UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Notes: Passage: OET REV 12:18
It would be possible to regard ἡ ἄμμος τῆς θαλάσσης, literally ‘the sand of the sea,’ as a type of idiom meaning beach. Compare, for example, the meaning of ἄμμος[a] (2.28: ἄμμος).

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: ἄμμος; -ου

Sense 1: sand

Semantic entry: 2.28

Semantic domains: Natural Substances

Subdomains: Earth, Mud, Sand, Rock

Notes: ἄμμος[a] is primarily used in the NT in a figurative sense referring to things which cannot be counted. In such contexts, therefore, what is important is the abundance of sand and not its particular occurrence beside the sea. Therefore, in many contexts it is possible to say ‘as numerous as the grains of sand.’ In this way one need not specify the particular location if the meaning of innumerable quantity is fully evident.|In some areas of the world there is little or no sand, and therefore it may be necessary to render sand in OET MAT 7:26 as ‘loose soil’ or ‘unpacked dirt.’

Show passage in OET: MAT 7:26

OET-RV MAT 7:26

26 “But anyone who hears these messages of mine and doesn’t put them into practice, they can be likened to a stupid person who built their house on the sand.

OET-LV MAT 7:26

26 And everyone which hearing the these messages of _me and not doing them, will _be _being _likened to_a_ foolish _man, who built the house of _him on the sand.

Show passage in OET: ROM 9:27

OET-RV ROM 9:27

27 The prophet Yeshayah (Isaiah) announced about Yisrael (Israel): ‘Even though the Israelis are as numerous as grains of sand, only a minority of them will be saved,

OET-LV ROM 9:27

27 And Aʸsaias/(Yəshaˊ^yāh) is _crying _out concerning the Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl):
If may _be the number of _the sons of _Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl), as the sand of _the sea, the remnant will _be _being _saved.

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All 4 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 7:26

ROM: OET ROM 9:27

HEB: OET HEB 11:12

REV: OET REV 20:8

Sense 2: beach

Semantic entry: 1.64

Semantic domains: Geographical Objects and Features

Subdomains: Land in Contrast With the Sea

Definition: a sandy beach or shore

Notes: ἄμμος[b] evidently involves a particular type of αἰγιαλός (1.63: αἰγιαλός) which is sandy. For languages spoken by persons living along a seacoast, there are usually few if any problems involved in distinguishing various types of land bordering the sea, but for persons living in inland areas, it may be necessary to employ a descriptive phrase such as land along the sea and use such a phrase for various occurrences of different terms.

Show passage in OET: REV 12:18

OET-RV REV 12:18

18 Then the dinosaur stood on the beach by the ocean

OET-LV REV 12:18

18 And he _was _stood on the sand of _the sea.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἄμμος

Form 1

Sense 1: sand

Sense 2: beach