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אִם

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hebrewOld TestamentConditional1,070 occurrences37 books931 verses

Definition

a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
Traditional renderings: (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), + but, either, + except, + more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, + save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, + surely (no more, none, not), though, + of a truth, + unless, + verily, when, whereas, whether, while, + yet.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אִם:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,070 total
  1. 2 Samuel 3:35אִם־ · if
    Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”
  2. 2 Samuel 5:6אִם־
    Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”
  3. 2 Samuel 10:11אִם־ · If; וְאִם־ · And if
    “If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to your rescue.
  4. 2 Samuel 11:11אִֽם־ · I will not
    Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”
  5. 2 Samuel 11:20אִֽם־ · if
    …if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?
  6. 2 Samuel 12:3אִם־
    …but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.
  7. 2 Samuel 12:8וְאִ֨ם־ · and if
    I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.
  8. 2 Samuel 13:33אִם־
    So now, my lord the king, do not take to heart the report that all the sons of the king are dead. Only Amnon is dead.”
  9. 2 Samuel 14:11אִם־ · not
    “Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”
  10. 2 Samuel 14:19אִם־ · no one
    So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.
  11. 2 Samuel 14:32וְאִם־ · and if
    “Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”
  12. 2 Samuel 15:8אִם־ · If
    For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”
  13. 2 Samuel 15:21אִם־ · whether; אִם־ · or; אִם־
    But Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!”
  14. 2 Samuel 15:25אִם־ · If
    Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.
  15. 2 Samuel 15:26וְאִם֙ · But if
    But if He should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.”
  16. 2 Samuel 15:33אִ֚ם · If
    David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.
  17. 2 Samuel 15:34וְאִם־ · if
    But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’
  18. 2 Samuel 17:6אִם־ · If
    So Hushai came to Absalom, who told him, “Ahithophel has spoken this proposal. Should we carry it out? If not, what do you say?”
  19. 2 Samuel 17:13וְאִם־ · If
    If he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found there.”
  20. 2 Samuel 18:3אִם־ · if; וְאִם־ · Even if
    But the people pleaded, “You must not go out! For if we have to flee, they will not care about us. Even if half of us die, they will not care. But you are worth ten thousand of us. It is better now if you support us from the city.”
  21. 2 Samuel 18:25אִם־ · If he is alone
    So he called out and told the king. “If he is alone,” the king replied, “he bears good news.” As the first runner drew near,
  22. 2 Samuel 19:7אִם־ · not
    Now therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”
  23. 2 Samuel 19:13אִם־ · if
    And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from now on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”
  24. 2 Samuel 19:28אִם־
    For all the house of my grandfather deserves death from my lord the king, yet you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right, then, do I have to keep appealing to the king?”
  25. 2 Samuel 19:35אִם־; אִם־
    I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
  26. 2 Samuel 19:42אִם־ · or
    And all the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is our relative. Why does this anger you? Have we ever eaten at the king’s expense or received anything for ourselves?”
  27. 2 Samuel 20:20אִם־ · to; וְאִם־ · or
    “Far be it!” Joab declared. “Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy!
  28. 2 Samuel 21:2אִם־
    At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)
  29. 2 Samuel 24:13אִם־; וְאִם־ · or
    So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
  30. 1 Kings 1:27אִ֗ם · Has
    Has my lord the king let this happen without informing your servant who should sit on the throne after my lord the king?”
  31. 1 Kings 1:51אִם־ · not
    It was reported to Solomon: “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, and he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon first swear to me not to put his servant to the sword.’”
  32. 1 Kings 1:52אִ֚ם · If; וְאִם־ · But if
    And Solomon replied, “If he is a man of character, not a single hair of his will fall to the ground. But if evil is found in him, he will die.”
  33. 1 Kings 2:4אִם־ · If
    …and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
  34. 1 Kings 2:8אִם־ · I will never
    Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’
  35. 1 Kings 3:14וְאִ֣ם׀ · So if
    So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”
  36. 1 Kings 6:12אִם־ · if
    “As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.
  37. 1 Kings 8:19אִם־
    Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
  38. 1 Kings 8:25אִם־ · if
    Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have done.’
  39. 1 Kings 9:4אִם־ · if
    And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
  40. 1 Kings 9:6אִם־ · But if
    But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
  41. 1 Kings 11:38אִם־ · If
    If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
  42. 1 Kings 12:7אִם־ · If
    They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”