STRONGS G285:
ἄμμος,
-ου,
ἡ,
sand; according to a Hebrew comparison
ἄμ.
τῆς θαλάσσης and
ἄμ.
παρὰ τὸ χεῖλος τῆς θαλ. are used for an innumerable multitude,
Romans 9:27;
Hebrews 11:12;
Revelation 20:8, equivalent to
Revelation 12:18 (
Revelation 13:1). According to the context
sandy ground, Matthew 7:26. (Xenophon, Plato, Theophrastus often, Plutarch, the
Sept. often.)
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