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(Leb)-kamai

קָמָיStrong’s H6965

qamay (qa-may)

Appears in 596 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Qamay is the Hebrew word usually translated “arose”, “arise” and “it will stand”. It appears in 596 verses of the Old Testament.

“And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king’s business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.”
Daniel 8:27 KJV
Meaning
  1. Combined with lev (לֵב "Leb" H3820B)
  2. To rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up(Qal) · (Piel) · (Polel) to raise up · (Hithpael) to raise oneself, rise up · (Hiphil)
How it's translated
  • and he arose 90
  • arise 82
  • and they arose 29
  • and she arose 15
  • it will stand 14
  • and i will establish 12
  • and he set up 10
  • and arise 7

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

Where it's used most
  • Psalms 51
  • Genesis 50
  • 1 Samuel 45
  • Jeremiah 41
  • Judges 38
  • 1 Kings 36

36 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
All 596 verses, by book
Ecclesiastes 2
4:1012:4
Song of Solomon 4
2:102:133:25:5
Lamentations 3
1:142:193:62
Daniel 2
8:279:12
Hosea 2
6:210:14
Obadiah 1
1:1
Nahum 2
1:61:9
Habakkuk 2
1:62:7
Zephaniah 1
3:8
Zechariah 1
11:16
Hebrew dictionary

קָמָי qamay · (Leb)-kamai

Combined with lev (לֵב "Leb" H3820B) § -Kamai = "my adversary" Leb-kamai, i.e., people of Gambulai

קוּם qum · to arise

: rise/get_going 1) to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to arise 1a2) to arise (hostile sense) 1a3) to arise, become powerful 1a4) to arise, come on the scene 1a5) to stand 1a5a) to maintain oneself 1a5b) to be established, be confirmed 1a5c) to stand, endure 1a5d) to be fixed 1a5e) to be valid 1a5f) to be proven 1a5g) to be fulfilled 1a5h) to persist 1a5i) to be set, be fixed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to fulfil 1b2) to confirm, ratify, establish, impose 1c) (Polel) to raise up 1d) (Hithpael) to raise oneself, rise up 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to cause to arise, raise …

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

ARI'SE, verb intransitive

s as z preterit tense arose; participle passive arisen; Heb.

  1. To ascend, mount up or move to a higher place; as, vapors arise from humid places.
  2. To emerge from below the horizon; as, the sun or a star arises or rises.
  3. To get out of bed; to leave the place or state of rest; or to leave a sitting or lying posture.“The king arose early and went to the den” Daniel 6:19
  4. To begin; to spring up; to originate.“A persecution arose about Stephen” Acts 11:19
All definitions
  1. To revive from death; to leave the grave.“Arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee life” Ephesians 5:14
  2. To begin to act; to exert power; to move from a state of inaction.
  3. To appear, or become known; to become visible, sensible or operative.
  4. To be put in motion; to swell or be agitated; as, the waves arose.
  5. To be excited or provoked; as, the wrath of the king shall arise
  6. To emerge from poverty, depression or distress.“By whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small” Amos 7:2
  7. To appear in a particular character; to enter upon an office.“There arose a new king who knew not Joseph” Exodus 1:8
  8. To begin sedition, insurrection, or mutiny; as, the men arose, or rose upon their officers.
  9. To invade, assault or begin hostility; followed by against.“When he arose against me, I caught him by the beard” 1 Samuel 17:35

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.