ʼim — H518

Definition

conditional

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

1. if
1. conditional clauses
1. of possible situations
2. of impossible situations
2. oath contexts
1. no, not
3. if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or
4. when, whenever
5. since
6. interrogative particle
7. but rather

Usually translated as

moreover if, but, or, though, surely, whether, when, save, except, oh that, nor, neither, unless, verily, either, nevertheless, saving, seeing, since, sith, of a truth, whereas, while, yet, more

Origin

a primitive particle

Occurrences

ʼim occurs 999 times in 871 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (64), Exodus (52), Leviticus (82), Numbers (57), Deuteronomy (33), Joshua (16), Judges (29), Ruth (6), 1 Samuel (48), 2 Samuel (29), 1 Kings (33), 2 Kings (34), 1 Chronicles (11), 2 Chronicles (19), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (9), Esther (12), Job (89), Psalms (36), Proverbs (26), Ecclesiastes (17), Song of Songs (7), Isaiah (30), Jeremiah (64), Lamentations (3), Ezekiel (31), Daniel (1), Hosea (2), Joel (2), Amos (12), Obadiah (2), Micah (2), Nahum (2), Habakkuk (1), Haggai (1), Zechariah (5), Malachi (3)

• Genesis 4:7 — If (אִם) thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
• Genesis 4:7 — If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if (וְאִם֙) thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
• Genesis 13:9 — Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if (אִם) thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
• Genesis 13:9 — Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if (וְאִם) thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
• Genesis 13:16 — And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if (אִם) a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
• Genesis 14:23 — That I will not (אִם) take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
• Genesis 14:23 — That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not (וְאִם) take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
• Genesis 15:4 — And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but (אִם֙) he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
• Genesis 15:5 — And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if (אִם) thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
• Genesis 18:3 — And said, My Lord, if (אִם) now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
• Genesis 18:21 — I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if (וְאִם) not, I will know.
• Genesis 18:26 — And the LORD said, If (אִם) I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
• Genesis 18:28 — Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If (אִם) I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
• Genesis 18:30 — And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if (אִם) I find thirty there.
• Genesis 20:7 — Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if (וְאִם) thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
• Genesis 23:8 — And he communed with them, saying, If (אִם) it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
• Genesis 23:13 — And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if (אִם) thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
• Genesis 24:8 — And if (וְאִם) the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
• Genesis 24:19 — And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until (אִם) they have done drinking.
• Genesis 24:21 — And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or (אִם) not.
• Genesis 24:33 — And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until (אִם) I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
• Genesis 24:38 — But (אִם) thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
• Genesis 24:41 — Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if (וְאִם) they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
• Genesis 24:42 — And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if (אִם) now thou do prosper my way which I go:
• Genesis 24:49 — And now if (אִם) ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
• Genesis 24:49 — And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if (וְאִם) not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
• Genesis 25:22 — And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If (אִם) it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.
• Genesis 26:29 — That (אִם) thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.
• Genesis 27:21 — And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or (אִם) not.
• Genesis 27:46 — And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if (אִם) Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
• Genesis 28:15 — And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until (אִם) I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
• Genesis 28:17 — And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but (אִם) the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
• Genesis 28:20 — And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If (אִם) God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
• Genesis 30:1 — And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or (וְאִם) else I die.
• Genesis 30:27 — And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if (אִם) I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
• Genesis 30:31 — And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if (אִם) thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:
• Genesis 31:8 — If (אִם) he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.
• Genesis 31:8 — If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if (וְאִם) he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.
• Genesis 31:50 — If (אִם) thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
• Genesis 31:50 — If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if (וְאִם) thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
• Genesis 31:52 — This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that (אִם) I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
• Genesis 31:52 — This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that (וְאִם) thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
• Genesis 32:8 — And said, If (אִם) Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
• Genesis 32:26 — And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except (אִם) thou bless me.
• Genesis 32:28 — And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but (אִם) Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
• Genesis 33:10 — And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if (אִם) now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
• Genesis 34:15 — But in this will we consent unto you: If (אִ֚ם) ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;
• Genesis 34:17 — But if (וְאִם) ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
• Genesis 35:10 — And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but (אִם) Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
• Genesis 37:8 — And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or (אִם) shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.