עַם
am
1. nation, people
a. people, nation
b. persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men
kinsman, kindred
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at Sng.6.12
§ kinsman, kindred
§ kinsman, kindred
Combined with yiv.le.am (יִבְלְעָם "Ibleam" H2991)
§ kinsman, kindred
This name means nation, people
1. nation, people
a. people, nation
b. persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men
1. nation, people
a. people, nation
b. persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
Translated as (BSB)
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Concordance 1,655 verses
- Joshua 24:28 הָעָ֔ם
Then Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.
- Judges 1:16 הָעָֽם׃
Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live among the people.
- Judges 2:4 הָעָ֛ם
When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.
- Judges 2:6 הָעָ֑ם
After Joshua had dismissed the people, the Israelites went out to take possession of the land, each to his own inheritance.
- Judges 2:7 הָעָם֙
And the people served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, who had seen all the great works that the LORD had done for Israel.
- Judges 2:12 הָֽעַמִּים֙
Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger,
- Judges 3:18 הָעָ֔ם
After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he ushered out those who had carried it.
- Judges 4:13 הָעָ֖ם
he summoned all nine hundred of his iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the River Kishon.
- Judges 5:2 עָ֑ם
“When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.
- Judges 5:9 בָּעָ֑ם
My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!
- Judges 5:11 עַם־
the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:
- Judges 5:13 עָ֑ם
Then the survivors came down to the nobles; the people of the LORD came down to me against the mighty.
- Judges 5:14 בַּֽעֲמָמֶ֑יךָ
Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.
- Judges 5:18 עַ֣ם
Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.
- Judges 7:1 הָעָם֙
Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.
- Judges 7:2 הָעָם֙
Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many people for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
- Judges 7:3 הָעָם֙הָעָ֗ם
Now, therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the people: ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand of them turned back, but ten thousand remained.
- Judges 7:4 הָעָ֣ם
Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many people. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go. But if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”
- Judges 7:5 הָעָ֖ם
So Gideon brought the people down to the water, and the LORD said to him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.”
- Judges 7:6 הָעָ֔ם
And the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others knelt to drink.
- Judges 7:7 הָעָ֔ם
Then the LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home.”
- Judges 7:8 הָעָ֨ם
So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred men, who took charge of the provisions and rams’ horns of the others. And the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.
- Judges 8:5 לָעָ֖ם
So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
- Judges 9:29 הָעָ֤ם
If only this people were under my authority, I would remove Abimelech; I would say to him, ‘Muster your army and come out!’”
- Judges 9:32 וְהָעָ֣ם
Now then, tonight you and the people with you are to come and lie in wait in the fields.
- Judges 9:33 וְהָעָ֤ם
And in the morning at sunrise, get up and advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do to them whatever you are able.”
- Judges 9:34 הָעָ֥ם
So Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.
- Judges 9:35 וְהָעָ֥ם
Now Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood at the entrance of the city gate just as Abimelech and his men came out from their hiding places.
- Judges 9:36 הָעָם֒עָ֣ם
When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the mountains!” But Zebul replied, “The shadows of the mountains look like men to you.”
- Judges 9:37 עָם֙
Then Gaal spoke up again, “Look, people are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming by way of the Diviners’ Oak.”
- Judges 9:38 הָעָם֙
“Where is your gloating now?” Zebul replied. “You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the people you ridiculed? Go out now and fight them!”
- Judges 9:42 הָעָ֖ם
The next day the people of Shechem went out into the fields, and this was reported to Abimelech.
- Judges 9:43 הָעָ֗םהָעָם֙
So he took his men, divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose up against them and attacked them.
- Judges 9:45 הָעָ֥ם
And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.
- Judges 9:48 הָעָ֣םהָעָ֣ם
he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his axe in his hand and cut a branch from the trees, which he lifted to his shoulder, saying to his men, “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.”
- Judges 9:49 הָעָ֜ם
So each man also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. Then they piled the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire above them, killing everyone in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women.
- Judges 10:18 הָעָ֜ם
And the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”
- Judges 11:11 הָעָ֥ם
So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.
- Judges 11:20 עַמּ֔וֹ
But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.
- Judges 11:21 עַמּ֛וֹ
Then the LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, who defeated them. So Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites who inhabited that country,
- Judges 11:23 עַמּ֣וֹ
Now since the LORD, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites from before His people Israel, should you now possess it?
- Judges 12:2 וְעַמִּ֥י
But Jephthah replied, “My people and I had a serious conflict with the Ammonites, and when I called, you did not save me out of their hands.
- Judges 14:3 עַמִּי֙
But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.”
- Judges 14:16 עַמִּ֔י
Then Samson’s wife came to him, weeping, and said, “You hate me! You do not really love me! You have posed to my people a riddle, but have not explained it to me.” “Look,” he said, “I have not even explained it to my father or mother, so why should I explain it to you?”
- Judges 14:17 עַמָּֽהּ׃
She wept the whole seven days of the feast, and finally on the seventh day, because she had pressed him so much, he told her the answer. And in turn she explained the riddle to her people.
- Judges 16:24 הָעָ֔ם
And when the people saw him, they praised their god, saying: “Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy who destroyed our land and multiplied our dead.”
- Judges 16:30 הָעָ֖ם
Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.
- Judges 18:7 הָעָ֣ם
So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, tranquil and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with anyone.
- Judges 18:10 עַ֣ם
When you enter, you will come to an unsuspecting people and a spacious land, for God has delivered it into your hand. It is a place where nothing on earth is lacking.”
- Judges 18:20 הָעָֽם׃
So the priest was glad and took the ephod, the household idols, and the graven image, and went with the people.