5971. am
Lexical Summary
am: People, nation, kinsfolk

Original Word: עַם
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: `am
Pronunciation: ahm
Phonetic Spelling: (am)
KJV: folk, men, nation, people
Word Origin: [from H6004 (עָמַם - match)]

1. a people (as a congregated unit)
2. specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel)
3. hence (collectively) troops or attendants
4. (figuratively) a flock

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
folk, men, nation, people

From amam; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people.

see HEBREW amam

Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. עַם, עָם1840

noun masculineGenesis 11:6 (see below) people (Late Hebrew id., plebeian, common man; ᵑ7 עַמָּא people, plural peoples, tribes, etc.; Syriac ; Arabic see above; original meaning probably those united, connected, related, compare WeGGN 1893, 480); — absolute עַם Genesis 11:6 +, עָם Judges 9:36 +, הָעָם Joshua 8:11 +; construct עַם Numbers 21:29 +; suffix עַמִּי Exodus 3:7 +, עַמְּךָ Exodus 22:27 +, etc.; plural עַמִּים Isaiah 2:3 +, עֲמָמִים (compare Biblical Aramaic) Nehemiah 9:22; construct עַמֵּי 1 Kings 8:43 +, עַמְמֵי Nehemiah 9:24; plural with suffix see II. עַם; — (Thes cites following as feminine וְחָטָאת עַמֶּ֑ךָ Exodus 5:16 [but corrupt and unintellig.; read perhaps ׳וְחַטָאתָ לְע, so ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Di]; Judges 18:7 [but ישֶׁבֶת must agree with lost word city, or the like, see GFM]; Jeremiah 8:5 [but read שׁוֺבַב for שׁוֺבְבָה Gie]); —

1 a people, nation (sometimes "" גּוֺי), collective noun (singular Exodus 21:8; Joshua 17:14,15,17; 2 Samuel 17:29 #NAME? Exodus 20:15; Exodus 24:2; Jeremiah 5:31 #NAME? Exodus 1:20; 2 Samuel 13:24): עַם אֶחָד = all mankind Genesis 11:6 (J); peoples in General Genesis 27:29 (J; "" לְאֻמִּים), Exodus 19:5 (E), Deuteronomy 2:25; Deuteronomy 4:6 #NAME? Deuteronomy; Nehemiah 13:24 + often; קְהַל עַמִּים Genesis 28:3 (P) an assembly (multitude) of peoples, Genesis 48:4 (P), Ezekiel 23:24; Ezekiel 32:3 (+ רַבִּים); one's own people Jeremiah 46:16; Psalm 45:11; Ruth 1:10,15,16 (twice in verse) + (on עַמִּי נָדִיב Songs 6:12 see especially Bu); particular peoples, Egypt Genesis 41:40 (E), Exodus 1:22 (E), Nehemiah 9:10 +; עַםאֲֿרָם Amos 1:5; עַםכְּֿמוֺשׁ (i.e. Moab) Numbers 21:29 (JE), Jeremiah 48:46; but especially Israel Exodus 1:20 (E) + often; ׳עַםבְּֿנֵי יִשׂ Exodus 1:9 (J); called יהוה ׳ע Numbers 11:29 (E), 1 Samuel 2:24 +, and (by ׳י) עַמִּי Exodus 3:7; Exodus 5:1 (J) + often (all periods); קְהַל עַםהָֿאֱלֹהִים Judges 20:2, עַםהַֿקָּהָל Leviticus 16:33 (P), קְהַל עָם Psalm 107:32; especially הָעָם הַזֶּה (often in contempt or disgust) Numbers 11:1,12,13 +; figurative of ants Proverbs 30:25, the shaphan Proverbs 30:26, locusts Joel 2:2, compare לְעַם לְצִיִּים Psalm 74:14 (where read לְעַם צִיִּים Hup-Now). — On Judges 1:16 see עֲמָלֵקִי. 2 = smaller units, e.g.

a. inhabitants of a city Genesis 19:4 (J), 1 Samuel 9:12,13; Jeremiah 29:16,25; 2Chronicles 31:4 + (Jeremiah 8:5 strike out ׳יְרוּוּשׁ ᵐ5 Gie Co Rothst).

b. inhabitants of a locality Jeremiah 37:12 [apparently not = tribe, Deuteronomy 33:3 read עַמּוֺ ᵐ5 Di Dr, Hosea 10:14; Judges 5:8,14 read בְּעָרֶיךָ We Now; see below ד].

c. retainers, followers Genesis 14:16; Genesis 32:8; Genesis 33:15; Genesis 35:6; Judges 3:18; Judges 8:5; 2 Samuel 15:17; Jeremiah 41:13,14 +.

d. people bearing arms 1 Samuel 11:11; 1 Kings 20:10 +; כָּבֵד ׳ע Numbers 20:20 (JE), i.e. a powerful force; עַם הַצָּבָא Numbers 31:32 (P), הַמִּלְחָמָה ׳ע Joshua 8:1,3,11; Joshua 10:7; Joshua 11:7 (all J E); so probably Judges 5:8 a (fighting) band; perhaps also Judges 5:14 (read singular ? see GFM Bu).

3 = common people Jeremiah 21:7; Jeremiah 22:4; Leviticus 4:27 (opposed to ruler Leviticus 4:22), Nehemiah 5:1 (opposed to יְהוּדִים), Nehemiah 7:5 (opposed to rulers).

4 people in General, persons Genesis 50:20 (E), so apparently ׳כָּלהָֿעָם אֲשֶׁר וגו Exodus 33:16 (J), Numbers 11:34 (J), Joshua 5:5 (twice in verse) (D), Judges 9:36 (as singular), Judges 9:37 (as plural), Jeremiah 36:9; persons labouring 1 Kings 9:23; superior persons Job 12:2 (iron.); עַם עוֺלָם Ezekiel 26:30 people of long ago (now in Sh®°ôl).

5 phrases are:

a. (עַמָּהּ, עַמִּי, עַמְּךָ) בְּנֵי עַמּוֺ members of one's people, compatriots, fellow-countrymen, etc. Numbers 22:5 (E), Genesis 23:11 (P) Leviticus 19:18 (H), Judges 14:16,17; Ezekiel 33:2,12 +.

b. בְּנֵי הָעָם = common people (see

3) 2 Kings 23:6; Jeremiah 26:23 +; people in General שַׁעַר בְּנֵי הָעָם Jeremiah 17:19 i.e. public gate2Chronicles 35:5,12.

c. עַם הָאָרֶץ the people at large, as a body 2 Kings 11:14,18,19,20; 2 Kings 15:5; 2 Kings 16:15; 2 Kings 21:24 (twice in verse) +, Jeremiah 37:2; Jeremiah 44:21; Leviticus 20:2 (H), Genesis 23:7,12,13 (P); common people Jeremiah 34:19, compare ׳הא ׳דַּלַּת ע 2 Kings 24:14; distinguished from prince Ezekiel 45:22; Ezekiel 46:3,9, from priests Haggai 2:4; Zechariah 7:5; = Canaanites Numbers 14:9 (JE), compare עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ 1 Chronicles 5:25; mixed post-exile population Ezra 4:4.

d. עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ usually peoples of the earth Joshua 4:24 (D), 2 Chronicles 32:19 +; of heathen peoples about and in Palestine after exile Ezra 10:2,11; traders Nehemiah 10:31; עַמֵּי הָאֲרָצוֺת Nehemiah 9:30; Nehemiah 10:29; 2Chronicles 32:13.

e. מִשְׁמְּחוֺת עַמִּים Psalm 96:7 = 1 Chronicles 16:28 (compare Psalm 22:28).

f. בַּתעַֿמִּי = people personified Isaiah 22:4; Jeremiah 4:11 7t. Jeremiah + Jeremiah 6:14 (van d. H.; omit בַּת Baer Gi), Lamentations 2:11; Lamentations 3:48; Lamentations 4:3,6,10; בְּתוּלַת בַּתעַֿמִּי Jeremiah 14:17.

g. designations of Israel are: עַםקָֿרוֺשׁ Deuteronomy 7:6 3t., קְדוֺשִׁים ׳ע Daniel 8:24, (ה)קֹדֶשׁ ׳ע Isaiah 62:12; Isaiah 63:18; Daniel 12:7; סְגֻלָּה ׳ע Deuteronomy 7:6; Deuteronomy 14:2; Deuteronomy 26:18.

h. of foreign (non-Israel) peoples: ׳ע נָכְרִי Exodus 21:8 (E), אַחֵר ׳ע Deuteronomy 28:32, and especially from language, עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה ׳ע Ezekiel 3:5 compare Ezekiel 3:6, כִּלְשׁוֺן עַם וָעָם Nehemiah 13:24 compare Esther 1:22 (twice in verse); Esther 3:12, לֹעֵג ׳ע Psalm 114:1.

i. עַם עֶבְרָתִי Isaiah 10:6, חֶרְמִי ׳ע Isaiah 34:11, מִֿבְחָרָיו׳ע Daniel 11:15, עַמֵּי תּוֺעֵבוֺת הָאֵלֶּה Ezra 9:14; לֹא עַם בִּינוֺת Isaiah 27:11. — For עַםעֿוֺלָם Isaiah 44:7 read (אֹתִיּוֺת) (מִי הִשְׁמִי)עַ מֵעוֺלָם Oort Du Kit CheHpt compare PerlesAnal. 40, 64.

II. [עַם] noun [masculine] kinsman **later development of I. עַם RSK 58; 2nd ed. 72. (on father's side) (Arabic paternal uncle, etc., see I. עמם; compare perhaps Tel Amarna ammu, kinsmen (?); on Nabataean עם ancestor compare Lzb151, 499; see also especially NesEg 187, ZAW xvi (1896), 322f. Krenkelib. viii (1888), 280-84); — suffix עַמִּי in בֶּןעַֿמִּי (q. v.), and proper name following; elsewhere plural suffix עַמֶּיךָ Numbers 27:13; Numbers 31:2 (Leviticus 19:16 read עַמְּךָ ᵐ5 ), + (possibly) עֲמָָמֶיךָ Judges 5:14; עַמָּיו Genesis 25:8 15t., עַמֶּיהָ Genesis 17:14 3t.; read עַמֶּי (for ᵑ0 עַמִּי, I. עַם; compare Krenkell.c. 281) Genesis 49:29 and perhaps Judges 14:3 (compare Leviticus 21:14); according to Buhl Kit also 2 Kings 4:13; — father's kinsmen: וַיֵּאָסֵף אֶלעַֿמָּיו Genesis 25:8 (of joining kinsmen in Sh®°ôl), so Genesis 25:17; Genesis 35:29; Genesis 49:33; Numbers 20:24; Deuteronomy 32:50, compare Genesis 49:29 (see above), Numbers 27:13; Numbers 31:2; Deuteronomy 32:50 (all P); וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ מֵעַמֶּיהָ Genesis 17:4 (severed from living kinsmen), so Leviticus 7:20,21,23,27; Leviticus 19:8; Leviticus 23:29; Numbers 9:13, מִקֶּרֶב עַמֶּיהָ Exodus 31:14, compare Exodus 30:33,38; Leviticus 17:9 (all PH); מֵעַמָּיו יִקַּח אִשָּׁה Leviticus 21:14 (H), and perhaps Judges 14:3 (simile I. עַם: [םָ֯, הָּ֯] מִקֶּרֶב עַמּוֺ Leviticus 17:4,10; Leviticus 18:29+); other combinations Judges 5:14 (si vera lectio read perhaps בְּעַמֶּ֑ךָ, see I. עַם 2d ), Leviticus 21:1,4,15 (H), Ezekiel 18:18 and (perhaps) 2 Kings 4:13. — בֶּןעַֿמִּי perhaps = son of my kinsman; on proper name with עַם see GrayProp. N. 41 ff.

עַם noun masculineEzra 6:12 people (see Biblical Hebrew I. עמם, עַם); — ׳ע absolute Daniel 2:44; Daniel 3:29; Ezra 6:12, construct Daniel 7:27; emphatic עַמָּה Ezra 5:12, עַמָּא Ezra 7:13,16,25; plural emphatic עַמֲמַיָּא (K§§ 15d); 55, 5 a)) Daniel 3:4,7 (twice in verse); Daniel 3:31; Daniel 5:19; Daniel 6:26; Daniel 7:14.

Topical Lexicon
Overview of Meaning and Scope

עַם (ʿam) designates a collective body bound by shared ancestry, covenant, land, or allegiance. While it can denote any human group, Scripture most deeply invests the term with theological significance by calling Israel “My people,” emphasizing relationship rather than mere ethnicity.

Israel as the LORD’s People

At Sinai the LORD declares, “You will be My treasured possession out of all the peoples … you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation” (Exodus 19:5-6). Here עַם is inseparable from covenant obedience; identity flows from belonging to the LORD. Repeated prophetic refrains—“I will be your God, and you will be My people” (Jeremiah 30:22)—anchor Israel’s hope, discipline, and restoration.

Covenant Solidarity and Corporate Responsibility

עַם often functions as the moral agent of national blessing or judgment. After the golden calf, Moses pleads, “Oh, what a great sin this people has committed!” (Exodus 32:31). Blessing likewise descends corporately: “If My people who are called by My Name humble themselves …” (2 Chronicles 7:14). Individual conduct therefore carries communal consequences.

Contrast with גּוֹי (goy)

Scripture can distinguish Israel (ʿam) from surrounding nations (goyim) yet also call Israel a goy (Genesis 12:2). ʿAm stresses kinship covenant; goy emphasizes political entity. When the LORD threatens to make Moses “into a nation (goy) greater and mightier than they” (Numbers 14:12), He would have dissolved Israel’s existing ʿam identity and restarted covenant history.

Worship and Liturgical Usage

Psalms repeatedly summon the עַם to praise: “Come, let us bow down in worship” (Psalm 95:6). Corporate lament employs the same word: “Why should the nations say, ‘Where is their God?’” (Psalm 115:2). Liturgical language thus nurtures communal memory and hope.

Ethical Mandate Toward the Vulnerable

Because Israel knows slavery firsthand, the Torah commands, “You must not mistreat any widow or orphan. If you do, and they cry out to Me, I will surely hear their cry” (Exodus 22:22-23). Compassion is foundational to being the LORD’s ʿam.

Prophetic Rebuke and Renewal

Prophets expose covenant breach: “This people honors Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me” (Isaiah 29:13). Yet judgment turns to renewal: “I will cleanse them from all their iniquity … then Jerusalem will be to Me a name of joy” (Jeremiah 33:8-9). The identity of ʿam endures through repentance and divine mercy.

Messianic and Eschatological Vision

Isaiah foresees a Servant who will “bring back Jacob to Him so that Israel might be gathered” and become “a light for the nations” (Isaiah 49:5-6). Zechariah hears the promise, “Many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem” (Zechariah 8:22). The covenant people become the instrument for drawing all peoples to salvation.

Inclusion of the Gentiles

While the Old Testament centers on Israel, it anticipates a multinational people of God. “I will say to those who were not My people, ‘You are My people’” (Hosea 2:23). The New Testament applies this to the church (Romans 9:24-26; 1 Peter 2:9-10), showing continuity of God’s redemptive plan.

Prayer and Pastoral Ministry

Leaders today imitate Moses, Samuel, and Paul by interceding for God’s people, confessing collective sin, and urging covenant faithfulness. Congregations find identity and mission in being “a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds” (Titus 2:14).

Selected Occurrences

Genesis 17:14 – covenant marker of circumcision within the people

Exodus 3:7 – divine compassion: “I have surely seen the affliction of My people”

Exodus 32:10-11 – Moses mediates for a rebellious people

Leviticus 19:18 – love your neighbor as yourself within the community

Deuteronomy 7:6-8 – election grounded in divine love, not merit

Joshua 24:24 – “The LORD our God we will serve, and His voice we will obey”

1 Samuel 8:7 – desire for a king is a rejection of divine kingship

2 Samuel 7:23 – redemption from Egypt defines national identity

1 Kings 8:53 – Solomon’s temple prayer for covenant people

2 Chronicles 20:7 – appeal to Abrahamic covenant in crisis

Nehemiah 8:1 – people gather to hear the Law, renewing covenant

Psalm 100:3 – “We are His people, and the sheep of His pasture”

Isaiah 40:1-2 – comfort for God’s beleaguered people

Jeremiah 11:4 – obedience as covenant prerequisite

Ezekiel 37:27 – eschatological dwelling: “I will be their God”

Hosea 1:10 – reversal from “not My people” to sons of the living God

Micah 6:8 – what the LORD requires of His people

Zechariah 13:9 – refined remnant proclaiming, “The LORD is our God”

Summary

עַם encompasses identity, vocation, worship, ethics, and eschatology. God elects a people, disciplines that people, redeems that people, and finally broadens the tent to include every tribe, tongue, and nation in Messiah. To proclaim the gospel faithfully is to invite all peoples to become His ʿam through repentance and faith, anticipating the day when “the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ” (Revelation 11:15).

Forms and Transliterations
בְּעַ֖ם בְּעַ֥ם בְּעַמִּ֑י בְּעַמִּֽי׃ בְּעַמֵּ֖י בְּעַמֵּ֥י בְּעַמֶּ֑ךָ בְּעַמֶּ֔יךָ בְּעַמֶּ֔ךָ בְּעַמֶּךָ֒ בְּעַמָּ֑יו בְּעַמָּֽיו׃ בְּעַמּ֑וֹ בְּעַמּ֖וֹ בְּעַמּ֜וֹ בְּעַמּ֣וֹ בְעַמְּךָ֖ בְעַמִּ֑י בְעַמִּ֔י בְעַמִּ֖י בַּֽעֲמָמֶ֑יךָ בָ֝עַמִּ֗ים בָּ֣עַמִּ֔ים בָּֽעַמִּ֔ים בָּעַמִּ֑ים בָּעַמִּ֖ים בָּעַמִּֽים׃ בָּעָ֑ם בָּעָ֔ם בָּעָ֕ם בָּעָ֖ם בָּעָ֗ם בָּעָ֜ם בָּעָֽם׃ בָּעָם֙ בָֽעַמִּ֔ים בָֽעַמִּ֖ים בָעַמִּ֖ים בָעַמִּ֣ים בָעַמִּ֥ים ׀ בָעָ֑ם בָעָ֔ם בָעָ֗ם בָעָ֡ם בָעָם֙ בעם בעם׃ בעמו בעמי בעמי׃ בעמיו בעמיו׃ בעמיך בעמים בעמים׃ בעמך בעממיך הָ֝עָ֗ם הָ֠עָם הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים הָ֭עַמִּים הָ֭עָם הָֽ֝עַמִּ֗ים הָֽעַמִּ֑ים הָֽעַמִּ֔ים הָֽעַמִּ֖ים הָֽעַמִּ֗ים הָֽעַמִּ֤ים הָֽעַמִּֽים׃ הָֽעַמִּים֙ הָֽעַמִּ֗ים הָֽעָם־ הָעַמִּ֑ים הָעַמִּ֖ים הָעַמִּ֗ים הָעַמִּ֣ים הָעַמִּֽים׃ הָעַמִּים֙ הָעָ֑ם הָעָ֓ם ׀ הָעָ֔ם הָעָ֕ם הָעָ֖ם הָעָ֗ם הָעָ֛ם הָעָ֜ם הָעָ֞ם הָעָ֟ם הָעָ֡ם הָעָ֣ם הָעָ֣ם ׀ הָעָ֤ם הָעָ֤ם־ הָעָ֥ם הָעָ֧ם הָעָ֨ם הָעָֽם׃ הָעָם֒ הָעָם֙ הָעָם֩ הָעָם֮ העם העם־ העם׃ העמים העמים׃ וְ֝עַמְּךָ֗ וְ֝עַמִּ֗ים וְהָעָ֔ם וְהָעָ֕ם וְהָעָ֖ם וְהָעָ֗ם וְהָעָ֛ם וְהָעָ֜ם וְהָעָ֣ם וְהָעָ֤ם וְהָעָ֥ם וְהָעָ֧ם וְהָעָם֒ וְהָעָם֙ וְלָעָ֖ם וְלָעָ֣ם וְלָעָ֤ם וְלָעָ֥ם וְעַ֛ם וְעַ֣ם וְעַ֥ם וְעַם֙ וְעַם־ וְעַמְּךָ֔ וְעַמְּךָ֖ וְעַמְּךָ֛ וְעַמְּךָ֣ וְעַמִּ֑י וְעַמִּ֔י וְעַמִּ֕י וְעַמִּ֖י וְעַמִּ֖ים וְעַמִּ֛י וְעַמִּ֣י וְעַמִּ֥י וְעַמִּ֥ים וְעַמֵּ֣י וְעַמֵּךְ֙ וְעַמֶּ֑ךָ וְעַמֶּ֔ךָ וְעַמָּ֥הּ וְעַמּ֖וֹ וְעַמּ֤וֹ וְעַמּֽוֹ׃ וְעַמּוֹ֮ וְעָ֕ם וְעָ֖ם וְעָ֥ם וַעֲמָמִ֔ים וָעָ֔ם וָעָ֖ם וָעָֽם׃ וּֽבְעַמְּךָ֖ וּֽבְעַמְּךָ֛ וּֽלְעַמְּךָ֔ וּבְעַם־ וּבְעַמֶּ֑ךָ וּבְעַמֶּ֔ךָ וּכְעַמְּךָ֣ וּלְעַ֥ם וּמֵֽעַמִּ֑י וּמֵֽעַמִּים֙ וּמֵעַ֥ם וּמֵעַמֶּ֑ךָ וּמֵעַמּ֑וֹ וּמֵעַמּ֖וֹ ובעם־ ובעמך והעם וכעמך ולעם ולעמך ומעם ומעמו ומעמי ומעמים ומעמך ועם ועם־ ועם׃ ועמה ועמו ועמו׃ ועמי ועמים ועמך ועממים כְּעַ֣ם כְּעַמְּךָ֣ כְּעַמִּ֥י כְּעַמֵּ֣י כְעַמְּךָ֙ כְעַמֶּ֖ךָ כָּֽעַמִּ֔ים כָעָ֖ם כָעָם֙ כעם כעמי כעמים כעמך לְּעָ֖ם לְהָעָ֤ם לְעַ֣ם לְעַ֤ם לְעַ֥ם לְעַם־ לְעַמְּךָ֖ לְעַמְּךָ֙ לְעַמְּךָ֨ לְעַמִּ֑י לְעַמִּ֔י לְעַמִּ֖י לְעַמִּ֣י לְעַמִּ֣ים לְעַמִּ֨י לְעַמִּֽי׃ לְעַמִּי֙ לְעַמֵּ֣י לְעַמֵּֽךְ׃ לְעַמֶּֽךָ׃ לְעַמּ֑וֹ לְעַמּ֔וֹ לְעַמּ֗וֹ לְעַמּ֡וֹ לְעַמּ֣וֹ לְעַמּֽוֹ׃ לְעָ֑ם לְעָ֔ם לְעָ֖ם לְעָ֗ם לְעָ֜ם לְעָ֣ם לְעָֽם׃ לָּעָ֖ם לָֽעָם־ לָעָ֑ם לָעָ֔ם לָעָ֖ם לָעָ֗ם לָעָ֛ם לָעָ֞ם לָעָ֣ם לָעָ֤ם לָעָ֥ם לָעָֽם׃ לָעָם֙ לָעָם֩ להעם לעם לעם־ לעם׃ לעמו לעמו׃ לעמי לעמי׃ לעמים לעמך לעמך׃ מֵֽהָעָ֜ם מֵֽעַמֵּ֤י מֵֽעַמֶּ֑יהָ מֵֽעַמֶּֽיהָ׃ מֵהָעָ֨ם מֵעַ֣ם מֵעַ֥ם מֵעַמְּךָ֣ מֵעַמְּךָ֥ מֵעַמִּ֣ים מֵעַמֵּ֖י מֵעַמֵּ֣י מֵעַמֵּ֤י מֵעַמֶּ֑יהָ מֵעַמֶּֽיהָ׃ מֵעַמָּ֖יו מֵעַמָּֽיו׃ מֵעָ֑ם מֵעָֽם׃ מהעם מעם מעם׃ מעמי מעמיה מעמיה׃ מעמיו מעמיו׃ מעמים מעמך עַ֕ם עַ֖ם עַ֚ם עַ֛ם עַ֝מִּ֗ים עַ֝מֵּ֗ךְ עַ֝מּ֗וֹ עַ֣ם עַ֤ם עַ֥ם עַ֧ם עַ֨ם עַ֫מִּ֥ים עַ֭מְּךָ עַ֭מִּי עַ֭מִּים עַ֭מּוֹ עַֽם־ עַֽמְמֵ֣י עַם֙ עַם֩ עַם֮ עַם־ עַמְּךָ֔ עַמְּךָ֖ עַמְּךָ֗ עַמְּךָ֙ עַמְּךָ֛ עַמְּךָ֜ עַמְּךָ֣ עַמְּךָ֣ ׀ עַמְּךָ֤ עַמְּךָ֥ עַמְּךָ֧ עַמְּךָ֨ עַמְּךָ֨ ׀ עַמְּךָ֮ עַמִּ֑י עַמִּ֑ים עַמִּ֔י עַמִּ֔ים עַמִּ֖י עַמִּ֖ים עַמִּ֗י עַמִּ֗ים עַמִּ֛י עַמִּ֛ים עַמִּ֜י עַמִּ֣י עַמִּ֣ים עַמִּ֤י עַמִּ֤ים עַמִּ֤ים ׀ עַמִּ֥י עַמִּ֥ים עַמִּ֥ים ׀ עַמִּ֧י עַמִּ֧ים עַמִּ֨י עַמִּ֨י ׀ עַמִּ֨ים ׀ עַמִּֽי׃ עַמִּֽים׃ עַמִּי֒ עַמִּי֙ עַמִּי֮ עַמִּי־ עַמִּים֙ עַמִּים֮ עַמֵּ֑ךְ עַמֵּ֔נוּ עַמֵּ֗נוּ עַמֵּ֣י עַמֵּ֣ךְ עַמֵּ֤י עַמֵּ֤ךְ עַמֵּ֥י עַמֵּ֨י עַמֵּי־ עַמֵּךְ֙ עַמֶּ֑יךָ עַמֶּ֑ךָ עַמֶּ֔ךָ עַמֶּ֖יךָ עַמֶּ֗ךָ עַמֶּֽיהָ׃ עַמֶּֽיךָ׃ עַמֶּֽךָ׃ עַמֶּךָ֒ עַמָּ֑יו עַמָּ֑ם עַמָּ֔הּ עַמָּ֔יו עַמָּ֖הּ עַמָּ֖ם עַמָּ֣הּ עַמָּ֤הּ עַמָּֽהּ׃ עַמָּֽיו׃ עַמָּֽם׃ עַמָּם֙ עַמּ֑וֹ עַמּ֔וֹ עַמּ֖וֹ עַמּ֗וֹ עַמּ֛וֹ עַמּ֣וֹ עַמּ֤וֹ ׀ עַמּ֥וֹ עַמּֽוֹ׃ עַמּוֹ֙ עָ֑ם עָ֔ם עָ֖ם עָ֗ם עָ֞ם עָ֣ם עָ֥ם עָֽם׃ עָם֙ עָם֩ עם עם־ עם׃ עמה עמה׃ עמו עמו׃ עמי עמי־ עמי׃ עמיה׃ עמיו עמיו׃ עמיך עמיך׃ עמים עמים׃ עמך עמך׃ עמם עמם׃ עממי עמנו ‘am ‘ām ‘am- ‘am·māh ‘am·mām ‘am·māw ‘am·mê ‘am·mê- ‘am·me·hā ‘am·me·ḵā ‘am·mə·ḵā ‘am·mê·nū ‘am·mêḵ ‘am·mî ‘am·mî- ‘am·mîm ‘am·mōw ‘ammāh ‘ammām ‘ammāw ‘ammê ‘ammê- ‘ammehā ‘ammêḵ ‘ammeḵā ‘amməḵā ‘ammênū ‘ammî ‘ammî- ‘ammîm ‘ammōw am amMah amMam amMav amMech amMecha amMei amMeicha amMeiha amMenu amMi amMim amMo bā‘ām ḇā‘ām ba‘ămāmeḵā bā‘ammîm ḇā‘ammîm ba·‘ă·mā·me·ḵā bā·‘ām ḇā·‘ām bā·‘am·mîm ḇā·‘am·mîm baAm baamaMeicha baamMim bə‘am bə‘ammāw bə‘ammê bə‘ammeḵā ḇə‘amməḵā bə‘ammî ḇə‘ammî bə‘ammōw bə·‘am bə·‘am·māw bə·‘am·mê bə·‘am·me·ḵā ḇə·‘am·mə·ḵā bə·‘am·mî ḇə·‘am·mî bə·‘am·mōw beAm beamMav beamMecha beamMei beamMeicha beamMi beamMo chaAm cheammeCha hā‘ām hā‘ām- hā‘ammîm hā·‘ām hā·‘ām- hā·‘am·mîm haAm haamMim haom ḵā‘ām kā‘ammîm ḵā·‘ām kā·‘am·mîm kaamMim kə‘am kə‘ammê kə‘amməḵā ḵə‘ammeḵā ḵə‘amməḵā kə‘ammî kə·‘am kə·‘am·mê kə·‘am·mə·ḵā ḵə·‘am·me·ḵā ḵə·‘am·mə·ḵā kə·‘am·mî keAm keammeCha keamMei keamMi lā‘ām lā‘ām- lā·‘ām lā·‘ām- laAm laom lə‘am lə‘ām lə‘am- lə‘ammê lə‘ammêḵ lə‘ammeḵā lə‘amməḵā lə‘ammî lə‘ammîm lə‘ammōw lə·‘am lə·‘ām lə·‘am- lə·‘am·mê lə·‘am·me·ḵā lə·‘am·mə·ḵā lə·‘am·mêḵ lə·‘am·mî lə·‘am·mîm lə·‘am·mōw lə·hā·‘ām leam leamMech leamMecha leamMei leamMi leamMim leamMo ləhā‘ām lehaAm mê‘am mê‘ām mê‘ammāw mê‘ammê mê‘ammehā mê‘amməḵā mê‘ammîm mê·‘am mê·‘ām mê·‘am·māw mê·‘am·mê mê·‘am·me·hā mê·‘am·mə·ḵā mê·‘am·mîm mê·hā·‘ām meAm meamMav meammeCha meamMei meamMeiha meamMim mêhā‘ām mehaAm ū·ḇə·‘am- ū·ḇə·‘am·me·ḵā ū·ḇə·‘am·mə·ḵā ū·ḵə·‘am·mə·ḵā ū·lə·‘am ū·lə·‘am·mə·ḵā ū·mê·‘am ū·mê·‘am·me·ḵā ū·mê·‘am·mî ū·mê·‘am·mîm ū·mê·‘am·mōw ūḇə‘am- ūḇə‘ammeḵā ūḇə‘amməḵā ucheammeCha ūḵə‘amməḵā ūlə‘am ūlə‘amməḵā uleAm uleammeCha ūmê‘am ūmê‘ammeḵā ūmê‘ammî ūmê‘ammîm ūmê‘ammōw umeAm umeamMecha umeamMi umeamMim umeamMo uveam uveamMecha vaAm vaamaMim vaamMim veAm veamMah veammeCh veammeCha veamMei veamMi veamMim veamMo vehaAm velaAm wā‘ām wa‘ămāmîm wa·‘ă·mā·mîm wā·‘ām wə‘am wə‘ām wə‘am- wə‘ammāh wə‘ammê wə‘ammêḵ wə‘ammeḵā wə‘amməḵā wə‘ammî wə‘ammîm wə‘ammōw wə·‘am wə·‘ām wə·‘am- wə·‘am·māh wə·‘am·mê wə·‘am·me·ḵā wə·‘am·mə·ḵā wə·‘am·mêḵ wə·‘am·mî wə·‘am·mîm wə·‘am·mōw wə·hā·‘ām wə·lā·‘ām wəhā‘ām wəlā‘ām
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Genesis 11:6
HEB: יְהוָ֗ה הֵ֣ן עַ֤ם אֶחָד֙ וְשָׂפָ֤ה
NAS: they are one people, and they all
KJV: said, Behold, the people [is] one,
INT: the LORD Behold people are one language

Genesis 14:16
HEB: הַנָּשִׁ֖ים וְאֶת־ הָעָֽם׃
NAS: and also the women, and the people.
KJV: and the women also, and the people.
INT: and also the women and the people

Genesis 17:14
HEB: הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מֵעַמֶּ֑יהָ אֶת־ בְּרִיתִ֖י
NAS: shall be cut off from his people; he has broken
KJV: shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken
INT: person he his people my covenant has broken

Genesis 17:16
HEB: לְגוֹיִ֔ם מַלְכֵ֥י עַמִּ֖ים מִמֶּ֥נָּה יִהְיֽוּ׃
NAS: kings of peoples will come
KJV: kings of people shall be of her.
INT: nations kings of peoples at will come

Genesis 19:4
HEB: זָקֵ֑ן כָּל־ הָעָ֖ם מִקָּצֶֽה׃
NAS: all the people from every quarter;
KJV: and young, all the people from every quarter:
INT: and old all the people quarter

Genesis 23:7
HEB: אַבְרָהָ֛ם וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ לְעַם־ הָאָ֖רֶץ לִבְנֵי־
NAS: and bowed to the people of the land,
KJV: and bowed himself to the people of the land,
INT: Abraham and bowed to the people of the land the sons

Genesis 23:11
HEB: לְעֵינֵ֧י בְנֵי־ עַמִּ֛י נְתַתִּ֥יהָ לָּ֖ךְ
NAS: of the sons of my people I give
KJV: of the sons of my people give
INT: the presence of the sons of my people give bury

Genesis 23:12
HEB: אַבְרָהָ֔ם לִפְנֵ֖י עַ֥ם הָאָֽרֶץ׃
NAS: bowed before the people of the land.
KJV: himself before the people of the land.
INT: and Abraham before the people of the land

Genesis 23:13
HEB: עֶפְר֜וֹן בְּאָזְנֵ֤י עַם־ הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר
NAS: in the hearing of the people of the land,
KJV: in the audience of the people of the land,
INT: Ephron the hearing of the people of the land saying

Genesis 25:8
HEB: וַיֵּאָ֖סֶף אֶל־ עַמָּֽיו׃
NAS: [with life]; and he was gathered to his people.
KJV: [of years]; and was gathered to his people.
INT: was gathered to his people

Genesis 25:17
HEB: וַיֵּאָ֖סֶף אֶל־ עַמָּֽיו׃
NAS: and was gathered to his people.
KJV: and was gathered unto his people.
INT: was gathered to his people

Genesis 26:10
HEB: שָׁכַ֞ב אַחַ֤ד הָעָם֙ אֶת־ אִשְׁתֶּ֔ךָ
NAS: to us? One of the people might easily
KJV: unto us? one of the people might lightly
INT: have lain One of the people with your wife

Genesis 26:11
HEB: אֶת־ כָּל־ הָעָ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר הַנֹּגֵ֜עַ
NAS: all the people, saying,
KJV: charged all [his] people, saying,
INT: Abimelech all the people saying touches

Genesis 27:29
HEB: יַֽעַבְד֣וּךָ עַמִּ֗ים [וְיִשְׁתַּחוּ כ]
NAS: May peoples serve you, And nations
KJV: Let people serve thee, and nations
INT: serve may peoples bow and nations

Genesis 28:3
HEB: וְהָיִ֖יתָ לִקְהַ֥ל עַמִּֽים׃
NAS: a company of peoples.
KJV: thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
INT: you may become A company of peoples

Genesis 32:7
HEB: וַיַּ֜חַץ אֶת־ הָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־ אִתּ֗וֹ
NAS: and he divided the people who
KJV: and he divided the people that [was] with him, and the flocks,
INT: and distressed divided the people who for

Genesis 33:15
HEB: עִמְּךָ֔ מִן־ הָעָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתִּ֑י
NAS: with you some of the people who
KJV: Let me now leave with thee [some] of the folk that [are] with me. And he said,
INT: you some of the people who he

Genesis 34:16
HEB: אִתְּכֶ֔ם וְהָיִ֖ינוּ לְעַ֥ם אֶחָֽד׃
NAS: with you and become one people.
KJV: with you, and we will become one people.
INT: for and become people one

Genesis 34:22
HEB: אִתָּ֔נוּ לִהְי֖וֹת לְעַ֣ם אֶחָ֑ד בְּהִמּ֥וֹל
NAS: one people: that every
KJV: with us, to be one people, if every male
INT: for to become people one us be circumcised

Genesis 35:6
HEB: ה֖וּא וְכָל־ הָעָ֥ם אֲשֶׁר־ עִמּֽוֹ׃
NAS: he and all the people who
KJV: that [is], Bethel, he and all the people that [were] with him.
INT: he and all the people who with

Genesis 35:29
HEB: וַיֵּאָ֣סֶף אֶל־ עַמָּ֔יו זָקֵ֖ן וּשְׂבַ֣ע
NAS: and was gathered to his people, an old man
KJV: and was gathered unto his people, [being] old
INT: was gathered to his people an old of ripe

Genesis 41:40
HEB: יִשַּׁ֣ק כָּל־ עַמִּ֑י רַ֥ק הַכִּסֵּ֖א
NAS: all my people shall do homage;
KJV: and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled:
INT: shall do all my people in the throne

Genesis 41:55
HEB: מִצְרַ֔יִם וַיִּצְעַ֥ק הָעָ֛ם אֶל־ פַּרְעֹ֖ה
NAS: was famished, the people cried
KJV: was famished, the people cried
INT: of Egypt cried the people to Pharaoh

Genesis 42:6
HEB: הַמַּשְׁבִּ֖יר לְכָל־ עַ֣ם הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙
NAS: to all the people of the land.
KJV: [and] he [it was] that sold to all the people of the land:
INT: sold to all the people of the land came

Genesis 47:21
HEB: וְאֶ֨ת־ הָעָ֔ם הֶעֱבִ֥יר אֹת֖וֹ
NAS: As for the people, he removed
KJV: And as for the people, he removed
INT: the people removed to the cities

1868 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5971
1868 Occurrences


‘am — 210 Occ.
‘am·māh — 11 Occ.
‘am·mām — 6 Occ.
‘am·māw — 7 Occ.
‘am·mêḵ — 5 Occ.
‘am·me·ḵā — 77 Occ.
‘am·mê — 14 Occ.
‘am·me·ḵā — 3 Occ.
‘am·me·hā — 1 Occ.
‘am·mê·nū — 3 Occ.
‘am·mî — 181 Occ.
‘am·mîm — 80 Occ.
‘am·mōw — 99 Occ.
bā·‘ām — 18 Occ.
ba·‘ă·mā·me·ḵā — 1 Occ.
bā·‘am·mîm — 6 Occ.
bə·‘am — 2 Occ.
bə·‘am·māw — 3 Occ.
bə·‘am·me·ḵā — 3 Occ.
bə·‘am·mê — 2 Occ.
bə·‘am·me·ḵā — 1 Occ.
bə·‘am·mî — 3 Occ.
bə·‘am·mōw — 6 Occ.
ḵā·‘ām — 2 Occ.
ḵə·‘am·mə·ḵā — 3 Occ.
hā·‘ām — 729 Occ.
hā·‘am·mîm — 71 Occ.
hā·‘ām- — 15 Occ.
kā·‘am·mîm — 1 Occ.
kə·‘am — 1 Occ.
kə·‘am·mə·ḵā — 3 Occ.
kə·‘am·mê — 1 Occ.
kə·‘am·mî — 2 Occ.
lā·‘ām — 48 Occ.
lā·‘ām- — 3 Occ.
lə·‘am- — 41 Occ.
lə·‘am·mêḵ — 1 Occ.
lə·‘am·me·ḵā — 8 Occ.
lə·‘am·mê — 1 Occ.
lə·‘am·mî — 10 Occ.
lə·‘am·mîm — 1 Occ.
lə·‘am·mōw — 12 Occ.
lə·hā·‘ām — 1 Occ.
mê·‘am — 8 Occ.
mê·‘am·māw — 4 Occ.
mê·‘am·mə·ḵā — 2 Occ.
mê·‘am·mê — 6 Occ.
mê·‘am·me·hā — 8 Occ.
mê·‘am·mîm — 2 Occ.
mê·hā·‘ām — 2 Occ.
ū·ḵə·‘am·mə·ḵā — 1 Occ.
ū·lə·‘am — 1 Occ.
ū·lə·‘am·mə·ḵā — 1 Occ.
ū·mê·‘am — 1 Occ.
ū·mê·‘am·me·ḵā — 1 Occ.
ū·mê·‘am·mî — 1 Occ.
ū·mê·‘am·mîm — 1 Occ.
ū·mê·‘am·mōw — 2 Occ.
ū·ḇə·‘am- — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·‘am·me·ḵā — 5 Occ.
ḇā·‘ām — 11 Occ.
wa·‘ă·mā·mîm — 1 Occ.
ḇā·‘am·mîm — 8 Occ.
wə·‘ām — 15 Occ.
wə·‘am·māh — 1 Occ.
wə·‘am·mêḵ — 1 Occ.
ḇə·‘am·mə·ḵā — 14 Occ.
wə·‘am·mê — 1 Occ.
wə·‘am·mî — 15 Occ.
wə·‘am·mîm — 5 Occ.
wə·‘am·mōw — 6 Occ.
wə·hā·‘ām — 43 Occ.
wə·lā·‘ām — 4 Occ.

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