Strong’s H5982 · Hebrew

עַמּוּד
ʻammûwd
am-mood'

Definition

a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform

Etymology

or עַמֻּד; from H5975 (עָמַד);

Where the KJV renders it

  • apiece
  • pillar

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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