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ψάμμος

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Gloss: sabulum.

Transliteration: psammos

Strong’s: G21355

1. sand , so called from its loose, crumbling nature (from ψάω); (Odyssey by Homer), etc.:—;proverbial, ψάμμος ἀριθμὸν περιπέφευγεν (Pindar)
2. ἡ ψ. the sandy desert of Libya, (Herdotus Historicus)
Both ψάμμος and ψάμαθος sometimes drop ψ and become ἄμμος, ἄμαθος. (ML)
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