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.
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- A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb.
Every verse where H1571 appears in the Book of Genesis — 76 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.
Genesis
- Genesis 3:6 גַּם ptcl acc When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit of it, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
- Genesis 3:22 גַּ֚ם ptcl acc Yahweh God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he put forth his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..."
- Genesis 4:4 גַם adv Abel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and of the fat of it. Yahweh respected Abel and his offering,
- Genesis 4:22 גַם adv Zillah also gave birth to Tubal Cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron. Tubal Cain's sister was Naamah.
- Genesis 4:26 גַּם ptcl acc There was also born a son to Seth, and he named him Enosh. Then men began to call on Yahweh's name.
- Genesis 6:3 בְּ/שַׁ/גַּ֖ם prep + ptcl rel + adv Yahweh said, "My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred twenty years."
- Genesis 6:4 וְ/גַ֣ם conj + ptcl acc The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God's sons came to men's daughters. They bore children to them: the same were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
- Genesis 7:3 גַּ֣ם ptcl acc Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.
- Genesis 10:21 גַּם ptcl acc To Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.
- Genesis 13:5 וְ/גַם conj + ptcl acc Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
- Genesis 13:16 גַּֽם ptcl acc I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be numbered.
- Genesis 14:7 וְ/גַם֙ conj + ptcl acc They returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon Tamar.
- Genesis 14:16 וְ/גַם֩ וְ/גַ֥ם conj + ptcl acc conj + ptcl acc He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative, Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
- Genesis 15:14 וְ/גַ֧ם conj + ptcl acc I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great substance.
- Genesis 16:13 הֲ/גַ֥ם ptcl inter + adv She called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, "You are a God who sees," for she said, "Have I even stayed alive after seeing him?"
- Genesis 17:16 וְ/גַ֨ם conj + ptcl acc I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her."
- Genesis 19:21 גַּ֖ם ptcl acc He said to him, "Behold, I have granted your request concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.
- Genesis 19:34 גַּם ptcl acc It came to pass on the next day, that the firstborn said to the younger, "Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine again, tonight. You go in, and lie with him, that we may preserve our father's seed."
- Genesis 19:35 גַּ֣ם ptcl acc They made their father drink wine that night also. The younger arose, and lay with him. He didn't know when she lay down, nor when she arose.
- Genesis 19:38 גַם adv The younger also bore a son, and called his name Ben Ammi. The same is the father of the children of Ammon to this day.
- Genesis 20:4 גַּם ptcl acc Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, "Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?
- Genesis 20:5 גַם adv Didn't he tell me, 'She is my sister?' She, even she herself said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands have I done this."
- Genesis 20:6 גַּ֣ם גַּם ptcl acc ptcl acc God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me. Therefore I didn't allow you to touch her.
- Genesis 20:12 וְ/גַם conj + ptcl acc Moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
- Genesis 21:13 וְ/גַ֥ם conj + ptcl acc Also of the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is your seed."
- Genesis 21:26 וְ/גַם וְ/גַ֧ם conj + ptcl acc conj + ptcl acc Abimelech said, "I don't know who has done this thing. Neither did you tell me, neither did I hear of it, until today."
- Genesis 22:20 גַם adv It happened after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, "Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother Nahor:
- Genesis 22:24 גַּם ptcl acc His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bare Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
- Genesis 24:14 וְ/גַם conj + ptcl acc Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, 'Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink.' She will say, 'Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink.' Let the same be she who you have appointed for your servant Isaac. Thereby will I know that you have shown kindness to my master."
- Genesis 24:19 גַּ֤ם ptcl acc When she had done giving him drink, she said, "I will also draw for your camels, until they have done drinking."
- Genesis 24:25 גַּם גַּם גַּם ptcl acc ptcl acc ptcl acc She said moreover to him, "We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in."
- Genesis 24:44 גַּם וְ/גַ֥ם ptcl acc conj + ptcl acc She will tell me, "Drink, and I will also draw for your camels." Let the same be the woman whom Yahweh has appointed for my master's son.'
- Genesis 24:46 וְ/גַם וְ/גַ֥ם conj + ptcl acc conj + ptcl acc She hurried and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, 'Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink.' So I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
- Genesis 26:21 גַּם ptcl acc They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. He called the name of it Sitnah.
- Genesis 27:31 גַּם ptcl acc He also made savory food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, "Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that your soul may bless me."
- Genesis 27:33 גַּם ptcl acc Isaac trembled violently, and said, "Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed."
- Genesis 27:34 גַם adv When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said to his father, "Bless me, even me also, my father."
- Genesis 27:38 גַם adv Esau said to his father, "Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father." Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
- Genesis 27:45 גַּם ptcl acc until your brother's anger turn away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send, and get you from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?"
- Genesis 29:27 גַּם ptcl acc Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me yet seven other years."
- Genesis 29:30 גַּ֣ם גַּֽם ptcl acc ptcl acc He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
- Genesis 29:33 גַּם ptcl acc She conceived again, and bare a son, and said, "Because Yahweh has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also." She named him Simeon.
- Genesis 30:3 גַם adv She said, "Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her."
- Genesis 30:6 וְ/גַם֙ conj + ptcl acc Rachel said, "God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son." Therefore called she his name Dan.
- Genesis 30:8 גַּם ptcl acc Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed." She named him Naphtali.
- Genesis 30:15 גַּ֥ם ptcl acc She said to her, "Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son's mandrakes, also?" Rachel said, "Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes."
- Genesis 30:30 גַם adv For it was little which you had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude. Yahweh has blessed you wherever I turned. Now when will I provide for my own house also?"
- Genesis 31:15 גַּם ptcl acc Aren't we accounted by him as foreigners? For he has sold us, and has also quite devoured our money.
- Genesis 32:6 וְ/גַם֙ conj + ptcl acc The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, "We came to your brother Esau. Not only that, but he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him."
- Genesis 32:18 גַם adv Then you shall say, 'They are your servant, Jacob's. It is a present sent to my lord, Esau. Behold, he also is behind us.'"
- Genesis 32:19 גַּ֣ם גַּ֚ם גַּ֚ם ptcl acc ptcl acc ptcl acc He commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the herds, saying, "This is how you shall speak to Esau, when you find him.
- Genesis 32:20 גַּ֗ם ptcl acc You shall say, 'Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.'" For, he said, "I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me."
- Genesis 33:7 גַּם ptcl acc Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves. After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
- Genesis 35:17 גַם adv It happened that, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid, for now you will have another son."
- Genesis 37:7 וְ/גַם conj + ptcl acc for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf."
- Genesis 38:10 גַּם ptcl acc The thing which he did was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and he killed him also.
- Genesis 38:11 גַּם ptcl acc Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow in your father's house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;" for he said, "Lest he also die, like his brothers." Tamar went and lived in her father's house.
- Genesis 38:22 וְ/גַ֨ם conj + ptcl acc He returned to Judah, and said, "I haven't found her; and also the men of the place said, 'There has been no prostitute here.'"
- Genesis 38:24 וְ/גַ֛ם conj + ptcl acc It happened about three months later, that it was told Judah, saying, "Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute; and moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution." Judah said, "Bring her forth, and let her be burnt."
- Genesis 40:15 וְ/גַם conj + ptcl acc For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon."
- Genesis 42:22 וְ/גַם conj + ptcl acc Reuben answered them, saying, "Didn't I tell you, saying, 'Don't sin against the child,' and you wouldn't listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required."
- Genesis 42:28 וְ/גַ֖ם conj + ptcl acc He said to his brothers, "My money is restored! Behold, it is even in my sack." Their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying, "What is this that God has done to us?"
- Genesis 43:8 גַּם גַם גַּם ptcl acc adv ptcl acc Judah said to Israel, his father, "Send the boy with me, and we will arise and go, so that we may live, and not die, both we, and you, and also our little ones.
- Genesis 44:9 וְ/גַם conj + ptcl acc With whoever of your servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondservants."
- Genesis 44:10 גַּם ptcl acc He said, "Now also let it be according to your words: he with whom it is found will be my bondservant; and you will be blameless."
- Genesis 44:16 גַּם גַּ֛ם ptcl acc ptcl acc Judah said, "What will we tell my lord? What will we speak? Or how will we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Behold, we are my lord's bondservants, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found."
- Genesis 44:29 גַּם ptcl acc If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.'
- Genesis 46:4 גַם adv I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph will close your eyes."
- Genesis 46:34 גַּם גַּם ptcl acc ptcl acc that you shall say, 'Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:' that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians."
- Genesis 47:3 גַּם גַּם ptcl acc ptcl acc Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?" They said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers."
- Genesis 47:19 גַּם גַּ֣ם ptcl acc ptcl acc Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land won't be desolate."
- Genesis 48:11 גַּ֥ם ptcl acc Israel said to Joseph, "I didn't think I would see your face, and, behold, God has let me see your seed also."
- Genesis 48:19 גַּם וְ/גַם ptcl acc conj + ptcl acc His father refused, and said, "I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a multitude of nations."
- Genesis 50:9 גַּם גַּם ptcl acc ptcl acc There went up with him both chariots and horsemen. It was a very great company.
- Genesis 50:18 גַּם ptcl acc His brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, "Behold, we are your servants."
- Genesis 50:23 גַּ֗ם ptcl acc Joseph saw Ephraim's children to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph's knees.
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
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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)—
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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.
