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. 1 Samuel 5:11עַמִּ֑י · and our people
    Then the Ekronites called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was very heavy upon it.
  2. 1 Samuel 6:19 (3×)בָּעָם֙; הָעָ֔ם · them; בָּעָ֖ם
    But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them with a great slaughter.
  3. 1 Samuel 8:7הָעָ֔ם · of the people
    And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.
  4. 1 Samuel 8:10הָעָ֕ם · the people
    So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.
  5. 1 Samuel 8:19הָעָ֔ם · Nevertheless , the people
    Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.
  6. 1 Samuel 8:21הָעָ֑ם · of the people
    Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them in the hearing of the LORD.
  7. 1 Samuel 9:2הָעָֽם׃ · of the people
    And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.
  8. 1 Samuel 9:12לָעָ֖ם · the people have
    “Yes, he is ahead of you,” they answered. “Hurry now, for today he has come to the city because the people have a sacrifice on the high place.
  9. 1 Samuel 9:13הָעָם֙ · The people
    As soon as you enter the city, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not eat until he comes, because he must bless the sacrifice; after that, the guests will eat. Go up at once; you will find him.”
  10. 1 Samuel 9:16 (3×)עַמִּ֣י · My people; עַמִּ֖י · them; עַמִּ֔י · My people
    “At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him ruler over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”
  11. 1 Samuel 9:17בְּעַמִּֽי׃ · over My people
    When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke; he shall rule over My people.”
  12. 1 Samuel 9:24הָעָ֣ם׀ · the people
    So the cook picked up the leg and what was attached to it and set it before Saul. Then Samuel said, “Here is what was kept back. It was set apart for you. Eat, for it has been kept for you for this occasion, from the time I said, ‘I have invited the people.’” So Saul dined with Samuel that day.
  13. 1 Samuel 10:11הָעָ֜ם
    When all those who had formerly known Saul saw him prophesying with the prophets, they asked one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”
  14. 1 Samuel 10:17הָעָ֔ם · the people
    After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah
  15. 1 Samuel 10:23 (2×)הָעָ֑ם · the people; הָעָ֔ם · of the others
    So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.
  16. 1 Samuel 10:24 (3×)הָעָ֗ם · the people; הָעָ֑ם · the people; הָעָ֛ם · the people
    Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
  17. 1 Samuel 10:25 (2×)הָעָ֗ם · the people; הָעָ֖ם · the people
    Then Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home.
  18. 1 Samuel 11:4 (2×)הָעָ֑ם · of the people; הָעָ֛ם
    When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.
  19. 1 Samuel 11:5לָּעָ֖ם · the people
    Just then Saul was returning from the field, behind his oxen. “What troubles the people?” asked Saul. “Why are they weeping?” And they relayed to him the words of the men from Jabesh.
  20. 1 Samuel 11:7הָעָ֔ם · the people
    He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they came out together as one man.
  21. 1 Samuel 11:11הָעָם֮ · the troops
    The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together.
  22. 1 Samuel 11:12הָעָם֙ · Then the people
    Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”
  23. 1 Samuel 11:14הָעָ֔ם · the people
    Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”
  24. 1 Samuel 11:15הָעָ֜ם · the people
    So all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.
  25. 1 Samuel 12:6הָעָ֑ם · the people
    Then Samuel said to the people, “The LORD is the One who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
  26. 1 Samuel 12:18הָעָ֥ם · the people
    So Samuel called to the LORD, and on that day the LORD sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
  27. 1 Samuel 12:19הָעָ֜ם
    They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”
  28. 1 Samuel 12:20הָעָם֙
    “Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.
  29. 1 Samuel 12:22 (2×)עַמּ֔וֹ · His people; לְעָֽם׃ · [own]
    Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
  30. 1 Samuel 13:2הָעָ֔ם · of the troops
    He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.
  31. 1 Samuel 13:4הָעָ֛ם · Then the people
    And all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.
  32. 1 Samuel 13:5וְעָ֕ם · and troops
    Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
  33. 1 Samuel 13:6 (2×)הָעָ֑ם · their troops; הָעָ֗ם
    Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.
  34. 1 Samuel 13:7הָעָ֖ם · his troops
    Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul, however, remained at Gilgal, and all his troops were quaking in fear.
  35. 1 Samuel 13:8הָעָ֖ם · and the troops
    And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul.
  36. 1 Samuel 13:11הָעָ֜ם · the troops
    “What have you done?” Samuel asked. And Saul replied, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,
  37. 1 Samuel 13:14עַמּ֔וֹ · His people
    But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”
  38. 1 Samuel 13:15הָעָם֙ · the troops
    Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin. And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.
  39. 1 Samuel 13:16וְהָעָם֙ · and the troops
    Now Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.