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. Deuteronomy 4:6 (2×)הָעַמִּ֑ים · of the peoples; עַם־ · people
    Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”
  2. Deuteronomy 4:10הָעָ֔ם · the people
    The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”
  3. Deuteronomy 4:19הָֽעַמִּ֔ים · the nations
    When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
  4. Deuteronomy 4:20לְעַ֥ם · the people
    Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.
  5. Deuteronomy 4:27בָּעַמִּ֑ים · you among the peoples
    Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
  6. Deuteronomy 4:33עָם֩ · Has a people
    Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?
  7. Deuteronomy 5:28הָעָ֤ם · people
    And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.
  8. Deuteronomy 6:14הָֽעַמִּ֔ים · of the peoples
    Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.
  9. Deuteronomy 7:6 (3×)עַ֤ם · are a people; לְעַ֣ם · a people; הָֽעַמִּ֔ים · peoples
    For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.
  10. Deuteronomy 7:7 (2×)הָֽעַמִּ֗ים · peoples; הָעַמִּֽים׃ · peoples
    The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
  11. Deuteronomy 7:14הָעַמִּ֑ים · peoples
    You will be blessed above all peoples; among you there will be no barren man or woman or livestock.
  12. Deuteronomy 7:16הָֽעַמִּ֗ים · the peoples
    You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
  13. Deuteronomy 7:19הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים · the peoples
    …the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.
  14. Deuteronomy 9:2עַֽם־ · The people
    The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?”
  15. Deuteronomy 9:6עַם־ · people
    Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.
  16. Deuteronomy 9:12עַמְּךָ֔ · your people
    And the LORD said to me, “Get up and go down from here at once, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten image.”
  17. Deuteronomy 9:13 (2×)הָעָ֣ם · people; עַם־ · people
    The LORD also said to me, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
  18. Deuteronomy 9:26עַמְּךָ֙ · Your people
    And I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
  19. Deuteronomy 9:27הָעָ֣ם · people
    Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people and the wickedness of their sin.
  20. Deuteronomy 9:29עַמְּךָ֖ · are Your people
    But they are Your people, Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your great power and outstretched arm.”
  21. Deuteronomy 10:11הָעָ֑ם · the people
    Then the LORD said to me, “Get up. Continue your journey ahead of the people, that they may enter and possess the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.”
  22. Deuteronomy 10:15הָעַמִּ֖ים · the peoples
    Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.
  23. Deuteronomy 13:7הָֽעַמִּ֗ים · of the peoples
    …the gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, whether from one end of the earth or the other),
  24. Deuteronomy 13:9הָעָ֖ם · the people
    Instead, you must surely kill him. Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.
  25. Deuteronomy 14:2 (3×)עַ֤ם · are a people; לְעַ֣ם · a people; הָֽעַמִּ֔ים · the peoples
    …for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
  26. Deuteronomy 14:21עַ֤ם · people
    You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
  27. Deuteronomy 16:18הָעָ֖ם · the people
    You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
  28. Deuteronomy 17:7הָעָ֖ם · the people
    The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.
  29. Deuteronomy 17:13הָעָ֖ם · the people
    Then all the people will hear and be afraid, and will no longer behave arrogantly.
  30. Deuteronomy 17:16הָעָם֙ · send the people
    But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’
  31. Deuteronomy 18:3הָעָ֗ם · from the people
    This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.
  32. Deuteronomy 20:1עַ֚ם · and an army
    When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.
  33. Deuteronomy 20:2הָעָֽם׃ · the army
    When you are about to go into battle, the priest is to come forward and address the army,
  34. Deuteronomy 20:5הָעָ֣ם · the army
    Furthermore, the officers are to address the army, saying, “Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man dedicate it.
  35. Deuteronomy 20:8הָעָם֒ · the army
    Then the officers shall speak further to the army, saying, “Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him return home, so that the hearts of his brothers will not melt like his own.”
  36. Deuteronomy 20:9 (2×)הָעָ֑ם · the army; הָעָֽם׃ס
    When the officers have finished addressing the army, they are to appoint commanders to lead it.
  37. Deuteronomy 20:11הָעָ֣ם · the people
    If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.
  38. Deuteronomy 20:16הָֽעַמִּים֙ · nations
    However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.
  39. Deuteronomy 21:8 (2×)לְעַמְּךָ֨ · for Your people; עַמְּךָ֣ · them
    Accept this atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.” And the bloodshed will be atoned for.
  40. Deuteronomy 26:15עַמְּךָ֙ · Your people
    Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.”
  41. Deuteronomy 26:18לְעַ֣ם · people
    And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,