Quick Definition
sand
Strong's Definition
sand (as heaped on the beach)
Derivation: perhaps from G260 (ἅμα);
KJV Usage: sand
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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, Rom_9:27; Heb_11:12; Rev_20:8, equivalent to Revelation 12:18 (Rev_13:1). According to the context sandy ground, Mat_7:26. (Xenophon, Plato, Theophrastus often, Plutarch, the Sept. often.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἄμμος ammos 5x
sand, Mat_7:26 ; Rom_9:27 ; Heb_11:12 ; Rev_20:8
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἄμμος , -ου , ἡ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H2344 ;]
sand, sandy ground: Mat_7:26 , Rom_9:27 , Heb_11:12 , Rev_18:1 , Rev_20:8 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἄμμος [page 27]
P Petr II. 4 (9) 5 (iii/B.C.) ὥστε ἀνακαθᾶραι τὴν ἄμμον , ib. III. 43 (2) recto ii. 12 (2nd year of Euergetes I.) ἐργάσασθαι τὴν ἄμ̣μ̣ο̣ν̣ το̣υ̣ͅ ὑδραγωγο̣υ̣ͅ ἐ̣π̣ι̣, τῆς κατὰ Ἡφαιστιάδα διώρυγος , to clear out the sand from the water-course of the canal near Hephaistias, BGU II. 530 19 ff. (i/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 61) ὁ ὑδραγωγὸς συνεχώσθη ὑπὸ τῆς ἄμμου , the water-course was choked with sand, P Tebt II. 342 27 (late ii/A.D.) εἰς ἐκσκαφὴν χοὸς . . . καὶ ἄμμου , P Flor II. 157 5 (iii/A.D.) εἰς τ [ὸ ] ἔργον ἐκεῖνο τὸ τῆς Θεω [ξ ]ενίδος , τούτεστιν τὸ τ̣ῆς ἄμμου . From the inscriptions it is sufficient to cite Syll 587 .197 (iv/B.C.) ἄμμου ἀγωγαὶ πέντε . In BGU I. 108 1 (A.D. 203 4) (= Chrest. I. 227) Wilcken reads ἀμ̣μόχοστος ( l. ἀμμόχωστος ), covered with sand, with reference to a plot of land, and compares the similar use of ὔφαμμος in P Amh II. 85 16 (A.D. 78).
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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