What does עַם · קָדוֹשׁ mean in the Bible?
עַם · קָדוֹשׁ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "Holy people — the covenant community set apart as belonging exclusively to the LORD".
Hebrew · H5971, H6918
עַם קָדוֹשׁ
A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants ; figuratively, a flock · sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel , a saint , a sanctuary
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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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קָדוֹשׁ H6918 sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel , a saint , a sanctuary
Pronunciation qādôš
Set apart for God's exclusive use; moral purity and ceremonial separation converge in one concept.
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What does עַם קָדוֹשׁ (am qadosh) mean in the Bible?
עַם · קָדוֹשׁ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "Holy people — the covenant community set apart as belonging exclusively to the LORD".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H5971, H6918?
H5971, H6918 is connected to 1,989 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. Holy people — the covenant community set apart as belonging exclusively to the LORD
Strong's H5971, H6918
Lexical occurrences 1,989 verses Source Gloss
Holy people — the covenant community set apart as belonging exclusively to the LORD
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
עַם קָדוֹשׁ is built from this root:
עָמַם H6004
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
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