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אִם

imifHow to read Hebrew
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. Ezekiel 18:3אִם־ · you will no
    As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel.
  2. Ezekiel 20:3אִם־ · I will not
    “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Have you come to inquire of Me? As surely as I live, I will not be consulted by you, declares the Lord GOD.
  3. Ezekiel 20:31אִם־ · I will not
    When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your sons in the fire, you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. So should I be consulted by you, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will not be consulted by you!
  4. Ezekiel 20:33אִם־
    As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will rule over you.
  5. Ezekiel 20:39אִם־ · you will surely
    And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and idols.
  6. Ezekiel 21:13אִם־ · if
    Surely testing will come! And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue?’ declares the Lord GOD.
  7. Ezekiel 22:14אִם־ · or
    Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will act.
  8. Ezekiel 33:11אִם־ · I take no; אִם־
    Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’
  9. Ezekiel 33:27אִם־
    Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.
  10. Ezekiel 34:8אִם־
    ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,
  11. Ezekiel 35:6אִם־ · Since
    …therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you.
  12. Ezekiel 36:5אִם־ · Surely
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Surely in My burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who took My land as their own possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, so that its pastureland became plunder.
  13. Ezekiel 36:7אִם־ · that surely
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I have sworn with an uplifted hand that surely the nations around you will endure reproach of their own.
  14. Ezekiel 36:22אִם־
    Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you went.
  15. Ezekiel 38:19אִם־
    In My zeal and fiery rage I proclaim that on that day there will be a great earthquake in the land of Israel.
  16. Ezekiel 43:11וְאִֽם־ · and if
    …and if they are ashamed of all they have done, then make known to them the design of the temple—its arrangement and its exits and entrances—its whole design along with all its statutes, forms, and laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its complete design and all its statutes and may carry them out.
  17. Ezekiel 44:10אִם־
    Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity.
  18. Ezekiel 44:22אִם־ · but
    And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest.
  19. Ezekiel 44:25אִם־
    A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person. However, for a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, or an unmarried sister, he may do so,
  20. Daniel 10:21אִם־
    But first I will tell you what is inscribed in the Book of Truth. Yet no one has the courage to support me against these, except Michael your prince.
  21. Hosea 4:15אִם־ · Though
    Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’
  22. Hosea 9:12אִם־ · if
    Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!
  23. Hosea 12:11אִם־ · Is there
    Is 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.
  24. Joel 1:2וְאִ֖ם · or
    Hear this, O elders; and give ear, all who dwell in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your fathers?
  25. Joel 3:4וְאִם־ · If
    Now 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.
  26. Amos 3:3אִם־
    Can two walk together without agreeing where to go?
  27. Amos 3:4אִם־ · if
    Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?
  28. Amos 3:6אִם־ · If; אִם־ · If
    If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
  29. Amos 3:7אִם־
    Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.
  30. Amos 5:22אִם־ · though
    Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard.
  31. Amos 6:2אִם־
    Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?
  32. Amos 6:9אִם־ · And if
    And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die.
  33. Amos 6:12אִֽם־
    “Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
  34. Amos 7:2אִם־ · when
    And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”
  35. Amos 8:7אִם־ · I will never
    The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.
  36. Amos 8:11אִם־
    Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land—not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.
  37. Amos 9:2אִם־ · Though; וְאִֽם־ · and though
    Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.
  38. Amos 9:3וְאִם־ · Though; וְאִם־ · and though
    Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.
  39. Amos 9:4וְאִם־ · Though
    Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix My eyes upon them for harm and not for good.”
  40. Obadiah 1:4אִם־ · Though; וְאִם־
    Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
  41. Obadiah 1:5אִם־ · If; אִם־ · if; אִם־ · If
    “If thieves came to you, if robbers by night—oh, how you will be ruined—would they not steal only what they wanted? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings?
  42. Micah 2:7אִם־
    Should it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things He does?” Do not My words bring good to him who walks uprightly?
  43. Micah 4:9אִֽם־ · Has
    Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?