עִם
with
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- Preposition
- A relational word (e.g. “in,” “to,” “from”) governing a noun.
Every verse where H5973 appears in the Book of Job — 47 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Job
- Job 1:4 עִמָּ/הֶֽם prep + sfx pers 3mp His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his birthday; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
- Job 1:12 מֵ/עִ֖ם prep + prep Yahweh said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don't put forth your hand." So Satan went forth from the presence of Yahweh.
- Job 3:14 עִם prep With kings and counselors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;
- Job 3:15 עִם prep Or with princes who had gold, Who filled their houses with silver:
- Job 5:23 עִם prep For you shall be in league with the stones of the field. The animals of the field shall be at peace with you.
- Job 9:2 עִם prep "Truly I know that it is so, But how can man be just with God?
- Job 9:3 עִמּ֑/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms If he is pleased to contend with him, He can't answer him one time in a thousand.
- Job 9:14 עִמּֽ/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms How much less shall I answer him, Choose my words to argue with him?
- Job 9:26 עִם prep They have passed away as the swift ships, As the eagle that swoops on the prey.
- Job 10:13 עִמָּֽ/ךְ prep + sfx pers 2fs Yet you hid these things in your heart. I know that this is with you:
- Job 10:17 עִמִּֽ/י prep + sfx pers 1cs You renew your witnesses against me, And increase your indignation on me. Changes and warfare are with me.
- Job 11:5 עִמָּֽ/ךְ prep + sfx pers 2fs But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against you,
- Job 12:2 וְ֝/עִמָּ/כֶ֗ם conj + prep + sfx pers 2mp "No doubt, but you are the people, And wisdom shall die with you.
- Job 12:13 עִ֭מּ/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms "With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.
- Job 12:16 עִ֭מּ/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms With him is strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his.
- Job 14:3 עִמָּֽ/ךְ prep + sfx pers 2fs Do you open your eyes on such a one, And bring me into judgment with you?
- Job 15:9 עִמָּ֥/נוּ prep + sfx pers 1cp What do you know, that we don't know? What do you understand, which is not in us?
- Job 15:11 עִמָּֽ/ךְ prep + sfx pers 2fs Are the consolations of God too small for you, Even the word that is gentle toward you?
- Job 16:21 עִם prep That he would maintain the right of a man with God, Of a son of man with his neighbor!
- Job 17:3 עִמָּ֑/ךְ prep + sfx pers 2fs "Now give a pledge, be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?
- Job 20:11 וְ֝/עִמּ֗/וֹ conj + prep + sfx pers 3ms His bones are full of his youth, But youth shall lie down with him in the dust.
- Job 21:8 עִמָּ֑/ם prep + sfx pers 3mp Their child is established with them in their sight, Their offspring before their eyes.
- Job 22:4 עִ֝מְּ/ךָ֗ prep + sfx pers 2ms Is it for your piety that he reproves you, That he enters with you into judgment?
- Job 22:21 עִמּ֑/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms "Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you.
- Job 23:7 עִמּ֑/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms There the upright might reason with him, So I should be delivered forever from my judge.
- Job 23:14 עִמּֽ/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms For he performs that which is appointed for me. Many such things are with him.
- Job 25:2 עִמּ֑/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms "Dominion and fear are with him; He makes peace in his high places.
- Job 25:4 עִם prep How then can man be just with God? Or how can he who is born of a woman be clean?
- Job 26:10 עִם prep He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, And to the confines of light and darkness.
- Job 27:11 עִם prep I will teach you about the hand of God. That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
- Job 27:13 עִם prep "This is the portion of a wicked man with God, The heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
- Job 28:4 מֵֽ/עִם prep + prep He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.
- Job 29:18 עִם prep Then I said, 'I shall die in my own house, I shall number my days as the sand.
- Job 30:1 עִם prep "But now those who are younger than I, have me in derision, Whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.
- Job 31:5 עִם prep "If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot has hurried to deceit
- Job 33:29 עִם prep "Behold, God works all these things, Twice, yes three times, with a man,
- Job 34:8 עִם עִם prep prep Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, And walks with wicked men?
- Job 34:9 עִם prep For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.'
- Job 34:33 הַֽ/מֵ/עִמְּ/ךָ֬ ptcl inter + prep + Preposition + sfx pers 2ms Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know.
- Job 35:4 עִמָּֽ/ךְ prep + sfx pers 2fs I will answer you, And your companions with you.
- Job 36:4 עִמָּֽ/ךְ prep + sfx pers 2fs For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
- Job 37:18 עִ֭מּ/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms Can you, with him, spread out the sky, Which is strong as a cast metal mirror?
- Job 40:2 עִם prep "Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it."
- Job 40:15 עִמָּ֑/ךְ prep + sfx pers 2fs "See now, behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.
- Job 41:4 עִמָּ֑/ךְ prep + sfx pers 2fs Will he make a covenant with you, That you should take him for a servant forever?
- Job 42:8 עִמָּ/כֶם֙ prep + sfx pers 2mp Now therefore, take to yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept him, that I not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has."
- Job 42:11 עִמּ֣/וֹ prep + sfx pers 3ms Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.
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.
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
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
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.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H5973, 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.
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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.
