What does ἄμμος (ámmos) mean in the Bible?
ἄμμος (ámmos): Particulate matter forming beaches and deserts; symbolizes uncountable multitude or unstable foundation.
Greek · G285
ἄμμος
Sand (as heaped on the beach)
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ἄμμος G285
Pronunciation ámmos
What does ἄμμος (ámmos) mean in the Bible?
ἄμμος (ámmos): Particulate matter forming beaches and deserts; symbolizes uncountable multitude or unstable foundation.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G285?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include sand (4), shore (1).
Where does ἄμμος (ámmos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 7:26. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (2), Hebrews (1), Matthew (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It sand 4× Matthew 7:26, Romans 9:27, Hebrews 11:12, Revelation 20:8
shore 1× Revelation 12:17
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 7:26 ἄμμον to sand Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Romans 9:27 ἄμμος to sand Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Hebrews 11:12 ἄμμος to sand Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Revelation 12:17 ἄμμον to shore Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 20:8 ἄμμος to sand Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 7:26
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 4
Matthew 1 Romans 1 Hebrews 1 Revelation 2
Source forms
ἄμμος 3x ammos Romans 9:27, Hebrews 11:12, Revelation 20:8
ἄμμον 2x ammon Matthew 7:26, Revelation 12:17
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 3x Romans 9:27, Hebrews 11:12, Revelation 20:8
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 2x Matthew 7:26, Revelation 12:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Particulate matter forming beaches and deserts; symbolizes uncountable multitude or unstable foundation.
Strong's G285
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 2 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Mat.7:26 Source Gloss
sand (as heaped on the beach)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 7:26 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἄμμον· ammon
sand
Read verse Romans 9:27 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἄμμος ammov
sand
Read verse Hebrews 11:12 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἄμμος ammov
sand
Read verse Revelation 13:1 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἄμμον ammon
sand
Read verse Revelation 20:8 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἄμμος ammov
sand
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Rom 9:27 · Heb 11:12 · Rev 20:8 3×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 7:26 · Rev 12:18 2×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Unstable foundation for building, metaphor for foolishness
Innumerable multitude, comparing Israel's remnant to sand's abundance
Countless descendants promised to Abraham, fulfillment of covenant
Immense number of nations and peoples in eschatological vision
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἄμμος is built from this root:
ἅμα G260
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain