Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H3816: לְאֹם

lᵉʼôm · pronounced leh-ome' · “people”

Definition

a community

KJV translates it as: nation, people.

Word origin: or לְאוֹם; from an unused root meaning to gather;

Extended definition

a people, nation

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H3816 is translated

  • peoples ×17
  • nations ×7
  • a people ×4
  • o peoples ×2
  • the nations ×1
  • the peoples ×1
  • peoples of ×1
  • to a people ×1
  • my ×1

Bible verses with H3816 (lᵉʼôm)

Lᵉʼôm appears in 31 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

  • 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 the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

  • 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 thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

  • Psalms 2:1

    Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

  • Psalms 7:7

    So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.

  • Psalms 9:8

    And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

  • 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 44:14

    Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

  • Psalms 47:3

    He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.

  • Psalms 57:9

    I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.

  • 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;

  • Psalms 108:3

    I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

  • Psalms 148:11

    Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:

  • Psalms 149:7

    To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;

  • Proverbs 11:26

    He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

  • 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 14:34

    Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

  • Proverbs 24:24

    He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

  • Isaiah 17:12

    Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!

  • 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 mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

  • 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 41:1

    Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.

  • Isaiah 43:4

    Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.

  • Isaiah 43:9

    Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

All 31 references

Words derived from H3816