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In the context of the Bible, the term "people's" often refers to nations, tribes, or groups of individuals who share common characteristics, beliefs, or ancestry. The concept of "people's" is significant throughout the biblical narrative, as it underscores the collective identity and destiny of various groups, particularly in relation to God's covenant and redemptive plan.

Old Testament Context

In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word "am" is frequently used to denote a people or nation. The Israelites are often referred to as God's chosen people, a distinct group set apart for His purposes. In Exodus 6:7 , God declares, "I will take you as My people, and I will be your God. You will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians." This covenantal relationship establishes the Israelites as a unique people among the nations.

The Old Testament also speaks of other peoples, often in the context of their interactions with Israel. For example, the Canaanites, Philistines, and Egyptians are frequently mentioned as neighboring peoples with whom Israel had various encounters, both hostile and peaceful. The prophetic books often address these peoples, pronouncing judgments or blessings based on their actions and relationship with God and His people.

New Testament Context

In the New Testament, the Greek word "laos" is commonly used to refer to a people or populace. The concept of "people's" expands beyond the ethnic boundaries of Israel to include all who come to faith in Jesus Christ. This is evident in passages such as 1 Peter 2:9 , which states, "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light."

The New Testament emphasizes the unity of believers as one people in Christ, transcending ethnic and cultural divisions. Galatians 3:28 affirms this by stating, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." This unity is a central theme in the early church's mission to spread the Gospel to all peoples, as seen in the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20).

Theological Significance

Theologically, the concept of "people's" in the Bible highlights God's sovereign choice and His desire for a relationship with humanity. Throughout Scripture, God calls individuals and groups to Himself, forming a people who are to reflect His character and purposes in the world. This calling is both a privilege and a responsibility, as God's people are to live in obedience to His commands and bear witness to His truth.

The Bible also presents a vision of the eschatological gathering of all peoples before God. Revelation 7:9 describes a scene in which "a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb." This vision underscores the inclusivity of God's redemptive plan and the ultimate unity of all believers as one people in His eternal kingdom.

Cultural and Historical Context

Understanding the cultural and historical context of the various peoples mentioned in the Bible enriches the study of Scripture. The ancient Near Eastern world was a tapestry of diverse cultures, languages, and religions, each contributing to the broader narrative of God's interaction with humanity. Archaeological discoveries and historical research continue to shed light on the lives and customs of these peoples, providing valuable insights into the biblical text.

In summary, the term "people's" in the Bible encompasses a wide range of meanings, from specific ethnic groups to the universal body of believers. It reflects God's ongoing work in history to call a people to Himself, ultimately culminating in the gathering of all nations in worship and adoration of the one true God.

Greek

2261. epios -- gentle, mild
... reveals. Demonstrating such a congenial disposition means forthrightly into
people's lives as He reveals it through faith. Accordingly ...
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4183. polus -- much, many
... 1), large sums (1), larger (1), late* (2), lengthy (1), long (5), longer (1), loudly
(1), majority (3), many (181), many more (1), many people (1), many ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5971a. am -- people
am or am. 5971, 5971a. am or am. 5971b . people. Transliteration: am or
am Short Definition: people. Word Origin from an unused word ...
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Library

The People's Christ
... The People's Christ. A Sermon (No.11). ... REV. CH SPURGEON. At Exeter Hall, Strand.
"I have exalted one chosen out of the people.""Psalm 89:19. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/the peoples christ.htm

The People's Duties.
... Epistle of Peter to James. Chapter XVII."The People's Duties. Having said
this, and more than this, he looked again upon the multitude ...
/.../unknown/epistle of peter to james/chapter xvii the peoples duties.htm

Our Lord's Prayer for his People's Sanctification
... Our Lord's Prayer for His People's Sanctification. A Sermon (No.1890). ... OUR LORD
JESUS prayed much for his people while he was here on earth. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 32 1886/our lords prayer for his.htm

Sabbaths were Instituted on Account of the People's Sins, and not ...
... Chapter XXI."Sabbaths were instituted on account of the people's sins,
and not for a work of righteousness. "Moreover, that God ...
/.../chapter xxi sabbaths were instituted on.htm

That it is not Lawful for the Well Affected Subjects to Concur in ...
... is common both to magistrates and people, for the ground of it is common
to both"The people's insnaring, helping of the ungodly, &c. ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/section iv that it is.htm

Grundtvig's Later Years
... During his most lonely years Grundtvig once comforted himself with the words of
a Greek sage: "Speak to the people of yesterday, and you will be heard by the ...
/.../hymns and hymnwriters of denmark/chapter sixteen grundtvigs later years.htm

Whether the Subject of Pride is the Irascible Faculty?
... xxiv, 8) that "the proud observe other people's conduct not so as to set themselves
beneath them with humility, but so as to set themselves above them with ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the subject of pride.htm

Caring for My Aged Mother
... Chapter XXII Caring for my Aged Mother. Provision had now been made for the removal
of my mother to the Old People's Home at Anderson, Ind. ...
/.../cole/trials and triumphs of faith/chapter xxii caring for my.htm

Christ's Estimate of his People
... Christ's Estimate of His People. A Sermon (No.282). ... I. Begin at the beginning then,
Christ first PRAISES HIS PEOPLE'S LOVE. Dost thou love God, my hearer? ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/christs estimate of his people.htm

Hypocrisy
... I only say that there are such people, and too many of them; that we ourselves are
often in danger of becoming such hypocrites; and that this was the sort of ...
/.../kingsley/town and country sermons/sermon xxxvii hypocrisy.htm

Thesaurus

People's (37 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance People's (37 Occurrences). ... Matthew 24:12 And because
wrongdoing will be increased, the love of most people will become cold. (See NAS). ...
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Grown (77 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:15 for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of
hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with ...
/g/grown.htm - 30k

Dull (16 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:15 for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of
hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with ...
/d/dull.htm - 12k

Calloused (3 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:15 for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of
hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with ...
/c/calloused.htm - 7k

Callous (6 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:15 for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of
hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with ...
/c/callous.htm - 8k

Closed (47 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:15 for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of
hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with ...
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Scarcely (14 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:15 for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of
hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with ...
/s/scarcely.htm - 10k

Prevent (32 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:15 For this people's mind is stupefied, their hearing has become dull,
and their eyes they have closed; to prevent their ever seeing with their eyes ...
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Otherwise (78 Occurrences)
... Matthew 9:17 Nor do people pour new wine into old wineskins. ... Matthew 26:5 But they
said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people." (See NAS). ...
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Perceive (53 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:15 for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of
hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with ...
/p/perceive.htm - 22k

Resources

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People's (37 Occurrences)

Matthew 13:15
for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and should turn again; and I would heal them.'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS RSV NIV)

Matthew 24:12
And because wrongdoing will be increased, the love of most people will become cold.
(See NAS)

John 10:21
Others said, These sayings are not those of one that is possessed by a demon. Can a demon open blind people's eyes?
(DBY)

Acts 28:27
For this people's heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again, and I would heal them.'
(WEB WEY ASV RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore form no premature judgements, but wait until the Lord returns. He will both bring to light the secrets of darkness and will openly disclose the motives that have been in people's hearts; and then the praise which each man deserves will come to him from God.
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 5:11
But the sense of my letter was that if a brother had the name of being one who went after the desires of the flesh, or had the desire for other people's property, or was in the way of using violent language, or being the worse for drink, or took by force what was not his, you might not keep company with such a one, or take food with him.
(BBE)

1 Timothy 5:13
And, at the same time, they learn also to be idle, going about to people's houses; and not only idle, but also gossipers and meddlers, speaking things not becoming.
(DBY)

Titus 1:10
For there are many and disorderly vain speakers and deceivers of people's minds, specially those of the circumcision,
(DBY)

Hebrews 7:5
And it is true that by the law, those of the sons of Levi who have the position of priests may take a tenth part of the people's goods; that is to say, they take it from their brothers though these are the sons of Abraham.
(BBE)

Hebrews 7:27
Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
(KJV WBS)

Hebrews 10:30
For we know who it is that has said, "Vengeance belongs to Me: I will pay back;" and again, "The Lord will be His people's judge."
(WEY)

1 Peter 4:15
But let not one of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evil-doer, or as a spy upon other people's business.
(WEY DBY)

Revelation 9:7
The shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared for war. On their heads were something like golden crowns, and their faces were like people's faces.
(WEB)

Revelation 18:13
and cinnamon, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, sheep, horses, chariots, and people's bodies and souls.
(WEB)

Exodus 18:19
Give ear now to my suggestion, and may God be with you: you are to be the people's representative before God, taking their causes to him:
(BBE NAS NIV)

Exodus 33:12
And Moses said to the Lord, See, you say to me, Be this people's guide on their journey, but you have not made clear to me whom you will send with me. But you have said, I have knowledge of you by name, and you have grace in my eyes.
(BBE)

Leviticus 9:7
And Moses said to Aaron, Come near to the altar and make your sin-offering and your burned offering to take away your sin and the sin of the people, and make the people's offering to take away their sin; as the Lord has given orders.
(BBE)

Leviticus 9:15
He presented the people's offering, and took the goat of the sin offering which was for the people, and killed it, and offered it for sin, like the first.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 16:15
And he hath slaughtered the goat of the sin-offering which 'is' the people's, and hath brought in its blood unto the inside of the vail, and hath done with its blood as he hath done with the blood of the bullock, and hath sprinkled it on the mercy-seat, and at the front of the mercy-seat,
(YLT)

Numbers 31:43
(Now the people's half was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand, five hundred sheep,
(BBE)

Judges 7:8
So they took the victuals of the people in their hand, and their horns; and he sent all the men of Israel every man unto his tent, but retained the three hundred men; and the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
(See NAS)

2 Chronicles 25:15
Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and He sent unto him a prophet, who said unto him: 'Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of thy hand?'
(See NIV)

Ezra 3:13
so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people; for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
(See RSV)

Esther 1:22
for he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and speak according to the language of his people.
(See NIV)

Esther 3:8
Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different than other people's. They don't keep the king's laws. Therefore it is not for the king's profit to allow them to remain.
(WEB)

Psalms 80:4
O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt Thou be angry against the prayer of Thy people?
(See RSV)

Psalms 105:40
At the people's request he sent birds, and gave them the bread of heaven for food.
(BBE)

Psalms 135:14
For the Lord will be judge of his people's cause; his feelings will be changed to his servants.
(BBE)

Proverbs 13:23
An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, but injustice sweeps it away.
(WEB)

Song of Songs 6:12
Without realizing it, my desire set me with my royal people's chariots.
(WEB)

Isaiah 32:13
Thorns and briars will come up on my people's land; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
(WEB)

Isaiah 57:14
And He will say: cast ye up, cast ye up, clear the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of My people.
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 36:3
therefore, prophesy, and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because, even because, of desolating, And of swallowing you up from round about, For your being a possession to the remnant of the nations, And ye are taken up on the tip of the tongue, And 'are' an evil report of the people.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 46:18
Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance, to thrust them out of their possession; he shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession, that my people not be scattered every man from his possession.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)

Micah 2:4
In that day they will take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, saying,'We are utterly ruined! My people's possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!'"
(WEB NIV)

Micah 3:3
And who have eaten the flesh of My people, And their skin from off them have stript, And their bones they have broken, And they have spread 'them' out as in a pot, And as flesh in the midst of a caldron.
(See NIV)

Habakkuk 2:13
Lo, is it not from Jehovah of Hosts And peoples are fatigued for fire, And nations for vanity are weary?
(See NIV)

Subtopics

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