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.
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
Occurrences
1,070 total
- Leviticus 26:21וְאִם־ · IfIf you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.
- Leviticus 26:23וְאִ֨ם־ · And ifAnd if in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,
- Leviticus 26:27וְאִ֨ם־ · But ifBut if in spite of all this you do not obey Me, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,
- Leviticus 27:4וְאִם־ · Or ifOr if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.
- Leviticus 27:5וְאִ֨ם · And if [the person is]And if the person is from five to twenty years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
- Leviticus 27:6וְאִ֣ם · Now if [the person is]Now if the person is from one month to five years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be five shekels of silver, and for the female three shekels of silver.
- Leviticus 27:7וְ֠אִם · And if [the person is]; אִם־And if the person is sixty years of age or older, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels for the male and ten shekels for the female.
- Leviticus 27:8וְאִם־ · But ifBut if the one making the vow is too poor to pay the valuation, he is to present the person before the priest, who shall set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.
- Leviticus 27:9וְאִם־ · If [he vows]If he vows an animal that may be brought as an offering to the LORD, any such animal given to the LORD shall be holy.
- Leviticus 27:10וְאִם־ · But ifHe must not replace it or exchange it, either good for bad or bad for good. But if he does substitute one animal for another, both that animal and its substitute will be holy.
- Leviticus 27:11וְאִם֙ · But ifBut if the vow involves any of the unclean animals that may not be brought as an offering to the LORD, the animal must be presented before the priest.
- Leviticus 27:13וְאִם־ · If, however, [the owner]If, however, the owner decides to redeem the animal, he must add a fifth to its value.
- Leviticus 27:15וְאִ֨ם־ · But ifBut if he who consecrated his house redeems it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it will belong to him.
- Leviticus 27:16וְאִ֣ם׀ · IfIf a man consecrates to the LORD a parcel of his land, then your valuation shall be proportional to the seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver for every homer of barley seed.
- Leviticus 27:17אִם־ · IfIf he consecrates his field during the Year of Jubilee, the price will stand according to your valuation.
- Leviticus 27:18וְאִם־ · But ifBut if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, the priest is to calculate the price in proportion to the years left until the next Year of Jubilee, so that your valuation will be reduced.
- Leviticus 27:19וְאִם־ · And ifAnd if the one who consecrated the field decides to redeem it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it shall belong to him.
- Leviticus 27:20וְאִם־ · If, however; וְאִם־ · or ifIf, however, he does not redeem the field, or if he has sold it to another man, it may no longer be redeemed.
- Leviticus 27:22וְאִם֙ · Now ifNow if a man consecrates to the LORD a field he has purchased, which is not a part of his own property,
- Leviticus 27:26אִם־ · Whether [it is]; אִם־ · orBut no one may consecrate a firstborn of the livestock, because a firstborn belongs to the LORD. Whether it is an ox or a sheep, it is the LORD’s.
- Leviticus 27:27וְאִ֨ם · But if; וְאִם־ · IfBut if it is among the unclean animals, then he may redeem it according to your valuation and add a fifth of its value. If it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.
- Leviticus 27:31וְאִם־ · IfIf a man wishes to redeem part of his tithe, he must add a fifth to its value.
- Leviticus 27:33וְאִם־ · But ifHe must not inspect whether it is good or bad, and he shall not make any substitution. But if he does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute shall become holy; they cannot be redeemed.’”
- Numbers 5:8וְאִם־ · But ifBut if the man has no relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the LORD and must be given to the priest along with the ram of atonement, by which the atonement is made for him.
- Numbers 5:19אִם־ · If; וְאִם־ · andAnd he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.
- Numbers 5:27אִֽם־ · ifWhen he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people.
- Numbers 5:28וְאִם־ · But ifBut if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be unaffected and able to conceive children.
- Numbers 10:4וְאִם־ · But ifBut if only one is sounded, then the leaders, the heads of the clans of Israel, are to gather before you.
- Numbers 10:30אִם־“I will not go,” Hobab replied. “Instead, I am going back to my own land and my own people.”
- Numbers 11:12אִם־Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth, so that You should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries an infant,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers?
- Numbers 11:15וְאִם־ · If; אִם־ · ifIf this is how You are going to treat me, please kill me right now—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and let me not see my own wretchedness.”
- Numbers 11:22אִ֣ם · Or ifIf all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?”
- Numbers 11:23אִם־ · whether orThe LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.”
- Numbers 12:6אִם־ · IfHe said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
- Numbers 13:18אִם־ · orSee what the land is like and whether its people are strong or weak, few or many.
- Numbers 13:19אִם־ · or; אִ֥ם · orIs the land where they live good or bad? Are the cities where they dwell open camps or fortifications?
- Numbers 13:20אִם־ · or; אִם־ · orIs the soil fertile or unproductive? Are there trees in it or not? Be courageous and bring back some of the fruit of the land.” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)
- Numbers 14:8אִם־ · IfIf the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us.
- Numbers 14:23אִם־ · not one…not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.
- Numbers 14:28אִם־ · exactlySo tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say.
- Numbers 14:30אִם־ · Surely none; אִם־Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.