Sand
ἄμμοςStrong’s G0285ammos
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ammos is the Greek word usually translated “sand”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:”
Meaning
Usually translated “sand”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- sand 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Romans 1
- Hebrews 1
- Revelation 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 9:27Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
- Hebrews 11:12Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
- Revelation 20:8And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Greek dictionary
ἄμμος ammos · sand
ἄμμος, -ου, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for חוֹל ;] sand, sandy ground: Mat.7:26, Rom.9:27, Heb.11:12, Rev.18:1, Rev.20:8.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sand” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SAND, noun
- Any mass or collection of fine particles of stone, particularly of fine particles of silicious stone, but not strictly reduced to powder or dust.
- Sands, in the plural, tracts of land consisting of sand like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; as the Lybian sands.
All definitions and other forms of “sand”
SAND, verb transitive
- To sprinkle with sand It is customary among the common people in America, to sand their floors with white sand
- To drive upon the sand
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.