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Lexicon :: Strong's H3816 - lᵊ'ōm

Aa
לְאֹם
Transliteration
lᵊ'ōm
Pronunciation
leh-ome'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to gather
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1069a

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: לאם (Strongs and Gesenius) לאום (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

לְאֹם lᵉʼôm, leh-ome'; or לְאוֹם lᵉʼôwm; from an unused root meaning to gather; a community:—nation, people.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x

The KJV translates Strong's H3816 in the following manner: people (24x), nation (10x), folk (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x
The KJV translates Strong's H3816 in the following manner: people (24x), nation (10x), folk (1x).

  1. a people, nation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לְאֹם lᵉʼôm, leh-ome'; or לְאוֹם lᵉʼôwm; from an unused root meaning to gather; a community:—nation, people.
STRONGS H3816: Abbreviations
† לְאֹם, לְאוֺם noun masculineGenesis 25:23 people, in poetry and chiefly late; — ל׳ absolute Genesis 25:23 (twice in verse); Proverbs 14:28, לְאוֺם Proverbs 11:26; suffix לְאוּמִּי Isaiah 51:4; plural לְאֻמִּים Genesis 25:23 + 28 times; לְאוּמִים Isaiah 55:4; — people, both of Israel and of Edom, Genesis 25:23 (3 times in verse) (J; Jacob and Esau; || גּוֺי); elsewhere of Israel only Isaiah 51:4 (singular || עַם); usually plural of other peoples: — שְׁאוֺן ל׳ Isaiah 17:12 (|| הֲמוֺן עמים, compare Isaiah 17:13; || גּוֺיִם Isaiah 34:1; Isaiah 43:9; Psalm 2:1; Psalm 44:3; Psalm 44:15; Psalm 105:44; Psalm 149:7, compare Isaiah 55:4 (twice in verse) (גּוֺי in Isaiah 55:5); || עַמִּים Genesis 27:29 (J), Habakkuk 2:13; Jeremiah 51:58; Psalm 47:4; Psalm 57:10; Psalm 67:5 (twice in verse); Psalm 108:4; Proverbs 24:24; further Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 49:1 (both || אִיִּים), Isaiah 43:4 (|| אָ֯דָם Isaiah 60:2 (|| אֶרֶץ), Psalm 9:9 (|| תֵּבֵל), Psalm 148:11 (|| מַלְכֵי אֶרֶץ, etc.); עֲדַת לְאֻמִּים Psalm 7:8, הֲמוֺן ל׳ Psalm 65:8; of any and all peoples Proverbs 14:34; singular indefinite = people in general, as making public opinion, Proverbs 11:26 (collective, with plural verb); = population, as subjects of prince Proverbs 14:28 (|| עַם).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

25:23; 25:23; 25:23; 25:23; 27:29

Psalms

2:1; 7:8; 9:9; 44:3; 44:15; 47:4; 57:10; 65:8; 67:5; 105:44; 108:4; 148:11; 149:7

Proverbs

11:26; 11:26; 14:28; 14:28; 14:34; 24:24

Isaiah

17:12; 17:13; 34:1; 41:1; 43:4; 43:9; 49:1; 51:4; 51:4; 55:4; 55:4; 55:5; 60:2

Jeremiah

51:58

Habakkuk

2:13

H3816

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3816 matches the Hebrew לְאֹם (lᵊ'ōm),
which occurs 36 times in 31 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23 - And the Lord said to her, Two nations are in your body, and two peoples will come to birth from you: the one will be stronger than the other, and the older will be the servant of the younger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 - Let peoples be your servants, and nations go down before you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons go down before you: a curse be on everyone by whom you are cursed, and a blessing on those who give you a blessing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:1 - Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:7 - The meeting of the nations will be round you; take your seat, then, over them, on high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:8 - And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:2 - Uprooting the nations with your hand, and planting our fathers in their place; cutting down the nations, but increasing the growth of your people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:14 - Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:3 - He will put down the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:9 - I will give you praise, O Lord, among the peoples; I will make songs to you among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:7 - Who makes the loud voice of the sea quiet, and puts an end to the sound of its waves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 67:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 67:4 - O let the nations be glad, and make song of joy; for you will be the judge of the peoples in righteousness, guiding the nations of the earth. (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:44 - And gave them the lands of the nations; and they took the work of the peoples for a heritage;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:3 - I will give you praise, O Lord, among the peoples; I will make melody to you among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:11 - Kings of the earth, and all peoples; rulers and all judges of the earth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:7 - To give the nations the reward of their sins, and the peoples their punishment;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:26 - He who keeps back grain will be cursed by the people; but a blessing will be on the head of him who lets them have it for a price.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:28 - A king's glory is in the number of his people: and for need of people a ruler may come to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:34 - By righteousness a nation is lifted up, but sin is a cause of shame to the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:24 - He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:12 - Ah! the voice of peoples, like the loud sounding of the seas, and the thundering of great nations rushing on like the bursting out of waters!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:13 - But he will put a stop to them, and make them go in flight far away, driving them like the waste of the grain on the tops of the mountains before the wind, and like the circling dust before the storm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:1 - Come near, you nations, and give ear; take note, you peoples: let the earth and everything in it give ear; the world and all those living in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:1 - Come quietly before me, O sea-lands, and let the peoples get together their strength: let them come near; then let them say what they have to say: let us put forward our cause against one another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:4 - Because of your value in my eyes, you have been honoured, and loved by me; so I will give men for you, and peoples for your life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:9 - Let all the nations come together, and let the peoples be present: who among them is able to make this clear, and give us word of earlier things? let their witnesses come forward, so that they may be seen to be true, and that they may give ear, and say, It is true.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:1 - Give ear, O sea-lands, to me; and take note, you peoples from far: I have been marked out by the Lord from the first; when I was still in my mother's body, he had my name in mind:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:4 - Give attention to me, O my people; and give ear to me, O my nation; for teaching will go out from me, and the knowledge of the true God will be a light to the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:4 - See, I have given him as a witness to the peoples, a ruler and a guide to the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:2 - For truly, the earth will be dark, and the peoples veiled in blackest night; but the Lord will be shining on you, and his glory will be seen among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:58

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:58 - The Lord of armies has said: The wide walls of Babylon will be completely uncovered and her high doorways will be burned with fire; so peoples keep on working for nothing, and the weariness of nations comes to an end in the smoke.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:13 - See, is it not the pleasure of the Lord of armies that the peoples are working for the fire and using themselves up for nothing?
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