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אִם

imifHow to read Hebrew
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. Genesis 4:7אִם־ · If; וְאִם֙ · But if
    If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”
  2. Genesis 13:9אִם־ · If; וְאִם־ · if
    Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”
  3. Genesis 13:16אִם־ · if
    I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.
  4. Genesis 14:23אִם־ · that; וְאִם־ · I will not
    …that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’
  5. Genesis 15:4אִם֙
    Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”
  6. Genesis 15:5אִם־ · if you
    And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
  7. Genesis 17:17וְאִ֨ם־
    Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
  8. Genesis 18:3אִם־ · if
    “My lord,” said Abraham, “if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.
  9. Genesis 18:21וְאִם־ · If
    I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”
  10. Genesis 18:26אִם־ · If
    So the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place.”
  11. Genesis 18:28אִם־ · If
    …suppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will You destroy the whole city for the lack of five?” He replied, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.”
  12. Genesis 18:30אִם־ · If
    Then Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak further. Suppose thirty are found there?” He replied, “If I find thirty there, I will not do it.”
  13. Genesis 20:7וְאִם־ · But if
    Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”
  14. Genesis 21:23אִם־ · that you will not
    Now, therefore, swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or descendants. Show to me and to the country in which you reside the same kindness that I have shown to you.”
  15. Genesis 23:8אִם־ · If
    “If you are willing for me to bury my dead,” he said to them, “listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf
  16. Genesis 23:13אִם־ · If
    …and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”
  17. Genesis 24:8וְאִם־ · And if
    And if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”
  18. Genesis 24:19אִם־
    After she had given him a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink.”
  19. Genesis 24:21אִם־ · whether
    Meanwhile, the man watched her silently to see whether or not the LORD had made his journey a success.
  20. Genesis 24:33אִם־
    Then a meal was set before the man, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told you what I came to say.” So Laban said, “Please speak.”
  21. Genesis 24:38אִם־ · but
    …but you shall go to my father’s house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.’
  22. Genesis 24:41וְאִם־ · if
    And when you go to my kindred, if they refuse to give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.’
  23. Genesis 24:42אִם־ · if only
    So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!
  24. Genesis 24:49אִם־ · if; וְאִם־ · but if
    Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere.”
  25. Genesis 25:22אִם־
    But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So Rebekah went to inquire of the LORD,
  26. Genesis 26:29אִם־ · that you will not
    …that you will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only good to you, sending you on your way in peace. And now you are blessed by the LORD.”
  27. Genesis 27:21אִם־ · or
    Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau, or not?”
  28. Genesis 27:46אִם־ · If
    Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”
  29. Genesis 28:15אִם־
    Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
  30. Genesis 28:17אִם־
    And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”
  31. Genesis 28:20אִם־ · If
    Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,
  32. Genesis 30:1וְאִם־ · or
    When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
  33. Genesis 30:27אִם־ · If
    But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”
  34. Genesis 30:31אִם־ · If
    “What can I give you?” Laban asked. “You do not need to give me anything,” Jacob replied. “If you do this one thing for me, I will keep on shepherding and keeping your flocks.
  35. Genesis 31:8אִם־ · If; וְאִם־ · If
    If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore speckled offspring. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore streaked offspring.
  36. Genesis 31:50אִם־ · If; וְאִם־ · or
    If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, although no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.”
  37. Genesis 31:52אִם־ · that; וְאִם־
    This mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.
  38. Genesis 32:8אִם־ · If
    He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
  39. Genesis 32:26אִם־
    Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
  40. Genesis 32:28אִם־
    Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
  41. Genesis 33:10אִם־ · If
    But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.
  42. Genesis 34:15אִ֚ם · condition
    We will consent to this on one condition, that you become circumcised like us—every one of your males.
  43. Genesis 34:17וְאִם־ · But if
    But if you will not agree to be circumcised, then we will take our sister and go.”