of the earth G1093, Gog G1136 and Magog G3098, to gather G4863 them together G4863 for the war G4171; the number G706 of them is like G5613 the sand G285 of the [fn]seashore G2281.
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