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Strong H5185 sensesאִם

if · if: except · if: surely yes · if: surely no · if: until

Transliteration
'im
Pronunciation
eem

The 5 senses of Strong H518

The lexicon tells 5 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H518 appears in 41 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. ifH518Aparticle9 verses · 8 books
  2. if: except[כִּי] אםH518Bexcept if7 verses · 6 books
  3. if: surely yesH518I: surely_yes7 verses · 6 books
  4. if: surely noH518H: surely_no5 verses · Genesis, 1 Samuel, Jeremiah
  5. if: untilH518J: until/exceptNot in the KJV

General definition

A primitive particle; used very widely as {demonstrative} lo !; {interrogitive} whether ?; or {conditional} if 6
although; also Oh {that !} when; hence as a {negative} not: - ({and} {can-} {doubtless} {if} that) ({not}) + {but} {either} + {except} + more (-over {if} {than}) {neither} {nevertheless} {nor} oh {that} {or} + save ({only} {-ing}) {seeing} {since} {sith} + surely (no {more} {none} {not}) {though} + of a {truth} + {unless} + {verily} {when} {whereas} {whether} {while} + yet.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • shall4
  • if3
  • or3
  • save3
  • will3
  • but2
  • cannot1
  • even1
  • except1
  • him1
  • me1
  • more1

First verses

  1. Genesis 4:7
    If 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.
  2. Genesis 14:23
    That I will not 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:
  3. Genesis 24:21
    And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.
  4. Genesis 24:38
    But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
  5. Genesis 32:26
    And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
  6. Genesis 38:9
    And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
  7. Genesis 39:6
    And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.
  8. Genesis 43:9
    I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
  9. Exodus 19:13
    There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
  10. Exodus 22:23
    If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
  11. Leviticus 22:6
    The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.
  12. Numbers 14:23
    Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
  13. Numbers 14:30
    Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
  14. Numbers 14:35
    I the Lord have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
  15. Numbers 24:22
    Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
  16. Numbers 32:11
    Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
  17. Judges 13:16
    And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the Lord. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the Lord.
  18. Judges 15:7
    And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
  19. Ruth 3:18
    Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.
  20. 1 Samuel 17:55
    And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.