גַּם
also
also: even, indeed, moreover, yea fuller range ↓
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- Particle
- A short function word — article, negation, interrogative, the sign of the direct object, and the like.
- Adverb
- A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb.
Every verse where H1571 appears in the Book of Ecclesiastes — 47 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Ecclesiastes
- Ecclesiastes 1:11 וְ/גַ֨ם conj + ptcl acc There is no memory of the former; neither shall there be any memory of the latter that are to come, among those that shall come after.
- Ecclesiastes 1:17 שֶׁ/גַּם ptcl rel + adv I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.
- Ecclesiastes 2:1 גַם adv I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure;" and, behold, this also was vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 2:7 גַּ֣ם ptcl acc I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem;
- Ecclesiastes 2:8 גַּם ptcl acc I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men--musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
- Ecclesiastes 2:14 גַם adv The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness--and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.
- Ecclesiastes 2:15 גַּם שֶׁ/גַּם ptcl acc ptcl rel + adv Then said I in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?" Then said I in my heart that this also is vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 2:19 גַּם ptcl acc Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 2:21 גַּם ptcl acc For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
- Ecclesiastes 2:23 גַּם גַּם ptcl acc ptcl acc For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 2:24 גַּם ptcl acc There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
- Ecclesiastes 2:26 גַּם ptcl acc For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
- Ecclesiastes 3:11 גַּ֤ם ptcl acc He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can't find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.
- Ecclesiastes 3:13 וְ/גַ֤ם conj + ptcl acc Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
- Ecclesiastes 4:4 גַּם ptcl acc Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
- Ecclesiastes 4:8 גַּ֣ם גַּם גַּם ptcl acc ptcl acc ptcl acc There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment? This also is vanity, yes, it is a miserable business.
- Ecclesiastes 4:11 גַּ֛ם ptcl acc Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?
- Ecclesiastes 4:14 גַּ֥ם ptcl acc For out of prison he came forth to be king; yes, even in his kingdom he was born poor.
- Ecclesiastes 4:16 גַּ֥ם גַם ptcl acc adv There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was--yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
- Ecclesiastes 5:10 גַּם ptcl acc He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 5:16 וְ/גַם conj + ptcl acc This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?
- Ecclesiastes 5:17 גַּ֥ם ptcl acc All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.
- Ecclesiastes 5:19 גַּ֣ם ptcl acc Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor--this is the gift of God.
- Ecclesiastes 6:3 וְ/גַם conj + ptcl acc If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he:
- Ecclesiastes 6:5 גַּם ptcl acc Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.
- Ecclesiastes 6:7 וְ/גַם conj + ptcl acc All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
- Ecclesiastes 6:9 גַּם ptcl acc Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
- Ecclesiastes 7:6 וְ/גַם conj + ptcl acc For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 7:14 גַּ֣ם ptcl acc In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.
- Ecclesiastes 7:18 וְ/גַם conj + ptcl acc It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also from that don't withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will come forth from them all.
- Ecclesiastes 7:21 גַּ֤ם ptcl acc Also don't take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
- Ecclesiastes 7:22 גַּם גַּם ptcl acc ptcl acc for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
- Ecclesiastes 8:10 גַּם ptcl acc So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holiness. They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this. This also is vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 8:12 גַּם ptcl acc Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.
- Ecclesiastes 8:14 שֶׁ/גַּם ptcl rel + adv There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 8:16 גַ֤ם adv When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes),
- Ecclesiastes 8:17 וְ/גַ֨ם conj + ptcl acc then I saw all the work of God, that man can't find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won't find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won't be able to find it.
- Ecclesiastes 9:1 גַּֽם גַם ptcl acc adv For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn't know it; all is before them.
- Ecclesiastes 9:3 וְ/גַ֣ם conj + ptcl acc This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
- Ecclesiastes 9:6 גַּ֣ם גַּם גַּם ptcl acc ptcl acc ptcl acc Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 9:11 וְ֠/גַם וְ/גַ֨ם וְ/גַ֛ם conj + ptcl acc conj + ptcl acc conj + ptcl acc I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.
- Ecclesiastes 9:12 גַּם֩ ptcl acc For man also doesn't know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.
- Ecclesiastes 9:13 גַּם ptcl acc I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.
- Ecclesiastes 10:3 וְ/גַם conj + ptcl acc Yes also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.
- Ecclesiastes 10:20 גַּ֣ם ptcl acc Don't curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; And don't curse the rich in your bedchamber: For a bird of the sky may carry your voice, And that which has wings may tell the matter.
- Ecclesiastes 11:2 וְ/גַ֣ם conj + ptcl acc Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; For you don't know what evil will be on the earth.
- Ecclesiastes 12:5 גַּ֣ם ptcl acc Yes, they shall be afraid of heights, And terrors will be in the way; And the almond tree shall blossom, And the grasshopper shall be a burden, And desire shall fail; Because man goes to his everlasting home, And the mourners go about the streets:
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
גם (gam) is a Hebrew verb most often rendered “also.” Debuting at Genesis 3:6, it then recurs through the corpus. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 661 verses — among the most common. It also covers “even”, “indeed”, and “moreover”, alongside “also” — see its full sense range. Related forms include מגמה. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H1571 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 661
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 661 distinct verses.
- 37 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 37 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #62
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 62 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 661 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Genesis 76 verses 11%
- Ecclesiastes 47 verses 7%
- Jeremiah 47 verses 7%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 661 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 300 verses · 45%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 215 verses · 33%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 146 verses · 22%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Also 3×
- American Standard Version†: Also 2×, As 2×, He also 2×
- Berean Standard Bible†: And 100×, Even 90×, Also 70×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Also 417×, Even 130×, And 84×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H1571 across 34† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 31 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H1571 across 35† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 27 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H1571 across 624† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 73 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 142 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H1571 across 800† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 34 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 6 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. also, moreover, emphasizing sometimes the thought of an entire sentence, but more usually the word immediately following, as Gn 3:6 וַתִּתֵּן גַּם לְאִישָׁהּ and gave also to her husband, v 27 and take also of the tree of life, 7:3; 19:21; 24:19; 26:21; 29:27; 30:15; 32:21 (גַּם הִגֵּה …: so Est 7:9) 48:11 Ex 8:28; 12:32 b Dt 1:37 1 S 28:20 2 S 11:12 2 K 9:27 Is 7:13 +. Often before pronouns, Gn 4:4 וְהֶבֶל הֵבִיא גַם הוּא and Abel, he also brought, 20:5 וְהִיא־גַס־הִוא (so only here) and she herself also, v 6 27:31 וַיַּעַשׂ גַּם הוּא, 30:3 Dt 3:20 Ju 3:31; 6:35; 9:19 1 S 19:20–24 Je 12:6; 48:26 etc. (cf. MI 6 ויאמר גם הא): especially in genealogies of J (BuUrg. 220) Gn 4:22, 26; 10:21; 19:38; 22:20, 24 cf. Ju 8:31. גַּם sq. pron. also begins a sentence with emph. in an elevated style, thou (they) also, Is 14:10 Je 12:6(×2); 48:7 Ez 16:52 Na 3:11(×2). After a pron. in an oblique case (Ges§ 135, 2) Gn 27:34 1 S 19:23 2 S 17:5 Je 25:14; 27:7 +. וְגַם and also (more often than גַּם alone attaching a sentence) Gn 6:4; 14:16; 15:14; 17:16; 20:12; 24:14, 46; 30:6; 37:7; 38:24; 42:28 Ex 2:19; 3:9; 4:14 Jos 7:11 (5 times) 1 S 4:17 1 K 21:19 + often; with a negative = neither Ex 5:2; 34:3 al.—גַּם … גַּם (like et … et) both … and Gn 44:16; 47:3, 19 Nu 18:3 Je 51:12 ψ 49:3 +: גַּם … גַּם … גַּם Gn 24:25 Ju 8:22 Ec 9:6: with a negative neither … nor Nu 23:25 1 S 20:27 1 K 3:26, and (3 times) Gn 43:8 Ex 4:10 1 S 28:6. So (but seldom) גַּם … וְגַם Gn 24:44 Ex 10:25 f. 1 S 2:26; 12:14; 26:25: with neg. 1 S 21:9.—N.B. In poetry independence and emphasis is sometimes given by גַּם to a new idea, where in English we should be satisfied with and: ψ 107:5; 137:1 Jb 24:19 Ct 7:14 La 4:15. e.g. Genesis 3:6
- 2. with stress on a particular word, even, Ex 4:9 Nu 22:33 גַּם אוֹתְךָ even thee I had slain, and kept her alive, 2 S 17:10 Je 2:33 ψ 132:12 Pr 14:13 even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, v 20 17:28; 20:11 Ru 2:15 Ne 3:35; and so often after כִּי, Dt 12:31 for even their sons they burn in the fire to their gods, 1 S 22:17 Is 26:12 Je 6:11; 12:6; 14:5 Ho 9:12 כִּי־גַם־אוֹי לָהֶם for even woe is it to them when I depart from them; הֲגַם †Gn 16:13 1 S 10:11, 12 = 19:24 1 K 17:20 ψ 78:20 Jb 41:1 Est 7:8. Other cases:—1 S 24:12 רְאֵה גַּם רְאֵה see yea see! (but HupQu. Job vi. גַּם רָאֹה: cf. infr.) ψ 118:11; Jb 2:10 גַּם אֶת־הַטּוֹב נְקַבֵּל shall we receive good (emph.) from God and not evil? 21:7; interposed once between a subst. and adj. Gn 20:4 gentemne etiam justam interficies? emphasizing כֹּל, Dt 28:61 Ju 9:49 b 1 S 22:7 גַּם־לְכֻלְּכֶם to all (emph.) of you will he give …? 2 S 19:31 גַּם אֶת־הַכֹּל יִקָּ֑ח yea, the whole let him take! Is 26:12; אֶחָד 2 S 17:12 b and we will not leave … גַּם אֶחָד even one (similarly v 13 b), ψ 14:3 (= 53:4) אֵין גַּם אֶחָד; an inf. or cogn. accus. attached to a verb, †Gn 31:15; 46:4 Nu 11:15; 16:13 1 S 1:6. גַּם שְׁנֵיהֶם lit. even both i.e. the one as well as the other (Germ. alle beide) is said idiomatically, †Gn 27:45 (שְׁנֵיכֶם), Dt 22:22; 23:19 1 S 25:43 (שְׁתֵּיהֶן), Pr 17:15; 20:10, 12 Ru 1:5. e.g. Exodus 4:9
- 3. introducing a climax, yea, especially in a rhetorical style, Gn 27:33 Dt 23:3, 4 Ju 5:4(×2) Is 13:3; 14:8; 43:13 yea, from to-day I am the same, 44:12 גַּם רָעֵב yea, he is hungry, and has no strength, 47:3; 48:8(×3); 57:7 Je 46:16; 48:2; 51:44 Ho 7:9 ψ 41:10; 84:7; 139:12; Is 66:8 כִּי־חָ֫לָה גַּם־יָֽלְדָה, צִיּוֹן אֶת־בָּנֶיהָ, Je 5:28; 12:2 Ez 24:5 Jb 21:7 Ct 8:1: emphasizing an extreme, or aggravated, case, yea, even, Is 49:15 yea, these may forget, Je 8:17 yea, the stork knoweth, etc., Is 23:12 גַּם שָׁם even there no rest shall be for thee (so ψ 139:10), 49:25; 57:6 Je 23:11 b Mal 3:15 ψ 84:4. e.g. Genesis 27:33
- 4. expressing correspondence, especially in the matter of retribution (the גַּם correlativum), so frequently גַּם אֲנִי, גַּם אָנֹכִי I also (on my part):—Gn 20:6 I also [as well as thyself] know that thou hast done this innocently, Jos 24:18 Ju 2:21 1 S 1:28 (cf. Dr) 28:22 גַּם אַתָּה thou also (as I have done v 21), 2 S 12:13 י׳ also [responding to thy confession] hath removed thy sin, 2 K 2:3, 5 Is 31:2; 66:3–4 (גם … גם, emphasizing the action of both parties), Je 2:36; 4:12 now will I also [in correspondence with their deeds] speak judgments with them, 7:11; 51:49 (גם … גם), Ez 5:8, 11; 16:43 (וְגַם = therefore also), 23:35 Ho 4:6 because thou hast forgotten the direction of thy God, I also (on my part) will forget thy children, ψ 52:7 (thou lovest evil, etc.) גַּם אֵל יִתָּצְךָ God also (on his part) will pluck thee up, 71:22; 133:1 Pr 1:26 Jb 7:11; 12:3; 16:4; so וְגַם Ju 2:3 Am 4:6, 7 Mi 6:13 Mal 2:9. In the apodosis (uncommon): Gn 13:16 if a man could number the dust of the earth, גַּם זַרְעֲךָ יִמָּנֶה thy seed also should be numbered, Je 31:36, 37; 33:21, 26 Zc 8:6. The correspondence is sometimes of the nature of a climax: Gn 27:33; 30:8 I have wrestled, גַּם יָכֹלְתִּי (cf. 1 K 22:22 וְגַם תּוּכָ֔ל, Je 50:24), Is 66:8. e.g. Genesis 20:6
- 5. connecting two ideas which express (or imply) a contradiction, גַּם acquires sometimes an adversative force (cf. אַף 1 end), yet, but, though: ψ 95:9 they tried me, but also (Che) saw my work (viz. of judgment), 129:2 Je 6:15 = 8:12 Ez 20:23 Ec 4:8, 16; 5:18 Ne 6:1. So וְגַם Ez 16:28; 20:15 Ec 3:13; 6:7 Ne 5:8. e.g. Psalms 95:9
- 6. גַּם כִּי (with impf.) yea, when La 3:8, even when Pr 22:6; yea though (stating an imagined case) Is 1:15 Ho 8:10; 9:16 ψ 23:4 (so גַּם אִם Ec 8:17); also (is it) that Ru 2:21 (v כִּי 1 d). כִּי גַם = for even (v. supr. 2); = though even, although (conceding a fact) Ec 4:14 (v De) 8:12. e.g. Lamentations 3:8
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
adv. denoting addition, also, moreover, yea (Moab. id.: also Zinj. (Lzb250 Cooke166) prob. akin to √ جَمَّ; cf. جَمًّا (accus.) in a mass, altogether)—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: by contraction from an unused root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
גַּם I
- [junction,]
- 1. too, also. Snh. 108ᵇ; Taan. 21ᵃ ג׳ זו לטובה this, too, is for the best. איש גם זו, v. גִּמְזוֹ.
- 2. the particle gam in the Bible text. B. Kam. 94ᵃ ג׳ לב"ה קשיא the gam (Deut. XXIII, 19) is unaccounted for according to Beth Hillel’s opinion; Tem. 30ᵇ. Esth. R. to I, 9 (ref. to גם ib.) אין ג׳ אלא ריבוי gam intimates an amplification, a. e.—Pl. גַּמִּים, גַּמִּין Gen. R. s. 1; Y. Ber. IX, 14ᵇ bot. אתין וג׳ ריבויין the eths and the gams intimate an extended qualification (by implication), v. אֵת. e.g. Deuteronomy 23:19
גַּם II
- (preced.) joint, angle, esp. two sides of a rectangle. Erub. 55ᵃ כמין גם Ar. (ed. גאם) in the shape of a right angle. Zeb. 53ᵇ גמא (Yalk. Lev. 441 גאם). Pes. 8ᵇ שורה אחת כמין ג׳ one row of wine vessels, in the shape of &c., i.e. the front and the whole upper layer. Y. ib. I, 27ᵇ bot. קולפו כמין גם.—Kel. XIV, 8 (מפתח) של גם שנשבר מתוך גומו a key whose bit is joined (opp. to של ארכובה of one piece) broken at its junction. [Sabb. 105ᵃ על הגם Ar., ed. על הגַּס, q. v.]—Pl. גַּמִּים, גַּמִּין. Y. Pes. l. c. קולפו כמין שני ג׳ he takes off for examination two front and two upper layers, v. supra. Ib. if the vessels are arranged like steps קולפו ג׳ ג׳ he must examine by front and upper layers on each landing. B. Mets. 28ᵃ מדת גַּמָּיו the combined measure of both dimensions of a piece of goods, square measure, opp. מדת ארכו ומדת רחבו the measure of each dimension specified.—Sabb. 103ᵇ גַּמִּין, v. גי"מל.—[Commentators explain our w. = Greek Gamma, Γ, whence the Var. גַּמָּא.]
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Forms in the corpus
The 42 distinct written forms H1571 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| גַּם | Particle, Accusative | Amos 7:6 | 302 |
| וְ/גַם | Particle, Accusative | Amos 4:6 | 114 |
| גַם | Adverb | Deuteronomy 3:20 | 60 |
| גַּ֣ם | Particle, Accusative | Ecclesiastes 2:7 | 43 |
| וְ/גַ֣ם | Particle, Accusative | Amos 4:7 | 19 |
| וְ/גַם֙ | Particle, Accusative | Deuteronomy 7:20 | 19 |
| גַּ֚ם | Particle, Accusative | Deuteronomy 10:10 | 18 |
| גַּ֤ם | Particle, Accusative | Deuteronomy 28:61 | 18 |
| וְ/גַ֨ם | Particle, Accusative | Deuteronomy 26:13 | 17 |
| גַּ֥ם | Particle, Accusative | Ecclesiastes 4:14 | 15 |
| וְ/גַ֖ם | Particle, Accusative | Daniel 11:22 | 13 |
| וְ/גַ֥ם | Particle, Accusative | Exodus 5:2 | 12 |
| וְ/גַ֤ם | Particle, Accusative | Deuteronomy 2:15 | 11 |
| וְ֠/גַם | Particle, Accusative | Ecclesiastes 9:11 | 11 |
| גַּֽם | Particle, Accusative | Ecclesiastes 9:1 | 10 |
| וְ/גַ֛ם | Particle, Accusative | Ecclesiastes 9:11 | 10 |
| וְ/גַ֧ם | Particle, Accusative | Exodus 19:22 | 8 |
| גַּ֛ם | Particle, Accusative | Deuteronomy 3:3 | 7 |
| גַּ֧ם | Particle, Accusative | 1 Samuel 17:36 | 7 |
| גַּ֖ם | Particle, Accusative | Deuteronomy 9:19 | 6 |
| גַּ֗ם | Particle, Accusative | Genesis 32:20 | 5 |
| גַֽם | Adverb | 2 Kings 21:11 | 4 |
| הֲ/גַ֥ם | Adverb | Genesis 16:13 | 4 |
| וְ/גַם֩ | Particle, Accusative | Genesis 14:16 | 4 |
| גַ֤ם | Adverb | Deuteronomy 12:31 | 3 |
| גַּם֩ | Particle, Accusative | Ecclesiastes 9:12 | 3 |
| וְ/גַ֕ם | Particle, Accusative | 1 Chronicles 29:24 | 3 |
| וְ/גַ֗ם | Particle, Accusative | 2 Samuel 1:4 | 3 |
| וְ/גַֽם | Particle, Accusative | 2 Chronicles 15:16 | 3 |
| שֶׁ/גַּם | Adverb | Ecclesiastes 1:17 | 3 |
| גַּ֠ם | Particle, Accusative | Esther 9:15 | 2 |
| הֲ֠/גַם | Adverb | Esther 7:8 | 2 |
| בְּ/שַׁ/גַּ֖ם | Adverb | Genesis 6:3 | 1 |
| גַּ֕ם | Particle, Accusative | Isaiah 48:8 | 1 |
| גַּ֝ם | Particle, Accusative | Psalms 129:2 | 1 |
| גַּ֞ם | Particle, Accusative | Nehemiah 5:14 | 1 |
| גַּ֭ם | Particle, Accusative | Proverbs 18:9 | 1 |
| גַּם֮ | Particle, Accusative | 1 Samuel 2:15 | 1 |
| הֲ/גַ֖ם | Adverb | Job 41:9 | 1 |
| הֲ/גַם | Adverb | Psalms 78:20 | 1 |
| וְ/גַ֡ם | Particle, Accusative | 1 Kings 16:7 | 1 |
| וְ֝/גַ֗ם | Particle, Accusative | Psalms 8:7 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H1571, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 615 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 661 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 3:6
- Exodus 1:10
- Leviticus 25:45
- Numbers 4:22
- Deuteronomy 1:28
- Joshua 1:15
- Judges 1:3
- Ruth 1:5
- 1 Samuel 1:6
- 2 Samuel 1:4
- 1 Kings 1:6
- 2 Kings 2:3
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
