Hebrew word study
עַםʻam — a people (as a congregated unit)
Pronounced “am”
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Translated in the King James as: folk, men, nation, people.
Appears 1,844 times in Scripture
Origin: from H6004 (עָמַם);
Read it in context & ask Abram about this wordWhere it appears
Genesis — 33×
Genesis 11:6Genesis 14:16Genesis 17:14Genesis 17:16Genesis 19:4Genesis 23:7Genesis 23:11Genesis 23:12Genesis 23:13Genesis 25:8Genesis 25:17Genesis 26:10Genesis 26:11Genesis 27:29Genesis 28:3Genesis 32:7Genesis 33:15Genesis 34:16Genesis 34:22Genesis 35:6Genesis 35:29Genesis 41:40Genesis 41:55Genesis 42:6Genesis 47:21+ 8 more in Genesis
Exodus — 172×
Leviticus — 43×
Leviticus 4:3Leviticus 4:27Leviticus 7:20Leviticus 7:21Leviticus 7:25Leviticus 7:27Leviticus 9:7Leviticus 9:15Leviticus 9:18Leviticus 9:22Leviticus 9:23Leviticus 9:24Leviticus 10:3Leviticus 16:15Leviticus 16:24Leviticus 16:33Leviticus 17:4Leviticus 17:9Leviticus 17:10Leviticus 18:29Leviticus 19:8Leviticus 19:16Leviticus 19:18Leviticus 20:2Leviticus 20:3+ 18 more in Leviticus
Numbers — 84×
Numbers 5:21Numbers 5:27Numbers 9:13Numbers 11:1Numbers 11:2Numbers 11:8Numbers 11:10Numbers 11:11Numbers 11:12Numbers 11:13Numbers 11:14Numbers 11:16Numbers 11:17Numbers 11:18Numbers 11:21Numbers 11:24Numbers 11:29Numbers 11:32Numbers 11:33Numbers 11:34Numbers 11:35Numbers 12:15Numbers 12:16Numbers 13:18Numbers 13:28+ 59 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy — 107×
Deuteronomy 1:28Deuteronomy 2:4Deuteronomy 2:10Deuteronomy 2:16Deuteronomy 2:21Deuteronomy 2:25Deuteronomy 2:32Deuteronomy 2:33Deuteronomy 3:1Deuteronomy 3:2Deuteronomy 3:3Deuteronomy 3:28Deuteronomy 4:6Deuteronomy 4:10Deuteronomy 4:19Deuteronomy 4:20Deuteronomy 4:27Deuteronomy 4:33Deuteronomy 5:28Deuteronomy 6:14Deuteronomy 7:6Deuteronomy 7:7Deuteronomy 7:14Deuteronomy 7:16Deuteronomy 7:19+ 82 more in Deuteronomy
Joshua — 68×
Judges — 66×
Ruth — 10×
1 Samuel — 106×
2 Samuel — 101×
1 Kings — 83×
2 Kings — 52×
1 Chronicles — 45×
2 Chronicles — 111×
Ezra — 23×
Nehemiah — 53×
Nehemiah 1:8Nehemiah 1:10Nehemiah 4:6Nehemiah 4:13Nehemiah 4:14Nehemiah 4:19Nehemiah 4:22Nehemiah 5:1Nehemiah 5:13Nehemiah 5:15Nehemiah 5:18Nehemiah 5:19Nehemiah 7:4Nehemiah 7:5Nehemiah 7:7Nehemiah 7:72Nehemiah 7:73Nehemiah 8:1Nehemiah 8:3Nehemiah 8:5Nehemiah 8:6Nehemiah 8:7Nehemiah 8:9Nehemiah 8:11Nehemiah 8:12+ 28 more in Nehemiah
Esther — 28×
Psalms — 120×
Psalms 3:6Psalms 3:8Psalms 7:8Psalms 9:11Psalms 14:4Psalms 14:7Psalms 18:27Psalms 18:43Psalms 18:47Psalms 22:6Psalms 22:31Psalms 28:9Psalms 29:11Psalms 33:10Psalms 33:12Psalms 35:18Psalms 44:12Psalms 45:5Psalms 45:10Psalms 45:12Psalms 45:17Psalms 47:1Psalms 47:3Psalms 47:9Psalms 49:1+ 95 more in Psalms
Proverbs — 9×
Ecclesiastes — 2×
Song of Solomon — 1×
Isaiah — 129×
Jeremiah — 163×
Jeremiah 1:18Jeremiah 2:11Jeremiah 2:13Jeremiah 2:31Jeremiah 2:32Jeremiah 4:10Jeremiah 4:11Jeremiah 4:22Jeremiah 5:14Jeremiah 5:21Jeremiah 5:23Jeremiah 5:26Jeremiah 5:31Jeremiah 6:14Jeremiah 6:19Jeremiah 6:21Jeremiah 6:22Jeremiah 6:26Jeremiah 6:27Jeremiah 7:12Jeremiah 7:16Jeremiah 7:23Jeremiah 7:33Jeremiah 8:5Jeremiah 8:7+ 138 more in Jeremiah
Lamentations — 11×
Ezekiel — 98×
Ezekiel 3:5Ezekiel 3:6Ezekiel 3:11Ezekiel 7:27Ezekiel 11:1Ezekiel 11:17Ezekiel 11:20Ezekiel 12:19Ezekiel 13:9Ezekiel 13:10Ezekiel 13:17Ezekiel 13:18Ezekiel 13:19Ezekiel 13:21Ezekiel 13:23Ezekiel 14:8Ezekiel 14:9Ezekiel 14:11Ezekiel 17:9Ezekiel 17:15Ezekiel 18:18Ezekiel 20:34Ezekiel 20:35Ezekiel 20:41Ezekiel 21:12+ 73 more in Ezekiel
Daniel — 16×
Hosea — 18×
Joel — 13×
Obadiah — 1×
Jonah — 1×
Micah — 19×
Nahum — 2×
Haggai — 8×
Zechariah — 19×
Malachi — 2×
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