עַמּוּד ammud

Hebrew word for “pillar” · Strong’s H5982 · used 111 times in 84 verses

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Meaning

1) pillar, column; 1a) pillar; 1b) column, upright; 1c) column (of smoke)

Senses in the lexicon

• pillar (110)
• (Hall of) Pillars (1)

How it is translated

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

• pillars 76
• pillar 29
• belonged to the pillar 2
• columns 2
• posts 1
• like the columns 1

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Kings 7 (13), Exodus 38 (8), Exodus 27 (7), Jeremiah 52 (4), Judges 16 (3), 2 Kings 25 (3), 2 Chronicles 3 (3), Exodus 13 (2), Exodus 14 (2), Exodus 26 (2)

Forms

• העמודים 23
• עמודי 10
• העמדים 9
• עמוד 8
• העמוד 7
• בעמוד 6
• עמדיהם 5
• עמודיהם 4
• ועמדיו 3
• עמודיו 3

Words used with it

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

• אֶדֶן eden “socket” 28
• נְחֹשֶׁת nechoshet “bronze” 19
• וָו vav “hook” 13
• אַמָּה ammah “cubit” 17
• כֹּתֶרֶת koteret “capital” 11
• שְׂבָכָה sevakhah “latticework” 9
• עָנָן anan “cloud” 12
• חָשׁוּק chashuq “ring” 8
• קֶלַע qela “curtain” 9
• כֶּסֶף keseph “silver” 12
• שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 14
• חָצֵר chatser “court” 10

Key verses

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

• Exodus 13:21 — And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
• Exodus 14:19 — And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood…
• Exodus 14:24 — And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the…
• Numbers 14:14 — And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that…
• Judges 16:25 — And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison…
• 2 Kings 11:14 — And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land…
• 2 Kings 23:3 — And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes…
• 2 Kings 25:13 — And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in…
• 2 Chronicles 23:13 — And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land…
• Nehemiah 9:12 — Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
• Nehemiah 9:19 — Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither…
• Jeremiah 1:18 — For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the…

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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.