Definition
by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
Traditional renderings: again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
Traditional renderings: again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders גַּם:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
769 total
- Ezekiel 20:15וְגַם־ · MoreoverMoreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands—
- Ezekiel 20:23גַּם־ · HoweverHowever, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.
- Ezekiel 20:25וְגַם־ · alsoI also gave them over to statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live.
- Ezekiel 21:9וְגַם־ · and“Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished—
- Ezekiel 21:13גַּם־ · evenSurely testing will come! And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue?’ declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 21:17וְגַם־ · tooI too will strike My hands together, and I will satisfy My wrath.’ I, the LORD, have spoken.”
- Ezekiel 21:27גַּם־ · AndA ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin! And it will not be restored until the arrival of Him to whom it belongs, to whom I have assigned the right of judgment.’
- Ezekiel 23:35וְגַם־Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have forgotten Me and have cast Me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and prostitution.’”
- Ezekiel 23:37וְגַ֤ם · They have evenFor they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food for their idols.
- Ezekiel 24:3וְגַם־ · andNow speak a parable to this rebellious house and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Put the pot on the fire; put it on and pour in the water.
- Ezekiel 24:5וְגַ֛ם · and; גַּם־ · andTake the choicest of the flock and pile the fuel beneath it. Bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.’
- Ezekiel 24:9גַּם־Yes, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed! I, too, will pile the kindling high.
- Ezekiel 31:17גַּם־ · tooThey too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies they had lived in its shade among the nations.
- Ezekiel 39:16וְגַ֥ם · will be(Even the city will be named Hamonah.) And so they will cleanse the land.
- Daniel 11:8וְגַ֣ם · evenHe will take even their gods captive to Egypt, with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold. For some years he will stay away from the king of the North,
- Daniel 11:22וְגַ֖ם · along withThen a flood of forces will be swept away before him and destroyed, along with a prince of the covenant.
- Hosea 3:3וְגַם־ · andThen I said to her, “You must live with me for many days; you must not be promiscuous or belong to another, and I will do the same for you.”
- Hosea 4:3וְגַם־ · evenTherefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.
- Hosea 4:5גַּם־You will stumble by day, and the prophet will stumble with you by night; so I will destroy your mother—
- Hosea 4:6גַּם־ · will alsoMy people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
- Hosea 5:5גַּם־ · evenIsrael’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.
- Hosea 6:11גַּם־ · AlsoAlso for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.
- Hosea 7:9גַּם־ · EvenForeigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.
- Hosea 8:10גַּ֛ם · ThoughThough they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes.
- Hosea 9:12גַם־Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!
- Hosea 9:16גַּ֚ם · EvenEphraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.
- Hosea 10:6גַּם־ · YesYes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols.
- Hosea 12:11גַּ֤ם · IndeedIs there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
- Joel 1:12גַּם־The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.
- Joel 1:18גַּם־ · EvenHow the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
- Joel 1:20גַּם־ · EvenEven the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.
- Joel 2:3וְגַם־ · surelyBefore them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland—surely nothing will escape them.
- Joel 2:12וְגַם־ · Yet even“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”
- Joel 2:29וְגַ֥ם · EvenEven on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out My Spirit in those days.
- Joel 3:4וְ֠גַם · NowNow what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.
- Amos 4:6וְגַם־“I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
- Amos 4:7וְגַ֣ם · also“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.
- Amos 7:6גַּם־ · eitherSo the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.
- Obadiah 1:11גַּם־On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.
- Obadiah 1:13גַם־ · overYou should not enter the gate of My people in the day of their disaster, nor gloat over their affliction in the day of their disaster, nor loot their wealth in the day of their disaster.
- Micah 6:13וְגַם־ · ThereforeTherefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.
- Nahum 3:10גַּם־ · Yet; גַּ֧םYet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.
- Nahum 3:11גַּם־ · too; גַּם־ · andYou too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.
- Habakkuk 2:16גַם־ · tooYou will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.
- Zephaniah 1:18גַּם־ · nor; גַּם־Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.
- Zephaniah 2:12גַּם־ · will“You too, O Cushites, will be slain by My sword.”