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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 Kings 9:35אִם־
    But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.
  2. 2 Kings 10:6אִם־ · If
    Then Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city.
  3. 2 Kings 10:23אִם־
    Next, Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of Baal, and Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Look around to see that there are no servants of the LORD here among you—only servants of Baal.”
  4. 2 Kings 13:7אִם־
    Jehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.
  5. 2 Kings 14:6אִם־
    Yet he did not put the sons of the murderers to death, but acted according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”
  6. 2 Kings 17:36אִֽם־
    Instead, worship the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him and offer sacrifices to Him.
  7. 2 Kings 17:39אִֽם־
    …but worship the LORD your God, and He will deliver you from the hands of all your enemies.”
  8. 2 Kings 17:40אִֽם־
    But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs.
  9. 2 Kings 18:23אִם־ · if
    Now, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!
  10. 2 Kings 19:18אִם־ · only
    They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
  11. 2 Kings 20:9אִם־ · or
    And Isaiah had replied, “This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: Would you like the shadow to go forward ten steps, or back ten steps?”
  12. 2 Kings 20:19אִם־ · at least
    But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Will there not at least be peace and security in my lifetime?”
  13. 2 Kings 21:8אִם־ · if
    I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to wander from the land that I gave to their fathers, if only they are careful to do all I have commanded them—the whole Law that My servant Moses commanded them.”
  14. 2 Kings 23:9אִם־
    Although the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests.
  15. 2 Kings 23:23אִם־
    But in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed to the LORD in Jerusalem.
  16. 1 Chronicles 2:34אִם־
    Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. He also had an Egyptian servant named Jarha.
  17. 1 Chronicles 4:10אִם־ · If only
    And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.
  18. 1 Chronicles 12:17אִם־ · If; וְאִֽם־ · but if
    And David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you.”
  19. 1 Chronicles 13:2אִם־ · If
    And he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us.
  20. 1 Chronicles 15:2אִם־
    Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever.”
  21. 1 Chronicles 19:12אִם־ · 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.
  22. 1 Chronicles 21:12אִם־ · between; וְאִם־; וְאִם־ · or
    …between three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies and overtaken by their swords, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague upon the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
  23. 1 Chronicles 22:13אִם־ · if
    Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
  24. 1 Chronicles 23:22אִם־
    Eleazar died without having any sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
  25. 1 Chronicles 28:7אִם־ · if
    I will establish his kingdom forever, if he resolutely carries out My commandments and ordinances, as is being done this day.’
  26. 1 Chronicles 28:9אִֽם־ · If; וְאִם־ · but if
    As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
  27. 2 Chronicles 2:6אִם־
    But who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain Him? Who then am I, that I should build a house for Him, except as a place to burn sacrifices before Him?
  28. 2 Chronicles 6:16אִם־ · 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 in My law as you have walked before Me.’
  29. 2 Chronicles 6:22אִם־ · When
    When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,
  30. 2 Chronicles 6:24וְֽאִם־ · When
    When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading before You in this temple,
  31. 2 Chronicles 7:13וְאִם־ · or if
    If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,
  32. 2 Chronicles 7:17אִם־ · if
    And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
  33. 2 Chronicles 7:19וְאִם־ · But if
    But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
  34. 2 Chronicles 10:7אִם־ · If
    They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
  35. 2 Chronicles 15:2וְאִֽם־ · If; וְאִם־ · but if
    So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
  36. 2 Chronicles 18:5אִם־ · or
    So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and God will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
  37. 2 Chronicles 18:14אִם־ · or
    When Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for they will be delivered into your hand.”
  38. 2 Chronicles 18:17אִם־
    Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”
  39. 2 Chronicles 18:27אִם־ · If
    But Micaiah replied, “If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take heed, all you people!”
  40. 2 Chronicles 18:30אִֽם־
    Now the king of Aram had ordered his chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”
  41. 2 Chronicles 20:9אִם־ · If
    ‘If disaster comes upon us—whether sword or judgment, plague or famine—we will stand before this temple and before You, for Your Name is in this temple. We will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear us and save us.’
  42. 2 Chronicles 21:17אִם־
    So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest.
  43. 2 Chronicles 23:6אִם־
    No one is to enter the house of the LORD except the priests and those Levites who serve; they may enter because they are consecrated, but all the people are to obey the requirement of the LORD.
  44. 2 Chronicles 25:8אִם־ · if
    Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will overthrow you before the enemy, for God has power to help and power to overthrow.”