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Strong's G285 ἄμμος (ammos)

Ammos means “sand” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H285 — achitub (“Ahitub”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G285
Language Greek
Linked Usages 34
Books 23

Strong's G285 Quick Answer

Strong's G285 ἄμμος (ammos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. ammos (am'-mos) n. 1. sand (as heaped on the beach) [perhaps from G260] It has 34 linked Bible usages across 23 books. Visible English usage signals include sand. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
ammos (am'-mos) n. 1. sand (as heaped on the beach) [perhaps from G260]
Usage
34 linked usages
Books
23 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
sand

Meaning and Definition

ammos (am'-mos) n. 1. sand (as heaped on the beach) [perhaps from G260] KJV: sand Root(s): G260

Original Word
ἄμμος
Transliteration
ammos
Derivation
Root: ἅμα R1: 260
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G285. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

sand

Usage: 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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How Strong's G285 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ammos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

sand Matthew 7:26

How Strong's G285 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 23 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G285 (ἄμμος) appears 30 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G285 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G285 in the New Testament

5 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 7:26 KJV

And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

Romans 9:27 KJV

Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

Hebrews 11:12 KJV

Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.

Strong's G285 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

23 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 13:16 Septuagint / Brenton

And I will make thy seed like the dust of the earth; if anyone is able to number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed be numbered.

Genesis 22:17 Septuagint / Brenton

surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is by the shore of the sea, and thy seed shall inherit the cities of their enemies.

Genesis 28:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And thy seed shall be as the sand of the earth; and it shall spread abroad to the sea, and the south, and the north, and to the east; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.

Strong's G285 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 2:20 Septuagint / Brenton

A great number also of sundry countries came with them like locusts, and like the sand of the earth: for the multitude was without number.

1 Maccabees 11:1 Septuagint / Brenton

And the king of Egypt gathered together a great host, like the sand that lieth upon the sea shore, and many ships, and went about through deceit to get Alexander’s kingdom, and join it to his own.

Strong's G285 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 101:6 Septuagint / Brenton

perish therein. Are not the entire sea and all its waters, and all its movements, the work of the Most

Usage Excerpts

First 34 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G285.

Genesis 13:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will make thy seed like the dust of the earth; if anyone is able to number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed be numbered.
Genesis 22:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is by the shore of the sea, and thy seed shall inherit the cities of their enemies.
Genesis 28:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thy seed shall be as the sand of the earth; and it shall spread abroad to the sea, and the south, and the north, and to the east; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 32:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But thou saidst, I will do thee good, and will make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which shall not be numbered for multitude.
Genesis 41:49 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph gathered very much corn as the sand of the sea, until it could not be numbered, for there was no number of it.
Exodus 2:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And having looked round this way and that way, he sees no one; and he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
Joshua 11:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they and their kings with them went forth, as the sand of the sea in multitude, and horses, and very many chariots.
Judges 7:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Midian and Amalek and all the children of the east were scattered in the valley, as the locust for multitude; and there was no number to their camels, but they were as the sand on the seashore for multitude.
1 Kingdoms 13:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Philistines gather together to war with Israel; and then come up against Israel thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand by the seashore for multitude: and they come up, and encamp in Michmash, opposite Beth-aven southward.
2 Kingdoms 17:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thus I have surely given counsel, that all Israel be generally gathered to thee from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is upon the seashore for multitude: and that thy presence go in the midst of them.
3 Kingdoms 5:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord gave understanding to Solomon, and very much wisdom, and enlargement of heart, as the sand on the seashore.
Job 6:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And verily they would be heavier than the sand by the seashore: But, as it seems, my words are vain.
Psalms 77:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he rained upon them flesh like dust, And feathered birds like the sand of the seas.
Psalms 138:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will number them, and they shall be multiplied beyond the sand; I awake, and am still with thee.
Proverbs 34:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Isaiah 10:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And though the people of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant of them shall be saved.
Isaiah 48:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy seed also would have been as the sand, and the offspring of thy belly as the dust of the ground: neither now shalt thou by any means be utterly destroyed, neither shall thy name perish before me.
Jeremiah 5:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
will ye not be afraid of me? saith the Lord; and will ye not fear before me, who have set the sand for a bound to the sea, as a perpetual ordinance, and it shall not pass it: yea, it shall rage, but not prevail; and its waves shall roar, but not pass over it.
Jeremiah 15:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Their widows have been multiplied more than the sand of the sea: I have brought young men against the mother, even distress at noonday: I have suddenly cast upon her trembling and anxiety.
Jeremiah 26:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Their voice is as that of a hissing serpent, for they go upon the sand; they shall come upon Egypt with axes, as men that cut wood.
Daniel 3:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
To whom thou hast spoken and promised, That thou wouldest multiply their seed as the stars of heaven, And as the sand that lieth upon the seashore.
Hosea 2:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yet the number of the children of Israel was as the sand of the sea, which shall not be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, even they shall be called the sons of the living God.
Habakkuk 1:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Destruction shall come upon ungodly men, resisting with their adverse front, and he shall gather the captivity as the sand.
Matthew 7:26 New Testament, KJV
And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
Romans 9:27 New Testament, KJV
Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
Hebrews 11:12 New Testament, KJV
Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
Revelation 13:1 New Testament, KJV
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
Revelation 20:8 New Testament, KJV
And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Judith 2:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
A great number also of sundry countries came with them like locusts, and like the sand of the earth: for the multitude was without number.
1 Maccabees 11:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king of Egypt gathered together a great host, like the sand that lieth upon the sea shore, and many ships, and went about through deceit to get Alexander’s kingdom, and join it to his own.
Wisdom of Sirach 18:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
As a drop of water unto the sea, and a gravel stone in comparison of the sand; So are a thousand years to the days of eternity.
Wisdom of Sirach 22:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Sand, and salt, and a mass of iron, are easier to bear, Than a man without understanding.
1 Enoch 101:6 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
perish therein. Are not the entire sea and all its waters, and all its movements, the work of the Most

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G285, grouped by book.

Genesis 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 2 usages, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G285 FAQ

What does ammos (ἄμμος) mean?

Ammos (Strong's G285) is a Greek word most simply glossed "sand". ammos (am'-mos) n. 1. sand (as heaped on the beach) [perhaps from G260]

How many times is ammos (ἄμμος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 34 linked usages for Strong's G285 across 23 books.

Where can I study ammos (ἄμμος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G285 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate ammos (ἄμμος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as sand. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G285 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 23 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G285, with linked reader references where each row is available.