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.
Traditional renderings: folk, men, nation, people.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
1,868 total
- 2 Samuel 15:24הָעָ֖ם · the peopleZadok was also there, and all the Levites with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had passed out of the city.
- 2 Samuel 15:30הָעָ֣ם · the peopleBut David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.
- 2 Samuel 16:6הָעָם֙ · though the troopsHe threw stones at David and at all the servants of the king, though the troops and all the mighty men were on David’s right and left.
- 2 Samuel 16:14הָעָ֥ם · the peopleFinally, the king and all the people with him arrived, exhausted. And there he refreshed himself.
- 2 Samuel 16:15הָעָם֙Then Absalom and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.
- 2 Samuel 16:18וְהָעָ֥ם · people“Not at all,” Hushai answered. “For the one chosen by the LORD, by this people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will be, and with him I will remain.
- 2 Samuel 17:2הָעָ֣ם · the peopleI will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king
- 2 Samuel 17:3 (2×)הָעָ֖ם · the people; הָעָ֖ם · the people…and bring all the people back to you as a bride returning to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be at peace.”
- 2 Samuel 17:8הָעָֽם׃ · the troopsHe continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.
- 2 Samuel 17:9בָּעָ֕ם · among the troopsSurely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’
- 2 Samuel 17:16הָעָ֖ם · the peopleNow send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”
- 2 Samuel 17:22הָעָם֙ · the peopleSo David and all the people with him got up and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, there was no one left who had not crossed the Jordan.
- 2 Samuel 17:29 (2×)וְלָעָ֥ם · and his people; הָעָ֗ם · The people…honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
- 2 Samuel 18:1הָעָ֖ם · his troopsThen David reviewed his troops and appointed over them commanders of thousands and of hundreds.
- 2 Samuel 18:2 (2×)הָעָ֗ם · the troops; הָעָ֔ם · the troopsHe sent out the troops, a third under Joab, a third under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the troops, “I will surely march out with you as well.”
- 2 Samuel 18:3הָעָ֜ם · But the peopleBut the people pleaded, “You must not go out! For if we have to flee, they will not care about us. Even if half of us die, they will not care. But you are worth ten thousand of us. It is better now if you support us from the city.”
- 2 Samuel 18:4הָעָם֙ · the troops“I will do whatever seems best to you,” the king replied. So he stood beside the gate, while all the troops marched out by hundreds and by thousands.
- 2 Samuel 18:5הָעָ֣ם · the peopleNow the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.” And all the people heard the king’s orders to each of the commanders regarding Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 18:6הָעָ֛ם · So David’s armySo David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
- 2 Samuel 18:7עַ֣ם · the peopleThere the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men.
- 2 Samuel 18:8בָּעָ֔ם · peopleThe battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.
- 2 Samuel 18:16 (2×)הָעָ֔ם · and the troops; הָעָֽם׃Then Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab had restrained them.
- 2 Samuel 19:2 (2×)הָעָ֑ם · the people; הָעָ֗ם · [they]And that day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on that day they were told, “The king is grieving over his son.”
- 2 Samuel 19:3 (2×)הָעָ֛ם · So they; הָעָם֙ · peopleSo they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.
- 2 Samuel 19:8 (2×)הָעָ֞ם · the people; הָעָם֙ · So theySo the king got up and sat in the gate, and all the people were told: “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So they all came before the king. Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled, each man to his home.
- 2 Samuel 19:9הָעָם֙ · the peopleAnd all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 19:39הָעָ֛ם · the peopleSo all the people crossed the Jordan, and then the king crossed over. The king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and Barzillai returned home.
- 2 Samuel 19:40 (2×)עַ֤ם · the troops; עַ֥ם · the troopsThen the king crossed over to Gilgal, and Chimham crossed over with him. All the troops of Judah and half the troops of Israel escorted the king.
- 2 Samuel 20:12הָעָ֗ם · the troopsBut Amasa wallowed in his blood in the middle of the road, and when the man saw that all the troops were stopping there, he dragged the body off the road into a field and threw a garment over it.
- 2 Samuel 20:15הָעָם֙ · the troopsAnd Joab’s troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel-beth-maacah and built a siege ramp against the outer rampart of the city. As all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to topple it,
- 2 Samuel 20:22הָעָ֜ם · the peopleThen the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn and his men dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 22:28עַ֥ם · peopleYou save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
- 2 Samuel 22:44 (2×)עַמִּ֑י · of my people; עַ֥ם · a peopleYou have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
- 2 Samuel 22:48עַמִּ֖ים · nations…the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,
- 2 Samuel 23:10וְהָעָ֛ם · Then the troops…but Eleazar stood his ground and struck the Philistines until his hand grew weary and stuck to his sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. Then the troops returned to him, but only to plunder the dead.
- 2 Samuel 23:11וְהָעָ֥ם · [Israel’s] troopsAnd after him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines had banded together near a field full of lentils, Israel’s troops fled from them.
- 2 Samuel 24:2 (2×)הָעָ֑ם · the troops; הָעָֽם׃סSo the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”
- 2 Samuel 24:3הָעָ֜ם · the troopsBut Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”
- 2 Samuel 24:4הָעָ֖ם · the troopsNevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to register the troops of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 24:9הָעָ֖ם · of the troopsAnd Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.