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 30:21הָעָ֔ם · the men
    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,
  2. 1 Samuel 31:9הָעָֽם׃ · and among their people
    They cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among their people.
  3. 2 Samuel 1:4 (2×)הָעָ֜ם · The troops; הָעָם֙ · [them]
    “What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”
  4. 2 Samuel 1:12עַ֤ם · and for the people
    They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
  5. 2 Samuel 2:26לָעָ֔ם · the troops
    Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
  6. 2 Samuel 2:27הָעָ֔ם · the troops
    “As surely as God lives,” Joab replied, “if you had not spoken up, the troops would have continued pursuing their brothers until morning.”
  7. 2 Samuel 2:28הָעָ֔ם · the troops
    So Joab blew the ram’s horn, and all the troops stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or continued to fight.
  8. 2 Samuel 2:30הָעָ֑ם · the troops
    When Joab returned from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David’s servants were missing,
  9. 2 Samuel 3:18עַמִּ֤י · My people
    Now take action, because the LORD has said to David, ‘Through My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hands of the Philistines and of all their enemies.’”
  10. 2 Samuel 3:31הָעָ֣ם · the people
    Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.
  11. 2 Samuel 3:32הָעָֽם׃פ · the people
    When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb, and all the people wept.
  12. 2 Samuel 3:34הָעָ֖ם · the people
    Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. As a man falls before the wicked, so also you fell.” And all the people wept over him even more.
  13. 2 Samuel 3:35הָעָ֗ם · the people
    Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”
  14. 2 Samuel 3:36 (2×)הָעָ֣ם · the people; הָעָ֖ם
    All the people took note and were pleased. In fact, everything the king did pleased them.
  15. 2 Samuel 3:37הָעָ֛ם · the troops
    So on that day all the troops and all Israel were convinced that the king had no part in the murder of Abner son of Ner.
  16. 2 Samuel 5:2עַמִּי֙ · My people
    Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
  17. 2 Samuel 5:12עַמּ֥וֹ · His people
    And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
  18. 2 Samuel 6:2הָעָם֙ · his troops
    And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name—the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on it.
  19. 2 Samuel 6:18הָעָ֔ם · the people
    When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Hosts.
  20. 2 Samuel 6:19 (2×)הָעָ֜ם; הָעָ֖ם · the people
    Then he distributed to every man and woman among the multitude of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. And all the people departed, each to his own home.
  21. 2 Samuel 6:21עַ֥ם · people
    But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate before the LORD,
  22. 2 Samuel 7:7עַמִּ֥י · My people
    In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
  23. 2 Samuel 7:8עַמִּ֖י · My people
    Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
  24. 2 Samuel 7:10לְעַמִּ֨י · for My people
    And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning
  25. 2 Samuel 7:11עַמִּ֣י · My people
    …and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.
  26. 2 Samuel 7:23 (3×)כְעַמְּךָ֙ · is like Your people; לְעָ֜ם · as a people; עַמְּךָ֗ · Your people
    And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.
  27. 2 Samuel 7:24 (2×)עַמְּךָ֨ · Your people; לְעָ֖ם
    For You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.
  28. 2 Samuel 8:15עַמּֽוֹ׃ · his people
    Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
  29. 2 Samuel 10:10הָעָ֔ם · of the troops
    And he placed the rest of the troops under the command of his brother Abishai, who arrayed them against the Ammonites.
  30. 2 Samuel 10:12עַמֵּ֔נוּ · our people
    Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”
  31. 2 Samuel 10:13וְהָעָם֙ · and his troops
    So Joab and his troops advanced to fight the Arameans, who fled before him.
  32. 2 Samuel 11:7הָעָ֔ם · and the troops
    When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing and how the war was going.
  33. 2 Samuel 11:17הָעָ֖ם
    And when the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of David’s servants fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.
  34. 2 Samuel 12:28הָעָ֔ם · of the troops
    Now, therefore, assemble the rest of the troops, lay siege to the city, and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city, and it will be named after me.”
  35. 2 Samuel 12:29הָעָ֖ם · the troops
    So David assembled all the troops and went to Rabbah; and he fought against it and captured it.
  36. 2 Samuel 12:31 (2×)הָעָ֨ם · the people; הָעָ֖ם · his troops
    David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
  37. 2 Samuel 13:34עַם־ · people
    Meanwhile, Absalom had fled. When the young man standing watch looked up, he saw many people coming down the road west of him, along the side of the hill. And the watchman went and reported to the king, “I see men coming from the direction of Horonaim, along the side of the hill.”
  38. 2 Samuel 14:13עַ֣ם · the people
    The woman asked, “Why have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself, since he has not brought back his own banished son?
  39. 2 Samuel 14:15הָעָ֑ם · the people
    Now therefore, I have come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant the request of his maidservant.
  40. 2 Samuel 15:12וְהָעָ֛ם · following
    While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.
  41. 2 Samuel 15:17הָעָ֖ם · the people
    So the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house,
  42. 2 Samuel 15:23 (2×)הָעָ֖ם · the people; הָעָם֙ · the people
    Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.