Gloss
sand, often used as a figure of things that cannot be counted
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ἄμμος, ου, ἡ
Greek transliteration
ammos
Simplified transliteration
ammos
Numbers
Strong's number
285
GK Number
302
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
5
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-2b
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for ἄμμος
| Matthew 7:26 | But everyone who hears these words of mine, and does not do them, will be like the foolish man who built his house on sand (ammon | ἄμμον | acc sg fem). |
| Romans 9:27 | Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “Even if the number of the sons of Israel were as the sand (ammos | ἄμμος | nom sg fem) of the sea, only a remnant will be saved; |
| Hebrews 11:12 | And so it was that from this one man, and he was already impotent, there were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven in number and as innumerable as the grains of sand (ammos | ἄμμος | nom sg fem) along the shore of the sea |
| Revelation 12:18 | |
| Revelation 20:8 | and will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle. In number they are as the sand (ammos | ἄμμος | nom sg fem) of the sea. |
