to stand: stand
a.mad denotes taking or maintaining a standing position, including attendance before someone, remaining in place, and being established.
The supplied verses most often show a person, animal, or object in a standing or fixed position. The same verb also occurs for standing before a king or the LORD, remaining rather than proceeding or departing, and, in Hiphil forms, placing, appointing, confirming, or establishing someone or something.
Senses in use
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Standing or taking a position · dominant
Qal participles depict fixed location: in 1 Kings 13:24 the donkey and lion are beside the carcass, and in 1 Chronicles 21:16 the messenger is between land and heaven. Qal commands and sequential forms likewise call for or report taking a location, as Elijah is told to go out onto the mountain in 1 Kings 19:11 and then stands at the cave entrance in 1 Kings 19:13.
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Standing before an authority or in service · common
The standing position is directed before a person or the LORD: David is requested to stand before Saul in 1 Samuel 16:22, and the two women stand before the king in 1 Kings 3:16. In 1 Kings 8:11, the priests are unable to stand to minister because the house is filled with the LORD's glory; 1 Chronicles 23:30 joins standing with morning and evening thanks and praise.
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Remaining or holding one’s position · occasional
The verb can mark staying rather than moving on: in 1 Samuel 30:9 the rest remain behind at the torrent, and in 1 Samuel 30:10 those too faint to cross stay behind. In 2 Kings 15:20 the king of Assyria does not remain in the land, while 1 Kings 22:35 portrays the king as remaining standing in his chariot until evening.
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Causing to be placed, appointed, or established · occasional
Hiphil forms describe bringing another person or matter into a settled role or condition. David instructs the Levite leaders to station singers in 1 Chronicles 15:16 and sets stonecutters for building in 1 Chronicles 22:2; in 1 Chronicles 16:17 a statute is confirmed, and in 1 Chronicles 17:14 a ruler and throne are established.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB commonly presents the clause with “stand,” “standing,” “stood,” or “remain,” and Hiphil contexts with expressions such as “station,” “set,” “confirmed,” and “establish.” These English expressions indicate the verse-level presentation rather than a fixed rendering of each form.