Strong's Concordance H5971

Original Word: עַם
Transliteration: ʻam
Phonetic Spelling: am
from H6004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.

Usages throughout the bible

1 Kings 5:7 - And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people. H5971

1 Kings 5:16 - Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people H5971 that wrought in the work.

1 Kings 6:13 - And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people H5971 Israel.

1 Kings 8:16 - Since the day that I brought forth my people H5971 Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people H5971 Israel.

1 Kings 8:30 - And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people H5971 Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

1 Kings 8:33 - When thy people H5971 Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:

1 Kings 8:34 - Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people H5971 Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.

1 Kings 8:36 - Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people H5971 Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people H5971 for an inheritance.

1 Kings 8:38 - What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people H5971 Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

1 Kings 8:41 - Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people H5971 Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;

1 Kings 8:43 - Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people H5971 of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people H5971 Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.

1 Kings 8:44 - If thy people H5971 go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:

1 Kings 8:50 - And forgive thy people H5971 that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:

1 Kings 8:51 - For they be thy people, H5971 and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:

1 Kings 8:52 - That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people H5971 Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.

1 Kings 8:53 - For thou didst separate them from among all the people H5971 of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.

1 Kings 8:56 - Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people H5971 Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.

1 Kings 8:59 - And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people H5971 Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:

1 Kings 8:60 - That all the people H5971 of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else.

1 Kings 8:66 - On the eighth day he sent the people H5971 away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people. H5971

1 Kings 9:7 - Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: H5971

1 Kings 9:20 - And all the people H5971 that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,

1 Kings 9:23 - These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people H5971 that wrought in the work.

1 Kings 12:5 - And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people H5971 departed.

1 Kings 12:6 - And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people? H5971

1 Kings 12:7 - And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people H5971 this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.

1 Kings 12:9 - And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, H5971 who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?

1 Kings 12:10 - And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people H5971 that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.

1 Kings 12:12 - So Jeroboam and all the people H5971 came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.

1 Kings 12:13 - And the king answered the people H5971 roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;

1 Kings 12:15 - Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; H5971 for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

1 Kings 12:16 - So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people H5971 answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.

1 Kings 12:23 - Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, H5971 saying,

1 Kings 12:27 - If this people H5971 go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people H5971 turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.

1 Kings 12:30 - And this thing became a sin: for the people H5971 went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.

1 Kings 12:31 - And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, H5971 which were not of the sons of Levi.

1 Kings 13:33 - After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people H5971 priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

1 Kings 14:2 - And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people. H5971

1 Kings 14:7 - Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, H5971 and made thee prince over my people H5971 Israel,

1 Kings 16:2 - Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people H5971 Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people H5971 Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;

1 Kings 16:15 - In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people H5971 were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

1 Kings 16:16 - And the people H5971 that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.

1 Kings 16:21 - Then were the people H5971 of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people H5971 followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.

1 Kings 16:22 - But the people H5971 that followed Omri prevailed against the people H5971 that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.

1 Kings 18:21 - And Elijah came unto all the people, H5971 and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people H5971 answered him not a word.

1 Kings 18:22 - Then said Elijah unto the people, H5971 I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

1 Kings 18:24 - And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people H5971 answered and said, It is well spoken.

1 Kings 18:30 - And Elijah said unto all the people, H5971 Come near unto me. And all the people H5971 came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.

1 Kings 18:37 - Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people H5971 may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.

1 Kings 18:39 - And when all the people H5971 saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.