עֻמָּה ummah

Hebrew word for “close” · Strong’s H5980 · used 32 times in 28 verses

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Meaning

1) juxtaposition; 1a) used only as a prep;

How it is translated

Glosses given for ummah in context, with how often each is used:

• close to 11
• corresponding to 9
• close by 5
• parallel with 2
• exactly as 2
• near 1
• correspondingly 1
• along side 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 48 (3), 1 Chronicles 26 (2), Ezekiel 1 (2), Ezekiel 3 (2), Ezekiel 45 (2), Exodus 25 (1), Exodus 28 (1), Exodus 37 (1), Exodus 38 (1), Exodus 39 (1)

Forms

• לעמת 22
• לעמתם 5
• לעמתו 2
• מלעמת 1
• עמת 1
• לעמות 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ummah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אֹרֶךְ orekh “length” 7
• אוֹפָן ophan “wheel” 5
• מַעַל maal “above” 5
• טַבַּעַת tabbaat “ring” 4
• תְּרוּמָה terumah “contribution” 4
• נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 6
• כָּתֵף kateph “shoulder” 3
• אֲחֻזָּה achuzzah “possession” 3
• חָמֵשׁ chamesh “five” 4
• קָדִים qadim “east” 3
• עֶשְׂרִים esrim “twenty” 4
• שַׁעַר shaar “gate” 4

Key verses

The verses using ummah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Leviticus 3:9 — And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off…
• 1 Kings 7:20 — And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in…
• 1 Chronicles 24:31 — These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the…
• 1 Chronicles 25:8 — And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
• Nehemiah 12:24 — And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks,…
• Ecclesiastes 5:16 — And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
• Ecclesiastes 7:14 — In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find…
• Ezekiel 3:8 — Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
• Ezekiel 10:19 — And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood…
• Ezekiel 11:22 — Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
• Ezekiel 45:7 — And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, before the…
• Ezekiel 48:21 — And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.