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)
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Concordance 1,655 verses
- 2 Kings 23:21 הָעָ֣ם
The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”
- 2 Kings 23:30 עַם־
From Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
- 2 Kings 23:35 עַ֣ם
So Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but to meet Pharaoh’s demand he taxed the land and exacted the silver and the gold from the people, each according to his wealth.
- 2 Kings 24:14 עַם־
He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.
- 2 Kings 25:3 לְעַ֥ם
By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
- 2 Kings 25:11 הָעָ֜ם
Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.
- 2 Kings 25:19 עַ֣םמֵעַ֣ם
Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
- 2 Kings 25:22 וְהָעָ֗ם
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.
- 2 Kings 25:26 הָעָ֜ם
Then all the people small and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans.
- 1 Chronicles 5:25 עַמֵּי־
But they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers, and they prostituted themselves with the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.
- 1 Chronicles 10:9 הָעָֽם׃
They stripped Saul, cut off his head, took his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people.
- 1 Chronicles 11:2 עַמִּי֙עַמִּ֥י
Even in times past, while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD your God said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
- 1 Chronicles 11:13 וְהָעָ֥ם
He was with David at Pas-dammim when the Philistines gathered there for battle. At the place with a field full of barley, the troops fled from the Philistines.
- 1 Chronicles 13:4 הָעָֽם׃
And because this proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to it.
- 1 Chronicles 14:2 עַמּ֥וֹ
And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had highly exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 16:2 הָעָ֖ם
When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 16:8 בָעַמִּ֖ים
“Give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
- 1 Chronicles 16:20 עַ֥ם
they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
- 1 Chronicles 16:24 הָעַמִּ֖ים
Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples.
- 1 Chronicles 16:26 הָעַמִּים֙
For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.
- 1 Chronicles 16:28 עַמִּ֔ים
Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
- 1 Chronicles 16:36 הָעָם֙
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.” Then all the people said, “Amen!” and “Praise the LORD!”
- 1 Chronicles 16:43 הָעָ֖ם
Then all the people departed for their homes, and David returned home to bless his household.
- 1 Chronicles 17:6 עַמִּ֖י
In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
- 1 Chronicles 17:7 עַמִּ֥י
Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 17:9 לְעַמִּ֨י
And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning
- 1 Chronicles 17:10 עַמִּ֣י
and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I declare to you that the LORD will build a house for you.
- 1 Chronicles 17:21 כְּעַמְּךָ֣עָ֗םעַמְּךָ֛
And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself? You made a name for Yourself through great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt.
- 1 Chronicles 17:22 עַמְּךָ֨לְעָ֖ם
For You have made Your people Israel Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.
- 1 Chronicles 18:14 עַמּֽוֹ׃
Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
- 1 Chronicles 19:7 עַמּ֔וֹ
So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, as well as the king of Maacah with his troops, who came and camped near Medeba while the Ammonites came from their cities and marched out for battle.
- 1 Chronicles 19:11 הָעָ֔ם
And he placed the rest of the forces under the command of his brother Abishai, who arrayed them against the Ammonites.
- 1 Chronicles 19:13 עַמֵּ֔נוּ
Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”
- 1 Chronicles 19:14 וְהָעָ֧ם
So Joab and his troops advanced to fight the Arameans, who fled before him.
- 1 Chronicles 20:3 הָעָ֨םהָעָ֖ם
David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes. And he did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 21:2 הָעָ֔ם
So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:3 עַמּ֤וֹ׀
But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”
- 1 Chronicles 21:5 הָעָ֖ם
And Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 21:17 בָּעָ֗םוּֽבְעַמְּךָ֖
And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:22 הָעָֽם׃
Then David said to Ornan, “Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”
- 1 Chronicles 22:18 עַמּֽוֹ׃
“Is not the LORD your God with you, and has He not granted you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and His people.
- 1 Chronicles 23:25 לְעַמּ֑וֹ
For David had said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever.
- 1 Chronicles 28:2 וְעַמִּ֑י
Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build it,
- 1 Chronicles 28:21 הָעָ֖ם
The divisions of the priests and Levites are ready for all the service of the house of God, and every willing man of every skill will be at your disposal for the work. The officials and all the people are fully at your command.”
- 1 Chronicles 29:9 הָעָם֙
And the people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given to the LORD freely and wholeheartedly. And King David also rejoiced greatly.
- 1 Chronicles 29:14 עַמִּ֔י
But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
- 1 Chronicles 29:17 עַמְּךָ֙
I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
- 1 Chronicles 29:18 עַמֶּ֑ךָ
O LORD, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep this desire forever in the intentions of the hearts of Your people, and direct their hearts toward You.
- 2 Chronicles 1:9 עַ֕ם
Now, O LORD God, let Your promise to my father David be fulfilled. For You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
- 2 Chronicles 1:10 הָֽעָם־עַמְּךָ֥
Now grant me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may lead this people. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”