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 Kings 10:9הָעָ֔ם · the peopleThe next morning, Jehu went out and stood before all the people and said, “You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him. But who killed all these?
- 2 Kings 10:18הָעָ֔ם · the peopleThen Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.
- 2 Kings 11:13 (2×)הָעָ֑ם · [and] the people; הָעָ֖ם · the peopleWhen Athaliah heard the noise from the guards and the people, she went out to the people in the house of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 11:14עַ֤ם · the peopleAnd she looked out and saw the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason! Treason!”
- 2 Kings 11:17 (3×)הָעָ֔ם · and the people; לְעָ֖ם · people; הָעָֽם׃ · the peopleThen Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.
- 2 Kings 11:18עַם֩ · the peopleSo all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. And Jehoiada the priest posted guards for the house of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 11:19עַ֣ם · the peopleHe took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace by way of the Gate of the Guards. Then Joash took his seat on the royal throne,
- 2 Kings 11:20עַם־ · the people…and all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city was quiet, because Athaliah had been put to the sword at the royal palace.
- 2 Kings 12:3הָעָ֛ם · the peopleNevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
- 2 Kings 12:8הָעָ֔ם · the peopleSo the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.
- 2 Kings 13:7עָ֗ם · armyJehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.
- 2 Kings 14:4הָעָ֛ם · and the peopleNevertheless, the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
- 2 Kings 14:21עַ֤ם · the peopleThen all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
- 2 Kings 15:4הָעָ֛ם · the peopleNevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
- 2 Kings 15:5עַ֥ם · the peopleAnd the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
- 2 Kings 15:10עָ֖ם · the peopleThen Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, struck him down and killed him in front of the people, and reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 15:35הָעָ֛ם · the peopleNevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 16:15עַ֤ם · the peopleThen King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, “Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering and grain offering, as well as the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings of all the people of the land. Splatter on the altar all the blood of the burnt offerings and sacrifices. But I will use the bronze altar to seek guidance.”
- 2 Kings 18:26הָעָ֔ם · of the peopleThen Eliakim son of Hilkiah, along with Shebnah and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak with us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”
- 2 Kings 18:36הָעָ֔ם · But the peopleBut the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
- 2 Kings 20:5עַמִּ֗י · of My people“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 21:24 (2×)עַם־ · But the people; עַם־But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
- 2 Kings 22:4הָעָֽם׃ · from the people“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him count the money that has been brought into the house of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people.
- 2 Kings 22:13הָעָ֗ם · the people“Go and inquire of the LORD for me, for the people, and for all Judah concerning the words in this book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book by doing all that is written about us.”
- 2 Kings 23:2הָעָ֖ם · the peopleAnd he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 23:3הָעָ֖ם · the peopleSo the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.
- 2 Kings 23:6הָעָֽם׃ · peopleHe brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.
- 2 Kings 23:21הָעָ֣ם · the peopleThe king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”
- 2 Kings 23:30עַם־ · Then the peopleFrom Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
- 2 Kings 23:35עַ֣ם · from the peopleSo Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but to meet Pharaoh’s demand he taxed the land and exacted the silver and the gold from the people, each according to his wealth.
- 2 Kings 24:14עַם־ · peopleHe carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.
- 2 Kings 25:3לְעַ֥ם · that the peopleBy the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
- 2 Kings 25:11הָעָ֜ם · the peopleThen Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.
- 2 Kings 25:19 (2×)עַ֣ם · the people; מֵעַ֣םOf those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
- 2 Kings 25:22וְהָעָ֗ם · the peopleNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.
- 2 Kings 25:26הָעָ֜ם · the peopleThen all the people small and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans.
- 1 Chronicles 5:25עַמֵּי־ · of the peoplesBut they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers, and they prostituted themselves with the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.
- 1 Chronicles 10:9הָעָֽם׃ · and among their peopleThey stripped Saul, cut off his head, took his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people.
- 1 Chronicles 11:2 (2×)עַמִּי֙ · My people; עַמִּ֥י · [them]Even in times past, while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD your God said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
- 1 Chronicles 11:13וְהָעָ֥ם · the troopsHe was with David at Pas-dammim when the Philistines gathered there for battle. At a place with a field full of barley, the troops fled from the Philistines.
- 1 Chronicles 13:4הָעָֽם׃ · the peopleAnd because this proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to it.
- 1 Chronicles 14:2עַמּ֥וֹ · of His peopleAnd David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had highly exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 16:2הָעָ֖ם · the peopleWhen David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 16:8בָעַמִּ֖ים · among the nations“Give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.