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 9 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.
but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.
Read word by wordI gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.
Read word by word“Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”
Read word by wordSo the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.
Read word by word“Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”
Read word by wordFor your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”
Read word by wordBut Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!”
Read word by wordThen the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.
Read word by wordBut if He should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.”
Read word by wordDavid said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.
Read word by wordBut you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’
Read word by wordSo Hushai came to Absalom, who told him, “Ahithophel has spoken this proposal. Should we carry it out? If not, what do you say?”
Read word by wordIf he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found there.”
Read word by wordBut the people pleaded, “You must not go out! For if we have to flee, they will not care about us. Even if half of us die, they will not care. But you are worth ten thousand of us. It is better now if you support us from the city.”
Read word by wordSo he called out and told the king. “If he is alone,” the king replied, “he bears good news.” As the first runner drew near,
Read word by wordNow therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.8
And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from now on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.14
For all the house of my grandfather deserves death from my lord the king, yet you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right, then, do I have to keep appealing to the king?”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.29
I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.36
And all the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is our relative. Why does this anger you? Have we ever eaten at the king’s expense or received anything for ourselves?”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.43
“Far be it!” Joab declared. “Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy!
Read word by wordAt this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)
Read word by wordSo Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
Read word by wordHas my lord the king let this happen without informing your servant who should sit on the throne after my lord the king?”
Read word by wordIt was reported to Solomon: “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, and he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon first swear to me not to put his servant to the sword.’”
Read word by wordAnd Solomon replied, “If he is a man of character, not a single hair of his will fall to the ground. But if evil is found in him, he will die.”
Read word by wordand so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
Read word by wordKeep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’
Read word by wordSo if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”
Read word by word“As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.
Read word by wordNevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
Read word by wordTherefore 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 before Me as you have done.’
Read word by wordAnd as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
Read word by wordBut if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
Read word by wordIf you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
Read word by wordThey replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
Read word by wordIf these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, their hearts will return to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah; then they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”
Read word by wordBut the man of God replied, “If you were to give me half your possessions, I still would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.
Read word by wordNow Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
Read word by wordBut she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”
Read word by wordAs surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you.
Read word by word“I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.
Read word by wordThen Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.
Read word by wordBut about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to search your palace and the houses of your servants. They will seize and carry away all that is precious to you.’”
Read word by wordThen Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”
Read word by word“If they have marched out in peace,” he said, “take them alive. Even if they have marched out for war, take them alive.”
Read word by wordMeanwhile, the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they prevailed over us. Instead, we should fight them on the plains; surely then we will prevail.
Read word by wordAnd you must raise an army like the one you have lost—horse for horse and chariot for chariot—so we can fight the Israelites on the plain, where we will surely prevail.” And the king approved their plan and acted accordingly.
Read word by wordAs the king passed by, he cried out to the king: “Your servant had marched out into the middle of the battle, when suddenly a man came over with a captive and told me, ‘Guard this man! If he goes missing for any reason, your life will be exchanged for his life, or you will weigh out a talent of silver.’
Read word by wordSo Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place—or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.”
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