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. Joshua 14:8הָעָ֑ם · of the people
    Although my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God.
  2. Joshua 17:14עַם־ · people
    Then the sons of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one portion as an inheritance? We have many people, because the LORD has blessed us abundantly.”
  3. Joshua 17:15עַם־ · people
    Joshua answered them, “If you have so many people that the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go to the forest and clear for yourself an area in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim.”
  4. Joshua 17:17עַם־ · people
    So Joshua said to the house of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh—“You have many people and great strength. You shall not have just one allotment,
  5. Joshua 24:2הָעָ֗ם · the people
    And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.
  6. Joshua 24:16הָעָם֙ · The people
    The people replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!
  7. Joshua 24:17הָֽעַמִּ֔ים · the nations
    For the LORD our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us throughout our journey and among all the nations through which we traveled.
  8. Joshua 24:18הָעַמִּ֗ים · the nations
    And the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because He is our God!”
  9. Joshua 24:19הָעָ֗ם · the people
    But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
  10. Joshua 24:21הָעָ֖ם · the people
    “No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!”
  11. Joshua 24:22הָעָ֗ם · [them]
    Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.
  12. Joshua 24:24הָעָ֖ם · So the people
    So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.”
  13. Joshua 24:25לָעָ֖ם · for the people
    On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.
  14. Joshua 24:27הָעָ֗ם · the people
    And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”
  15. Joshua 24:28הָעָ֔ם · sent the people
    Then Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.
  16. Judges 1:16הָעָֽם׃ · the people
    Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live among the people.
  17. Judges 2:4הָעָ֛ם · the people
    When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.
  18. Judges 2:6הָעָ֑ם · the people
    After Joshua had dismissed the people, the Israelites went out to take possession of the land, each to his own inheritance.
  19. Judges 2:7הָעָם֙ · And the people
    And the people served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, who had seen all the great works that the LORD had done for Israel.
  20. Judges 2:12הָֽעַמִּים֙ · of the peoples
    Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger,
  21. Judges 3:18הָעָ֔ם · those
    After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he ushered out those who had carried it.
  22. Judges 4:13הָעָ֖ם · the men
    …he summoned all nine hundred of his iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the River Kishon.
  23. Judges 5:2עָ֑ם · when the people
    “When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.
  24. Judges 5:9בָּעָ֑ם · among the people
    My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!
  25. Judges 5:11עַם־ · the people
    …the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:
  26. Judges 5:13עָ֑ם · the people
    Then the survivors came down to the nobles; the people of the LORD came down to me against the mighty.
  27. Judges 5:14בַּֽעֲמָמֶ֑יךָ · came with your people
    Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.
  28. Judges 5:18עַ֣ם · was a people
    Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.
  29. Judges 7:1הָעָם֙ · the men
    Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.
  30. Judges 7:2הָעָם֙ · men
    Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many men for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
  31. Judges 7:3 (2×)הָעָם֙ · of the men; הָעָ֗ם · [of them]
    Now, therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the men: ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand of them turned back, but ten thousand remained.
  32. Judges 7:4הָעָ֣ם · men
    Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go. But if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”
  33. Judges 7:5הָעָ֖ם · So [Gideon] brought the men
    So Gideon brought the men down to the water, and the LORD said to him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.”
  34. Judges 7:6הָעָ֔ם
    And the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others knelt to drink.
  35. Judges 7:7הָעָ֔ם
    Then the LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home.”
  36. Judges 7:8הָעָ֨ם · of the others
    So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred men, who took charge of the provisions and rams’ horns of the others. And the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.
  37. Judges 8:5לָעָ֖ם · my troops
    So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
  38. Judges 9:29הָעָ֤ם · people
    If only this people were under my authority, I would remove Abimelech; I would say to him, ‘Muster your army and come out!’”
  39. Judges 9:32וְהָעָ֣ם · and the people
    Now then, tonight you and the people with you are to come and lie in wait in the fields.
  40. Judges 9:33וְהָעָ֤ם · and his men
    And in the morning at sunrise, get up and advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do to them whatever you are able.”
  41. Judges 9:34הָעָ֥ם · his troops
    So Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.
  42. Judges 9:35וְהָעָ֥ם · and his men
    Now Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood at the entrance of the city gate just as Abimelech and his men came out from their hiding places.
  43. Judges 9:36 (2×)הָעָם֒ · the people; עָ֣ם · people
    When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the mountains!” But Zebul replied, “The shadows of the mountains look like men to you.”
  44. Judges 9:37עָם֙ · people
    Then Gaal spoke up again, “Look, people are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming by way of the Diviners’ Oak.”
  45. Judges 9:38הָעָם֙ · the people
    “Where is your gloating now?” Zebul replied. “You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the people you ridiculed? Go out now and fight them!”
  46. Judges 9:42הָעָ֖ם · the people [of Shechem]
    The next day the people of Shechem went out into the fields, and this was reported to Abimelech.
  47. Judges 9:43 (2×)הָעָ֗ם · his men; הָעָם֙ · the people
    So he took his men, divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose up against them and attacked them.