What does עַם · אֱלֹהִים mean in the Bible?
עַם · אֱלֹהִים is a Hebrew phrase meaning "covenant people and covenant God".
Hebrew · H5971, H430
לְעָם / לֵאלֹהִים
A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants ; figuratively, a flock · gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God ; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates ; and sometimes as a superlative
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עַם H5971 a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants ; figuratively, a flock
Pronunciation am
Collective body unified by kinship or covenant; Israel's foundational term for God's chosen people as organic whole.
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אֱלֹהִים H430 gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God ; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates ; and sometimes as a superlative
Pronunciation ʾĕlōhiym
Plural form persistently denotes the singular God of Israel; signals transcendent power and authority in every application.
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What does לְעָם / לֵאלֹהִים (leam / lelohim) mean in the Bible?
עַם · אֱלֹהִים is a Hebrew phrase meaning "covenant people and covenant God".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H5971, H430?
H5971, H430 is connected to 4,470 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. covenant people and covenant God
Strong's H5971, H430
Lexical occurrences 4,470 verses Source Gloss
covenant people and covenant God
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
לְעָם / לֵאלֹהִים is built from this root:
עָמַם H6004
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain