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
- Jeremiah 26:8הָעָ֥ם · the people…and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You must surely die!
- Jeremiah 26:9הָעָ֛ם · the peopleHow dare you prophesy in the name of the LORD that this house will become like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted!” And all the people assembled against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 26:11הָעָ֖ם · the peopleThen the priests and prophets said to the officials and all the people, “This man is worthy of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears!”
- Jeremiah 26:12הָעָ֖ם · the peopleBut Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people, “The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.
- Jeremiah 26:16הָעָ֔ם · the peopleThen the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man is not worthy of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God!”
- Jeremiah 26:17הָעָ֖ם · of the peopleSome of the elders of the land stood up and said to the whole assembly of the people,
- Jeremiah 26:18עַם֩ · the people“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’
- Jeremiah 26:23הָעָֽם׃ · peopleThey brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him put to the sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.
- Jeremiah 26:24הָעָ֖ם · the peopleNevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.
- Jeremiah 27:12וְעַמּ֖וֹ · and his peopleAnd to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!
- Jeremiah 27:13וְעַמֶּ֔ךָ · and your peopleWhy should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?
- Jeremiah 27:16הָעָ֨ם · peopleThen I said to the priests and to all this people, “This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Look, very soon now the articles from the house of the LORD will be brought back from Babylon.’ They are prophesying to you a lie.
- Jeremiah 28:1הָעָ֖ם · the peopleIn the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people:
- Jeremiah 28:5הָעָ֔ם · the peopleThen the prophet Jeremiah replied to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 28:7הָעָֽם׃ · the peopleNevertheless, listen now to this message I am speaking in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people.
- Jeremiah 28:11הָעָ֜ם · the peopleAnd in the presence of all the people Hananiah proclaimed, “This is what the LORD says: ‘In this way, within two years I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon off the neck of all the nations.’” At this, Jeremiah the prophet went on his way.
- Jeremiah 28:15הָעָ֥ם · this peopleThen the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.
- Jeremiah 29:1הָעָ֔ם · the othersThis is the text of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets, and all the others Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 29:16הָעָ֔ם · the people…this is what the LORD says about the king who sits on David’s throne and all the people who remain in this city, your brothers who did not go with you into exile—
- Jeremiah 29:25הָעָם֙ · the people…this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. You said to Zephaniah:
- Jeremiah 29:32הָעָ֣ם · people; לְעַמִּ֖י · to My people…this is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
- Jeremiah 30:3עַמִּ֧י · My peopleFor behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’”
- Jeremiah 30:22לְעָ֑ם · people“And you will be My people, and I will be your God.”
- Jeremiah 31:1לְעָֽם׃ס · people“At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”
- Jeremiah 31:2עַ֖ם · The peopleThis is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.”
- Jeremiah 31:7עַמְּךָ֔ · Your peopleFor this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’
- Jeremiah 31:14וְעַמִּ֛י · My peopleI will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 31:33לְעָֽם׃ · people“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- Jeremiah 32:21עַמְּךָ֥ · Your peopleYou brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.
- Jeremiah 32:38לְעָ֑ם · peopleThey will be My people, and I will be their God.
- Jeremiah 32:42הָעָ֣ם · peopleFor this is what the LORD says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good I have promised them.
- Jeremiah 33:24הָעָ֤ם · people; עַמִּי֙ · My people“Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation.
- Jeremiah 34:1הָעַמִּ֗ים · the other nationsThis is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, all his army, all the earthly kingdoms under his control, and all the other nations were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding cities.
- Jeremiah 34:8הָעָם֙ · the peopleAfter King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty, the word came to Jeremiah from the LORD
- Jeremiah 34:10הָעָ֜ם · the peopleSo all the officials and all the people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their menservants and maidservants and no longer hold them in bondage. They obeyed and released them,
- Jeremiah 34:19עַ֣ם · the peopleThe officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf,
- Jeremiah 35:16וְהָעָ֣ם · peopleYes, the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab carried out the command their forefather gave them, but these people have not listened to Me.
- Jeremiah 36:6הָעָ֛ם · of the people…so you are to go to the house of the LORD on a day of fasting, and in the hearing of the people you are to read the words of the LORD from the scroll you have written at my dictation. Read them in the hearing of all the people of Judah who are coming from their cities.
- Jeremiah 36:7הָעָ֥ם · peoplePerhaps they will bring their petition before the LORD, and each one will turn from his wicked way; for great are the anger and fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people.”
- Jeremiah 36:9הָעָ֖ם · the people; הָעָ֗םNow in the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a fast before the LORD was proclaimed to all the people of Jerusalem and all who had come there from the cities of Judah.
- Jeremiah 36:10הָעָֽם׃ · the peopleFrom the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the hearing of all the people.
- Jeremiah 36:13הָעָֽם׃ · of the peopleAnd Micaiah reported to them all the words he had heard Baruch read from the scroll in the hearing of the people.
- Jeremiah 36:14הָעָ֔ם · of the peopleThen all the officials sent word to Baruch through Jehudi son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, saying, “Bring the scroll that you read in the hearing of the people, and come here.” So Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll and went to them.
- Jeremiah 37:2וְעַ֣ם · and the peopleBut he and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.
- Jeremiah 37:4הָעָ֑ם · the peopleNow Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.
- Jeremiah 37:12הָעָֽם׃ · the peopleJeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there among the people.
- Jeremiah 37:18וְלָעָ֣ם · peopleThen Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people, that you have put me in prison?