עַמּוּדʻammûwd

pillar, column

Pronunciation: am-mood' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5982

Meanings

1. pillar (Judges 16:25; Judges 16:26; Judges 16:29)

2. two bronze pillars (1 Kings 7:15; 2 Kings 25:13; Jeremiah 52:17)

3. columns, uprights (Song of Solomon 3:10)

4. column of smoke (Judges 20:40; Exodus 13:21; Exodus 13:22)

a. (figurative of prophet) (Jeremiah 1:18)

b. poetic of pillars of earth, of heaven (Job 9:5; Job 75:4; Job 26:11)

c. of wisdom's house (Proverbs 9:1)

Same root

עָמַדʻâmad · H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)

Where it appears

Appears 111 times in the Bible.

Exodus 13:21 The Lord went ahead of them. He guided them during the day with a pillar of cloud, and he provided light at night with a pillar of fire. This allowed them to travel by day or by night.
Exodus 13:22 And the Lord did not remove the pillar of cloud or pillar of fire from its place in front of the people.
Exodus 14:19 Then the angel of God, who had been leading the people of Israel, moved to the rear of the camp. The pillar of cloud also moved from the front and stood behind them.
Exodus 14:24 But just before dawn the Lord looked down on the Egyptian army from the pillar of fire and cloud, and he threw their forces into total confusion.
Exodus 26:32 Hang this curtain on gold hooks attached to four posts of acacia wood. Overlay the posts with gold, and set them in four silver bases.
Exodus 26:37 Craft five posts from acacia wood. Overlay them with gold, and hang the curtain from them with gold hooks. Cast five bronze bases for the posts.

See every passage

Exodus 13:21, 13:22, 14:19, 14:24, 26:32, 26:37, 27:10, 27:11, 27:12, 27:14, 27:15, 27:16, 27:17, 33:9, 33:10, 35:11, 35:17, 36:36, 36:38, 38:10, 38:11, 38:12, 38:14, 38:15, 38:17, 38:19, 38:28, 39:33, 39:40, 40:18
Numbers 3:36, 3:37, 4:31, 4:32, 12:5, 14:14
Deuteronomy 31:15
Judges 16:25, 16:26, 16:29, 20:40
1 Kings 7:2, 7:3, 7:6, 7:15, 7:16, 7:17, 7:18, 7:19, 7:20, 7:21, 7:22, 7:41, 7:42
2 Kings 11:14, 23:3, 25:13, 25:16, 25:17
1 Chronicles 18:8
2 Chronicles 3:15, 3:16, 3:17, 4:12, 4:13, 23:13
Nehemiah 9:12, 9:19
Esther 1:6
Job 9:6, 26:11
Psalms 75:3, 99:7
Proverbs 9:1
Song of Solomon 3:10, 5:15
Jeremiah 1:18, 27:19, 52:17, 52:20, 52:21, 52:22
Ezekiel 40:49, 42:6

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).