רָמַס
ra.mas
“to trample”
Definition
to tread upon (as a potter, in walking or abusively)
a primitive root;
- to trample 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to trample 1a2) trampler (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be trampled
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
רָמַס appears 17 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.
And that is just what happened to him. The people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.
It grew as high as the host of heaven, and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the earth, and trampled them.
When you come to appear before Me,who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts?
The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkardswill be trampled underfoot.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.