עַם
people
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 1,046 times (56%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct 593 times (32%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 177 times (9%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct 53 times (3%)
- Noun, Proper 1 time (0%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 1,870 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 2 of 9 — showing verses 201–400 of 1,655 distinct verses where H5971 appears, across 39 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Leviticus 39 verses
- Leviticus 17:10 עַמָּֽ/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs "'Any man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who eats any kind of blood, I will set my face against that soul who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
- Leviticus 18:29 עַמָּֽ/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp "'For whoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people.
- Leviticus 19:8 מֵ/עַמֶּֽי/הָ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3fs but everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy thing of Yahweh, and that soul shall be cut off from his people.
- Leviticus 19:16 בְּ/עַמֶּ֔י/ךָ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms "'You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people; neither shall you stand against the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.
- Leviticus 19:18 עַמֶּ֔/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.
- Leviticus 20:2 עַ֥ם n c ms cs "Moreover, you shall tell the children of Israel, 'Anyone of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners in Israel, who gives any of his seed to Molech; he shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones.
- Leviticus 20:3 עַמּ֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms I also will set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people because he has given of his seed to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
- Leviticus 20:4 עַ֨ם n c ms cs If the people of the land all hide their eyes from that person, when he gives of his seed to Molech, and don't put him to death;
- Leviticus 20:5 עַמָּֽ/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all who play the prostitute after him, to play the prostitute with Molech, from among their people.
- Leviticus 20:6 עַמּֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms "'The person that turns to those who are mediums, and to the wizards, to play the prostitute after them, I will even set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people.
- Leviticus 20:17 עַמָּ֑/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp "'If a man takes his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness; it is a shameful thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people: he has uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
- Leviticus 20:18 עַמָּֽ/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp "'If a man lies with a woman having her monthly period, and uncovers her nakedness; he has made naked her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
- Leviticus 20:24 הָֽ/עַמִּֽים ptcl def.art + n c mp But I have said to you, "You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey." I am Yahweh your God, who has separated you from the peoples.
- Leviticus 20:26 הָֽ/עַמִּ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp You shall be holy to me: for I, Yahweh, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.
- Leviticus 21:1 בְּ/עַמָּֽי/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, 'A priest shall not defile himself for the dead among his people;
- Leviticus 21:4 בְּ/עַמָּ֑י/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.
- Leviticus 21:14 מֵ/עַמָּ֖י/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms A widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry: but a virgin of his own people shall he take as a wife.
- Leviticus 21:15 בְּ/עַמָּ֑י/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms He shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Yahweh who sanctifies him.'"
- Leviticus 23:29 מֵֽ/עַמֶּֽי/הָ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3fs For whoever it is who shall not deny himself in that same day; shall be cut off from his people.
- Leviticus 23:30 עַמָּֽ/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs Whoever it is who does any manner of work in that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people.
- Leviticus 26:12 לְ/עָֽם prep + n c ms I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you will be my people.
Numbers 76 verses
- Numbers 5:21 עַמֵּ֑/ךְ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall tell the woman, 'Yahweh make you a curse and an oath among your people, when Yahweh allows your thigh to fall away, and your body to swell;
- Numbers 5:27 עַמָּֽ/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs When he has made her drink the water, then it shall happen, if she is defiled, and has committed a trespass against her husband, that the water that causes the curse will enter into her and become bitter, and her body will swell, and her thigh will fall away: and the woman will be a curse among her people.
- Numbers 9:13 מֵֽ/עַמֶּ֑י/הָ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3fs But the man who is clean, and is not on a journey, and fails to keep the Passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people. Because he didn't offer the offering of Yahweh in its appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
- Numbers 11:1 הָ/עָם֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms The people were as murmurers, [speaking] evil in the ears of Yahweh: and when Yahweh heard it, his anger was kindled; and the fire of Yahweh burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the camp.
- Numbers 11:2 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms The people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to Yahweh, and the fire abated.
- Numbers 11:8 הָ/עָ֨ם ptcl def.art + n c ms The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
- Numbers 11:10 הָ/עָ֗ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent: and the anger of Yahweh was kindled greatly; and Moses was displeased.
- Numbers 11:11 הָ/עָ֥ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Moses said to Yahweh, Why have you dealt ill with your servant? and why haven't I found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me?
- Numbers 11:12 הָ/עָ֣ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that you should tell me, Carry them in your bosom, as a nursing-father carries the sucking child, to the land which you swore to their fathers?
- Numbers 11:13 הָ/עָ֣ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Whence should I have flesh to give to all this people? for they weep to me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
- Numbers 11:14 הָ/עָ֣ם ptcl def.art + n c ms I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
- Numbers 11:16 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Yahweh said to Moses, Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them to the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with you.
- Numbers 11:17 הָ/עָ֔ם ptcl def.art + n c ms I will come down and talk with you there: and I will take of the Spirit which is on you, and will put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you not bear it yourself alone.
- Numbers 11:18 הָ/עָ֨ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Say you to the people, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow, and you shall eat flesh; for you have wept in the ears of Yahweh, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore Yahweh will give you flesh, and you shall eat.
- Numbers 11:21 הָ/עָ֕ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and you have said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
- Numbers 11:24 הָ/עָ֔ם הָ/עָ֔ם ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms Moses went out, and told the people the words of Yahweh: and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the Tent.
- Numbers 11:29 עַ֤ם n c ms cs Moses said to him, Are you jealous for my sake? would that all Yahweh's people were prophets, that Yahweh would put his Spirit on them!
- Numbers 11:32 הָ/עָ֡ם ptcl def.art + n c ms The people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails: he who gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
- Numbers 11:33 בָ/עָ֔ם בָּ/עָ֔ם prep det + n c ms prep det + n c ms While the flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of Yahweh was kindled against the people, and Yahweh struck the people with a very great plague.
- Numbers 11:34 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms The name of that place was called Kibrothhattaavah, because there they buried the people who lusted.
- Numbers 11:35 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms From Kibrothhattaavah the people traveled to Hazeroth; and they abode at Hazeroth.
- Numbers 12:15 וְ/הָ/עָם֙ conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms Miriam was shut up outside of the camp seven days: and the people didn't travel until Miriam was brought in again.
- Numbers 12:16 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Afterward the people traveled from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.
- Numbers 13:18 הָ/עָם֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms and see the land, what it is; and the people who dwell therein, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many;
- Numbers 13:28 הָ/עָ֔ם ptcl def.art + n c ms However the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified, [and] very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
- Numbers 13:30 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
- Numbers 13:31 הָ/עָ֑ם ptcl def.art + n c ms But the men who went up with him said, We aren't able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.
- Numbers 13:32 הָ/עָ֛ם ptcl def.art + n c ms They brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out to the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eats up the inhabitants of it; and all the people who we saw in it are men of great stature.
- Numbers 14:1 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms All the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
- Numbers 14:9 עַ֣ם n c ms cs Only don't rebel against Yahweh, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defense is removed from over them, and Yahweh is with us: don't fear them.
- Numbers 14:11 הָ/עָ֣ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Yahweh said to Moses, How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have worked among them?
- Numbers 14:13 הָ/עָ֥ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Moses said to Yahweh, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for you brought up this people in your might from among them;
- Numbers 14:14 הָ/עָ֣ם ptcl def.art + n c ms and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you Yahweh are in the midst of this people; for you Yahweh are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them, and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.
- Numbers 14:15 הָ/עָ֥ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Now if you shall kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying,
- Numbers 14:16 הָ/עָ֣ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Because Yahweh was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness.
- Numbers 14:19 הָ/עָ֥ם לָ/עָ֣ם ptcl def.art + n c ms prep det + n c ms Pardon, Please, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your loving kindness, and according as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
- Numbers 14:39 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Moses told these words to all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
- Numbers 15:26 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms and all the congregation of the children of Israel shall be forgiven, and the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them; for in respect of all the people it was done unwittingly.
- Numbers 15:30 עַמָּֽ/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs But the soul who does anything with a high hand, whether he is home-born or a foreigner, the same blasphemes Yahweh; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
- Numbers 16:41 עַ֥ם n c ms cs But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have killed the people of Yahweh.
- Numbers 16:47 בָּ/עָ֑ם הָ/עָֽם prep det + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms Aaron took as Moses spoke, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.
- Numbers 20:1 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms The children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
- Numbers 20:3 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms The people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh!
- Numbers 20:20 בְּ/עַ֥ם prep + n c ms He said, You shall not pass through. Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.
- Numbers 20:24 עַמָּ֔י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Aaron shall be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah.
- Numbers 21:2 הָ/עָ֤ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Israel vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
- Numbers 21:4 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
- Numbers 21:5 הָ/עָ֗ם ptcl def.art + n c ms The people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loathes this light bread.
- Numbers 21:6 בָּ/עָ֗ם הָ/עָ֑ם עַם prep det + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms Yahweh sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
- Numbers 21:7 הָ/עָ֨ם הָ/עָֽם ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms The people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, because we have spoken against Yahweh, and against you; pray to Yahweh, that he take away the serpents from us. Moses prayed for the people.
- Numbers 21:16 הָ/עָ֔ם ptcl def.art + n c ms From there they traveled to Beer: that is the well of which Yahweh said to Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
- Numbers 21:18 הָ/עָ֔ם ptcl def.art + n c ms The well, which the princes dug, Which the nobles of the people dug, With the scepter, [and] with their poles. From the wilderness [they traveled] to Mattanah;
- Numbers 21:23 עַמּ֗/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz; and he fought against Israel.
- Numbers 21:29 עַם n c ms cs Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, people of Chemosh: He has given his sons as fugitives, His daughters into captivity, To Sihon king of the Amorites.
- Numbers 21:33 עַמּ֛/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms They turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
- Numbers 21:34 עַמּ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, Don't fear him: for I have delivered him into your hand, and all his people, and his land; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.
- Numbers 21:35 עַמּ֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms So they struck him, and his sons and all his people, until there was none left him remaining: and they possessed his land.
- Numbers 22:3 הָ/עָ֛ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
- Numbers 22:5 עַמּ֖/וֹ עַ֣ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the surface of the earth, and they abide over against me.
- Numbers 22:6 הָ/עָ֣ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Please come now therefore curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.
- Numbers 22:11 הָ/עָם֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms Behold, the people that is come out of Egypt, it covers the surface of the earth: now, come curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.
- Numbers 22:12 הָ/עָ֔ם ptcl def.art + n c ms God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people; for they are blessed.
- Numbers 22:17 הָ/עָ֥ם ptcl def.art + n c ms for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse this people for me.
- Numbers 22:41 הָ/עָֽם ptcl def.art + n c ms It happened in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from there the utmost part of the people.
- Numbers 23:9 עָם֙ n c ms For from the top of the rocks I see him, From the hills I see him: behold, it is a people that dwells alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.
- Numbers 23:24 עָם֙ n c ms Behold, the people rises up as a lioness, As a lion does he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, Drink the blood of the slain.
- Numbers 24:14 לְ/עַמִּ֑/י הָ/עָ֥ם לְ/עַמְּ/ךָ֖ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs ptcl def.art + n c ms prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Now, behold, I go to my people: come, [and] I will advertise you what this people shall do to your people in the latter days.
- Numbers 25:1 הָ/עָ֔ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab:
- Numbers 25:2 לָ/עָ֔ם הָ/עָ֔ם prep det + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms for they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods.
- Numbers 25:4 הָ/עָ֔ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Yahweh said to Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up to Yahweh before the sun, that the fierce anger of Yahweh may turn away from Israel.
- Numbers 27:13 עַמֶּ֖י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered;
- Numbers 31:2 עַמֶּֽי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward you shall be gathered to your people.
- Numbers 31:3 הָ/עָ֣ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm you men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Yahweh's vengeance on Midian.
- Numbers 31:32 עַ֣ם n c ms cs Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,
- Numbers 32:15 הָ/עָ֥ם ptcl def.art + n c ms For if you turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and you will destroy all this people.
- Numbers 33:14 לָ/עָ֖ם prep det + n c ms They traveled from Alush, and encamped in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.
Deuteronomy 96 verses
- Deuteronomy 1:28 עַ֣ם n c ms Where are we going up? our brothers have made our heart to melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to the sky; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.
- Deuteronomy 2:4 הָ/עָם֮ ptcl def.art + n c ms Command you the people, saying, You are to pass through the border of your brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you: take good heed to yourselves therefore;
- Deuteronomy 2:10 עַ֣ם n c ms (The Emim lived therein before, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim:
- Deuteronomy 2:16 הָ/עָֽם ptcl def.art + n c ms So it happened, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
- Deuteronomy 2:21 עַ֣ם n c ms a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim; but Yahweh destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and lived in their place;
- Deuteronomy 2:25 הָֽ/עַמִּ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp This day will I begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole sky, who shall hear the report of you, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of you.
- Deuteronomy 2:32 עַמּ֛/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Jahaz.
- Deuteronomy 2:33 עַמּֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh our God delivered him up before us; and we struck him, and his sons, and all his people.
- Deuteronomy 3:1 עַמּ֛/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
- Deuteronomy 3:2 עַמּ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh said to me, Don't fear him; for I have delivered him, and all his people, and his land, into your hand; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.
- Deuteronomy 3:3 עַמּ֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms So Yahweh our God delivered into our hand Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we struck him until none was left to him remaining.
- Deuteronomy 3:28 הָ/עָ֣ם ptcl def.art + n c ms But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which you shall see.
- Deuteronomy 4:6 הָ/עַמִּ֑ים עַם ptcl def.art + n c mp n c ms Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
- Deuteronomy 4:10 הָ/עָ֔ם ptcl def.art + n c ms the day that you stood before Yahweh your God in Horeb, when Yahweh said to me, Assemble me the people, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.
- Deuteronomy 4:19 הָֽ/עַמִּ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.
- Deuteronomy 4:20 לְ/עַ֥ם prep + n c ms cs But Yahweh has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as at this day.
- Deuteronomy 4:27 בָּ/עַמִּ֑ים prep det + n c mp Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples, and you shall be left few in number among the nations, where Yahweh shall lead you away.
- Deuteronomy 4:33 עָם֩ n c ms Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live?
- Deuteronomy 5:28 הָ/עָ֤ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Yahweh heard the voice of your words, when you spoke to me; and Yahweh said to me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken to you: they have well said all that they have spoken.
- Deuteronomy 6:14 הָֽ/עַמִּ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who are round about you;
- Deuteronomy 7:6 עַ֤ם לְ/עַ֣ם הָֽ/עַמִּ֔ים n c ms prep + n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c mp For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God: Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 7:7 הָֽ/עַמִּ֗ים הָ/עַמִּֽים ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp Yahweh didn't set his love on you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples:
- Deuteronomy 7:14 הָ/עַמִּ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp You shall be blessed above all peoples: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.
- Deuteronomy 7:16 הָֽ/עַמִּ֗ים ptcl def.art + n c mp You shall consume all the peoples who Yahweh your God shall deliver to you; your eye shall not pity them: neither shall you serve their gods; for that will be a snare to you.
- Deuteronomy 7:19 הָ֣/עַמִּ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp the great trials which your eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, by which Yahweh your God brought you out: so shall Yahweh your God do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.
- Deuteronomy 9:2 עַֽם n c ms a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard say, Who can stand before the sons of Anak?
- Deuteronomy 9:6 עַם n c ms Know therefore, that Yahweh your God doesn't give you this good land to possess it for your righteousness; for you are a stiff-necked people.
- Deuteronomy 9:12 עַמְּ/ךָ֔ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Yahweh said to me, Arise, get you down quickly from hence; for your people whom you have brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they have quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
- Deuteronomy 9:13 הָ/עָ֣ם עַם ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms Furthermore Yahweh spoke to me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people:
- Deuteronomy 9:26 עַמְּ/ךָ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms I prayed to Yahweh, and said, Lord Yahweh, don't destroy your people and your inheritance, that you have redeemed through your greatness, that you have brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
- Deuteronomy 9:27 הָ/עָ֣ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; don't look to the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin,
- Deuteronomy 9:29 עַמְּ/ךָ֖ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Yet they are your people and your inheritance, which you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm.
- Deuteronomy 10:11 הָ/עָ֑ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Yahweh said to me, Arise, take your journey before the people; and they shall go in and possess the land, which I swore to their fathers to give to them.
- Deuteronomy 10:15 הָ/עַמִּ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Only Yahweh had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.
- Deuteronomy 13:7 הָֽ/עַמִּ֗ים ptcl def.art + n c mp of the gods of the peoples who are round about you, near to you, or far off from you, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth;
- Deuteronomy 13:9 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms but you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
- Deuteronomy 14:2 עַ֤ם לְ/עַ֣ם הָֽ/עַמִּ֔ים n c ms prep + n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c mp For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 14:21 עַ֤ם n c ms You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself: you may give it to the foreigner living among you who is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner: for you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. You shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
- Deuteronomy 16:18 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Judges and officers shall you make you in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
- Deuteronomy 17:7 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms The hand of the witnesses shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.
- Deuteronomy 17:13 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms All the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.
- Deuteronomy 17:16 הָ/עָם֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; because Yahweh has said to you, You shall henceforth return no more that way.
- Deuteronomy 18:3 הָ/עָ֗ם ptcl def.art + n c ms This shall be the priests' due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give to the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
- Deuteronomy 20:1 עַ֚ם n c ms When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and see horses, and chariots, [and] a people more than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 20:2 הָ/עָֽם ptcl def.art + n c ms It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,
- Deuteronomy 20:5 הָ/עָ֣ם ptcl def.art + n c ms The officers shall speak to the people, saying, What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
- Deuteronomy 20:8 הָ/עָם֒ ptcl def.art + n c ms The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, What man is there who is fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return to his house, lest his brother's heart melt as his heart.
- Deuteronomy 20:9 הָ/עָ֑ם הָ/עָֽם ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms It shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of hosts at the head of the people.
- Deuteronomy 20:11 הָ/עָ֣ם ptcl def.art + n c ms It shall be, if it make you answer of peace, and open to you, then it shall be, that all the people who are found therein shall become tributary to you, and shall serve you.
- Deuteronomy 20:16 הָֽ/עַמִּים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp But of the cities of these peoples, that Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes;
- Deuteronomy 21:8 לְ/עַמְּ/ךָ֨ עַמְּ/ךָ֣ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Forgive, Yahweh, your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and don't allow innocent blood [to remain] in the midst of your people Israel. The blood shall be forgiven them.
- Deuteronomy 26:15 עַמְּ/ךָ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Israel, and the ground which you have given us, as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
- Deuteronomy 26:18 לְ/עַ֣ם prep + n c ms cs and Yahweh has declared you this day to be a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments;
- Deuteronomy 26:19 עַם n c ms and to make you high above all nations that he has made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that you may be a holy people to Yahweh your God, as he has spoken.
- Deuteronomy 27:1 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandment which I command you this day.
- Deuteronomy 27:9 לְ/עָ֔ם prep + n c ms Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel, saying, Keep silence, and listen, Israel: this day you are become the people of Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 27:11 הָ/עָ֔ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
- Deuteronomy 27:12 הָ/עָם֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you are passed over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin.
- Deuteronomy 27:15 הָ/עָ֛ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Cursed be the man who makes an engraved or molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret. All the people shall answer and say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:16 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Cursed be he who sets light by his father or his mother. All the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:17 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Cursed be he who removes his neighbor's landmark. All the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:18 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Cursed be he who makes the blind to wander out of the way. All the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:19 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Cursed be he who wrests the justice [due] to the foreigner, fatherless, and widow. All the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:20 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Cursed be he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt. All the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:21 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Cursed be he who lies with any manner of animal. All the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:22 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Cursed be he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. All the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:23 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Cursed be he who lies with his mother-in-law. All the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:24 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Cursed be he who strikes his neighbor in secret. All the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:25 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Cursed be he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person. All the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:26 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Cursed be he who doesn't confirm the words of this law to do them. All the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 28:9 לְ/עַ֣ם prep + n c ms Yahweh will establish you for a holy people to himself, as he has sworn to you; if you shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and walk in his ways.
- Deuteronomy 28:10 עַמֵּ֣י n c mp cs All the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of Yahweh; and they shall be afraid of you.
- Deuteronomy 28:32 לְ/עַ֤ם prep + n c ms Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people; and your eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day: and there shall be nothing in the power of your hand.
- Deuteronomy 28:33 עַ֖ם n c ms The fruit of your ground, and all your labors, shall a nation which you don't know eat up; and you shall be only oppressed and crushed always;
- Deuteronomy 28:37 הָֽ/עַמִּ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp You shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where Yahweh shall lead you away.
- Deuteronomy 28:64 הָ֣/עַמִּ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Yahweh will scatter you among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth; and there you shall serve other gods, which you have not known, you nor your fathers, even wood and stone.
- Deuteronomy 29:13 לְ/עָ֗ם prep + n c ms that he may establish you this day to himself for a people, and that he may be to you a God, as he spoke to you, and as he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
- Deuteronomy 30:3 הָ֣/עַמִּ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp that then Yahweh your God will turn your captivity, and have compassion on you, and will return and gather you from all the peoples, where Yahweh your God has scattered you.
- Deuteronomy 31:7 הָ/עָ֣ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of good courage: for you shall go with this people into the land which Yahweh has sworn to their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them to inherit it.
- Deuteronomy 31:12 הָ/עָ֗ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and your foreigner who is within your gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Yahweh your God, and observe to do all the words of this law;
- Deuteronomy 31:16 הָ/עָ֨ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Yahweh said to Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the prostitute after the strange gods of the land, where they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
- Deuteronomy 32:6 עַ֥ם n c ms Do you thus requite Yahweh, Foolish people and unwise? Isn't he your father who has bought you? He has made you, and established you.
- Deuteronomy 32:8 עַמִּ֔ים n c mp When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 32:9 עַמּ֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms For Yahweh's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 32:21 עָ֔ם n c ms They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; They have provoked me to anger with their vanities: I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
- Deuteronomy 32:36 עַמּ֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms For Yahweh will judge his people, Repent himself for his servants; When he sees that [their] power is gone, There is none [remaining], shut up or left at large.
- Deuteronomy 32:43 עַמּ֔/וֹ עַמּֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Rejoice, you nations, [with] his people: For he will avenge the blood of his servants, Will render vengeance to his adversaries, Will make expiation for his land, for his people.
- Deuteronomy 32:44 הָ/עָ֑ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Joshua the son of Nun.
- Deuteronomy 32:50 עַמֶּ֑י/ךָ עַמָּֽי/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms and die on the mountain where you go up, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor, and was gathered to his people:
- Deuteronomy 33:3 עַמִּ֔ים n c mp Yes, he loves the people; All his saints are in your hand: They sat down at your feet; [Everyone] shall receive of your words.
- Deuteronomy 33:5 עָ֔ם n c ms He was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.
- Deuteronomy 33:7 עַמּ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms This is [the blessing] of Judah: and he said, Hear, Yahweh, the voice of Judah, Bring him in to his people. With his hands he contended for himself; You shall be a help against his adversaries.
- Deuteronomy 33:17 עַמִּ֛ים n c mp The firstborn of his herd, majesty is his; His horns are the horns of the wild-ox: With them he shall push the peoples all of them, [even] the ends of the earth: They are the ten thousands of Ephraim, They are the thousands of Manasseh.
- Deuteronomy 33:19 עַמִּים֙ n c mp They shall call the peoples to the mountain; There shall they offer sacrifices of righteousness: For they shall suck the abundance of the seas, The hidden treasures of the sand.
- Deuteronomy 33:21 עָ֔ם n c ms He provided the first part for himself, For there was the lawgiver's portion reserved; He came [with] the heads of the people; He executed the righteousness of Yahweh, His ordinances with Israel.
- Deuteronomy 33:29 עַ֚ם n c ms Happy are you, Israel: Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, The shield of your help, The sword of your excellency! Your enemies shall submit themselves to you; You shall tread on their high places.
Joshua 58 verses
- Joshua 1:2 הָ/עָ֣ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you, and all this people, to the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
- Joshua 1:6 הָ/עָ֣ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Be strong and of good courage; for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
- Joshua 1:10 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
- Joshua 1:11 הָ/עָם֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, Prepare food; for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it.
- Joshua 3:3 הָ/עָ֣ם ptcl def.art + n c ms and they commanded the people, saying, When you see the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then you shall remove from your place, and go after it.
- Joshua 3:5 הָ/עָ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c ms Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow Yahweh will do wonders among you.
- Joshua 3:6 הָ/עָ֑ם הָ/עָֽם ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. They took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
About this entry
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עם — transliterated ʻam — is a Hebrew noun carrying the sense “people.” Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 11:6. It appears 1,655 verses across 39 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its most common vocabulary. The lexicon spreads it across several senses; see its full sense range. It shares a root with עמם, עם and עמה. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H5971 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 1,655
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 1,655 distinct verses.
- 39 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 39 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #24
- by frequency
- Top 25 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 24 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 1,655 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 1,655 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 874 verses · 53%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 393 verses · 24%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 388 verses · 23%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 3 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: People 1,181×, All the people 214×, Among the people 24×
- American Standard Version†: People 987×, All the people 192×, Peoples 95×
- Berean Standard Bible†: People 1,246×, Peoples 103×, Troops 83×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: People 1,394×, Peoples 144×, People of 83×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H5971 across 1,857† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 216 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 5 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H5971 across 1,857† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 273 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H5971 across 1,748† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 86 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 116 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H5971 across 1,856† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 58 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
18 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 18 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
עם I
- 1. a people, nation (sometimes ‖ גּוֹי), n. coll. (sg. Ex 21:8 Jos 17:14, 15, 17; 2 S 17:29 + often, or pl. Ex 20:15; 24:2; Je 5:31 + often, or both in same clause Ex 1:20; 2 S 13:24): עַם אֶחָד = all mankind Gn 11:6 (J); peoples in gen. 27:29 (J; ‖ לְאֻמִּים), Ex 19:5 (E), Dt 2:25; 4:6 + often Dt, Ne 13:24 + often; קְהַל עַמִּים Gn 28:3 (P) an assembly (multitude) of peoples, 48:4 (P), Ez 23:24; 32:3 (+ דַבִּים); one’s own people Je 46:16 ψ 45:11; Ru 1:10, 15, 16(×2) + (on עַמִּי נָדִיב Ct 6:12 v. especially Bu); particular peoples, Egypt Gn 41:40 (E), Ex 1:22 (E), Ne 9:10 +; עַם־אֲרָם Am 1:5; עַם־כְּמוֹשׁ (i.e. Moab) Nu 21:29 (JE), Je 48:46; but especially Isr. Ex 1:20 (E) + often; עַם־בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ v 9 (J); called ע׳ יהוה Nu 11:29 (E), 1 S 2:24 +, and (by י׳) עַמִּי Ex 3:7; 5:1 (J) + often (all periods); קְהַל עַם־הָאֱלֹהִים Ju 20:2, עַם־הַקָּהָל Lv 16:33 (P), קְהַל עָם ψ 107:32; especially הָעָם הַזֶּה (often in contempt or disgust) Nu 11:1, 12, 13 +; fig. of ants Pr 30:25, the shaphan v 26, locusts Jo 2:2, cf. לְעַם לְצִיִּים ψ 74:14 (where read לְעַם צִיִּים Hup-Now).—On Ju 1:16 v. עֲמָלֵקִי. e.g. Exodus 21:8
- 2. = smaller units, e.g.
- a. inhab. of a city Gn 19:4 (J), 1 S 9:12, 13; Je 29:16, 25; 2 Ch 31:4 + (Je 8:5 del. יְרוּשׁ׳ 𝔊 Gie Co Rothst). e.g. Genesis 19:4
- b. inhab. of a locality Je 37:12 [appar. not = tribe, Dt 33:3 read עַמּוֹ 𝔊 Di Dr, Ho 10:14; Ju 5:8, 14 read בְּעָרֶיךָ We Now; v. sub d]. e.g. Jeremiah 37:12
- c. retainers, followers Gn 14:16; 32:8; 33:15; 35:6; Ju 3:18; 8:5; 2 S 15:17; Je 41:13, 14 +. e.g. Genesis 14:16
- d. people bearing arms 1 S 11:11; 1 K 20:10 +; ע׳ כָּבֵד Nu 20:20 (JE), i.e. a powerful force; עַם הַצָּבָא Nu 31:32 (P), ע׳ הַמִּלְחָמָה Jos 8:1, 3, 11; 10:7; 11:7 (all JE); so prob. Ju 5:8 a (fighting) band; perhaps also v 14 (read sg.? v. GFM Bu). e.g. 1 Samuel 11:11
- 3. = common people Je 21:7; 22:4, Lv 4:27 (opp. ruler v 22), Ne 5:1 (opp. יְהוּדִים), 7:5 (opp. rulers). e.g. Jeremiah 21:7
- 4. people in gen., persons Gn 50:20 (E), so appar. כָּל־הָעָם אֲשֵׁר וגו׳ Ex 33:16 (J), Nu 11:34 (J), Jos 5:5(×2) (D), Ju 9:36 (as sg.), v 37 (as pl.), Je 36:9; persons labouring 1 K 9:23; superior persons Jb 12:2 (iron.); עַם עוֹלָם Ez 26:20 people of long ago (now in Sheʾôl). e.g. Genesis 50:20
- 5. phrases are:
- a. (עַמָּהּ, עַמִּי, עַמְּךָ) כְּנֵי עַמּוֹ members of one’s people, compatriots, fellow-countrymen, etc. Nu 22:5 (E), Gn 23:11 (P) Lv 19:18 (H), Ju 14:16, 17; Ez 33:2, 12 +. e.g. Numbers 22:5
- b. בְּנֵי הָעָם = common people (v. 3) 2 K 23:6; Je 26:23 +; people in gen. שַׁעַר בְּנֵי הָעָם Je 17:19 i.e. public gate 2 Ch 35:5, 12. e.g. 2 Kings 23:6
- c. עַם הָאָרֶץ the people at large, as a body 2 K 11:14, 18, 19, 20; 15:5; 16:15; 21:24(×2) +, Je 37:2; 44:21 Lv 20:2 (H), Gn 23:7, 12, 13 (P); common people Je 34:19, cf. דַּלַּת ע׳ הא׳ 2 K 24:14; disting. from prince Ez 45:22; 46:3, 9, from priests Hg 2:4 Zc 7:5; = Canaanites Nu 14:9 (JE), cf. עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ 1 Ch 5:25; mixed post-exil. population Ezr 4:4. e.g. 2 Kings 11:14
- d. עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ usually peoples of the earth Jos 4:24 (D), 2 Ch 32:19 +; of heathen peoples about and in Pal. after exile Ezr 10:2, 11; traders Ne 10:31; עַמֵּי הָאֲרָצוֹת 9:30; 10:29; 2 Ch 32:13. e.g. Joshua 4:24
- e. מִשְׁפְּחוֹת עַמִּים ψ 96:7 = 1 Ch 16:28 (cf. ψ 22:23). e.g. Psalms 96:7
- f. בַּת־עַמִּי = people personif. Is 22:4; Je 4:11 + 7 times Je + 6:14 (van d. H.; om. בַּת Baer Gi), La 2:11; 3:48; 4:3, 6, 10; בְּתוּלַת בַּת־עַמִּי Je 14:17. e.g. Isaiah 22:4
- g. designations of Isr. are: עַם־קָדוֹשׁ Dt 7:6 + 3 times, ע׳ קְדוֹשִׁים Dn 8:24, ע׳ (ה)קֹדֶשׁ Is 62:12; 63:18; Dn 12:7; ע׳ סְגֻלָּה Dt 7:6; 14:2; 26:18. e.g. Deuteronomy 7:6
- h. of foreign (non-Isr.) peoples: ע׳ נָכְרִי Ex 21:8 (E), ע׳ אַחֵר Dt 28:32, and especially from language, ע׳ עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה Ez 3:5 cf. v 6, כִּלְשׁוֹן עַם וָעָם Ne 13:24 cf. Est 1:22(×2); 3:12, ע׳ לֹעֵג ψ 114:1. e.g. Exodus 21:8
- i. עַם עֶבְרָתִי Is 10:6, ע׳ חֶרְמִי 34:11, ע׳־מִבְחָרָיו Dn 11:15, עַמֵּי תּוֹעֵבוֹת הָאֵלָּה Ezr 9:14; לֹא עַם בִּינוֹת Is 27:11.—For עַם־עוֹלָם Is 44:7 read (אֹתִיּוֹת) מֵעוֹלָם (מִי הִשְׁמִי)עַ Oort Du Kit CheHpt cf. PerlesAnal. 40, 64. e.g. Isaiah 10:6
עם II [m.] kinsman* kinsman, later development of i. עַם RSK 58
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
II. n.m. Gn 11:6 (v. infr.) people (NH id., plebeian, common man; 𝔗 עַמָּא people, pl. peoples, tribes, etc.; Syriac ܥܰܡܳܐ; Arabic عَمٌّ v. supr.; orig. meaning prob. those united, connected, related, cf. WeGGN 1893, 480);—abs. עַם Gn 11:6 +, עַם Ju 9:36 +, הָעָם Jos 8:11 +; cstr. עַם Nu 21:29 +; sf. עַמִּי Ex 3:7 +, עַמְּךָ 22:27 +, etc.; pl. עַמִּים Is 2:3 +, עֲמָמִים (cf. Biblical Aramaic) Ne 9:22; cstr. עַמֵּי 1 K 8:43 +, עַמְמֵי Ne 9:24; pl. c. sf. v. ii. עַם;—(Thes cites foll. as f. וְחָטָאת עַמֶּ֑ךָ Ex 5:16 [but corrupt and unintellig.; read perhaps וְחַטָאתָ לְע׳, so 𝔊 𝔖 Di]; Ju 18:7 [but ישֶׁבֶת must agree with lost word city, or the like, v. GFM]; Je 8:5 [but read שׁוֹבַב for שׁוֹבְבָה Gie]);—
III. n.[m.] kinsman* kinsman, later development of i. עַם RSK 58; 2nd ed. 72. (on father’s side) (Arabic عَمٌّ paternal uncle, etc. v. I. עמם; cf. perhaps TelAm. ammu, kinsmen (?); on Nab. עם ancestor cf. Lzb151, 499; v. also especially NesEg 187, ZAW xvi (1896), 322 f. Krenkelib. viii (1888), 280–84);—sf. עַמִּי in בֶּן־עַמִּי (q.v.), and n.pr. sqq.; elsewhere pl. sf. עַמֶּיךָ Nu 27:13; 31:2 (Lv 19:16 read עַמְּךָ 𝔊 Sam), + (poss.) עֲמָמֶיךָ Ju 5:14; עַמָּיו Gn 25:8 + 15 times, עַמֶּיהָ 17:14 + 3 times; read עַמַּי (for MT עַמִּי, 1עַם; cf. Krenkell.c. 281) Gn 49:29 and perhaps Ju 14:3 (cf. Lv 21:14); according to Buhl Kit also 2 K 4:13;—father’s kinsmen: וַיֵּאָסֵף אֶל־עַמָּיו Gn 25:8 (of joining kinsmen in Sheʾôl), so v 17; 35:29; 49:33; Nu 20:24; Dt 32:50, cf. Gn 49:29 (v. supr.), Nu 27:13; 31:2; Dt 32:50 (all P); וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ מֵעַמֶּיהָ Gn 17:14 (severed from living kinsmen), so Lv 7:20, 21, 25, 27; 19:8; 23:29; Nu 9:13, מִקֶּרֶב עַמֶּיהָ Ex 31:14, cf. 30:33, 38; Lv 17:9 (all PH); מֵעַמָּיו יִקַּח אִשָּׁה 21:14 (H), and perhaps Ju 14:3 (sim. 1עַם: [ם—ָ, הּ—ָ] מִקֶּרֶב עַמּוֹ Lv 17:4, 10; 18:29 +); other combin. Ju 5:14 (si vera l., read perhaps בְּעַמֶּ֑ךָ, v. 1.עַם 2 d), Lv 21:1, 4, 15 (H), Ez 18:18 and (perhaps) 2 K 4:13.—בֶּן־עַמִּי (v. p. 122 b) perhaps = son of my kinsman; on n.pr. c. עַם v. GrayProp. N. 41 ff..
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Derived from עמם (ʻâmam) (H6004) — to darken.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
עִם
- v. עַם) junction; (prep.) with, near. Sabb. I, 8 עם השמש with the sun, i.e. as long as the sun shines, before sunset. Ib. II, 7 עם חשיכה, v. חֲשֵׁיכָה. Ber. 7ᵃ ותתנהג עם בניך וכ׳ and deal with thy children mercifully. Snh. 23ᵃ מי חותם עִמָּהֶן who is to sign as witness with them; a. fr.
עִם ²
- Targ. O. Gen. XXV, 11. Targ. Ps. LIV, 2 עִימָּנָא Ms. (ed. גַּבָּן). Targ. Job XXXII, 6 עִימְּכוֹן Ms. (ed. יַתְכוֹן); a. fr.
עַם
- עמם to press, crowd, join) gathering, crowd, people. Snh. 94ᵇ, v. עָיֵף. Men. 53ᵇ יבא זח … לעם זו let ‘this one’ (Moses) come and receive ‘this’ (the Law) … for ‘this people’ (Israel); a. fr.—עם הארץ, v. אֶרֶץ.—Pl. עַמִּים gentiles. Sabb. 14ᵇ, a. fr. על ארץ הע׳ concerning (importations from) heathen countries. Y. Shebi. VI, 36ᵇ bot.; a. fr.—V. עֲמָם.
עַם ²
- Targ. Gen. XII, 2. Targ. Ez. XLV, 16. Targ. Cant. VI, 5; a. v. fr.—Erub. 14ᵇ, a. e. מאי ע׳ דבר, v. דְּבַר. Y. Kil. V, 29ᵈ bot. כל ע׳; Y. Yeb. XIII, beg. 13ᵇ כל עַמָּה, a. fr., v. כּוֹל. Sot. IX, 15 ע׳ דארעא = עם הארץ, ignorant people; a. fr.—Pl., v. עֲמַם II.
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Forms in the corpus
The 348 distinct written forms H5971 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 288 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H5971, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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- עמון ʻAmmôwn H5983 Ammon
- עמיאל ʻAmmîyʼêl H5988 Ammiel
- עמיהוד ʻAmmîyhûwd H5989 Ammihud
- עמיזבד ʻAmmîyzâbâd H5990 Ammizabad
- עמיחור ʻAmmîychûwr H5991 Ammihur
- עמינדב ʻAmmîynâdâb H5992 Amminadab
- עמי נדיב ʻAmmîy Nâdîyb H5993 Amminadib
- עמישדי ʻAmmîyshadday H5996 Ammishaddai
- עמעד ʻAmʻâd H6008 Amad
- עמרם ʻAmrâm H6019 Amram
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 15 — not the complete family. 10 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 1,549 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 1,655 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 11:6
- Exodus 1:9
- Leviticus 4:3
- Numbers 5:21
- Deuteronomy 1:28
- Joshua 1:2
- Judges 1:16
- Ruth 1:6
- 1 Samuel 2:13
- 2 Samuel 1:4
- 1 Kings 1:39
- 2 Kings 3:7
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
