עַם

am

Hebrew H5971 Noun, masculine 1,868 occurrences in 1,655 verses

עַם people

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)

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Concordance 1,655 verses

1 Samuel 11:12 הָעָם֙

Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”
1 Samuel 11:14 הָעָ֔ם

Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”
1 Samuel 11:15 הָעָ֜ם

So all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.
1 Samuel 12:6 הָעָ֑ם

Then Samuel said to the people, “The LORD is the One who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
1 Samuel 12:18 הָעָ֥ם

So Samuel called to the LORD, and on that day the LORD sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
1 Samuel 12:19 הָעָ֜ם

They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”
1 Samuel 12:20 הָעָם֙

“Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.
1 Samuel 12:22 עַמּ֔וֹלְעָֽם׃

Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
1 Samuel 13:2 הָעָ֔ם

He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.
1 Samuel 13:4 הָעָ֛ם

And all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.
1 Samuel 13:5 וְעָ֕ם

Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
1 Samuel 13:6 הָעָ֑םהָעָ֗ם

Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.
1 Samuel 13:7 הָעָ֖ם

Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul, however, remained at Gilgal, and all his troops were quaking in fear.
1 Samuel 13:8 הָעָ֖ם

And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul.
1 Samuel 13:11 הָעָ֜ם

“What have you done?” Samuel asked. And Saul replied, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,
1 Samuel 13:14 עַמּ֔וֹ

But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”
1 Samuel 13:15 הָעָם֙

Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin. And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.
1 Samuel 13:16 וְהָעָם֙

Now Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.
1 Samuel 13:22 הָעָ֔ם

So on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hands of the troops with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons.
1 Samuel 14:2 וְהָעָם֙

Meanwhile, Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men,
1 Samuel 14:3 וְהָעָם֙

including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.
1 Samuel 14:15 הָעָ֔ם

Then terror struck the Philistines in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even those in the outposts and raiding parties trembled. Indeed, the earth quaked and panic spread from God.
1 Samuel 14:17 לָעָם֙

Saul said to the troops who were with him, “Call the roll and see who has left us.” And when they had called the roll, they saw that Jonathan and his armor-bearer were not there.
1 Samuel 14:20 הָעָם֙

Then Saul and all his troops assembled and marched to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total confusion, with each man wielding the sword against his neighbor.
1 Samuel 14:24 הָעָ֜םהָעָ֖ם

Now the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.
1 Samuel 14:26 הָעָם֙הָעָ֖ם

And when they entered the forest and saw the flowing honey, not one of them put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath.
1 Samuel 14:27 הָעָם֒

Jonathan, however, had not heard that his father had charged the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes brightened.
1 Samuel 14:28 מֵֽהָעָ֜םהָעָם֙הָעָֽם׃

Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”
1 Samuel 14:30 הָעָ֔ם

How much better it would have been if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been much greater?”
1 Samuel 14:31 הָעָ֖ם

That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.
1 Samuel 14:32 הָעָם֙הָעָ֖ם

So they rushed greedily to the plunder, taking sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them on the ground and ate meat with the blood still in it.
1 Samuel 14:33 הָעָ֛ם

Then someone reported to Saul: “Look, the troops are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.” “You have broken faith,” said Saul. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”
1 Samuel 14:34 בָעָ֡םהָעָ֜ם

Then he said, “Go among the troops and tell them, ‘Each man must bring me his ox or his sheep, slaughter them in this place, and then eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.’” So that night everyone brought his ox and slaughtered it there.
1 Samuel 14:38 הָעָ֑ם

Therefore Saul said, “Come here, all you leaders of the troops, and let us investigate how this sin has occurred today.
1 Samuel 14:39 הָעָֽם׃

As surely as the LORD who saves Israel lives, even if it is my son Jonathan, he must die!” But not one of the troops said a word.
1 Samuel 14:40 הָעָם֙

Then Saul said to all Israel, “You stand on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will stand on the other side.” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied.
1 Samuel 14:41 וְהָעָ֥ם

So Saul said to the LORD, the God of Israel, “Why have You not answered Your servant this day? If the fault is with me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim; but if the fault is with the men of Israel, respond with Thummim.” And Jonathan and Saul were selected, but the people were cleared of the charge.
1 Samuel 14:45 הָעָ֜םהָעָ֛ם

But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
1 Samuel 15:1 עַמּ֖וֹ

Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.
1 Samuel 15:4 הָעָ֔ם

So Saul summoned the troops and numbered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.
1 Samuel 15:8 הָעָ֖ם

He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.
1 Samuel 15:9 וְהָעָ֜ם

Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to destroy them, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.
1 Samuel 15:15 הָעָם֙

Saul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction.”
1 Samuel 15:21 הָעָ֧ם

The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of the things devoted to destruction, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal.”
1 Samuel 15:24 הָעָ֔ם

Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
1 Samuel 15:30 עַמִּ֖י

“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
1 Samuel 17:27 הָעָ֔ם

The people told him about the offer, saying, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”
1 Samuel 17:30 הָעָם֙

Then he turned from him toward another and asked about the offer, and those people answered him just as the first ones had answered.
1 Samuel 18:5 הָעָ֔ם

So David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.
1 Samuel 18:13 הָעָֽם׃פ

Therefore Saul sent David away and gave him command of a thousand men. David led the troops out to battle and back,