H5971

עַם

ʻam · am

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

Lexicon

Derivation: from H6004 (עָמַם);

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

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

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: folk, men, nation, people.

Letters

Ayin

Mem

עAyin70
Picture: an eye
Concrete
eye · spring of water
Extended
to see · to know · experience · to watch
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)

to see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep

To see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עַם 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

1873 occurrences · 1873 OT · 0 NT · 370 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

the people177 · 16%
of the people156 · 14%
and the people109 · 10%
and all the people105 · 10%
people92 · 8%
of my people52 · 5%
unto the people43 · 4%
my people41 · 4%
his people40 · 4%
thy people33 · 3%
this people26 · 2%
for the people26 · 2%
all the people23 · 2%
among the people21 · 2%
unto all the people21 · 2%
of thy people20 · 2%
of all the people17 · 2%
of his people17 · 2%
to the people15 · 1%
unto his people14 · 1%
of this people13 · 1%
and his people11 · 1%
from the people10 · 1%
a people10 · 1%
so the people9 · 1%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

הָעָ֖ם133הָעָ֔ם123הָעָם֙81הָעָ֑ם62עַם־60הָעָ֣ם57הָעָֽם׃45הָעָ֛ם41הָעָ֗ם39עַ֣ם36הָעָ֥ם35הָעָ֜ם32

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.