ʻam — H5972

Definition

masculine noun

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

1. people

Usually translated as

people

Origin

(Aramaic) corresponding to H5971

• ʻam (H5971)

Occurrences

ʻam occurs 14 times in 13 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (4), Daniel (9)

• Ezra 5:12 — But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away (וְעַמָּ֖ה) into Babylon.
• Ezra 6:12 — And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people (וְעַם֙), that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.
• Ezra 7:13 — I make a decree, that all they of the people (עַמָּ֨ה) of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.
• Ezra 7:25 — And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people (עַמָּה֙) that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.
• Daniel 2:44 — And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people (לְעַ֥ם), but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
• Daniel 3:4 — Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people (עַֽמְמַיָּ֔א), nations, and languages,
• Daniel 3:7 — Therefore at that time, when all the people (עַמְמַיָּ֡א) heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
• Daniel 3:7 — Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people (עַֽמְמַיָּ֜א), the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
• Daniel 3:29 — Therefore I make a decree, That every people (עַ֨ם), nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
• Daniel 4:1 — Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people (עַֽמְמַיָּ֞א), nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
• Daniel 5:19 — And for the majesty that he gave him, all people (עַֽמְמַיָּ֗א), nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
• Daniel 6:25 — Then king Darius wrote unto all people (עַֽמְמַיָּ֞א), nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
• Daniel 7:14 — And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people (עַֽמְמַיָּ֗א), nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
• Daniel 7:27 — And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people (לְעַ֖ם) of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.