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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. Deuteronomy 11:22אִם־ · if
    For if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him—
  2. Deuteronomy 11:28אִם־ · if
    …but a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.
  3. Deuteronomy 12:5אִֽם־
    Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
  4. Deuteronomy 12:14אִם־
    …you must offer them only in the place the LORD will choose in one of your tribal territories, and there you shall do all that I command you.
  5. Deuteronomy 12:18אִם־
    Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in all you do,
  6. Deuteronomy 15:5אִם־ · if
    …if only you obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commandments I am giving you today.
  7. Deuteronomy 16:6אִֽם־
    You must only offer the Passover sacrifice at the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name. Do this in the evening as the sun sets, at the same time you departed from Egypt.
  8. Deuteronomy 18:3אִם־ · whether; אִם־ · or
    This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.
  9. Deuteronomy 19:8וְאִם־ · And if
    And if the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as He swore to your fathers, and gives you all the land He promised them,
  10. Deuteronomy 20:11אִם־ · If
    If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.
  11. Deuteronomy 20:12וְאִם־ · But if
    But if they refuse to make peace with you and wage war against you, lay siege to that city.
  12. Deuteronomy 21:14אִם־ · if
    And if you are not pleased with her, you are to let her go wherever she wishes. But you must not sell her for money or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.
  13. Deuteronomy 22:2וְאִם־ · If
    If your brother does not live near you, or if you do not know who he is, you are to take the animal home to remain with you until your brother comes seeking it; then you can return it to him.
  14. Deuteronomy 22:20וְאִם־ · If, however
    If, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found,
  15. Deuteronomy 22:25וְֽאִם־ · But if
    But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die.
  16. Deuteronomy 24:1אִם־ · but
    If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.
  17. Deuteronomy 24:12וְאִם־ · If
    If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
  18. Deuteronomy 25:2אִם־ · If
    If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.
  19. Deuteronomy 25:7וְאִם־ · But if
    But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”
  20. Deuteronomy 28:1אִם־ · if
    “Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
  21. Deuteronomy 28:15אִם־ · If, however
    If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
  22. Deuteronomy 28:58אִם־ · If
    If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God—
  23. Deuteronomy 30:4אִם־ · Even if
    Even if you have been banished to the farthest horizon, He will gather you and return you from there.
  24. Deuteronomy 30:17וְאִם־ · But if
    But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,
  25. Deuteronomy 32:30אִם־ · unless
    How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
  26. Deuteronomy 32:41אִם־ · when
    …when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.
  27. Joshua 2:14אִ֚ם · If
    “Our lives for your lives!” the men agreed. “If you do not report our mission, we will show you kindness and faithfulness when the LORD gives us the land.”
  28. Joshua 2:19אִם־ · But if
    If anyone goes out the door of your house into the street, his blood will be on his own head, and we will be innocent. But if a hand is laid on anyone with you in the house, his blood will be on our heads.
  29. Joshua 2:20וְאִם־ · And if
    And if you report our mission, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.”
  30. Joshua 5:13אִם־ · or
    Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”
  31. Joshua 7:12אִם־ · you unless
    This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from among you whatever is devoted to destruction.
  32. Joshua 14:4אִם־ · except for
    The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion of the land was given to the Levites, except for cities in which to live, along with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.
  33. Joshua 14:9אִם־ · Surely
    On that day Moses swore to me, saying, ‘Surely the land on which you have set foot will be an inheritance to you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.’
  34. Joshua 17:3אִם־ · only
    But Zelophehad son of Hepher (the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh) had no sons but only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
  35. Joshua 17:15אִם־ · If
    Joshua answered them, “If you have so many people that the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go to the forest and clear for yourself an area in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim.”
  36. Joshua 22:19אִם־ · If
    If indeed the land of your inheritance is unclean, then cross over to the land of the LORD’s possession, where the LORD’s tabernacle stands, and take possession of it among us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the LORD our God.
  37. Joshua 22:22אִם־ · If [this]; וְאִם־
    “The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! He knows, and may Israel also know. If this was in rebellion or breach of faith against the LORD, do not spare us today.
  38. Joshua 22:23וְאִם־ · and; וְאִם־ · or
    If we have built for ourselves an altar to turn away from Him and to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings on it, or to sacrifice peace offerings on it, may the LORD Himself hold us accountable.
  39. Joshua 22:24וְאִם־ · But in fact
    But in fact we have done this for fear that in the future your descendants might say to ours, ‘What have you to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?
  40. Joshua 23:8אִם־
    Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.
  41. Joshua 23:12אִם־ · if
    For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,
  42. Joshua 24:15וְאִם֩ · But if; אִ֣ם · whether the; וְאִם֙ · or
    But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
  43. Judges 2:22אִם־ · whether
    In this way I will test whether Israel will keep the way of the LORD by walking in it as their fathers did.”
  44. Judges 4:8אִם־ · If; וְאִם־ · but if
    Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”