Lexicon
עֹ֫מֶד
o.med
H5977
H:N-M Hebrew

post

6
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

o.med denotes an assigned or occupied place where people stand, serve, remain, or are restored.

The attested use denotes a person’s designated or occupied place: priests and Levites stand in ordered positions, a king stands by his place, people remain in their places, and officials are restored to their places.

Senses in use

  1. Assigned or occupied place · dominant

    All six occurrences use the construct singular noun for a place associated with a person or group. In 2 Chronicles 30:16 and 2 Chronicles 35:10 the APB renders priests and Levites as standing at their "post," "stations," or "divisions"; in Nehemiah 13:11 they are restored each to a "post." In 2 Chronicles 34:31, Nehemiah 8:7, and Nehemiah 9:3, the APB presents the king, the people, and the gathered community as standing or remaining in their place while covenant-making, hearing instruction, reading, confessing, and bowing occur.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB varies its presentation across the verses: "post," "stations," "divisions," and "places." These renderings show the verse-level setting rather than establish separate meanings.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture