עַם

How it's translated

• the people594
• people my138
• people his81
• the people of78
• peoples69
• people your65
• the peoples65
• a people61

Definition

Other senses of this number: kinsman, People's (Gate), (Ibleam)-am, people: soldiers, people: creatures

Between Hebrew and Greek

The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), the Bible the first Christians often quoted, translates this word as:

• λαός laos · a people 92%
• ἔθνος ethnos · Gentiles 7%

Where it appears

Genesisacross the Old TestamentMalachi

• Jeremiah150
• Exodus147
• Isaiah125
• Psalms111
• 2 Chronicles98
• Deuteronomy94
• Ezekiel88
• 1 Samuel86
• 2 Samuel72
• Numbers70

…and 29 more books.