G285

ἄμμος

ammos

Feminine noun · Perhaps from ἅμα (G260)

Perhaps from G260; sand (as heaped on the beach):—sand.

Outline

sand, sandy ground

Usages

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:

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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:

Quoting Isaiah 10:22

For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

The Elect (Remnant)

Isaiah 10:22 Daniel 12:3 2 Esdras 2:45 Matthew 24:31 Ephesians 1:4

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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.

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Revelation 13:1

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

Breakdown

stood upon the sand of the sea on the Isle of Patmos. The sea (Mediterranean Sea) represents peoples, nations, tongues and kings (Revelation 17:15). seven heads - Seven Kingdoms (Germania Major, Germania Minor, Italy, Greece, France, Spain, Britain). The ten horns represent the common market or the European Economic Community (EEC/EU) established in 1958. It was originally comprised of Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Greece, Spain & Portugal, England & Ireland, West Germany. (Same as the ten toes spoken of in Daniel 2).

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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.

Breakdown

Esau has deceived the whole world with his philosophies. Gog and Magog Russia because they inhabit what used to be the land of Gog and Magog.

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