What is the Strong's number for Amad?

The Strong's number for Amad (עָמַד) is H5975. It is a Hebrew word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

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Amad (Strong’s H5975): Meaning in the Bible

Q: What does Amad mean?

Amad (עָמַד, Strong's H5975) is a Hebrew word. Strong's defines it as to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive). The King James Bible translates it as abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-) stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.

Amad (עָמַד) is the Hebrew word numbered H5975 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive). In the King James Bible it is translated abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm.

עָמַד

ʻâmad · Hebrew

Strong’s H5975 · aw-mad'

Original wordעָמַד
Transliterationʻâmad
Pronunciationaw-mad'
Part of speechverb (v)
Strong’s numberH5975
LanguageHebrew

The full Strong’s definition

to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)

Derivation. a primitive root;

How the King James Bible translates it

abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-) stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.

Where Amad appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Amad (H5975) stands behind 520 English renderings in 495 verses across 36 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in 2 Chronicles (51), Daniel (42), Ezekiel (35).

How the King James Bible renders Amad, by count

stood169 of 520 (32 percent)
stand119 of 520 (23 percent)
up42 of 520 (8 percent)
set30 of 520 (6 percent)
still15 of 520 (3 percent)
standeth14 of 520 (3 percent)

Three places to read Amad

Genesis 18:8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
1 Kings 18:15 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
Psalms 106:23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Amad in the original Hebrew lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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