אִם im

Hebrew word for “if” · Strong’s H518 · used 1,067 times in 928 verses

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Meaning

: if/whether_or/though;

Senses in the lexicon

• if (711)
• if: except (150)
• if: surely no (109)
• if: surely yes (80)
• if: until (17)

How it is translated

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

• if 714
• except 149
• or? 101
• or 19
• though 18
• whether 16
• ? 9
• and 4
• ¿ or 1
• ¿ if 1

Where it is used

Also in 25 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 27 (20), Job 31 (17), Leviticus 13 (15), Exodus 21 (14), Exodus 22 (13), Job 9 (9), Genesis 24 (8), 1 Samuel 20 (8), Leviticus 26 (7), Numbers 30 (7)

Forms

• אם 786
• ואם 279
• האם 2

Words used with it

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

• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 77
• נִי ni “me” 75
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 80
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 78
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 85
• זֶה zeh “this” 73
• חַי chay “alive” 57
• דָּבָר davar “word” 72
• מָצָא matsa “to find” 51
• רָאָה raah “to see” 67
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 54
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 56

Key verses

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

• Exodus 19:5 — Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
• Leviticus 1:3 — If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the…
• Deuteronomy 8:2 — And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in…
• Deuteronomy 12:5 — But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou…
• 1 Kings 17:1 — And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew…
• 1 Chronicles 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and…
• Ecclesiastes 5:8 — If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than…
• Isaiah 8:20 — To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
• Isaiah 53:10 — Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his…
• Jeremiah 15:1 — Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go…
• Micah 6:8 — He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
• Malachi 1:6 — A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of…

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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.