Strong's Hebrew · H5971

עַם

ʻam · am

folk, men, nation, people.

Definition

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

Derivation

from H6004 (עָמַם);

Appears 1,866 times in Scripture

Genesis 11:6

And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.

Genesis 23:11

“No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”

Genesis 23:7

Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.

Exodus 8:3

The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.

Genesis 14:16

He retrieved all the goods, as well as his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the rest of the people.

Genesis 17:14

But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”

Genesis 19:4

Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.

Exodus 8:4

The frogs will come up on you and your people and all your officials.’”

Genesis 17:16

And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”

Exodus 19:21

and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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