2001 Translation

AMMOS, ammos

Sounds Like: AM-mos

Translations: sand, a sand

From the root: ΑΜΜΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to sand, typically found on beaches or in deserts. It is often used metaphorically to describe an innumerable quantity, similar to how one might say "as numerous as the grains of sand."

Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G285 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 58:12, 120:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 28:14
• Joshua — 11:4
• Judges — 7:12
• 1 Samuel — 13:5
• 2 Samuel — 17:11
• 1 Kings — 2:35, 2:46, 4:25
• Judith — 2:20
• 1 Maccabees — 11:1
• Proverbs — 27:3
• Isaiah — 10:22, 48:19
• Hosea — 1:10

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Romans — 9:27
• Hebrews — 11:12
• Revelation — 20:8

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΜΜΟΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ἈΜΜΟΝ — sand, a sand
• ἈΜΜΟΥ — of sand, sand
• ΑΜΜΟΣ — sand, a sand
• ΑΜΜΟΥ — (of) sand

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