עַם am

Hebrew word for “people” · Strong’s H5972 · used 15 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

people; Aramaic of am (עַם ": people" H5971A)

How it is translated

Glosses given for am in context, with how often each is used:

• peoples the 6
• people the 4
• people 4
• peoples o 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezra 7 (3), Daniel 3 (3), Daniel 7 (2), Ezra 5 (1), Ezra 6 (1), Daniel 2 (1), Daniel 4 (1), Daniel 5 (1), Daniel 6 (1)

Forms

• עממיא 7
• עמה 2
• לעם 2
• ועמה 1
• ועם 1
• עמא 1
• עם 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with am more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• כֹּל kol “all” 12
• דִּי di “that” 13
• לִשָּׁן lishshan “tongue” 7
• אֻמָּה ummah “people” 7
• אֱלָהּ elah “god” 6
• מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 6
• יְהַב yehav “to give” 4
• בַּיִת bayit “house” 4
• מַלְכוּ malkhu “kingdom” 4
• חֲבַל chaval “to destroy” 3
• לָא la “not” 4
• עָלַם alam “perpetuity” 3

Key verses

The verses using am that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Ezra 5:12 — But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who…
• Ezra 6:12 — And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which…
• Ezra 7:13 — I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to…
• Ezra 7:25 — And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all…
• Daniel 2:44 — And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but…
• Daniel 3:4 — Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,
• Daniel 3:29 — Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be…
• Daniel 4:1 — Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
• Daniel 5:19 — And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept…
• Daniel 6:25 — Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
• Daniel 7:14 — And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion,…
• Daniel 7:27 — And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose…

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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.