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Lexicon :: Strong's H3816 - lᵊ'ōm

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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 Box Gen 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23 - and the LORD said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will be separated from within you. One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 - May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. You will be lord over your brothers, and the sons of your mother will bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed."

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:1 - Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:7 - The countries are assembled all around you; take once more your rightful place over them!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:8 - He judges the world fairly; he makes just legal decisions for the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:2 - You, by your power, defeated nations and settled our fathers on their land; you crushed the people living there and enabled our ancestors to occupy it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:14 - You made us an object of ridicule among the nations; foreigners treat us with contempt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:3 - He subdued nations beneath us and countries under our feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:9 - I will give you thanks before the nations, O Master! I will sing praises to you before foreigners!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 65:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:7 - You calm the raging seas and their roaring waves, as well as the commotion made by the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 67:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 67:4 - Let foreigners rejoice and celebrate! For you execute justice among the nations, and govern the people living on earth. (Selah)

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:44 - He handed the territory of nations over to them, and they took possession of what other peoples had produced,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:3 - I will give you thanks before the nations, O LORD! I will sing praises to you before foreigners!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:11 - you kings of the earth and all you nations, you princes and all you leaders on the earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 149:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:7 - in order to take revenge on the nations, and punish foreigners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:26 - People will curse the one who withholds grain, but they will praise the one who sells it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:28 - A king's glory is the abundance of people, but the lack of subjects is the ruin of a ruler.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:34 - Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:24 - The one who says to the guilty, "You are innocent," peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:12 - The many nations massing together are as good as dead, those who make a commotion as loud as the roaring of the sea's waves. The people making such an uproar are as good as dead, those who make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:13 - Though these people make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves, when he shouts at them, they will flee to a distant land, driven before the wind like dead weeds on the hills, or like dead thistles before a strong gale.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:1 - Come near, you nations, and listen! Pay attention, you people! The earth and everything it contains must listen, the world and everything that lives in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:1 - "Listen to me in silence, you coastlands! Let the nations find renewed strength! Let them approach and then speak; let us come together for debate!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:4 - Since you are precious and special in my sight, and I love you, I will hand over people in place of you, nations in place of your life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:9 - All nations gather together, the peoples assemble. Who among them announced this? Who predicted earlier events for us? Let them produce their witnesses to testify they were right; let them listen and affirm, 'It is true.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:1 - Listen to me, you coastlands! Pay attention, you people who live far away! The LORD summoned me from birth; he commissioned me when my mother brought me into the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:4 - Pay attention to me, my people! Listen to me, my people! For I will issue a decree, I will make my justice a light to the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:4 - Look, I made him a witness to nations, a ruler and commander of nations."

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:2 - For, look, darkness covers the earth and deep darkness covers the nations, but the LORD shines on you; his splendor appears over you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:58

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:58 - This is what the LORD who rules over all says, "Babylon's thick wall will be completely demolished. Her high gates will be set on fire. The peoples strive for what does not satisfy. The nations grow weary trying to get what will be destroyed."

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:13 - Be sure of this! The LORD who commands armies has decreed: The nations' efforts will go up in smoke; their exhausting work will be for nothing.
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