Hebrew and Greek words › Hebrew › H3816
לְאֹם leom
Hebrew word for “people” · Strong’s H3816 · used 31 times in 27 verses
Meaning
a people, nation
How it is translated
Glosses given for leom in context, with how often each is used:
- peoples 17
- nations 8
- people 4
- more than a people 1
- nation 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Proverbs 14 (2), Isaiah 17 (2), Isaiah 43 (2), Genesis 25 (1), Genesis 27 (1), Psalms 2 (1), Psalms 7 (1), Psalms 9 (1), Psalms 44 (1), Psalms 47 (1)
Forms
- לאמים 17
- ולאמים 8
- ולאם 1
- מלאם 1
- לאום 1
- לאם 1
- ולאומי 1
- לאומים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with leom more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- גּוֹי goy “nation” 7
- רִיק riq “vain” 3
- שָׁאוֹן shaon “roar” 3
- קָשַׁב qashav “to listen” 3
- שָׁאָה shaah “to crash” 2
- יָעֵף yaaph “to faint” 2
- קָבַב qavav “to curse” 2
- שָׁפַט shaphat “to judge” 3
- יָגֵעַ yaga “be weary/toil” 2
- מֵעֶה meeh “belly” 2
- דַּי day “sufficiency” 2
- אִי i “coastland” 2
Key verses
The verses using leom that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 25:23 — And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than…
- Genesis 27:29 — Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth…
- Psalms 2:1 — Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
- Psalms 44:2 — How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
- Psalms 65:7 — Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
- Psalms 67:4 — O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
- Psalms 105:44 — And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
- Isaiah 17:13 — The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the…
- Isaiah 34:1 — Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
- Isaiah 49:1 — Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
- Isaiah 55:4 — Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
- Isaiah 60:2 — For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
See all 27 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.