Midvash

עָמַדʻâmad

take one's stand, stand

Pronunciation: aw-mad' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5975

Meanings

Qal: construct (Genesis 19:27; 2 Kings 13:6; Exodus 21:21)

1.

a. take one's stand, stand, be in a standing attitude (1 Samuel 26:13; 2 Samuel 2:25; 2 Kings 2:7)

b. stand forth (2 Kings 10:9)

c. take a stand (Judges 6:31; Ezra 10:15; 2 Chronicles 26:18)

d. present (Genesis 43:15; Exodus 9:10; Numbers 27:2)

e. attend upon, be(come) servant of (1 Samuel 16:22; 1 Kings 1:2; 1 Kings 17:1)

f. stand, afar (Exodus 20:18; Exodus 20:21; Isaiah 59:14)

g. stand, (silent) (Job 32:16)

h. stand, (appealingly) (Job 30:20)

i. stand (Zechariah 14:4; Psalms 122:2; Psalms 26:12)

j. stand, of water (Psalms 104:6)

2.

a. stand still, stop, cease moving (Joshua 10:13; Habakkuk 3:11; 1 Samuel 9:27)

b. = be inactive (2 Chronicles 20:17)

c. = be attentive (Job 37:14)

d. stop, cease doing a thing (2 Kings 13:18; Genesis 29:35; Genesis 30:9)

3.

a. tarry, delay (Genesis 45:9; Joshua 10:19; 1 Samuel 20:38)

b. remain (2 Kings 15:20; Deuteronomy 10:10; Deuteronomy 5:28)

c. continue, abide (Jeremiah 32:14; Isaiah 66:22; Psalms 102:27)

d. endure (Exodus 18:23; Ezekiel 22:14)

e. be steadfast (Deuteronomy 25:8; Ruth 2:7)

f. persist (Ecclesiastes 8:3)

4. make a stand, hold one's ground (Amos 2:15; 2 Kings 10:4; Malachi 3:2)

5. stand upright, remain standing 2Kgs 13:6 of head 2Kgs 6:31 remain upright upon him (עָלָיו); of house (figurative of endurance) Job 8:15; Prov 12:7. (2 Kings 13:6; 2 Kings 6:31; Job 8:15)

b. stand up (Nehemiah 8:5; Job 29:8; Ezekiel 2:1)

c. stand up, rise (Joshua 3:13; Joshua 3:16)

d. be erect, upright (Exodus 26:15; Exodus 36:20)

6.

a. arise, appear, come on the scene (Ezra 2:63; Nehemiah 7:65; Psalms 106:30)

b. stand forth, appear, = come into being (Isaiah 48:13; Psalms 33:9; Psalms 119:90)

c. rise up (Amos 7:9; Genesis 4:8; 1 Chronicles 21:1)

7. rare usages are

a. stand with (Genesis 45:1; Numbers 1:5)

b. take one's stand (2 Kings 23:3)

c. stand (Ezekiel 33:26)

d. stand (Jeremiah 23:18; Jeremiah 23:22)

e. be appointed (Ezra 10:14)

f. stand (Leviticus 18:23)

g. grow flat, insipid, remain unchanged (Jeremiah 48:11; Daniel 11:1; Daniel 10:21)

Hiph`il: construct (1 Kings 12:32; Psalms 30:8; Numbers 3:6)

1. station, set (Judges 16:25; Numbers 11:24; 1 Kings 12:32)

2. cause to stand firm (Psalms 18:34; 2 Samuel 22:34; Exodus 9:16)

3. cause to stand up, set up, erect (Ezekiel 2:2; Ezekiel 3:24; Daniel 8:18)

4. present, before (Genesis 47:7; Leviticus 14:11; Leviticus 16:7)

5. appoint (Nehemiah 7:3; 1 Chronicles 15:17; Nehemiah 13:9)

6.

a. have a fixed look (2 Kings 8:11)

c. make to stand (2 Kings 23:3; 2 Chronicles 34:32)

d. restore (Ezra 9:9)

e. make servant to (Esther 4:5)

f. cause, to arise (Psalms 107:25)

g. raise (Daniel 11:11; Daniel 11:13; 2 Chronicles 18:34)

Hoph`al: be presented, he was caused to stand (Leviticus 16:10; 1 Kings 22:35; 2 Chronicles 18:34)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 521 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 18:8 When the food was ready, Abraham took some yogurt and milk and the roasted meat, and he served it to the men. As they ate, Abraham waited on them in the shade of the trees.
  • Genesis 18:22 The other men turned and headed toward Sodom, but the Lord remained with Abraham.
  • Genesis 19:17 When they were safely out of the city, one of the angels ordered, “Run for your lives! And don’t look back or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
  • Genesis 19:27 Abraham got up early that morning and hurried out to the place where he had stood in the Lord’s presence.
  • Genesis 24:30 He had seen the nose-ring and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and had heard Rebekah tell what the man had said. So he rushed out to the spring, where the man was still standing beside his camels.
  • Genesis 24:31 Laban said to him, “Come and stay with us, you who are blessed by the Lord! Why are you standing here outside the town when I have a room all ready for you and a place prepared for the camels?”
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