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To stand

עָמַדStrong’s H5975

amad (a-mad)

Appears in 496 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Amad is the Hebrew word usually translated “standing”, “stood” and “stand”. It appears in 496 verses of the Old Testament.

“Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.”
Daniel 1:4 KJV
Meaning
  1. To stand, remain, endure, take one's stand(Qal)
How it's translated
  • standing 72
  • and he stood 39
  • and they stood 25
  • to stand 16
  • stand 12
  • they will stand 10
  • he will stand 10
  • and he appointed 10

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 2 Chronicles 50
  • Daniel 37
  • Ezekiel 32
  • Psalms 31
  • 1 Kings 28
  • Jeremiah 28

36 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 496 verses, by book
Ruth 1
2:7
Ecclesiastes 5
1:42:94:124:158:3
Song of Solomon 1
2:9
Hosea 2
10:913:13
Amos 1
2:15
Obadiah 2
1:111:14
Jonah 1
1:15
Micah 1
5:4
Nahum 2
1:62:8
Habakkuk 3
2:13:63:11
Haggai 1
2:5
Malachi 1
3:2
Hebrew dictionary

עָמַד amad · to stand

: stand/stop/establish 1) to stand, remain, endure, take one's stand 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to stand, take one's stand, be in a standing attitude, stand forth, take a stand, present oneself, attend upon, be or become servant of 1a2) to stand still, stop (moving or doing), cease 1a3) to tarry, delay, remain, continue, abide, endure, persist, be steadfast 1a4) to make a stand, hold one's ground 1a5) to stand upright, remain standing, stand up, rise, be erect, be upright 1a6) to arise, appear, come on the scene, stand forth, appear, rise up or against …

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “stand” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

STAND, verb intransitive

preterit tense and participle passive stood. [This verb, if from the root of G., is a derivative from the noun, which is formed from the participle of the original verb. In this case, the noun should properly precede the verb. It may be here remarked that if stan is the radical word, stand and Latin Sto cannot be from the same stock. But stand in the preterit tense is stood, and sto forms steti. This induces a suspicion that stan is not the root of stand but that n is casual. I am inclined however to believe these words to be from different roots. The Russ. Stoyu, to stand is the Latin sto, but it signifies also to be, to exist, being the substantive verb.]

  1. To be upon the feet, as an animal; not to sit, kneel or lie.“And the king turned his face about and blessed all the congregation of Israel, and all the congregation of Israel stood” 1 Kings 8:14
  2. To be erect, supported by the roots, as a tree or other plant.
  3. To be on its foundation; not to be overthrown or demolished; as, an old castle is yet standing.
  4. To be placed or situated; to have a certain position or location.
All definitions and other forms of “stand”
  1. To remain upright, in a moral sense; not to fall.
  2. To become erect.
  3. To stop; to halt; not to proceed.
  4. To stop; to be at a stationary point.
  5. To be in a state of fixedness; hence, to continue; to endure.
  6. To be fixed or steady; not to vacillate.
  7. To be in or to maintain a posture of resistance or defense.“The king granted the Jews to stand for their life” Esther 8:11
  8. To be placed with regard to order or rank.
  9. To be in particular state; to be, emphatically expressed, that is, to be fixed or set; the primary sense of the substantive verb.
  10. To continue unchanged or valid; not to fail or become void.“My mercy will I keep for him, and my covenant shall stand fast with him” Psalms 89:28
  11. To consist; to have its being and essence.“Sacrifices--which stood only in meats and drinks” Hebrews 9:10
  12. To have a place.
  13. To be in any state.
  14. To be in particular respect or relation; as, to stand godfather to one.
  15. To be, with regard to state of mind.“STAND in awe, and sin not” Psalms 4:4
  16. To succeed; to maintain ones ground; not to fail; to be acquitted; to be safe.
  17. To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to stand for the harbor.
  18. To have a direction.
  19. To offer ones self as a candidate.
  20. To place ones self; to be placed.“I stood between the Lord and you at that time--” Deuteronomy 5:5
  21. To stagnate; not to flow.
  22. To be satisfied or convinced.
  23. To make delay.
  24. To persist; to persevere.
  25. To adhere; to abide.
  26. To be permanent; to endure; not to vanish or fade; as, the color will stand
  27. To be near; to be a spectator; to be present.
  28. To be aside; to be placed aside with disregard.
  29. To maintain; to defend; to support; not to desert.
  30. To rest on for support; to be supported.
  31. To offer ones self as a candidate.
  32. To side with; to support; to maintain, or to profess or attempt to maintain.
  33. To be in the place of; to be the substitute or representative of.
  34. In seamens language, to direct the course towards.
  35. To keep at a distance.
  36. Not to comply.
  37. To keep at a distance in friendship or social intercourse; to forbear intimacy.
  38. To appear prominent; to have relief.
  39. To project; to be prominent.
  40. To persist in opposition or resistance; not to yield or comply; not to give way or recede.
  41. With seamen, to direct the course from land or a harbor.
  42. To ply; to urge efforts; to persevere.
  43. To remain fixed in a purpose or opinion.
  44. To abide by; to adhere; as to a contract, assertion, promise, etc.; as, to stand to an award; to stand to ones word.
  45. Not to yield; not to fly; to maintain the ground.
  46. To rise from sitting; to be on the feet.
  47. To arise in order to gain notice.“Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought no accusation of such things as I supposed” Acts 25:18
  48. To make a party.
  49. To concern; to interest.
  50. To value; to pride.
  51. To insist; as, to stand upon security.

STAND, verb transitive

  1. To endure; to sustain; to bear.
  2. To endure; to resist without yielding or receding.
  3. To await; to suffer; to abide by.

STAND, noun

  1. A stop; a halt; as, to make a stand; to come to a stand either in walking or in any progressive business.
  2. A station; a place or post where one stands; or a place convenient for persons to remain for any purpose.
  3. Rank; post; station.
  4. The act of opposing.
  5. The highest point; or the ultimate point of progression, where a stop is made, and regressive motion commences.
  6. A young tree, usually reserved when the other trees are cut. [English.]
  7. A small table; as a candle-stand; or any frame on which vessels and utensils may be laid.
  8. In commerce, a weight of from two hundred and a half to three hundred of pitch.
  9. Something on which a thing rests or is laid; as a hay-stand.

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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.