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HebrewH0518Cond

אִם

im

864Occurrences
H0518Strong's #
CondPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

a primitive particle;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
if/whether_or/though 1) if 1a) conditional clauses 1a1) of possible situations 1a2) of impossible situations 1b) oath contexts 1b1) no, not 1c) if. .if, whether. .or, whether. .or. .or 1d) when, whenever 1e) since 1f) interrogative particle 1g) but rather

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Cond

Morphology Code

H:Cond

Full Description

H:Cond

Occurrences

אִם appears 864 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Job
103
Leviticus
82
Jeremiah
75
Genesis
64
Numbers
52
1 Samuel
43
Exodus
37
Isaiah
37

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 13:2BSB

And he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us.

Amos 6:12BSB

“Do horses gallop on the cliffs?Does one plow the sea with oxen?But you have turned justice into poisonand the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—

Genesis 33:10BSB

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.

Jeremiah 8:4BSB

So you are to tell them this is what the LORD says:“Do men fall and not get up again?Does one turn away and not return?

Leviticus 26:23BSB

And if in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.