גַּם gam

Hebrew word for “also” · Strong’s H1571 · used 769 times in 661 verses

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Meaning

1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea;

How it is translated

Glosses given for gam in context, with how often each is used:

• also 656
• well as 43
• both 40
• nor 12
• neither 9
• ¿ also 8
• also? 1

Where it is used

Also in 25 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ecclesiastes 2 (10), 1 Samuel 28 (6), Nehemiah 5 (6), Ecclesiastes 9 (6), Genesis 24 (5), Genesis 27 (5), Genesis 30 (5), 1 Samuel 19 (5), 2 Samuel 17 (5), Nehemiah 6 (5)

Forms

• גם 508
• וגם 249
• הגם 8
• שׁגם 3
• בשׁגם 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with gam more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אֲנִי ani “I” 59
• עִם im “with” 59
• זֶה zeh “this” 57
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 55
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 56
• הֵמָּה hemmah “they(masc.)” 38
• יָדַע yada “to know” 44
• רָאָה raah “to see” 47
• הֶם hem “them” 44
• אֵת et “with” 41
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 39
• אָח ach “brother” 36

Key verses

The verses using gam that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 13:16 — And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
• 2 Samuel 12:13 — And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
• 2 Kings 22:19 — Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants…
• Isaiah 1:15 — And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
• Lamentations 4:21 — Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make…
• Ezekiel 5:11 — Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations,…
• Hosea 4:6 — My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou…
• Zephaniah 1:18 — Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his…
• Zechariah 9:11 — As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
• Zechariah 11:8 — Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
• Zechariah 13:2 — And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be…
• Malachi 2:2 — If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.