kum · rise, arise, set up

What it means

kum (קוּם) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “rise, arise, set up”.

To rise up; to set about doing something; in its causative form, to set up (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "qum".

How to say it

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

1. To get up, or for a kingdom to emerge.
2. To place someone in office, or to set something up (Aramaic).

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• set ×7
• had set up ×4
• will arise ×4
• establish ×2
• he sets up ×2
• rose up ×2
• were standing ×2
• you set up ×2
• Arise ×1
• establishes ×1
• others ×8

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Ezra×2
• Daniel×33

• Ezra 5:2

  Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak rose up and began to build the house of Elah which is in Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of Elah, supporting them.

• Ezra 6:18

  And they set the priests in their sections and the Levites in their divisions, over the service of Elah which is in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.

• Daniel 2:21

  And he changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who know understanding.

• Daniel 2:31

  You, O king, were looking, and look, a great image was there, that image was large and its brightness extraordinary; it stood before you, and its appearance was terrifying.

• Daniel 2:39

  And after you will arise another kingdom lower than you, and another third kingdom of bronze, which will rule over all the earth.

• Daniel 2:44

  And in the days of those kings the Elah of the heavens will set up a kingdom that forever will not be destroyed, and its kingdom will not be left to another people; it will crush and bring to an end all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.

• Daniel 3:1

  King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, its height sixty cubits, its width six cubits; he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.

• Daniel 3:2

  And King Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the authorities of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

• Daniel 3:3

  Then the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the authorities of the provinces were gathered for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up; and they were standing before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

• Daniel 3:5

  at the moment that you hear the sound of the horn, the flute, the zither, the sambuca, the psaltery, the bagpipe, and every kind of music, you will fall down and bow down to the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.

• Daniel 3:7

  Because of this, at that time, as soon as all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, the flute, the zither, the sambuca, the psaltery, and every kind of music, all the peoples, nations, and languages were falling down and bowing down to the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

• Daniel 3:12

  There are certain Jewish men whom you appointed over the administration of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men have paid no attention to you, O king; your gods they do not serve, and to the image of gold that you set up they do not bow down.”

• Daniel 3:14

  Nebuchadnezzar answered and said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that my gods you do not serve, and to the image of gold that I set up you do not bow down?

• Daniel 3:18

  But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that your gods we do not serve, and to the image of gold that you set up we will not bow down.”

• Daniel 3:24

  Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished and rose up in haste; he answered and said to his advisers, “Did we not throw three men bound into the midst of the fire?” They answered and said to the king, “Certainly, O king.”

• Daniel 4:17

  The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the request by the word of the holy ones, so that the living may know that Illaya rules over the kingdom of men, and to whomever he wishes he gives it, and the lowliest of men he sets up over it.’

• Daniel 5:11

  There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods, and in the days of your father light and insight and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him; and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father, made him chief of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and diviners, — your father, the king —

• Daniel 5:21

  And from the sons of men he was driven away, and his heart was made like that of the animals, and with the wild donkeys was his dwelling; grass like oxen he was made to eat, and with the dew of the heavens his body was drenched, until he knew that Elah Illaya rules over the kingdom of men, and whomever he wishes he sets up over it.

• Daniel 6:1

  It seemed good to Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who would be throughout the kingdom,

• Daniel 6:3

  Then this Daniel was distinguishing himself above the supervisors and the satraps, because an extraordinary spirit was in him, and the king was planning to set him over all the kingdom.

• Daniel 6:7

  All the supervisors of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the advisers and the governors, have agreed to establish a royal statute and to enforce a prohibition, that whoever makes a request of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be thrown into the den of the lions.

• Daniel 6:8

  Now, O king, establish the prohibition and sign the writing, so that it may not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be revoked.”

• Daniel 6:15

  Then these men came thronging to the king and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no prohibition or statute that the king establishes may be changed.”

• Daniel 6:19

  Then the king rose at dawn, at first light, and went in haste to the den of the lions.

• Daniel 7:4

  The first was like a lion and had wings of an eagle. I was looking until its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on feet like a man, and the heart of a man was given to it.

• Daniel 7:5

  And look, another beast, a second, like a bear, and it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth; and they were saying this to it: ‘Arise, devour much flesh.’

• Daniel 7:10

  A river of fire was flowing and coming out from before him; thousands upon thousands were serving him, and myriads upon myriads were standing before him; the court sat, and the books were opened.

• Daniel 7:16

  I came near to one of those standing there and was asking him the truth about all this; and he spoke to me and made known to me the interpretation of the matters:

• Daniel 7:17

  ‘These great beasts, which are four, are four kings who will arise from the earth.

• Daniel 7:24

  And as for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will arise, and another will arise after them; and he will be different from the former ones, and three kings he will bring low.

And 5 more times.