לְאֹם
lᵉʼôm · leh-ome'
a community
Lexicon
Derivation: or לְאוֹם; from an unused root meaning to gather;
a community
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: nation, people.
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › strength, the leader › water, chaos, the mighty deep
Authority, the one who leads of strength, the leader of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לְאֹם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
31 occurrences · 31 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the people3 · 9%
- to the people3 · 9%
- the people3 · 9%
- of people2 · 6%
- and the people2 · 6%
- unto thee among the nations2 · 6%
- the nations2 · 6%
- ye people2 · 6%
- and let the people2 · 6%
- and the one people1 · 3%
- than the other people1 · 3%
- thee, and nations1 · 3%
- among the people1 · 3%
- under us, and the nations1 · 3%
- o let the nations1 · 3%
- and all people1 · 3%
- upon the people1 · 3%
- to any people1 · 3%
- nations1 · 3%
- of nations1 · 3%
- for thee, and people1 · 3%
- unto me, o my nation1 · 3%
- and the folk1 · 3%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.