H5971: עַם

Extended definition

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

How H5971 is translated

• people ×885
• my ×211
• peoples ×170
• his ×136
• your ×131
• a people ×118
• the people of ×97
• the peoples of ×25
• the people ×20
• its ×18
• are a people ×11
• her ×7

Bible verses with H5971 (ʻam)

ʻam appears in 1,656 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

• Genesis 11:6

  And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

• Genesis 14:16

  And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

• Genesis 17:14

  And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

• Genesis 17:16

  And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

• Genesis 19:4

  But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

• Genesis 23:7

  And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

• Genesis 23:11

  Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.

• Genesis 23:12

  And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.

• Genesis 23:13

  And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

• Genesis 25:8

  Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

• Genesis 25:17

  And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.

• Genesis 26:10

  And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.

• Genesis 26:11

  And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

• 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.

• Genesis 28:3

  And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

• Genesis 32:7

  Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;

• Genesis 33:15

  And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.

• Genesis 34:16

  Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

• Genesis 34:22

  Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

• Genesis 35:6

  So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth–el, he and all the people that were with him.

• Genesis 35:29

  And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

• Genesis 41:40

  Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.

• Genesis 41:55

  And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.

• Genesis 42:6

  And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

• Genesis 47:21

  And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

Words derived from H5971