King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3816
Transliteration: leom
Phonetic Spelling: (leh-ome')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: people
Meaning: a community
Word Summary
leom: people
Original Word: לְאֹםTransliteration: leom
Phonetic Spelling: (leh-ome')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: people
Meaning: a community
Strong's Concordance
nation, people Or l owm {leh-ome'}; from an unused root meaning to gather; a community -- nation, people.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3816. leom
לְאוֺם לְאֹם, noun masculineGenesis 25:23 people, in poetry and chiefly late; — ׳ל absolute 25:23 (twice in verse); Proverbs 14:28, לְאוֺם 11:26; suffix לְאוּמִּי Isaiah 51:4; plural לְאֻמִּים Genesis 25:23 28t.; לְאוּמִים Isaiah 55:4; — people, both of Israel and of Edom, Genesis 25:23 (3 t. in verse) (J; Jacob and Esau; "" גּוֺי); elsewhere of Israel only Isaiah 51:4 (singular "" עַם); usually plural of other peoples: — ל ׳שְׁאוֺן 17:12 ("" עמים הֲמוֺן, compare 17:13; "" גּוֺיִם 34:1; 43:9; Psalm 2:1; 44:3; 44:15; 105:44; 149:7, compare Isaiah 55:4 (twice in verse) (גּוֺי in 55:5); "" עַמִּים Genesis 27:29 (J), Habakkuk 2:13; Jeremiah 51:58; Psalm 47:4; 57:10; 67:5 (twice in verse); 108:4; Proverbs 24:24; further Isaiah 41:1; 49:1 (both "" אִיִּים), 43:4 ("" אָ֯דָם 60:2 ("" אֶרֶץ), Psalm 9:9 ("" תֵּבֵל), 148:11 ("" אֶרֶץ מַלְכֵי, etc.); לְאֻמִּים עֲדַת 7:8, ל ׳הֲמוֺן 65:8; of any and all peoples Proverbs 14:34; singular indefinite = people in General, as making public opinion, 11:26 (collective, with plural verb); = population, as subjects of prince 14:28 ("" עַם).