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עַם (H5971)

ʻam

am

from עָמַם; 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.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

[עַם] n.[m.] kinsman (on father's side)
עַם, עָם 1810 n.m. people
1 a people, nation
2 = smaller units
3 = common people
4 people in gen., persons
5 phrases

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


1654 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Psalms 149:4
    For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
  • Proverbs 11:14
    Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
  • Proverbs 14:28
    In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
  • Proverbs 24:24
    He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
  • Proverbs 28:15
    As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
  • Proverbs 29:2
    When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
  • Proverbs 29:18
    Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
  • Proverbs 30:25
    The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
  • Proverbs 30:26
    The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
  • Ecclesiastes 4:16
    There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.