עִם
with
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- A relational word (e.g. “in,” “to,” “from”) governing a noun.
Every verse where H5973 appears in the Book of 1 Kings — 54 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.
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 1:7 עִ֚ם וְ/עִ֖ם prep conj + prep He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
- 1 Kings 1:8 עִם prep But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
- 1 Kings 1:9 עִ֚ם prep Adonijah killed sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En Rogel; and he called all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants:
- 1 Kings 1:14 עִם prep Behold, while you yet talk there with the king, I also will come in after you, and confirm your words.
- 1 Kings 1:21 עִם prep Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
- 1 Kings 1:22 עִם prep Behold, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
- 1 Kings 1:33 עִמָּ/כֶם֙ prep + sfx pers 2mp The king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
- 1 Kings 1:37 עִם עִם prep prep As Yahweh has been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.
- 1 Kings 2:8 עִ֠מְּ/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, I will not put you to death with the sword.
- 1 Kings 2:10 עִם prep David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
- 1 Kings 2:33 מֵ/עִ֥ם prep + prep So shall their blood return on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed forever: but to David, and to his seed, and to his house, and to his throne, shall there be peace for ever from Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 3:6 עִם עִמָּ֑/ךְ prep prep + sfx pers 2fs Solomon said, You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, according as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you; and you have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
- 1 Kings 3:17 עִמָּ֖/הּ prep + sfx pers 3fs The one woman said, Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
- 1 Kings 5:6 עִם prep Now therefore command you that they cut me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with your servants; and I will give you hire for your servants according to all that you shall say: for you know that there is not among us any who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.
- 1 Kings 8:9 עִם prep There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Yahweh made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
- 1 Kings 8:17 עִם prep Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
- 1 Kings 8:18 עִם עִם prep prep But Yahweh said to David my father, Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart:
- 1 Kings 8:21 עִם prep There have I set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of Yahweh, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
- 1 Kings 8:57 עִמָּ֔/נוּ עִם prep + sfx pers 1cp prep Yahweh our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us;
- 1 Kings 8:61 עִ֖ם prep Let your heart therefore be perfect with Yahweh our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
- 1 Kings 8:62 עִמּ֑/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms The king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 8:65 עִמּ/וֹ֩ prep + sfx pers 3ms So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before Yahweh our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
- 1 Kings 9:27 עִ֖ם prep Hiram sent in the navy his servants, sailors who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
- 1 Kings 10:2 עִם prep She came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bore spices, and very much gold, and precious stones; and when she was come to Solomon, she talked with him of all that was in her heart.
- 1 Kings 10:22 עִ֖ם prep For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
- 1 Kings 10:26 וְ/עִם conj + prep Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
- 1 Kings 11:4 עִם prep For it happened, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father.
- 1 Kings 11:9 מֵ/עִ֤ם prep + prep Yahweh was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from Yahweh, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,
- 1 Kings 11:11 עִמָּ֔/ךְ prep + sfx pers 2fs Therefore Yahweh said to Solomon, Because this is done of you, and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.
- 1 Kings 11:18 עִמָּ֜/ם prep + sfx pers 3mp They arose out of Midian, and came to Paran; and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave him a house, and appointed him food, and gave him land.
- 1 Kings 11:21 עִם prep When Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to my own country.
- 1 Kings 11:22 עִמִּ֔/י prep + sfx pers 1cs Then Pharaoh said to him, But what have you lacked with me, that behold, you seek to go to your own country? He answered, Nothing: however only let me depart.
- 1 Kings 11:38 עִמָּ֗/ךְ prep + sfx pers 2fs It shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do that which is right in my eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with you, and will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.
- 1 Kings 11:43 עִם prep Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 12:15 מֵ/עִ֣ם prep + prep So the king didn't listen to the people; for it was a thing brought about of Yahweh, that he might establish his word, which Yahweh spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
- 1 Kings 12:21 עִם prep When Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
- 1 Kings 12:24 עִם prep Thus says Yahweh, You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So they listened to the word of Yahweh, and returned and went their way, according to the word of Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 13:8 עִמָּ֑/ךְ prep + sfx pers 2fs The man of God said to the king, If you will give me half your house, I will not go in with you, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place;
- 1 Kings 14:5 מֵ/עִמְּ/ךָ֤ prep + prep + sfx pers 2ms Yahweh said to Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam comes to inquire of you concerning her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shall you tell her; for it will be, when she comes in, that she will feign herself to be another woman.
- 1 Kings 14:20 עִם prep The days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 14:31 עִם עִם prep prep Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. Abijam his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 15:3 עִם prep He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father.
- 1 Kings 15:8 עִם prep Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 15:14 עִם prep But the high places were not taken away: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with Yahweh all his days.
- 1 Kings 15:24 עִם עִם prep prep Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 16:6 עִם prep Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 16:17 עִמּ֖/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
- 1 Kings 16:28 עִם prep So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 17:20 עִמָּ֛/הּ prep + sfx pers 3fs He cried to Yahweh, and said, Yahweh my God, have you also brought evil on the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?
- 1 Kings 20:26 עִם prep It happened at the return of the year, that Ben Hadad mustered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
- 1 Kings 22:40 עִם prep So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 22:44 עִם prep Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
- 1 Kings 22:49 עִם prep Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab to Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with your servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
- 1 Kings 22:50 עִם עִם prep prep Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; Jehoram his son reigned in his place.
About this entry
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At its core, עם (ʻim) means “with.” Not a single-sense word: explore its full sense range. It turns up in 919 verses across 33 books, one of the most common footprint. It first appears in Genesis 3:6. It clusters with עמם, עם and עמה under a shared root. Dig into 919-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
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About this word
Strong's H5973 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 →
- 919
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 919 distinct verses.
- 33 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 33 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #41
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 41 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 919 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- 2 Chronicles 96 verses 10%
- 1 Samuel 79 verses 9%
- Genesis 74 verses 8%
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 919 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 362 verses · 39%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 343 verses · 37%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 214 verses · 23%
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†: Among 2×, By 2×, Unto 2×
- American Standard Version†: Among 2×, By 2×, Unto 2×
- Berean Standard Bible†: With 253×, You 108×, Him 88×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: With 432×, You 153×, Him 132×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H5973 across 25† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 19 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 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H5973 across 25† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 17 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 H5973 across 939† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 98 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 109 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H5973 across 1,069† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 47 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
19 senses and sub-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 19 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. of fellowship and companionship (Lat. cum), as Gn 13:1 ולוט עמו and Lot with him, 18:16; 19:30; 24:54 הוא והאנשׁים אשׁר עמו, וכל ישׂראל עמו Jos 7:24 al.; + often Peculiar to Ch Ezr are clauses introd. by ועמהם … 1 Ch 12:34; 13:2; 15:18 +, Ezr 8:13, 14 (Aramaic 5:2) +; so ועמו … 1 Ch 12:28; 2 Ch 17:14–18; 26:17; Ezr 8:3–12, 33. Coupling substantives, together with, chiefly in poetry: Dt 12:23 לא תאכל הנפשׁ עם הבשׂר, Jos 11:21; Ju 16:3; Ec 7:11; 2 S 1:24 שָׁנִי עִם עֲדָנִים, Dt 32:14 עִם חֵלֶב כרים, v 14, 24, 25 Am 4:10; Is 25:11; 34:7; Je 6:11; 51:40; Na 3:12 ψ 66:15 אעשׂה בקר עם עתודים, 81:3; 83:8; 87:4; 89:14; 104:25 +, Ct 1:11; 4:13(×2) כפרים עם נרדים, v 14(×2); 5:1(×3). Unusually, Est 9:25 אמר עם הספר he ordered in conjunction with writing, in a written order. Poet. or late uses: ψ 42:9 ובלילה שִׁירֹה עמי, ψ 89:22 אשׁר יָדִי תִּכּוֹן עמו, v 25; in Jb of the companionship of sufferings or prosperity, 6:4 חִצֵּי שַׁדַּי עמדי, 17:2 אם לא הֲתֻלִים עמדי, 29:6 וְצוּר יָצוּק עמדי פלגי שׁמן, v 20 כבודי חָדָשׁ עמדי, 2 Ch 14:5 ואין עמו מלחמה, 16:9 ישׁ עמך מלחמות, 28:10 עִמָּכֶם אֲשָׁמוֹת. Hence, in partic. e.g. Genesis 13:1
- a. of aid, Ex 23:5 Dt 22:4; 1 Ch 12:19; especially of God, Gn 21:22 אלהים עמך, 26:3 ואהיה עמך, v 33; 31:3, 5; Ex 3:12; Jos 1:5; Is 8:10 כ׳ עמנו אל ψ 23:4; 46:8, 12; Jb 29:5 + often (cf. אֵת, Gn 39:2, 3, 21, 23; Is 43:5 +): so הִתְחַזַּק עם 1 Ch 11:10; 2 Ch 16:9; Dn 10:21, עָזַר עם 1 Ch 12:21, כי גם ידם עם דוד 1 S 22:17; 2 S 3:12; 1 Ch 4:10 (cf. Ex 23:1, and II. אֵת 1 a) With the help of (= Gk. σύν), 1 S 14:45 כי עם אלהים עשׂה היום הזה, Dn 11:39 (rare). e.g. Exodus 23:5
- b. Of actions done jointly with another, as ירשׁ עם inherit with, Gn 21:10, כרת ברית עם 26:28 + often, עם (חִלֵּק) חָלַק to share with Jos 22:8; Is 53:12 +; cf. Dt 10:9 חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָה עִם אֶחָיו, 18:1. e.g. Genesis 21:10
- c. If the common action be of the nature of a contest or combat, עִם is with in the sense of against: so often with נִלְחַם to fight, נִשְׁפַּט to dispute, נֶאֱבַק to wrestle, רִיב to strive (see these verbs), Gn 26:20; 30:8; 32:29; בּא בְּמִשְׁפָּט עם to enter into judgment with Is 3:14 +, Jb 14:3 (הֵבִיא), רִיב לי׳ עִם Hos 4:1 +; hence, without a verb expressing the idea explicitly, ψ 94:16 מי יקום לי עִם מְרֵעִים in the struggle with evil-doers? v b 55:19 כי בְרַבִּים היו עמדי for as many are they in combat with me, Jb 9:14 אָבְחֲרָה דְבָרַי עמו in the contest with him, 10:17b; 16:21; perhaps צָדַק עִם 9:2; 25:4 (cf. 4 b end). e.g. Genesis 26:20
- d. Of dealing with a person, or of the relation in which one stands with, or towards, another: as עשׂה חסד עם to do kindness with Gn 24:12 + often (in 1 pers. observe that in this phr. עמדי, not עמי, is regul. used, Gn 19:19; 20:13; 40:14; 1 S 20:14; 2 S 10:2 [‖ 1 Ch 19:2 עמי: here only], al.), עשׂה טוב עם Gn 26:29 +, v. also 20:9; 31:29; Dt 33:21; Ju 15:3; Jb 10:12; 13:20; 42:8 ψ 86:17 (cf. אִתְּכֶם Dt 1:30; 10:21; and Aramaic Dn 3:32), 119:124; 126:2 (1 S 12:24), Jb 33:29; הֵיטִיב עם Gn 32:10, 13 +, הֵרַע עִם 31:7; רָצָה עם be well pleased with ψ 50:18; Jb 34:9; דִּבֶּר עם to speak with (subj. usually God) Ex 19:9 + (v. דִּבֶּר 3 e), hence דָּבָר עִם Ju 18:7, 28; 2 S 3:17; 1 K 1:7; Jb 15:11 דָּבָר לָאַט עמך a word (spoken) gently with thee, cf. 11:5 ויפתח שׂפתיו עמך; יֵאָמֵן עם 2 Ch 1:9: and with adjj. תמים עם perfect with (i.e. toward) Dt 18:13 ψ 18:24, שָׁלֵם עם 1 K 8:61 +; cf. וְלִבָּם לֹא נָכוֹן עִמּוֹ ψ 78:37; 2 S 21:4; 23:5; 1 K 3:6 (עמך), Mi 6:8 הַצְנֵעַ לֶכֶת עִם אֱלֹהָיו, ψ 73:22 toward thee, 1 Ch 19:6; Hos 12:1 (?); also הָלַךְ קְרִי עִם Lv 26:21 ff. (7 times), מַמְרִים הֱיִיתֶם עם Dt 9:7, 24; 31:27; 2 Ch 16:10; 26:19 ψ 85:5; Jb 10:17 a. e.g. Genesis 24:12
- e. Of a common lot, Gn 18:23 האף תספה צדיק עם רשׁע together with the wicked, v 25 Jb 3:14, 15; Is 38:11 ψ 26:9 אל תאסף עם חטּאים נפשׁי, v b; 28:3(×2), 69:29; Jb 30:1; 1 Ch 24:5; hence like, ψ 73:5 ועם אדם לא יְנֻגָּ֑עוּ with (i.e. like) men (in general), 106:6 חטאנו עם אבותינו, Ec 2:16 ואיך ימות הֶחָכָם עם הכסיל i.e. like the fool. e.g. Genesis 18:23
- f. Of equality or resemblance generally (poet.), Jb 9:26 חָֽלְפוּ עִם אֳנִיּוֹת אֵבֶה they pass by with, i.e. as swiftly as, skiffs of reed, 37:18 תרקיע עמו שׁחקים i.e. like him, 40:15 אשׁר עשׂיתי עמך; so נִמְשַׁל עִם ψ 28:1; 143:7, נֶחְשַׁב עִם 88:5, cf. Ec 7:11. e.g. Job 9:26
- g. Of time, = as long as, ψ 72:5 יִירָאוּךָ עם שׁמשׁ as long as the sun endureth (cf. Aramaic Dn 3:33; 4:31; also Ovid. Am. i. 15, 16 cum sole et luna semper Aratus erit); at the time of (?) 2 Ch 21:19 (but read perhaps מֵחָלְיוֹ); and c. inf. (late), Ezr 1:11 עִם הֵעָלוֹת הַגּוֹלָה (cf. ἅμα τῷ sq. inf. Ju 3:21; 9:33; also עִם Ecclus 40:14). e.g. Psalms 72:5
- 2. Of a locality, close to, beside: †Gn 25:11 וישׁב יצחק עם באר לחי ראי beside the well of, etc., 35:4 תַּחַת הָאֵלָה אשׁר עם שׁכם (so, after אשׁר, Jos 7:2; Ju 9:6; 18:22 2 S 13:23), Jos 19:46 (?), Ju 18:3 הֵמָּה עִם בֵּית מִיכָה (so 19:11; 2 S 20:8), 1 S 10:2; 2 S 6:7 וַיָּ֫מָת שָׁם עִם אֲרוֹן הא׳, 19:38; 24:16; 1 K 1:9; 1 Ch 13:14 by the house of O., in its own house (v. Be), 21:15 (2 S 24:16), 26:16 (cf. אֵת 2). By a person, Dt 5:28 וְאַתָּה עֲמֹד פֹּח עמדי by me, 1 S 1:26 הַנִּצֶּבֶת עִמְּכָה +; of one living near another, Ex 22:24; Lv 25:35, 36, 39, 47. e.g. Genesis 25:11
- 3. Of persons, עִם is spec.
- a. in the house or family or service of (apud, chez): Gn 23:4 גֵּר וְתוֹשָׁב עמך (fig. of י׳ Lv 25:23 ψ 39:13), 27:44; 29:14 וַיֵּשֶׁב עִמּוֹ, v 25 עבדתי עמך I have served with thee (so v 30, cf. Dt 15:16), 31:38; Lv 25:6, 40(×2), 50, 53; Dt 22:2; 23:17; Ju 17:10; 2 S 19:34; 1 K 11:22; cf. 1 S 2:21 עם י׳ i.e. at his sanctuary. e.g. Genesis 23:4
- b. In the possession of (Lat. penes): Gn 24:25 straw, etc., is עִמָּנוּ, 31:32 Dt 17:19 והיתה עמו with him, at his side, 29:16; Jb 28:14 וְיָם אָמַר אֵין עִמָּדִי; = stored up with, Dt 32:34 כָּמֻם עִמָּדִי, Jb 27:13 (but read here prob. מֵאֵל; cf. 20:29); of ethical or mental attributes, 1 S 25:25 וּנְבָלָה עִמּוֹ, Jb 12:13 עִמּוֹ חָכְמָה וּגְבוּרָה, v 16; 25:2 ψ 130:7; 2 Ch 19:3, 7. cf. fig. ψ 36:10 כי עמך מְקוֹר חַיִּים. e.g. Genesis 24:25
- c. In the custody or care of, 1 S 9:23 שִׂים אֹתָהּ עִמָּ֑ךְ; 22:23 כִּי מִשְׁמֶרֶת אַתָּה עִמָּדִי: cf. Jb 17:3 עָרְבֵנִי עִמָּ֑ךְ be surety for me with thyself. e.g. 1 Samuel 9:23
- d. Beside = except, Dt 32:39 אֵין אלהים עִמָּדִי, ψ 73:25 ועמך לא חפצתי בארץ and beside thee I delight not (in aught that is) upon earth (al. in comparison of thee, 1 f), 2 Ch 14:10 וְאֵין עִמְּךָ לַעֲזֹר there is none beside thee to help, 20:6; perhaps Hos 9:8 (Hi Ke; but very dub., v. Comm.). cf. אֵת 1 b. e.g. Deuteronomy 32:39
- e. With = friendly with, Gn 31:2 כי איננו עמי (syn. v 5 אֶל towards), 2 K 10:15 לְבָבִי עִם לְבָֽבְךָ, Pr 23:7 וְלִבּוֹ בַל עִמָּ֑ךְ. e.g. Genesis 31:2
- 4. Idiom. of a thought or purpose present with one:—
- a. עִם לְבַב פ׳, especially in Dt. and the later Deut. style, Dt 8:5 וְיָדַעְתָּ עִם לְבָבְךָ thou shalt know with thy heart, 15:9 פן יהיה דבר עם לבבך בליעל a wicked thought with thy heart, Jos 14:7 I brought back word כאשׁר עם לבבי; היה עם לְבַב פ׳, especially of a purpose, 1 K 8:17 ויהי עם לבב דוד לִבְנוֹת וגו׳ i.e. it was David’s purpose to build, etc., v 18(×2); 1 K 10:2 (= 2 Ch 6:7, 8(×2); 9:1), 1 Ch 22:7; 28:2 (both based on 1 K 8:17, etc.), 2 Ch 1:11; 24:4; 29:10; rather differently, to muse or talk with one’s heart, ψ 77:7; Ec 1:16. e.g. Deuteronomy 8:5
- b. עִם alone, = in one’s consciousness, whether of knowledge or memory or purpose (cf. אֵת 3 b; عِنْدَ WAG ii. § 66): Nu 14:24 עֵקֶב הָֽיְתָה רוּחַ אַחֶרֶת עִמּוֹ i.e. operating in his mind, 1 K 11:11 יען אשׁר היתה זאת עמך, 1 Ch 28:12 the pattern of all אשׁר היה בָרוּחַ עמו that was in spirit (i.e. mentally) with him, ψ 50:11 וְזִיז שָׂדַי עִמָּדִי is with me (i.e. is known to me; ‖ ידעתי), prob. also 73:23; 139:18 (= in thy thought and care); Jb 9:35 לא כן אנכי עמדי not so am I with myself (my consciousness—or conscience—does not tell me that I need dread him), 10:13 ידעתי כי זאת עמך i.e. that this was thy purpose (‖ אֵלֶּה צָפַנְתָּ בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ), 15:9 ולא עמנו הוא and is not with us (= in our knowledge; ‖ וְלֹא נֵדָ֑ע), 23:10 כי ידע דרך עמדי the way of which I am conscious (De; Ew Di the way attending me, my usual way), v 14 וְכָהֵנָּה רַבּוֹת עמו i.e. he has many such purposes, 27:11 אֲשֶׁר עִם שַׁדָּי לֹא אֲכַחֵד i.e. his purposes or principles of action. Also sometimes in the judgment or estimation of, 1 S 2:26 טוֹב עִם, 2 S 6:22 נִכְבַּד עִם, perhaps צָדַק עִם Jb 9:2; 25:4 (Ges Bu; but Ew as 1 c, Hi De beside, in comparison of). e.g. Numbers 14:24
- 5. Metaph. together with = in spite of, notwithstanding Ne 5:18 וְעִם זֶה (cf. مَعَ WAG ii. § 57; in Heb. בְּ is the more usual syn.).—In 1 S 16:12 אַדְמֹנִי עִם יְפֵה עֵינַיִם (cf. 17:42 עִם יְפֵה מַרְאֶה), if text correct, יפה must be a neuter subst., with beauty of eyes; but read prob. (Gr Bu) עֶלֶם a youth (17:56; 20:22) for עם (v. HPS; Che Expos. Times x. 521 אַדְמֹנִי עֶצֶם, cf. La 4:7). e.g. Nehemiah 5:18
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Word origin
prep. with (Aramaic עִם, ܥܰܡ, Sab. עם DHMEpigr. Denkm. 12 HomChrest. 51; cf. Arabic مَعَ, مَعْ (but v. PrätBAS. i. 26)), sf. עִמִּי46 and עִמָּדִי45 (prob. akin to Arabic عِنْدٌ side, عِنْدَ beside: cf. √ ענד), without difference of meaning (עמי in Pent. Gn 31:31; 39:7, 12, 14; Ex 33:12 Lv 26:21, 23, 27, 40 [H] Nu 22:19; Jos-K. 13 times; ψ 42:9; 86:17; Jb 10:17; Ru 1:11; Est 7:8; in Dn 7 times, Ezr Ne Ch 11 times: עמדי in Pent. Gn [JE] 14 times, Ex 17:2; Lv 25:23; Dt 5:28; 32:34, 39; Ju S 7 times; ψ 23:4; 50:11; 50:19; 101:6; Jb 14 times, Ru 1:8); עִמְּךָ, †עִמְּכָה 1 S 1:26, עִמָּ֑ךְ; עִמּוֹ, עִמָּהּ; עִמָּ֫נוּ; עִמָּכֶם; עִמָּם27 (Gn 18:16, etc.: Gn-K 20 times; Ne 13:25; not Ezr Ch), and עִמָּהֶם23 (chiefly late: Nu 22:12; Dt 29:16 (v 24 עמם), Jon 1:3; Jb 1:4, and 19 times Ne Ezr Ch):
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Derived from עמם (ʻâmam) (H6004) — to darken.
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.
עִם
- v. עַם) junction; (prep.) with, near. Sabb. I, 8 עם השמש with the sun, i.e. as long as the sun shines, before sunset. Ib. II, 7 עם חשיכה, v. חֲשֵׁיכָה. Ber. 7ᵃ ותתנהג עם בניך וכ׳ and deal with thy children mercifully. Snh. 23ᵃ מי חותם עִמָּהֶן who is to sign as witness with them; a. fr.
עִם ²
- Targ. O. Gen. XXV, 11. Targ. Ps. LIV, 2 עִימָּנָא Ms. (ed. גַּבָּן). Targ. Job XXXII, 6 עִימְּכוֹן Ms. (ed. יַתְכוֹן); a. fr.
עַם
- עמם to press, crowd, join) gathering, crowd, people. Snh. 94ᵇ, v. עָיֵף. Men. 53ᵇ יבא זח … לעם זו let ‘this one’ (Moses) come and receive ‘this’ (the Law) … for ‘this people’ (Israel); a. fr.—עם הארץ, v. אֶרֶץ.—Pl. עַמִּים gentiles. Sabb. 14ᵇ, a. fr. על ארץ הע׳ concerning (importations from) heathen countries. Y. Shebi. VI, 36ᵇ bot.; a. fr.—V. עֲמָם.
עַם ²
- Targ. Gen. XII, 2. Targ. Ez. XLV, 16. Targ. Cant. VI, 5; a. v. fr.—Erub. 14ᵇ, a. e. מאי ע׳ דבר, v. דְּבַר. Y. Kil. V, 29ᵈ bot. כל ע׳; Y. Yeb. XIII, beg. 13ᵇ כל עַמָּה, a. fr., v. כּוֹל. Sot. IX, 15 ע׳ דארעא = עם הארץ, ignorant people; a. fr.—Pl., v. עֲמַם II.
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Forms in the corpus
The 152 distinct written forms H5973 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| עִם | Preposition | Daniel 1:13 | 393 |
| עִמּ֔/וֹ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 17:19 | 38 |
| עִמָּֽ/ךְ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 14:27 | 37 |
| עִמּֽ/וֹ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 22:4 | 33 |
| עִ֖ם | Preposition | Amos 4:10 | 26 |
| עִמּ֑/וֹ | Preposition | Exodus 13:19 | 26 |
| וְ/עִם | Preposition | Exodus 4:15 | 24 |
| עִמּ֖/וֹ | Preposition | Amos 2:3 | 23 |
| עִמָּ֔/ךְ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 2:7 | 21 |
| עִמָּ֑/ךְ | Preposition | Exodus 18:18 | 19 |
| מֵ/עִ֣ם | Preposition | Exodus 8:12 | 16 |
| עִמִּ֖/י | Preposition | Esther 7:8 | 12 |
| מֵ/עִ֥ם | Preposition | Deuteronomy 23:15 | 11 |
| עִֽם | Preposition | Ecclesiastes 2:16 | 11 |
| עִמְּ/ךָ֖ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 20:12 | 11 |
| עִמִּ֔/י | Preposition | Daniel 8:18 | 11 |
| עִמָּ/כֶ֔ם | Preposition | Exodus 10:10 | 11 |
| עִמָּ/כֶֽם | Preposition | Exodus 10:24 | 10 |
| עִמּ֛/וֹ | Preposition | 1 Chronicles 19:14 | 9 |
| וְ/עִמּ֕/וֹ | Preposition | Ezra 8:5 | 8 |
| עִמָּ֑/נוּ | Preposition | Exodus 33:16 | 8 |
| עִמּ/וֹ֙ | Preposition | Daniel 11:40 | 7 |
| עִמָּ/כֶם֙ | Preposition | Hosea 14:2 | 7 |
| וְ/עִמּ֖/וֹ | Preposition | Ezra 8:4 | 6 |
| עִמְּ/ךָ֙ | Preposition | Genesis 21:23 | 6 |
| עִמִּ/י֙ | Preposition | Daniel 10:19 | 6 |
| עִמִּ֑/י | Preposition | Daniel 9:22 | 6 |
| עִמִּֽ/י | Preposition | Ezra 7:28 | 6 |
| עִמָּ/כֶ֑ם | Preposition | Deuteronomy 4:23 | 6 |
| עִמָּ/כֶ֖ם | Preposition | Genesis 31:29 | 6 |
| עִמָּ֔/נוּ | Preposition | 1 Kings 8:57 | 6 |
| וְ/עִמּ֛/וֹ | Preposition | Ezra 8:3 | 5 |
| מֵ/עִמּֽ/וֹ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 18:19 | 5 |
| עִ֚ם | Preposition | Ecclesiastes 4:15 | 5 |
| עִמְּ/ךָ֗ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 22:2 | 5 |
| עִמָּ/ם֙ | Preposition | 2 Samuel 15:36 | 5 |
| עִמָּ֑/הּ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 22:25 | 5 |
| עִמָּ֑/ם | Preposition | Genesis 29:9 | 5 |
| עִמָּ֔/ם | Preposition | Deuteronomy 29:25 | 5 |
| עִמָּֽ/הּ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 22:23 | 5 |
| מֵ/עִ֖ם | Preposition | 2 Samuel 3:15 | 4 |
| מֵ/עִ֤ם | Preposition | Exodus 9:33 | 4 |
| עִמָּ֖/הּ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 22:25 | 4 |
| עִמָּ֖/ךְ | Preposition | Amos 6:10 | 4 |
| עִמָּ֖/ם | Preposition | Genesis 18:16 | 4 |
| עִמָּ֖/נוּ | Preposition | Exodus 20:19 | 4 |
| עִמָּ֗/ךְ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 14:29 | 4 |
| עִמָּ֨/נוּ֙ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 29:15 | 4 |
| עִמָּֽ/נוּ | Preposition | Hosea 12:4 | 4 |
| וְ/עִ֥ם | Preposition | 2 Chronicles 24:16 | 3 |
| וְ/עִמָּ/הֶ֛ם | Preposition | Ezra 10:14 | 3 |
| מֵ/עִמָּ֑/ךְ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 10:12 | 3 |
| מֵֽ/עִמָּ֔/ךְ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 15:18 | 3 |
| עִ֝֗ם | Preposition | Psalms 113:8 | 3 |
| עִ֥ם | Preposition | Ecclesiastes 1:11 | 3 |
| עִ֭מּ/וֹ | Preposition | Job 12:13 | 3 |
| עִמּ/וֹ֮ | Preposition | 1 Samuel 17:26 | 3 |
| עִמּ֧/וֹ | Preposition | 1 Chronicles 11:10 | 3 |
| עִמָּ֔/הּ | Preposition | Esther 2:13 | 3 |
| עִמָּ֥/נוּ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 29:15 | 3 |
The 60 most common forms are shown; 92 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 867 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 919 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 3:12
- Leviticus 15:33
- Numbers 10:32
- Deuteronomy 2:7
- Joshua 1:5
- Judges 1:22
- Ruth 1:7
- 1 Samuel 1:17
- 2 Samuel 1:2
- 1 Kings 1:7
- 2 Kings 2:9
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.
