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Word Study · Strong's H5971 · Hebrew

עַם

am

am

Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻam

a people (as a congregated unit)

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

Rendered in the KJV as

folk, men, nation, people.

  • 1,873
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 6 of 39
    Old Testament booksamong the first 500 shown
  • 178
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 500 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 178

  • הָעָ֖ם37
  • הָעָ֔ם32
  • הָעָ֑ם20
  • הָעָם֙18
  • הָעָ֣ם17
  • עַם־14
  • עַמּ֑וֹ13
  • הָעָ֛ם11
  • הָעָ֥ם10
  • הָעָֽם׃10
  • עַ֣ם9
  • עַמּֽוֹ׃8

and 166 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 71

  • the people186
  • people his37
  • people your28
  • peoples28
  • people my23
  • the peoples22
  • a people17
  • [the] people of13
  • to the people10
  • from kinspeoples its8
  • [are] a people6
  • among the peoples6

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 33

  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular189
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular39
  • noun · masculine singular34
  • noun · masculine plural29
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular28
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular28
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular23
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural22
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)15
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular12
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular9
  • preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular8
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HTd/Ncmsa · 189
  • HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 39
  • HNcmsa · 34
  • HNcmpa · 29
  • HNcmsc/Sp1bs · 28
  • HNcmsc/Sp2ms · 28
  • HRd/Ncmsa · 23
  • HTd/Ncmpa · 22
  • HNcmsc · 15
  • HR/Ncmsa · 12
  • HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms · 9
  • HR/Ncmpc/Sp3fs · 8

The first 500 of 1,873, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis33 occurrences
Exodus175 occurrences
Leviticus43 occurrences
Numbers87 occurrences
Deuteronomy42 occurrences
Psalms120 occurrences

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled עַם

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).