Strong's #518: 'im (pronounced eem)
a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrog., whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not:--(and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), + but, either, + except, + more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, + save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, + surely (no more, none, not), though, + of a truth, + unless, + verily, when, whereas, whether, while, + yet.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
'im
1) if
1a) conditional clauses
1a1) of possible situations
1a2) of impossible situations
1b) oath contexts
1b1) no, not
1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or
1d) when, whenever
1e) since
1f) interrogative particle
1g) but rather
Part of Speech: conditional particle
Relation: a primitive particle
Usage:
This word is used 999 times:
Proverbs 2:3: " if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;"
Proverbs 2:4: " If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;"
Proverbs 3:24: " When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet."
Proverbs 3:30: "with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm."
Proverbs 3:34: " Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly."
Proverbs 4:12: "thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble."
Proverbs 4:16: "they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away,"
Proverbs 4:16: "except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall."
Proverbs 6:1: " if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,"
Proverbs 6:28: " Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?"
Proverbs 9:12: " If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear"
Proverbs 18:2: "hath no delight in understanding, but but that his heart may discover itself."
Proverbs 19:19: "shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again."
Proverbs 20:11: "a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right."
Proverbs 20:11: "whether his work be pure, and whether it be right."
Proverbs 22:27: " If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under"
Proverbs 23:2: "a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite."
Proverbs 23:15: " if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine."
Proverbs 23:18: " surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off."
Proverbs 24:11: " If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;"
Proverbs 24:14: "shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation"
Proverbs 25:21: " If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water"
Proverbs 25:21: "be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:"
Proverbs 27:22: " Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle,"
Proverbs 27:24: "riches are not forever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?"
Proverbs 30:32: " If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth."
Proverbs 30:32: "thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth."
Ecclesiastes 3:12: "that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good"
Ecclesiastes 4:10: " if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe"
Ecclesiastes 4:11: " if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm"
Ecclesiastes 4:12: " And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord"
Ecclesiastes 5:8: " If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province,"
Ecclesiastes 5:11: "them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?"
Ecclesiastes 5:12: "of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much:"
Ecclesiastes 5:12: "whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not"
Ecclesiastes 6:3: " If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days"
Ecclesiastes 8:15: "better thing under the sun, than than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry:"
Ecclesiastes 8:17: "to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know"
Ecclesiastes 10:4: " If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place;"
Ecclesiastes 10:10: " If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to"
Ecclesiastes 10:11: " Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no"
Ecclesiastes 11:3: " If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if"
Ecclesiastes 11:3: "they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or"
Ecclesiastes 11:3: "the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth,"
Ecclesiastes 11:6: "shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good."
Ecclesiastes 11:8: " if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all;"
Ecclesiastes 12:14: "with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil."
Ecclesiastes 12:14: "secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil."
Song of Solomon 1:8: " If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock,"
Song of Solomon 2:7: "and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake"
