עִם
with
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Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Part of speech
- Preposition
- A relational word (e.g. “in,” “to,” “from”) governing a noun.
Every verse where H5973 appears in the Book of Genesis — 74 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 עִמָּ֖/הּ prep + sfx pers 3fs 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 13:1 עִמּ֖/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms Abram went up out of Egypt: he, his wife, all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South.
- Genesis 13:14 מֵֽ/עִמּ֔/וֹ prep + prep + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, "Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,
- Genesis 18:16 עִמָּ֖/ם prep + sfx pers 3mp The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.
- Genesis 18:23 עִם prep Abraham drew near, and said, "Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?
- Genesis 18:25 עִם prep Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"
- Genesis 19:30 עִמּ֔/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms Lot went up out of Zoar, and lived in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to live in Zoar. He lived in a cave with his two daughters.
- Genesis 19:32 עִמּ֑/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms Come, let's make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve our father's seed."
- Genesis 19:34 עִמּ֔/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms 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 עִמּ֔/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms 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 21:10 עִם עִם prep prep Therefore she said to Abraham, "Cast out this handmaid and her son! For the son of this handmaid will not be heir with my son, even with Isaac."
- Genesis 21:22 עִמְּ/ךָ֔ prep + sfx pers 2ms It happened at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all that you do.
- Genesis 21:23 עִמְּ/ךָ֙ וְ/עִם prep + sfx pers 2ms conj + prep Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner."
- Genesis 22:5 עִֽם prep Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go yonder. We will worship, and come back to you.
- Genesis 23:4 עִמָּ/כֶ֑ם עִמָּ/כֶ֔ם prep + sfx pers 2mp prep + sfx pers 2mp "I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."
- Genesis 24:12 עִ֖ם prep He said, "Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
- Genesis 24:14 עִם prep 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 24:25 עִמָּ֑/נוּ prep + sfx pers 1cp She said moreover to him, "We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in."
- Genesis 24:27 מֵ/עִ֣ם prep + prep He said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth toward my master. As for me, Yahweh has led me in the way to the house of my master's relatives."
- Genesis 24:54 עִמּ֖/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms They ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and stayed all night. They rose up in the morning, and he said, "Send me away to my master."
- Genesis 24:58 עִם prep They called Rebekah, and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" She said, "I will go."
- Genesis 25:11 עִם prep It happened after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac, his son. Isaac lived by Beer Lahai Roi.
- Genesis 26:3 עִמְּ/ךָ֖ prep + sfx pers 2ms Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For to you, and to your seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
- Genesis 26:16 מֵֽ/עִמָּ֔/נוּ prep + prep + sfx pers 1cp Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go from us, for you are much mightier than we."
- Genesis 26:20 עִם עִמּֽ/וֹ prep prep + sfx pers 3ms The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." He called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.
- Genesis 26:28 עִמָּ/ךְ֒ עִמָּֽ/ךְ prep + sfx pers 2fs prep + sfx pers 3fs They said, "We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you. We said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you,
- Genesis 26:29 עִמָּ֜/נוּ עִמְּ/ךָ֙ prep + sfx pers 1cp prep + sfx pers 2ms that you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace.' You are now the blessed of Yahweh."
- Genesis 27:44 עִמּ֖/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms Stay with him a few days, until your brother's fury turns away;
- Genesis 28:15 עִמָּ֗/ךְ prep + sfx pers 2fs Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you."
- Genesis 29:6 עִם prep He said to them, "Is it well with him?" They said, "It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep."
- Genesis 29:9 עִמָּ֑/ם עִם prep + sfx pers 3mp prep While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.
- Genesis 29:14 עִמּ֖/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms Laban said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. He lived with him for a month.
- Genesis 29:25 עִמָּ֔/ךְ prep + sfx pers 2fs It happened in the morning that, behold, it was Leah. He said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Didn't I serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?"
- Genesis 29:30 עִמּ֔/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
- Genesis 30:8 עִם prep Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed." She named him Naphtali.
- Genesis 30:15 עִמָּ/ךְ֙ prep + sfx pers 2fs 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 30:16 עִמָּ֖/הּ prep + sfx pers 3fs Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, "You must come in to me; for I have surely hired you with my son's mandrakes." He lay with her that night.
- Genesis 31:2 עִמּ֖/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms Jacob saw the expression on Laban's face, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
- Genesis 31:3 עִמָּֽ/ךְ prep + sfx pers 2fs Yahweh said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you."
- Genesis 31:23 עִמּ֔/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms He took his relatives with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey. He overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.
- Genesis 31:24 עִֽם prep God came to Laban, the Syrian, in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad."
- Genesis 31:29 עִמָּ/כֶ֖ם עִֽם prep + sfx pers 2mp prep It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, 'Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad.'
- Genesis 31:31 מֵ/עִמִּֽ/י prep + prep + sfx pers 1cs Jacob answered Laban, "Because I was afraid, for I said, 'Lest you should take your daughters from me by force.'
- Genesis 31:32 עִ֠ם prep With whoever you find your gods, he shall not live. Before our relatives, discern what is yours with me, and take it." For Jacob didn't know that Rachel had stolen them.
- Genesis 31:38 עִמָּ֔/ךְ prep + sfx pers 2ms These twenty years have I been with you. Your ewes and your female goats have not cast their young, and I haven't eaten the rams of your flocks.
- Genesis 31:50 עִמָּ֑/נוּ prep + sfx pers 1cp If you will afflict my daughters, and if you will take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; behold, God is witness between me and you."
- Genesis 32:4 עִם prep He commanded them, saying, "This is what you shall tell my lord, Esau: 'This is what your servant, Jacob, says. I have lived as a foreigner with Laban, and stayed until now.
- Genesis 32:6 עִמּֽ/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms 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 32:9 עִמָּֽ/ךְ prep + sfx pers 2fs Jacob said, "God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me, 'Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good.'
- Genesis 32:12 עִמָּ֑/ךְ prep + sfx pers 2fs You said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which can't be numbered because there are so many.'"
- Genesis 32:24 עִמּ֔/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.
- Genesis 32:25 עִמּֽ/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms When he saw that he didn't prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled.
- Genesis 32:28 עִם וְ/עִם prep conj + prep He said, "Your name will no longer be called 'Jacob,' but, 'Israel,' for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed."
- Genesis 33:1 וְ/עִמּ֕/וֹ conj + prep + sfx pers 3ms Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. He divided the children between Leah, Rachel, and to the two handmaids.
- Genesis 33:15 עִמְּ/ךָ֔ prep + sfx pers 2ms Esau said, "Let me now leave with you some of the folk who are with me." He said, "Why? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord."
- Genesis 35:2 עִמּ֑/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, change your garments.
- Genesis 35:4 עִם prep They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
- Genesis 35:6 עִמּֽ/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Bethel), he and all the people who were with him.
- Genesis 39:7 עִמִּֽ/י prep + sfx pers 1cs It happened after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph; and she said, "Lie with me."
- Genesis 39:10 עִמָּֽ/הּ prep + sfx pers 3fs It happened that as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he didn't listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
- Genesis 39:12 עִמִּ֑/י prep + sfx pers 1cs She caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me!" He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside.
- Genesis 39:14 עִמִּ֔/י prep + sfx pers 1cs that she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, "Behold, he has brought in a Hebrew to us to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice.
- Genesis 41:32 מֵ/עִ֣ם prep + prep The dream was doubled to Pharaoh, because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
- Genesis 42:38 עִמָּ/כֶ֑ם prep + sfx pers 2mp He said, "My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him by the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol."
- Genesis 43:34 עִמּֽ/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms He sent portions to them from before him, but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. They drank, and were merry with him.
- Genesis 44:29 מֵ/עִ֥ם prep + prep 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 44:32 מֵ/עִ֥ם prep + prep For your servant became collateral for the boy to my father, saying, 'If I don't bring him to you, then I will bear the blame to my father forever.'
- Genesis 44:33 עִם prep Now therefore, please let your servant stay instead of the boy, a bondservant to my lord; and let the boy go up with his brothers.
- Genesis 46:4 עִמְּ/ךָ֙ prep + sfx pers 2ms I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph will close your eyes."
- Genesis 47:30 עִם prep but when I sleep with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place." He said, "I will do as you have said."
- Genesis 48:1 עִמּ֔/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms It happened after these things, that someone said to Joseph, "Behold, your father is sick." He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
- Genesis 48:12 מֵ/עִ֣ם prep + prep Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
- Genesis 48:21 עִמָּ/כֶ֔ם prep + sfx pers 2mp Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
- Genesis 50:9 עִמּ֔/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms There went up with him both chariots and horsemen. It was a very great company.
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.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
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.
