noun · feminine
ammas
Greekἄμμος (ammos)
Strong’sG285
sand
stem amm-5 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἄμμος, -ου, ἡ,
[in LXX chiefly for חוֹל;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G285 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidam'-mos
sand (as heaped on the beach)
Fromperhaps from G260;
King Jamessand.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | ammas3×ἄμμος | ammais |
| object accusative | amman2×ἄμμον | ammain |
| direct address vocative | ammar | ammair |
| of, belonging to genitive | ammau | ammaiu |
| to, for dative | amma | ammai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
amma is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
ammas“sand”subjectnominative singular3×
Romans 9:27“sand”Ēsaios de krazatō huper tou Israēl; Ean ateiō tos arithmos toiu huioiu Israēl hōs tas ammas tau thalassau, tem hupoleimmem sōziti;Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
Hebrews 11:12“sand”dio kai apo henou gennila, kai houteim nekrirētou, kathōs teim astreim tou ouranou te plēthe kai hōs tas ammas tas para tem cheilem tau thalassau tas anarithmētas.And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
Revelation 20:8“sand”kai exercheti planara teim ethneim teim en tai tessares gōniai tau gēau, ton Gōg kai Magōg, sunagara autoin eis ton polemon, hoiu tos arithmos autoiu hōs tas ammas tau thalassau.and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth — Gog and Magog — to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.
amman“sand”objectaccusative singular2×
Matthew 7:26“sand”kai pantos tos akouarōtos mu toin logoin houtoin kai mē poiarōtos autoin homoiiti anēro mōro, hotinos oikodomata autou tan oikian epi tan amman.But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
Revelation 12:18“sand”kai histanita epi tan amman tau thalassau.