עַם

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.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עַם:

Glossary entries

Amaw

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,868 total
  1. 2 Chronicles 23:20עַ֣ם · the people
    And he took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate. They seated King Joash on the royal throne,
  2. 2 Chronicles 23:21עַם־ · the people
    …and all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city was quiet, because Athaliah had been put to the sword.
  3. 2 Chronicles 24:10הָעָ֑ם · the people
    All the officers and all the people rejoiced and brought their contributions, and they dropped them in the chest until it was full.
  4. 2 Chronicles 24:20לָעָ֑ם · the people
    Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you.’”
  5. 2 Chronicles 24:23הָעָ֖ם · of the people; מֵעָ֑ם
    In the spring, the army of Aram went to war against Joash. They entered Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the leaders of the people, and they sent all the plunder to their king in Damascus.
  6. 2 Chronicles 25:11עַמּ֔וֹ · his troops
    Amaziah, however, summoned his strength and led his troops to the Valley of Salt, where he struck down 10,000 men of Seir,
  7. 2 Chronicles 25:15הָעָ֔ם · this people’s; עַמָּ֖ם · [them]
    Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet, who said, “Why have you sought this people’s gods, which could not deliver them from your hand?”
  8. 2 Chronicles 26:1עַ֤ם · the people
    All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
  9. 2 Chronicles 26:21עַ֥ם · the people
    So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace and governed the people of the land.
  10. 2 Chronicles 27:2הָעָ֖ם · But the people
    And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.
  11. 2 Chronicles 29:36הָעָ֔ם · the people; לָעָ֑ם · for the people
    Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced at what God had prepared for the people, because everything had been accomplished so quickly.
  12. 2 Chronicles 30:3וְהָעָ֖ם · and the people
    …since they had been unable to keep it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem.
  13. In the second month, a very great assembly gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
  14. 2 Chronicles 30:18הָעָ֡ם · of the people
    A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone
  15. 2 Chronicles 30:20הָעָֽם׃ס · the people
    And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.
  16. 2 Chronicles 30:27הָעָ֔ם · the people
    Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.
  17. 2 Chronicles 31:4לָעָם֙ · the people
    Moreover, he commanded the people living in Jerusalem to make a contribution for the priests and Levites so that they could devote themselves to the Law of the LORD.
  18. 2 Chronicles 31:8עַמּ֥וֹ · and His people
    When Hezekiah and his officials came and viewed the heaps, they blessed the LORD and His people Israel.
  19. 2 Chronicles 31:10עַמּ֔וֹ · His people
    …and Azariah, the chief priest of the household of Zadok, answered him, “Since the people began to bring their contributions into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and there is plenty left over, because the LORD has blessed His people; this great abundance is what is left over.”
  20. 2 Chronicles 32:4עַם־ · people
    Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.
  21. 2 Chronicles 32:6הָעָ֑ם · the people
    Hezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them, saying,
  22. 2 Chronicles 32:8הָעָ֔ם · So the people
    With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
  23. 2 Chronicles 32:13עַמֵּ֣י · the peoples
    Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand?
  24. 2 Chronicles 32:14עַמּ֖וֹ · his people
    Who among all the gods of these nations that my fathers devoted to destruction has been able to deliver his people from my hand? How then can your God deliver you from my hand?
  25. 2 Chronicles 32:15עַמּ֛וֹ · his people
    So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!”
  26. 2 Chronicles 32:17עַמָּם֙ · their people; עַמּ֖וֹ · His people
    He also wrote letters mocking the LORD, the God of Israel, and saying against Him: “Just as the gods of the nations did not deliver their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand.”
  27. 2 Chronicles 32:18עַ֤ם · the people
    Then the Assyrians called out loudly in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them in order to capture the city.
  28. 2 Chronicles 32:19עַמֵּ֣י · of the peoples
    They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.
  29. 2 Chronicles 33:10עַמּ֖וֹ · and his people
    And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.
  30. 2 Chronicles 33:17הָעָ֔ם · the people
    Nevertheless, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.
  31. 2 Chronicles 33:25עַם־ · 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.
  32. 2 Chronicles 34:30הָעָ֖ם · the people
    And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people great and small—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.
  33. 2 Chronicles 35:3עַמּ֥וֹ · and His people
    To the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the LORD, Josiah said: “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. It is not to be carried around on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel.
  34. 2 Chronicles 35:5הָעָ֑ם
    Moreover, stand in the Holy Place by the divisions of the families of your kinsmen the lay people, and by the divisions of the families of the Levites.
  35. 2 Chronicles 35:7הָעָ֟ם · the people
    From his own flocks and herds Josiah contributed 30,000 lambs and goats plus 3,000 bulls for the Passover offerings for all the people who were present.
  36. 2 Chronicles 35:8לָעָ֛ם · to the people
    His officials also contributed willingly to the people and priests and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the chief officials of the house of God, gave the priests 2,600 Passover offerings and 300 bulls.
  37. 2 Chronicles 35:12הָעָ֔ם · of the people
    They set aside the burnt offerings to be given to the divisions of the families of the people to offer to the LORD, as it is written in the Book of Moses. And they did the same with the bulls.
  38. 2 Chronicles 35:13הָעָֽם׃ · the people
    They roasted the Passover animals on the fire according to the regulation, and they boiled the other holy offerings in pots, kettles, and bowls and quickly brought them to all the people.
  39. 2 Chronicles 36:1עַם־ · Then the people
    Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
  40. 2 Chronicles 36:14וְהָעָם֙ · and the people
    Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.
  41. 2 Chronicles 36:15עַמּ֖וֹ · [them]
    Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.
  42. 2 Chronicles 36:16בְּעַמּ֖וֹ · against His people
    But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
  43. 2 Chronicles 36:23עַמּ֗וֹ · His people
    “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and may he go up.’”
  44. Ezra 1:3עַמּ֗וֹ · His people
    Whoever among you belongs to His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.
  45. Ezra 2:2עַ֥ם
    …accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel: