Occurrences
ʻam occurs 1,867 times in 1,655 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (33), Exodus (149), Leviticus (39), Numbers (76), Deuteronomy (96), Joshua (58), Judges (61), Ruth (9), 1 Samuel (89), 2 Samuel (85), 1 Kings (67), 2 Kings (47), 1 Chronicles (39), 2 Chronicles (98), Ezra (19), Nehemiah (44), Esther (22), Job (8), Psalms (112), Proverbs (8), Ecclesiastes (2), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (125), Jeremiah (151), Lamentations (11), Ezekiel (91), Daniel (15), Hosea (17), Joel (12), Amos (7), Obadiah (1), Jonah (1), Micah (19), Nahum (2), Habakkuk (6), Zephaniah (7), Haggai (7), Zechariah (19), Malachi (2)
- Genesis 11:6 — And the LORD said, Behold, the people (עַ֤ם) 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 (הָעָֽם).
- 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 (מֵעַמֶּ֑יהָ); 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 (עַמִּ֖ים) 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 (הָעָ֖ם) from every quarter:
- Genesis 23:7 — And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people (לְעַם) 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 (עַמִּ֛י) give I it thee: bury thy dead.
- Genesis 23:12 — And Abraham bowed down himself before the people (עַ֥ם) of the land.
- Genesis 23:13 — And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people (עַם) 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 (עַמָּֽיו).
- 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 (עַמָּֽיו).
- Genesis 26:10 — And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people (הָעָם֙) might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
- Genesis 26:11 — And Abimelech charged all his people (הָעָ֖ם), saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
- Genesis 27:29 — Let people (עַמִּ֗ים) 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 (עַמִּֽים);
- Genesis 32:7 — Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people (הָעָ֣ם) 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 (הָעָ֖ם) 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 (לְעַ֥ם).
- Genesis 34:22 — Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people (לְעַ֣ם), 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 (הָעָ֥ם) that were with him.
- Genesis 35:29 — And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people (עַמָּ֔יו), 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 (עַמִּ֑י) 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 (הָעָ֛ם) 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 (עַ֣ם) 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 (הָעָ֔ם), he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
- Genesis 47:23 — Then Joseph said unto the people (הָעָ֔ם), Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
- Genesis 48:4 — And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people (עַמִּ֑ים); and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
- Genesis 48:19 — And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people (לְּעָ֖ם), and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
- Genesis 49:10 — The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people (עַמִּֽים) be.
- Genesis 49:16 — Dan shall judge his people (עַמּ֑וֹ), as one of the tribes of Israel.
- Genesis 49:29 — And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people (עַמִּ֔י): bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
- Genesis 49:33 — And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people (עַמָּֽיו).
- Genesis 50:20 — But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive (עַם).
- Exodus 1:9 — And he said unto his people (עַמּ֑וֹ), Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
- Exodus 1:9 — And he said unto his people, Behold, the people (עַ֚ם) of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
- Exodus 1:20 — Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people (הָעָ֛ם) multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
- Exodus 1:22 — And Pharaoh charged all his people (עַמּ֖וֹ), saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
- Exodus 3:7 — And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people (עַמִּ֖י) which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
- Exodus 3:10 — Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people (עַמִּ֥י) the children of Israel out of Egypt.
- Exodus 3:12 — And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people (הָעָם֙) out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
- Exodus 3:21 — And I will give this people (הָֽעָם) favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:
- Exodus 4:16 — And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people (הָעָ֑ם): and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.
- Exodus 4:21 — And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people (הָעָֽם) go.
- Exodus 4:30 — And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people (הָעָֽם).
- Exodus 4:31 — And the people (הָעָ֑ם) believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
- Exodus 5:1 — And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people (עַמִּ֔י) go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
- Exodus 5:4 — And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people (הָעָ֖ם) from their works? get you unto your burdens.
- Exodus 5:5 — And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people (עַ֣ם) of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
- Exodus 5:6 — And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people (בָּעָ֔ם), and their officers, saying,
- Exodus 5:7 — Ye shall no more give the people (לָעָ֛ם) straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.