HebrewH1571Conj

גַּם

gam

616Occurrences
H1571Strong's #
ConjPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. also, even, indeed, moreover, yea 1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis) 1b) neither, neither. .nor (with negative) 1c) even (for stress) 1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax) 1e) also (of correspondence or retribution) 1f) but, yet, though (adversative) 1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case) 2) (TWOT) again, alike

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Conj

Morphology Code

H:Conj

Full Description

H:Conj

Occurrences

גַּם appears 616 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
72
Jeremiah
47
1 Samuel
44
Ecclesiastes
43
2 Samuel
33
2 Chronicles
32
Exodus
29
Isaiah
29

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 10:5BSB

When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died.

2 Kings 23:27BSB

For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”

Exodus 21:29BSB

But if the ox has a habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or woman, then the ox must be stoned and its owner must also be put to death.

Isaiah 13:3BSB

I have commanded My sanctified ones;I have even summoned My warriorsto execute My wrathand exult in My triumph.

Joshua 10:30BSB

And the LORD also delivered that city and its king into the hand of Israel, and Joshua put all the people to the sword, leaving no survivors. And he did to the king of Libnah as he had done to the king of Jericho.

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