Strong's Greek Concordance

G285: ἄμμος

ámmos · “sand”

Definition

sand (as heaped on the beach)

KJV translates it as: sand

Word origin: perhaps from G260 (ἅμα);

Extended definition

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.†
(AS)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).

How G285 is translated

  • sand ×3
  • sand. ×1

Bible verses with G285 (ámmos)

Ámmos appears in 4 verses.

  • Matthew 7:26

    And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

  • Romans 9:27

    Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

  • Hebrews 11:12

    Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.

  • Revelation 20:8

    And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.