Keraia
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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. Isaiah 4:4אִ֣ם׀ · when
    …when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.
  2. Isaiah 5:9אִם־ · Surely
    I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.
  3. Isaiah 6:11אִם־
    Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,
  4. Isaiah 7:9אִ֚ם · If
    The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not stand firm in your faith, then you will not stand at all.’”
  5. Isaiah 8:20אִם־ · If
    To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
  6. Isaiah 10:9אִם־; אִם־
    “Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
  7. Isaiah 10:15אִם־ · Does
    Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!
  8. Isaiah 10:22אִם־
    Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.
  9. Isaiah 14:24אִם־ · Surely
    The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
  10. Isaiah 21:12אִם־ · If
    The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”
  11. Isaiah 22:14אִם־ · of yours will never
    The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your dying day, this sin of yours will never be atoned for,” says the Lord GOD of Hosts.
  12. Isaiah 24:13אִם־ · after
    So will it be on the earth and among the nations, like a harvested olive tree, like a gleaning after a grape harvest.
  13. Isaiah 27:7אִם־
    Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? Was she killed like those who slayed her?
  14. Isaiah 28:25אִם־ · When
    When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots, and rye within its border.
  15. Isaiah 29:16אִם־ · as if
    You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?
  16. Isaiah 30:17אִם־
    A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.
  17. Isaiah 33:21אִם־ · But
    But there the Majestic One, our LORD, will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals, where no galley with oars will row, and no majestic vessel will pass.
  18. Isaiah 36:8אִם־ · 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!
  19. Isaiah 37:19אִם־
    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.
  20. Isaiah 40:28אִם־
    Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.
  21. Isaiah 42:19אִם־
    Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?
  22. Isaiah 49:24וְאִם־ · or
    Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?
  23. Isaiah 50:2וְאִם־ · Or
    Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.
  24. Isaiah 53:10אִם־ · and when
    Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
  25. Isaiah 55:10אִם־
    For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
  26. Isaiah 55:11אִם־
    …so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
  27. Isaiah 58:9אִם־ · If
    Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,
  28. Isaiah 58:13אִם־ · If
    If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,
  29. Isaiah 59:2אִם־
    But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
  30. Isaiah 62:8אִם־ · Never; וְאִם־ · nor will
    The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled.
  31. Isaiah 65:6אִם־
    Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps,
  32. Isaiah 65:18אִם־
    But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight.
  33. Isaiah 66:8אִם־ · or
    Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.
  34. Isaiah 66:9אִם־ · Or
    Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?” says the LORD. “Or will I who deliver close the womb?” says your God.
  35. Jeremiah 2:14אִם־
    Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why then has he become prey?
  36. Jeremiah 2:22אִם־
    Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
  37. Jeremiah 2:28אִם־ · if they can
    But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.
  38. Jeremiah 2:31אִ֛ם · or
    You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?
  39. Jeremiah 3:5אִם־
    Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?’ This you have spoken, but you keep doing all the evil you can.”
  40. Jeremiah 3:10אִם־
    Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.
  41. Jeremiah 4:1אִם־ · If; וְאִם־ · If
    “If you will return, O Israel, return to Me,” declares the LORD. “If you will remove your detestable idols from My sight and no longer waver,
  42. Jeremiah 5:1אִם־ · If; אִם־
    “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.
  43. Jeremiah 5:2וְאִ֥ם · Although
    Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”
  44. Jeremiah 5:9וְאִם֙
    Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
  45. Jeremiah 5:22אִ֤ם
    Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
  46. Jeremiah 5:29אִ֚ם
    Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?