עַמִּי נָדִיבʻAmmîy Nâdîyb

people

Pronunciation: am-mee' naw-deeb' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5993

Meanings

1. a people, nation, (sometimes || גּוֺי) (Exodus 21:8; Joshua 17:14; Joshua 17:15)

2. = smaller units, e.g.

a. inhabitants of a city (Genesis 19:4; 1 Samuel 9:12; 1 Samuel 9:13)

b. inhabitants of a locality (Jeremiah 37:12; Deuteronomy 33:3; Hosea 10:14)

c. retainers, followers (Genesis 14:16; Genesis 32:8; Genesis 33:15)

d. people bearing arms (1 Samuel 11:11; 1 Kings 20:10; Numbers 20:20)

3. = common people (Jeremiah 21:7; Jeremiah 22:4; Leviticus 4:27)

4. people, persons, in general (Genesis 50:20; Exodus 33:16; Numbers 11:34)

5. phrases are

a. members of one's people, compatriots, fellow-countrymen (Numbers 22:5; Genesis 23:11; Leviticus 19:18)

b. common people (2 Kings 23:6; Jeremiah 26:23; Jeremiah 17:19)

c. the people (2 Kings 11:14; 2 Kings 11:18; 2 Kings 11:19)

d. peoples of the earth (Joshua 4:24; 2 Chronicles 32:19; Ezra 10:2)

Same root

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).