King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G285
Transliteration: ammos
Phonetic Spelling: (am'-mos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: sand
Meaning: sand
ἄμμος, , ἡ, sand; see. to a Hebrew comparison ἄμμος τῆς θαλάσσης and ἄμμος ἡ παρά τό χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης are used for an innumerable multitude, Romans 9:27; Hebrews 11:12; Revelation 20:8, equivalent to Revelation 12:18 (Revelation 13:1). According to the context sandy ground, Matthew 7:26. (Xenophon, Plato, Theophrastus often, Plutarch, the Sept. often.)
Word Summary
ammos: sand
Original Word: ἄμμοςTransliteration: ammos
Phonetic Spelling: (am'-mos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: sand
Meaning: sand
Strong's Concordance
sand. Perhaps from hama; sand (as heaped on the beach) -- sand.
see GREEK hama
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 285: ἄμμοςἄμμος, , ἡ, sand; see. to a Hebrew comparison ἄμμος τῆς θαλάσσης and ἄμμος ἡ παρά τό χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης are used for an innumerable multitude, Romans 9:27; Hebrews 11:12; Revelation 20:8, equivalent to Revelation 12:18 (Revelation 13:1). According to the context sandy ground, Matthew 7:26. (Xenophon, Plato, Theophrastus often, Plutarch, the Sept. often.)