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
- Zechariah 8:7עַמִּ֖י · My peopleThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west.
- Zechariah 8:8לְעָ֗ם · peopleI will bring them back to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.”
- Zechariah 8:11הָעָ֣ם · peopleBut now I will not treat the remnant of this people as I did in the past,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
- Zechariah 8:12הָעָ֥ם · people“For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.
- Zechariah 8:20עַמִּ֔ים · PeoplesThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—
- Zechariah 8:22עַמִּ֤ים · peoplesAnd many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead before the LORD.”
- Zechariah 9:16עַמּ֑וֹ · of His peopleOn that day the LORD their God will save them as the flock of His people; for like jewels in a crown they will sparkle over His land.
- Zechariah 10:9בָּֽעַמִּ֔ים · among the nationsThough I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return.
- Zechariah 11:10הָעַמִּֽים׃ · the nationsNext I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.
- Zechariah 12:2הָעַמִּ֖ים · peoples“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. Judah will be besieged, as well as Jerusalem.
- Zechariah 12:3הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים · the peoplesOn that day, when all the nations of the earth gather against her, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who would heave it away will be severely injured.
- Zechariah 12:4הָֽעַמִּ֔ים · of the nationsOn that day, declares the LORD, I will strike every horse with panic, and every rider with madness. I will keep a watchful eye on the house of Judah, but I will strike with blindness all the horses of the nations.
- Zechariah 12:6הָעַמִּ֖ים · the peoplesOn that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and on the left, while the people of Jerusalem remain secure there.
- Zechariah 13:9עַמִּ֣י · They are My peopleThis third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
- Zechariah 14:2הָעָ֔ם · of the peopleFor I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.
- Zechariah 14:12הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים · the peoplesAnd this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
- Malachi 1:4וְהָעָ֛ם · and a peopleThough Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.
- Malachi 2:9הָעָ֑ם · the people“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”