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 13:22הָעָ֔ם · of the troops
    So on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hands of the troops with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons.
  2. 1 Samuel 14:2וְהָעָם֙ · And the troops
    Meanwhile, Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men,
  3. 1 Samuel 14:3וְהָעָם֙ · But the troops
    …including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.
  4. 1 Samuel 14:15הָעָ֔ם · the people
    Then panic struck the Philistines in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even those in the outposts and raiding parties trembled. Indeed, the earth quaked, and panic spread from God.
  5. 1 Samuel 14:17לָעָם֙ · to the troops
    Saul said to the troops who were with him, “Call the roll and see who has left us.” And when they had called the roll, they saw that Jonathan and his armor-bearer were not there.
  6. 1 Samuel 14:20הָעָם֙ · his troops
    Then Saul and all his troops assembled and marched to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total confusion, with each man wielding the sword against his neighbor.
  7. 1 Samuel 14:24 (2×)הָעָ֜ם · had placed the troops; הָעָ֖ם · of the troops
    Now the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.
  8. 1 Samuel 14:26 (2×)הָעָם֙ · And when [they]; הָעָ֖ם · [they]
    And when they entered the forest and saw the flowing honey, not one of them put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath.
  9. 1 Samuel 14:27הָעָם֒ · {had bound} the people
    Jonathan, however, had not heard that his father had bound the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.
  10. 1 Samuel 14:28 (3×)מֵֽהָעָ֜ם · of the soldiers; הָעָם֙ · {bound} the troops; הָעָֽם׃ · That is why the people
    Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”
  11. 1 Samuel 14:30הָעָ֔ם · the troops
    How much better it would have been if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been much greater?”
  12. 1 Samuel 14:31הָעָ֖ם · the people
    That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.
  13. 1 Samuel 14:32 (2×)הָעָם֙; הָעָ֖ם
    So they rushed greedily to the plunder, taking sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them on the ground and ate meat with the blood still in it.
  14. 1 Samuel 14:33הָעָ֛ם · the troops
    Then someone reported to Saul: “Look, the troops are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.” “You have broken faith,” said Saul. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”
  15. 1 Samuel 14:34 (2×)בָעָ֡ם · among the troops; הָעָ֜ם
    Then he said, “Go among the troops and tell them, ‘Each man must bring me his ox or his sheep, slaughter them in this place, and then eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.’” So that night everyone brought his ox and slaughtered it there.
  16. 1 Samuel 14:38הָעָ֑ם · of the troops
    Therefore Saul said, “Come here, all you leaders of the troops, and let us investigate how this sin has occurred today.
  17. 1 Samuel 14:39הָעָֽם׃ · of the troops
    As surely as the LORD who saves Israel lives, even if it is my son Jonathan, he must die!” But not one of the troops said a word.
  18. 1 Samuel 14:40הָעָם֙ · the troops
    Then Saul said to all Israel, “You stand on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will stand on the other side.” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied.
  19. 1 Samuel 14:41וְהָעָ֥ם · but the people
    So Saul said to the LORD, the God of Israel, “Why have You not answered Your servant this day? If the fault is with me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim, but if the fault is with the men of Israel, respond with Thummim.” And Jonathan and Saul were selected, but the people were cleared of the charge.
  20. 1 Samuel 14:45 (2×)הָעָ֜ם · But the people; הָעָ֛ם · So the people
    But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
  21. 1 Samuel 15:1עַמּ֖וֹ · His people
    Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.
  22. 1 Samuel 15:4הָעָ֔ם · the troops
    So Saul summoned the troops and numbered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.
  23. 1 Samuel 15:8הָעָ֖ם · the others {to destruction}
    He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.
  24. 1 Samuel 15:9וְהָעָ֜ם · and his troops
    Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to devote them to destruction, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.
  25. 1 Samuel 15:15הָעָם֙ · The troops
    Saul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction.”
  26. 1 Samuel 15:21הָעָ֧ם · The troops
    The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of the things devoted to destruction, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal.”
  27. 1 Samuel 15:24הָעָ֔ם · the people
    Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
  28. 1 Samuel 15:30עַמִּ֖י · of my people
    “I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
  29. 1 Samuel 17:27הָעָ֔ם · The people
    The people told him about the offer, saying, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”
  30. 1 Samuel 17:30הָעָם֙ · and those people
    Then he turned from him toward another and asked about the offer, and those people answered him just as the first ones had answered.
  31. 1 Samuel 18:5הָעָ֔ם · the people
    So David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.
  32. 1 Samuel 18:13הָעָֽם׃פ · the troops {out to battle}
    Therefore Saul sent David away and gave him command of a thousand men. David led the troops out to battle and back,
  33. 1 Samuel 23:8הָעָ֖ם · his troops
    Then Saul summoned all his troops to go to war at Keilah and besiege David and his men.
  34. 1 Samuel 26:5וְהָעָ֖ם · with the troops
    Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.
  35. 1 Samuel 26:7 (2×)הָעָם֮ · the troops; וְהָעָ֔ם · and the troops
    That night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him.
  36. 1 Samuel 26:14הָעָ֗ם · the troops
    And David shouted to the troops and to Abner son of Ner, “Will you not answer me, Abner?” “Who are you who calls to the king?” Abner replied.
  37. 1 Samuel 26:15הָעָ֔ם · of the people
    So David said to Abner, “You are a man, aren’t you? And who in Israel is your equal? Why then did you not protect your lord the king when one of the people came to destroy him?
  38. 1 Samuel 27:12בְּעַמּ֣וֹ · to his people
    So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”
  39. 1 Samuel 30:4וְהָעָ֧ם · and the troops
    So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.
  40. 1 Samuel 30:6 (2×)הָעָם֙ · the people; הָעָ֔ם
    And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
  41. 1 Samuel 30:21הָעָ֣ם · the troops
    When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and who were left behind at the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,