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עִם

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hebrewOld TestamentPreposition1,049 occurrences33 books919 verses

Definition

from H6004; adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)
Traditional renderings: accompanying, against, and, as (× long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עִם:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,049 total
  1. 1 Samuel 16:14מֵעִ֣ם · from
    Now the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and a spirit of distress from the LORD began to torment him.
  2. 1 Samuel 16:18עִמּֽוֹ׃ · is with him
    One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”
  3. 1 Samuel 17:19עִם־ · against
    They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”
  4. 1 Samuel 17:23עִמָּ֗ם · with them
    And as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the ranks of the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.
  5. 1 Samuel 17:26עִמּוֹ֮ · with him
    David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
  6. 1 Samuel 17:32עִם־
    And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail on account of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him!”
  7. 1 Samuel 17:33עִמּ֑וֹ · him
    But Saul replied, “You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”
  8. 1 Samuel 17:37עִמָּֽךְ׃ · with you
    David added, “The LORD, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” “Go,” said Saul, “and may the LORD be with you.”
  9. 1 Samuel 17:42עִם־ · and
    When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a boy, ruddy and handsome.
  10. 1 Samuel 18:12עִמּ֔וֹ · with David; וּמֵעִ֥ם · but
    So Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.
  11. 1 Samuel 18:13מֵֽעִמּ֔וֹ
    Therefore Saul sent David away and gave him command of a thousand men. David led the troops out to battle and back,
  12. 1 Samuel 18:14עִמּֽוֹ׃ · was with him
    …and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him.
  13. 1 Samuel 18:28עִם־ · was with
    When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,
  14. 1 Samuel 20:5עִם־ · with
    So David told him, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon, and I am supposed to dine with the king. Instead, let me go and hide in the field until the third evening from now.
  15. 1 Samuel 20:7מֵעִמּֽוֹ׃
    If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.
  16. 1 Samuel 20:8עִמָּ֑ךְ · with
    Therefore show kindness to your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?”
  17. 1 Samuel 20:9מֵעִ֤ם
    “Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”
  18. 1 Samuel 20:13עִמָּ֔ךְ · with you; עִם־ · with
    But if my father intends to bring evil on you, then may the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if I do not tell you and send you on your way in safety. May the LORD be with you, just as He has been with my father.
  19. 1 Samuel 20:15מֵעִ֥ם · from
    …and do not ever cut off your loving devotion from my household—not even when the LORD cuts off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”
  20. 1 Samuel 20:16עִם־ · with
    So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD hold David’s enemies accountable.”
  21. 1 Samuel 20:33מֵעִ֥ם
    Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him. So Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.
  22. 1 Samuel 20:34מֵעִ֥ם · from
    Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was grieved by his father’s shameful treatment of David.
  23. 1 Samuel 20:35עִמּֽוֹ׃ · was with him
    In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for the appointment with David, and a small boy was with him.
  24. 1 Samuel 22:2עִמּ֔וֹ · with him
    And all who were distressed or indebted or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.
  25. 1 Samuel 22:4עִמּ֔וֹ · with him
    So he left them in the care of the king of Moab, and they stayed with him the whole time David was in the stronghold.
  26. 1 Samuel 22:8עִם־ · with
    Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up my own servant to lie in wait against me, as is the case today.”
  27. 1 Samuel 22:17עִם־ · sided with
    Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.
  28. 1 Samuel 23:19עִמָּ֤נוּ · among us
    Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?
  29. 1 Samuel 25:7עִמָּ֔נוּ · with us
    Now I hear that it is time for shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we did not harass them, and nothing of theirs was missing the whole time they were in Carmel.
  30. 1 Samuel 25:16עִמָּ֖ם · near them
    They were a wall around us, both day and night, the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.
  31. 1 Samuel 25:25עִמּ֑וֹ · accompanies him
    My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
  32. 1 Samuel 26:6עִמָּֽךְ׃ · with you
    And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.
  33. 1 Samuel 27:2עִמּ֑וֹ · with
    So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
  34. 1 Samuel 27:3עִם־ · with
    David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.
  35. 1 Samuel 27:5עִמָּֽךְ׃ · with you
    Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”
  36. 1 Samuel 28:8עִמּ֔וֹ · with
    So Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and he set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said, “Consult a spirit for me. Bring up for me the one I name.”
  37. 1 Samuel 28:19עִמְּךָ֙ · with you; עִמִּ֑י · will be with me
    Moreover, the LORD will deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. And the LORD will deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.”
  38. 1 Samuel 29:2עִם־ · with
    As the Philistine leaders marched out with their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men marched behind them with Achish.
  39. 1 Samuel 29:4עִמָּ֙נוּ֙ · with us
    But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?
  40. 1 Samuel 29:9עִמָּ֖נוּ · with us
    Achish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’
  41. 1 Samuel 30:22עִם־ · with; עִמִּ֔י · with us
    …but all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”
  42. 1 Samuel 31:5עִמּֽוֹ׃ · with him
    When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died with him.
  43. 2 Samuel 1:2מֵעִ֣ם
    On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.
  44. 2 Samuel 1:24עִם־ · and
    O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.
  45. 2 Samuel 2:3עִמּ֛וֹ · were with him
    David also took the men who were with him, each with his household, and they settled in the towns near Hebron.
  46. 2 Samuel 2:5עִם־ · to
    So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead to tell them, “The LORD bless you, because you showed this kindness to Saul your lord when you buried him.