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
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.