UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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ἄμμος

MainId: 000283000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: α

StrongCodes: G0285

Notes: {'Caller': 1, 'LanguageCode': 'en', 'LastEdited': '', 'LastEditedBy': '', 'References': ['06601201800010'], 'Content': '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] ({D:2.28}).'}

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 000283001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: ἄμμος

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ου

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 000283001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 2.28

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Natural Substances

      LEXSubDomains: Earth, Mud, Sand, Rock

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-08-02 15:16:42

         Glosses: sand

         Comments: 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 {S:04000702600046} as ‘loose soil’ or ‘unpacked dirt.’

      LEXReferences: MAT 7:26, ROM 9:27, HEB 11:12, REV 20:8

   2. LEXID: 000283001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 1.64

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Geographical Objects and Features

      LEXSubDomains: Land in Contrast With the Sea

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-08-02 15:16:42

         DefinitionShort: a sandy beach or shore

         Glosses: beach

         Comments: ἄμμος[b] evidently involves a particular type of {L:αἰγιαλός} ({D:1.63}) 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.

      LEXReferences: REV 12:18