עַם

ampeople
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine1,868 occurrences39 books1,655 verses
This word comes from the names of Amaw and People's Gate.

Definition

from H6004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Traditional renderings: folk, men, nation, people.

Glossary entries

Amaw

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

1,868 total
  1. Genesis 11:6עַ֤ם · people
    And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.
  2. Genesis 14:16הָעָֽם׃ · and the rest of the people
    He retrieved all the goods, as well as his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the rest of the people.
  3. Genesis 17:14מֵעַמֶּ֑יהָ · from his people
    But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
  4. Genesis 17:16עַמִּ֖ים · of peoples
    And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”
  5. Genesis 19:4הָעָ֖ם
    Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.
  6. Genesis 23:7לְעַם־ · before the people
    Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.
  7. Genesis 23:11עַמִּ֛י
    “No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”
  8. Genesis 23:12עַ֥ם · the people
    Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land
  9. …and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”
  10. Genesis 25:8עַמָּֽיו׃ · his people
    And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
  11. Genesis 25:17עַמָּֽיו׃ · his people
    Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
  12. Genesis 26:10הָעָם֙ · of the people
    “What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
  13. Genesis 26:11הָעָ֖ם · the people
    So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
  14. Genesis 27:29עַמִּ֗ים · May peoples
    May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”
  15. Genesis 28:3עַמִּֽים׃ · of peoples
    May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
  16. Genesis 32:7הָעָ֣ם · people
    In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.
  17. Genesis 33:15הָעָ֖ם · people
    “Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”
  18. Genesis 34:16לְעַ֥ם · people
    Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We will dwell among you and become one people.
  19. Genesis 34:22לְעַ֣ם · people
    But only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us and be one people: if all our men are circumcised as they are.
  20. Genesis 35:6הָעָ֥ם
    So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
  21. Genesis 35:29עַמָּ֔יו · his people
    Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
  22. Genesis 41:40עַמִּ֑י · my people
    You shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”
  23. Genesis 41:55הָעָ֛ם · and the people
    When extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”
  24. Genesis 42:6עַ֣ם · people
    Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
  25. Genesis 47:21הָעָ֔ם · the people
    …and Joseph reduced the people to servitude from one end of Egypt to the other.
  26. Genesis 47:23הָעָ֔ם · the people
    Then Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh this day, here is seed for you to sow in the land.
  27. Genesis 48:4עַמִּ֑ים · of peoples
    …and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’
  28. Genesis 48:19לְּעָ֖ם · a people
    But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”
  29. Genesis 49:10עַמִּֽים׃ · of the nations
    The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
  30. Genesis 49:16עַמּ֑וֹ · for his people
    Dan shall provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
  31. Genesis 49:29עַמִּ֔י · my people
    Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
  32. Genesis 49:33עַמָּֽיו׃ · his people
    When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.
  33. Genesis 50:20עַם־ · people
    As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
  34. Exodus 1:9 (2×)עַמּ֑וֹ · his people; עַ֚ם
    “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.
  35. Exodus 1:20הָעָ֛ם · and the people
    So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.
  36. Exodus 1:22עַמּ֖וֹ · his people
    Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”
  37. Exodus 3:7עַמִּ֖י · of My people
    The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
  38. Exodus 3:10עַמִּ֥י · My people
    Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”
  39. Exodus 3:12הָעָם֙ · When you have brought the people
    “I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”
  40. Exodus 3:21הָֽעָם־ · people
    And I will grant this people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that when you leave, you will not go away empty-handed.
  41. Exodus 4:16הָעָ֑ם · the people
    He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.
  42. Exodus 4:21הָעָֽם׃ · let the people
    The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
  43. Exodus 4:30הָעָֽם׃ · the people
    …and Aaron relayed everything the LORD had said to Moses. And Moses performed the signs before the people,
  44. Exodus 4:31הָעָ֑ם · and [they]
    …and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.
  45. Exodus 5:1עַמִּ֔י · Let My people
    After that, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”
  46. Exodus 5:4הָעָ֖ם · the people
    But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your labor!”
  47. Exodus 5:5עַ֣ם · the people
    Pharaoh also said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you would be stopping them from their labor.”
  48. Exodus 5:6בָּעָ֔ם · of the people
    That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen:
  49. Exodus 5:7לָעָ֛ם · the people
    “You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.