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. Exodus 13:22הָעָֽם׃פ · the people
    Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place before the people.
  2. Exodus 14:5 (2×)הָעָ֑ם · the people; הָעָ֔ם · [them]
    When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”
  3. Exodus 14:6עַמּ֖וֹ · his army
    So Pharaoh prepared his chariot and took his army with him.
  4. Exodus 14:13הָעָם֮ · the people
    But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.
  5. Exodus 14:31הָעָ֖ם · the people
    When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.
  6. Exodus 15:13עַם־ · the people
    With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.
  7. Exodus 15:14עַמִּ֖ים · The nations
    The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
  8. Exodus 15:16 (2×)עַמְּךָ֙ · Your people; עַם־ · the people
    …and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.
  9. Exodus 15:24הָעָ֛ם · So the people
    So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”
  10. Exodus 16:4הָעָ֤ם · the people
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.
  11. Exodus 16:27הָעָ֖ם · the people
    Yet on the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find anything.
  12. Exodus 16:30הָעָ֖ם · So the people
    So the people rested on the seventh day.
  13. Exodus 17:1הָעָֽם׃ · for the people
    Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
  14. Exodus 17:2הָעָם֙ · So the people
    So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”
  15. Exodus 17:3 (2×)הָעָם֙ · But the people; הָעָ֖ם
    But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
  16. Exodus 17:4לָעָ֣ם · people
    Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”
  17. Exodus 17:5הָעָ֔ם · the people
    And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.
  18. Exodus 17:6הָעָ֑ם · for the people
    Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
  19. Exodus 17:13עַמּ֖וֹ · and his army
    So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his army with the sword.
  20. Exodus 18:1עַמּ֑וֹ · and His people
    Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.
  21. Exodus 18:10הָעָ֔ם · the people
    Jethro declared, “Blessed be the LORD, who has delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and who has delivered the people from the hand of the Egyptians.
  22. Exodus 18:13 (2×)הָעָ֑ם · the people; הָעָם֙
    The next day Moses took his seat to judge the people, and they stood around him from morning until evening.
  23. Exodus 18:14 (3×)לָעָ֑ם · for the people; לָעָ֔ם · for the people; הָעָ֛ם · the people
    When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone as judge, with all the people standing around you from morning till evening?”
  24. Exodus 18:15הָעָ֖ם · the people
    “Because the people come to me to inquire of God,” Moses replied.
  25. Exodus 18:18הָעָ֥ם · people
    Surely you and these people with you will wear yourselves out, because the task is too heavy for you. You cannot handle it alone.
  26. Exodus 18:19לָעָ֗ם · the people’s representative
    Now listen to me; I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their causes to Him.
  27. Exodus 18:21הָ֠עָם · the people
    Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
  28. Exodus 18:22הָעָם֮ · the people
    Have these men judge the people at all times. Then they can bring you any major issue, but all minor cases they can judge on their own, so that your load may be lightened as they share it with you.
  29. Exodus 18:23הָעָ֣ם · people
    If you follow this advice and God so directs you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people can go home in peace.”
  30. Exodus 18:25הָעָ֑ם · the people
    So Moses chose capable men from all Israel and made them heads over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
  31. Exodus 18:26הָעָ֖ם · the people
    And they judged the people at all times; they would bring the difficult cases to Moses, but any minor issue they would judge themselves.
  32. Exodus 19:5הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים · the nations
    Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
  33. Exodus 19:7הָעָ֑ם · of the people
    So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him.
  34. Exodus 19:8 (2×)הָעָ֤ם · the people; הָעָ֖ם · [their]
    And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.
  35. Exodus 19:9 (2×)הָעָם֙ · the people; הָעָ֖ם · [what] the people
    The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you, and they will always put their trust in you.” And Moses relayed to the LORD what the people had said.
  36. Exodus 19:10הָעָ֔ם · the people
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes
  37. Exodus 19:11הָעָ֖ם · the people
    …and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
  38. Exodus 19:12הָעָם֙ · for the people
    And you are to set up a boundary for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful not to go up on the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.
  39. Exodus 19:14 (2×)הָעָ֑ם · the people; הָעָ֔ם
    When Moses came down from the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.
  40. Exodus 19:15הָעָ֔ם · the people
    “Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”
  41. Exodus 19:16הָעָ֖ם · the people
    On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.