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Hebrew noun (Aramaic, masculine) · H5972

עַם

amam

people

15 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: ʻam

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5972is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 2 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 13
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H5972

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

The King James renders it: people.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

am is rendered "people". It stands 15 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.

  • Ten of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 5:12But since our fathers angered the God of heaven, He delivered them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean who destroyed this temple and carried away the people to Babylon.
  • The Greek text spells it thirteen different ways.

The first use

But since our fathers angered the God of heaven, He delivered them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean who destroyed this temple and carried away the people to Babylon.

Ezra 5:12וְעַמָּ֖ה

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Ten of the word's fifteen uses are in Daniel.

The other 37 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • peoples the6
  • people the3
  • to a people2
  • and people1
  • and people the1
  • people1
  • peoples O1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

עַםampeopleUses1,873

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

All 15, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

13 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • עַֽמְמַיָּ֞א2
  • עַֽמְמַיָּ֗א2
  • וְעַם֙1
  • וְעַמָּ֖ה1
  • לְעַ֥ם1
  • לְעַ֖ם1
  • עַ֨ם1
  • עַמָּ֤א1
  • עַמָּ֨ה1
  • עַמָּה֙1
  • עַֽמְמַיָּ֔א1
  • עַמְמַיָּ֡א1

and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)7ANcmpd/Ta
  • noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)3ANcbsd/Ta
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular1AC/Ncbsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)1AC/Ncbsd/Ta
  • noun · masculine or feminine singular1ANcbsa
  • preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular1AR/Ncbsa
  • preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1AR/Ncbsc

Ezra

five uses
  • But since our fathers angered the God of heaven, He delivered them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean who destroyed this temple and carried away the people to Babylon.

    Ezra 5:12

    • וְעַמָּ֖הveamah'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: and people the
  • May God, who has caused His Name to dwell there, overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to alter this decree or to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree. Let it be carried out with diligence.

    Ezra 6:12

    • וְעַם֙veamconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and people
  • I hereby decree that any volunteers among the Israelites in my kingdom, including the priests and Levites, may go up with you to Jerusalem.

    Ezra 7:13

    • עַמָּ֨הʾamah'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: people the
  • together with all the silver and gold you may find in all the province of Babylon, as well as the freewill offerings of the people and priests to the house of their God in Jerusalem.

    Ezra 7:16

    • עַמָּ֤אʾama'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: people the
  • And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God which you possess, are to appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people west of the Euphrates—all who know the laws of your God. And you are to teach these laws to anyone who does not know them.

    Ezra 7:25

    • עַמָּה֙ʾamah'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: people the

Daniel

ten uses
  • In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.

    Daniel 2:44

    • לְעַ֥םleampreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: to a people
  • Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “O people of every nation and language, this is what you are commanded:

    Daniel 3:4

    • עַֽמְמַיָּ֔אʾamaiya'noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: peoples O
  • Therefore, as soon as all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, and all kinds of music, the people of every nation and language would fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

    Daniel 3:7

    • עַמְמַיָּ֡אʾamaiya'noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: peoples the
    • עַֽמְמַיָּ֜אʾamaiya'noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: peoples the
  • Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who can deliver in this way.”

    Daniel 3:29

    • עַ֨םʾamnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: people
  • King Nebuchadnezzar, To the people of every nation and language who dwell in all the earth: May your prosperity be multiplied.

    Daniel 4:1

    • עַֽמְמַיָּ֞אʾamaiya'noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: peoples the
  • Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he wished.

    Daniel 5:19

    • עַֽמְמַיָּ֗אʾamaiya'noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: peoples the
  • Then King Darius wrote to the people of every nation and language throughout the land: “May your prosperity abound.

    Daniel 6:25

    • עַֽמְמַיָּ֞אʾamaiya'noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: peoples the
  • And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.

    Daniel 7:14

    • עַֽמְמַיָּ֗אʾamaiya'noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: peoples the
  • Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will serve and obey Him.’

    Daniel 7:27

    • לְעַ֖םleampreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to a people

The letters

Gematria 110· 670 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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