אִם (im) means “if” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
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אִם · im · if
: 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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[כִּי] אם · ki im · if: except
1) except if 1a) but if
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אִם · im · if: surely no
: surely_no 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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אִם · im · if: surely yes
: surely_yes 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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אִם · im · if: until
: until/except 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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a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
KJV glosses: (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| if | 372 |
| but if | 95 |
| or | 65 |
| and if | 34 |
| when | 21 |
| though | 18 |
| if however | 17 |
| whether | 17 |
| i will not | 13 |
| surely | 13 |
| but | 10 |
| even if | 9 |
| or if | 9 |
| unless | 7 |
| not | 6 |
| since | 5 |
| can | 4 |
| no | 4 |
| now if | 4 |
| that you will not | 4 |
| although | 3 |
| and | 3 |
| and though | 3 |
| if only | 3 |
| if you | 3 |
| only | 3 |
| only if | 3 |
| that | 3 |
| and he will surely | 2 |
| and if the person is | 2 |
| and when | 2 |
| and whether | 2 |
| as long as | 2 |
| but only | 2 |
| but when | 2 |
| certainly | 2 |
| do not | 2 |
| has | 2 |
| i will never | 2 |
| never | 2 |
| not one | 2 |
| so if | 2 |
| they could not | 2 |
| to determine whether | 2 |
| whether or | 2 |
| will not | 2 |
| about | 1 |
| after | 1 |
| also if | 1 |
| and i will surely | 1 |
| and such | 1 |
| as | 1 |
| as if | 1 |
| as surely | 1 |
| as surely as | 1 |
| at least | 1 |
| because | 1 |
| between | 1 |
| but cannot match | 1 |
| but i will surely | 1 |
| but if anyone | 1 |
| but if you | 1 |
| but in fact | 1 |
| condition | 1 |
| david will not | 1 |
| does | 1 |
| exactly | 1 |
| except for | 1 |
| he who | 1 |
| i do not | 1 |
| i take no | 1 |
| i would not | 1 |
| if he is alone | 1 |
| if he vows | 1 |
| if however the owner | 1 |
| if i let | 1 |
| if instead | 1 |
| if perhaps | 1 |
| if they can | 1 |
| if this | 1 |
| if we are strong | 1 |
| if what was stolen | 1 |
| if you refuse | 1 |
| indeed | 1 |
| is her | 1 |
| is there | 1 |
| is there any | 1 |
| likewise if | 1 |
| my visitor | 1 |
| neither | 1 |
| nevertheless if | 1 |
| no one | 1 |
| nor | 1 |
| nor does | 1 |
| nor will | 1 |
| now if the person is | 1 |
| o | 1 |
| of yours will never | 1 |
| on | 1 |
| provided that | 1 |
| see if | 1 |
| shall never | 1 |
| should | 1 |
| so whenever | 1 |
| surely as | 1 |
| surely i will | 1 |
| surely none | 1 |
| surely then | 1 |
| that even if | 1 |
| that never | 1 |
| that surely | 1 |
| then even if | 1 |
| they are | 1 |
| they shall never | 1 |
| they will say | 1 |
| to | 1 |
| until | 1 |
| vvv | 1 |
| was | 1 |
| whenever | 1 |
| where we will surely | 1 |
| whether it is | 1 |
| whether the | 1 |
| yet if | 1 |
| you | 1 |
| you must not | 1 |
| you shall not | 1 |
| you unless | 1 |
| you will no | 1 |
| you will surely | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| or | 3 |
| but | 2 |
| if | 2 |
| verily | 2 |
| and if | 1 |
| and that i will not | 1 |
| and thou shalt not only while yet | 1 |
| doubtless ye shall not | 1 |
| except | 1 |
| he had save | 1 |
| he shall not | 1 |
| him if | 1 |
| him not | 1 |
| i cannot | 1 |
| i will surely | 1 |
| me nor | 1 |
| moreover if | 1 |
| no more of her than | 1 |
| nor | 1 |
| oh that | 1 |
| or even | 1 |
| save only | 1 |
| seeing | 1 |
| shall | 1 |
| should not be his and it came to pass when | 1 |
| so that | 1 |
| surely | 1 |
| surely i will | 1 |
| surely they shall not | 1 |
| that i will not | 1 |
| that thou wilt not | 1 |
| thee sith | 1 |
| there shall | 1 |
| thereof saving | 1 |
| unless | 1 |
| until | 1 |
| unto him of a truth | 1 |
| unto them though | 1 |
| whereas | 1 |
Page 11 of 19. 928 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Eleazar died without having any sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
Read word by wordI will establish his kingdom forever, if he resolutely carries out My commandments and ordinances, as is being done this day.’
Read word by wordAs for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
Read word by wordBut who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain Him? Who then am I, that I should build a house for Him, except as a place to burn sacrifices before Him?
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.5
Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’
Read word by wordWhen a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,
Read word by wordWhen Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading before You in this temple,
Read word by wordIf I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,
Read word by wordAnd as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
Read word by wordBut if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
Read word by wordThey replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
Read word by wordSo he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
Read word by wordSo the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and God will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
Read word by wordWhen Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for they will be delivered into your hand.”
Read word by wordThen the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”
Read word by wordBut Micaiah replied, “If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take heed, all you people!”
Read word by wordNow the king of Aram had ordered his chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”
Read word by word‘If disaster comes upon us—whether sword or judgment, plague or famine—we will stand before this temple and before You, for Your Name is in this temple. We will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear us and save us.’
Read word by wordSo they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest.
Read word by wordNo one is to enter the house of the LORD except the priests and those Levites who serve; they may enter because they are consecrated, but all the people are to obey the requirement of the LORD.
Read word by wordEven if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will overthrow you before the enemy, for God has power to help and power to overthrow.”
Read word by wordFor if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”
Read word by wordI will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to leave the land that I assigned to your fathers, if only they are careful to do all that I have commanded them through Moses—all the laws, statutes, and judgments.”
Read word by wordThe following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:
Read word by wordbut if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’
Read word by wordso the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear
Read word by wordand answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.”
Read word by wordI also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.
Read word by wordI set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding.
Read word by wordThen Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 3.35
The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:
Read word by wordbut I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath.
Read word by wordI rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!
Read word by wordSo if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti shall never again enter the presence of King Xerxes, and that her royal position shall be given to a woman better than she.
Read word by wordShe would go there in the evening, and in the morning she would return to a second harem under the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch in charge of the concubines. She would not return to the king unless he delighted in her and summoned her by name.
Read word by wordNow Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her.
Read word by wordIf it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”
Read word by wordFor if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
Read word by word“If it pleases the king,” Esther replied, “may the king and Haman come today to the banquet I have prepared for the king.”
Read word by wordIf I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”
Read word by word“What is more,” Haman added, “Queen Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the banquet she prepared, and I am invited back tomorrow along with the king.
Read word by wordHaman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”
Read word by wordQueen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.
Read word by word“If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.
Read word by wordEsther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”
Read word by wordBut stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
Read word by wordBut stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
Read word by word‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?
Read word by wordDoes a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?
Read word by wordIs tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?
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