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אִם

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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. Jeremiah 38:4אִם־
    Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”
  2. Jeremiah 38:6אִם־
    So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
  3. Jeremiah 38:16אִם־ · I will not; וְאִם־ · nor
    But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”
  4. Jeremiah 38:17אִם־ · If
    Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.
  5. Jeremiah 38:18וְאִ֣ם · But if
    But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans. They will burn it down, and you yourself will not escape their grasp.’”
  6. Jeremiah 38:21וְאִם־ · But if
    But if you refuse to surrender, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:
  7. Jeremiah 39:12אם
    “Take him, look after him, and do not let any harm come to him; do for him whatever he says.”
  8. Jeremiah 40:4אִם־ · If; וְאִם־ · But if
    But now, behold, I am freeing you today from the chains that were on your wrists. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther. Look, the whole land is before you. Wherever it seems good and right to you, go there.”
  9. Jeremiah 42:5אִם־ · if
    Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act upon every word that the LORD your God sends you to tell us.
  10. Jeremiah 42:6אִם־ · Whether; וְאִם־ · or
    Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us when we obey the voice of the LORD our God!”
  11. Jeremiah 42:10אִם־ · If
    ‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster I have brought upon you.
  12. Jeremiah 42:13וְאִם־ · But if
    But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ and you thus disobey the voice of the LORD your God,
  13. Jeremiah 42:15אִם־ · If
    …then hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah! This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and reside there,
  14. Jeremiah 44:14אִם־
    …so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone to reside in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, where they long to return and live; for none will return except a few fugitives.”
  15. Jeremiah 44:26אִם־ · that never
    Nevertheless, hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah living in Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, says the LORD, that never again will any man of Judah living in the land of Egypt invoke My name or say, ‘As surely as the Lord GOD lives.’
  16. Jeremiah 48:27וְאִ֣ם׀; אִם־
    Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.
  17. Jeremiah 49:1אִם־
    Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?
  18. Jeremiah 49:9אִם־ · If; אִם־
    If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings? Were thieves to come in the night, would they not steal only what they wanted?
  19. Jeremiah 49:20אִם־ · Surely; אִם־ · certainly
    Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
  20. Jeremiah 50:45אִם־ · Surely; אִם־ · certainly
    Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
  21. Jeremiah 51:14אִם־
    The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.”
  22. Lamentations 1:12אִם־
    Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?
  23. Lamentations 2:20אִם־ · Should; אִם־
    Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?
  24. Lamentations 3:32אִם־ · if
    Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
  25. Lamentations 5:22אִם־
    …unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.
  26. Ezekiel 2:5אִם־ · And whether; וְאִם־ · or
    And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.
  27. Ezekiel 2:7אִֽם־ · whether; וְאִם־ · or
    But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.
  28. Ezekiel 3:6אִם־ · Surely
    …not to the many peoples of unfamiliar speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.
  29. Ezekiel 3:11אִֽם־ · whether; וְאִם־ · or
    Go to your people, the exiles; speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ whether they listen or refuse to listen.”
  30. Ezekiel 5:11אִם־
    Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you.
  31. Ezekiel 12:23אִם־
    Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will put an end to this proverb, and in Israel they will no longer recite it.’ But say to them: ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled.
  32. Ezekiel 14:16אִם־ · they could not; וְאִם־ · or
    …then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.
  33. Ezekiel 14:20אִם־ · they could not; אִם־ · or
    …then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves.
  34. Ezekiel 15:3אִם־ · Or
    Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils?
  35. Ezekiel 16:48אִם־ · never
    As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you and your daughters have done.
  36. Ezekiel 17:16אִם־ · As surely as
    ‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.
  37. Ezekiel 17:19אִם־ · surely as
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, I will bring down upon his head My oath that he despised and My covenant that he broke.