ἄμμοςámmos
sand, sandy ground: Matthew 7:26, Romans 9:27, Hebrews 11:12, Revelation 18:1, Revelation 20:8.
Greek (New Testament) · G285
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 7:26 But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand.
- Romans 9:27 And concerning Israel, Isaiah the prophet cried out, “Though the people of Israel are as numerous as the sand of the seashore, only a remnant will be saved.
- Hebrews 11:12 And so a whole nation came from this one man who was as good as dead—a nation with so many people that, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore, there is no way to count them.
- Revelation 20:8 He will go out to deceive the nations—called Gog and Magog—in every corner of the earth. He will gather them together for battle—a mighty army, as numberless as sand along the seashore.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.