קוּם qum

Hebrew word for “to arise” · Strong’s H6965 · used 628 times in 596 verses

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Meaning

: rise/get_going; 1) to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up;

Senses in the lexicon

• to arise: rise (376)
• to arise: establish (174)
• to arise: raise (40)
• to arise: attack (35)
• to arise: guard (2)
• (Leb)-kamai (1)

How it is translated

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

• arose 158
• arise 79
• will arise 31
• will stand 26
• set up 21
• will raise up 20
• arise ! 15
• rose 14
• will establish 14
• raised up 10
• rose up 8
• establish 7

Where it is used

Also in 24 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 30 (8), Judges 19 (7), Genesis 19 (5), Joshua 8 (5), Judges 9 (5), Judges 20 (5), 1 Kings 14 (5), 1 Kings 19 (5), Esther 9 (5), Genesis 23 (4)

Forms

• ויקם 128
• קום 45
• יקום 38
• ויקמו 27
• ותקם 19
• הקים 19
• קומו 15
• קומי 15
• תקום 15
• קומה 15

Words used with it

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

• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 95
• דָּבָר davar “word” 55
• דָּוִד david “David” 49
• אָב av “father” 45
• לַיְלָה laylah “night” 29
• אֵת et “with” 40
• עִם im “with” 40
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 39
• עַד ad “till” 39
• אַחַר achar “after” 33
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 35
• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 33

Key verses

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

• Genesis 17:7 — And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to…
• Numbers 23:19 — God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not…
• Deuteronomy 31:16 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the…
• Isaiah 46:10 — Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
• Isaiah 49:6 — And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give…
• Isaiah 49:7 — Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall…
• Isaiah 54:17 — No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the…
• Isaiah 60:1 — Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
• Jeremiah 23:5 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and…
• Ezekiel 34:23 — And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
• Amos 9:11 — In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in…
• Micah 7:8 — Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.

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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.