עַם
ampeopleHow to read Hebrew
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.
Traditional renderings: folk, men, nation, people.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עַם:
Glossary entries
Usage patterns
Occurrences
1,868 total
- Isaiah 24:4עַם־The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.
- Isaiah 24:13הָֽעַמִּ֑ים · the nationsSo will it be on the earth and among the nations, like a harvested olive tree, like a gleaning after a grape harvest.
- Isaiah 25:3עַם־ · peopleTherefore, a strong people will honor You. The cities of ruthless nations will revere You.
- Isaiah 25:6הָֽעַמִּים֙ · the peoplesOn this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.
- Isaiah 25:7הָֽעַמִּ֑ים · peoplesOn this mountain He will swallow up the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;
- Isaiah 25:8עַמּ֗וֹ · of His peopleHe will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
- Isaiah 26:11עָ֔ם · for Your peopleO LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
- Isaiah 26:20עַמִּי֙ · my peopleGo, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
- Isaiah 27:11עַם־ · a peopleWhen its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
- Isaiah 28:5עַמּֽוֹ׃ · of His peopleOn that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory, a diadem of splendor to the remnant of His people,
- Isaiah 28:11הָעָ֥ם · peopleIndeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people
- Isaiah 28:14הָעָ֣ם · peopleTherefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 29:13הָעָ֣ם · peopleTherefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
- Isaiah 29:14הָֽעָם־ · peopleTherefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”
- Isaiah 30:5עַ֖ם · a people…everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They bring neither help nor benefit, but only shame and disgrace.”
- Isaiah 30:6עַ֖ם · a peopleThis is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.
- Isaiah 30:9עַ֤ם · peopleThese are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.
- Isaiah 30:19עַ֛ם · O peopleO people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, He will answer you.
- Isaiah 30:26עַמּ֔וֹ · of His peopleThe light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.
- Isaiah 30:28עַמִּֽים׃ · of the peoplesHis breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.
- Isaiah 32:13עַמִּ֔י · of my people…and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers—even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.
- Isaiah 32:18עַמִּ֖י · Then my peopleThen my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.
- Isaiah 33:3עַמִּ֑ים · The peoplesThe peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise.
- Isaiah 33:12עַמִּ֖ים · The peoplesThe peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.
- Isaiah 33:19עַ֥ם; עַ֣ם · a peopleYou will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.
- Isaiah 33:24הָעָ֛ם · The peopleAnd no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.
- Isaiah 34:5עַ֥ם · the peopleWhen My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction.
- Isaiah 36:11הָעָ֔ם · of the peopleThen Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”
- Isaiah 40:1עַמִּ֑י · My people“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.
- Isaiah 40:7הָעָֽם׃ · the peopleThe grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.
- Isaiah 42:5לָעָ֣ם · to the peopleThis is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
- Isaiah 42:6עָ֖ם · for the people“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
- Isaiah 42:22עַם־ · is a peopleBut this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”
- Isaiah 43:8עַם־ · a peopleBring out a people who have eyes but are blind, and who have ears but are deaf.
- Isaiah 43:20עַמִּ֥י · peopleThe beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.
- Isaiah 43:21עַם־ · The peopleThe people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.
- Isaiah 44:7עַם־ · peopleWho then is like Me? Let him say so! Let him declare his case before Me, since I established an ancient people. Let him foretell the things to come, and what is to take place.
- Isaiah 47:6עַמִּ֗י · My peopleI was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.
- Isaiah 49:8עָ֔ם · for the peopleThis is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,
- Isaiah 49:13עַמּ֔וֹ · His peopleShout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.
- Isaiah 49:22עַמִּ֖ים · the peoplesThis is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.
- Isaiah 51:4עַמִּ֔י · My people; עַמִּ֖ים · to the nationsPay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation; for a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a light to the nations; I will bring it about quickly.
- Isaiah 51:5עַמִּ֣ים · to the nationsMy righteousness draws near, My salvation is on the way, and My arms will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look for Me and wait in hope for My arm.
- Isaiah 51:7עַ֖ם · you peopleListen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.
- Isaiah 51:16עַמִּי־ · are My peopleI have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”
- Isaiah 51:22עַמּ֔וֹ · His peopleThus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again.
- Isaiah 52:4עַמִּ֥י · My peopleFor this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.
- Isaiah 52:5עַמִּ֖י · My peopleAnd now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.