TBESG · G0285
ἄμμος · ammos · sand
ἄμμος, -ου, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for חוֹל ;] sand, sandy ground: Mat.7:26, Rom.9:27, Heb.11:12, Rev.18:1, Rev.20:8.† (AS)
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ammos G285
ἄμμος (ammos) means “sand” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
ἄμμος Greek · G285 5 tagged occurrences in 5 verses
Pronunciation guide: am'-mos Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Dodson Greek Lexicon
sand, sandy ground.
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How translators render G285
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| sand | 4 |
| shore | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the sand | 5 |
Verses containing G285
Page 1 of 1. 5 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Matthew 7:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
Read word by word - Romans 9:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
Read word by word - Hebrews 11:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
Read word by word - Revelation 13:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.
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- Revelation 20:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.
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