ἄμμος
ammos · sand
Greek word · Strong’s number G285 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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ammos (ἄμμος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “sand”.
How to say it
am·mos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Fine grains of the shore; a picture of the countless.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- Matthew 7:26
And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
- Romans 9:27
And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sand of the sea, the remnant will be saved;
- Hebrews 11:12
Therefore also from one man, and that a man as good as dead, there were born descendants as the stars of heaven in number, and as the countless sand by the shore of the sea.
- Revelation 12:18
And he stood on the sand of the sea.
- Revelation 20:8
and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for the war; their number is like the sand of the sea.