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Strong's H5982 עַמּוּד (ammud)

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

Strong's Number H5982
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 84
Books 16

Strong's H5982 Quick Answer

Strong's H5982 עַמּוּד עַמּוּד (`ammuwd) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. `ammuwd (am-mood') (or ammud {am-mood'}) n-m. 1. a column (as standing) 2. also a stand, i.e. platform It has 84 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include pillars, pillar, also, standeth, and stand. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
`ammuwd (am-mood') (or ammud {am-mood'}) n-m. 1. a column (as standing) 2. also a stand, i.e. platform
Usage
84 linked usages
Books
16 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
pillars, pillar, also, standeth, and stand

Meaning and Definition

`ammuwd (am-mood') (or ammud {am-mood'}) n-m. 1. a column (as standing) 2. also a stand, i.e. platform [from H5975] KJV: X apiece, pillar. Root(s): H5975

Original Word
עַמּוּד עַמּוּד
Transliteration
`ammuwd
Derivation
Root: עמד First root strongs: 5975
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5982. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H5982 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render `ammuwd, 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.

pillars Exodus 26:32 57× pillar Exodus 13:21 17× also 1 Kings 7:2 standeth Numbers 14:14 apiece 1 Kings 7:15 stand Exodus 33:10

How Strong's H5982 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. 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 Old Testament with 84 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H5982 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 H5982 in the Old Testament

84 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 13:21 KJV

And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:

Exodus 13:22 KJV

He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

Exodus 14:19 KJV

And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:

Usage Excerpts

First 84 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5982.

Exodus 13:21 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
Exodus 13:22 Old Testament, KJV
He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
Exodus 14:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
Exodus 14:24 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
Exodus 26:32 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.
Exodus 26:37 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.
Exodus 27:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
Exodus 27:11 Old Testament, KJV
And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
Exodus 27:12 Old Testament, KJV
And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
Exodus 27:14 Old Testament, KJV
The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Exodus 27:15 Old Testament, KJV
And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Exodus 27:16 Old Testament, KJV
And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
Exodus 27:17 Old Testament, KJV
All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.
Exodus 33:9 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses.
Exodus 33:10 Old Testament, KJV
And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.
Exodus 35:11 Old Testament, KJV
The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,
Exodus 35:17 Old Testament, KJV
The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,
Exodus 36:36 Old Testament, KJV
And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.
Exodus 36:38 Old Testament, KJV
And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.
Exodus 38:10 Old Testament, KJV
Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
Exodus 38:11 Old Testament, KJV
And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
Exodus 38:12 Old Testament, KJV
And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
Exodus 38:14 Old Testament, KJV
The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Exodus 38:15 Old Testament, KJV
And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Exodus 38:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
Exodus 38:19 Old Testament, KJV
And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver.
Exodus 38:28 Old Testament, KJV
And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.
Exodus 39:33 Old Testament, KJV
And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets,
Exodus 39:40 Old Testament, KJV
The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,
Exodus 40:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.
Numbers 3:36 Old Testament, KJV
And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,
Numbers 3:37 Old Testament, KJV
And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
Numbers 4:31 Old Testament, KJV
And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,
Numbers 4:32 Old Testament, KJV
And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.
Numbers 12:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
Numbers 14:14 Old Testament, KJV
And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
Deuteronomy 31:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.
Judges 16:25 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
Judges 16:26 Old Testament, KJV
And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.
Judges 16:29 Old Testament, KJV
And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.
Judges 20:40 Old Testament, KJV
But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.
1 Kings 7:2 Old Testament, KJV
He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
1 Kings 7:3 Old Testament, KJV
And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
1 Kings 7:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.
1 Kings 7:15 Old Testament, KJV
For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
1 Kings 7:16 Old Testament, KJV
And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits:
1 Kings 7:17 Old Testament, KJV
And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.
1 Kings 7:18 Old Testament, KJV
And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter.
1 Kings 7:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
1 Kings 7:20 Old Testament, KJV
And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.
1 Kings 7:21 Old Testament, KJV
And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.
1 Kings 7:22 Old Testament, KJV
And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
1 Kings 7:41 Old Testament, KJV
The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;
1 Kings 7:42 Old Testament, KJV
And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars;
2 Kings 11:14 Old Testament, KJV
And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.
2 Kings 23:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
2 Kings 25:13 Old Testament, KJV
And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
2 Kings 25:16 Old Testament, KJV
The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
2 Kings 25:17 Old Testament, KJV
The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.
1 Chronicles 18:8 Old Testament, KJV
Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
2 Chronicles 3:15 Old Testament, KJV
Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
2 Chronicles 3:16 Old Testament, KJV
And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
2 Chronicles 3:17 Old Testament, KJV
And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
2 Chronicles 4:12 Old Testament, KJV
To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;
2 Chronicles 4:13 Old Testament, KJV
And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.
2 Chronicles 23:13 Old Testament, KJV
And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.
Nehemiah 9:12 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
Nehemiah 9:19 Old Testament, KJV
Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.
Esther 1:6 Old Testament, KJV
Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
Job 9:6 Old Testament, KJV
Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
Job 26:11 Old Testament, KJV
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
Psalms 75:3 Old Testament, KJV
The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
Psalms 99:7 Old Testament, KJV
He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
Proverbs 9:1 Old Testament, KJV
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
Song of Solomon 3:10 Old Testament, KJV
He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
Song of Solomon 5:15 Old Testament, KJV
His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
Jeremiah 1:18 Old Testament, KJV
For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
Jeremiah 27:19 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city.
Jeremiah 52:17 Old Testament, KJV
Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
Jeremiah 52:20 Old Testament, KJV
The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
Jeremiah 52:21 Old Testament, KJV
And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.
Jeremiah 52:22 Old Testament, KJV
And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these.
Ezekiel 40:49 Old Testament, KJV
The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits, and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
Ezekiel 42:6 Old Testament, KJV
For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5982, grouped by book.

Exodus 30 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 6 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 4 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 13 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 5 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 6 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 6 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H5982 FAQ

What does ammud (עַמּוּד) mean?

Ammud (Strong's H5982) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "pillar". `ammuwd (am-mood') (or ammud {am-mood'}) n-m. 1. a column (as standing) 2. also a stand, i.e. platform

How many times is ammud (עַמּוּד) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 84 linked usages for Strong's H5982 across 16 books.

Where can I study ammud (עַמּוּד) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5982 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate ammud (עַמּוּד)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as pillars, pillar, also, standeth, stand, and apiece. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.