Gam גַּם
| גַּם | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | gam |
| Strong's number | H1571 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | conjunction |
| Gloss | also |
| Occurrences | 769 in 661 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (76) |
Gam (Hebrew גַּם, Strong's H1571) is a Hebrew conjunction meaning “also”. It occurs 769 times in 661 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis)
1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative)
1c) even (for stress)
1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax)
1e) also (of correspondence or retribution)
1f) but, yet, though (adversative)
1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)
2) (TWOT) again, alike
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | also (5), even (2), yea (1), both (1), moreover (1), yet (1), be (1), likewise (1), therefore (1), one (1), people (1), though (1), and 9 other renderings |
|---|---|
| BSB | even (88), also (71), too (43), well (31), moreover (19), both (19), indeed (16), furthermore (8), i also (8), will also (8), he also (7), again (6), and 104 other renderings |
Verses
Gam occurs in 661 verses, listed here by reference.
Genesis (76): 3:6, 3:22, 4:4, 4:22, 4:26, 6:3, 6:4, 7:3, 10:21, 13:5, 13:16, 14:7, 14:16, 15:14, 16:13, 17:16, 19:21, 19:34, 19:35, 19:38, 20:4, 20:5, 20:6, 20:12, 21:13, 21:26, 22:20, 22:24, 24:14, 24:19, 24:25, 24:44, 24:46, 26:21, 27:31, 27:33, 27:34, 27:38, 27:45, 29:27, 29:30, 29:33, 30:3, 30:6, 30:8, 30:15, 30:30, 31:15, 32:6, 32:18, 32:19, 32:20, 33:7, 35:17, 37:7, 38:10, 38:11, 38:22, 38:24, 40:15, 42:22, 42:28, 43:8, 44:9, 44:10, 44:16, 44:29, 46:4, 46:34, 47:3, 47:19, 48:11, 48:19, 50:9, 50:18, 50:23
Exodus (31): 1:10, 2:19, 3:9, 4:9, 4:10, 4:14, 5:2, 5:14, 6:4, 6:5, 7:11, 7:23, 8:21, 8:32, 10:24, 10:25, 10:26, 11:3, 12:31, 12:32, 12:38, 12:39, 18:18, 18:23, 19:9, 19:22, 21:29, 21:35, 33:12, 33:17, 34:3
Leviticus (3): 25:45, 26:24, 26:44
Numbers (17): 4:22, 11:4, 12:2, 13:27, 13:28, 16:10, 16:13, 18:2, 18:3, 18:28, 22:19, 22:33, 23:25, 24:12, 24:24, 24:25, 27:13
Deuteronomy (19): 1:28, 1:37, 2:6, 2:15, 3:3, 3:20, 7:20, 9:19, 9:20, 10:10, 12:30, 12:31, 22:22, 23:2, 23:3, 23:18, 26:13, 28:61, 32:25
Joshua (8): 1:15, 2:12, 2:24, 7:11, 9:4, 10:30, 22:7, 24:18
Judges (21): 1:3, 1:22, 2:3, 2:10, 2:17, 2:21, 3:22, 3:31, 5:4, 6:35, 7:18, 8:9, 8:22, 8:31, 9:19, 9:49, 10:9, 11:17, 17:2, 19:19, 20:48
Ruth (8): 1:5, 1:12, 2:8, 2:15, 2:16, 2:21, 3:12, 4:10
1 Samuel (46): 1:6, 1:28, 2:15, 2:26, 4:17, 8:8, 8:20, 10:11, 10:12, 10:26, 12:14, 12:16, 12:23, 12:25, 13:4, 14:15, 14:21, 14:22, 15:29, 16:8, 16:9, 17:36, 18:5, 19:20, 19:21, 19:22, 19:23, 19:24, 20:27, 21:8, 22:7, 22:17, 23:17, 24:11, 25:13, 25:16, 25:43, 26:25, 28:6, 28:15, 28:19, 28:20, 28:22, 28:23, 31:5, 31:6
2 Samuel (36): 1:4, 1:11, 2:2, 2:6, 2:7, 3:17, 3:19, 4:2, 5:2, 7:19, 8:11, 11:12, 11:17, 11:21, 11:24, 12:13, 12:14, 12:27, 13:36, 14:7, 15:19, 15:24, 16:23, 17:5, 17:10, 17:12, 17:13, 17:16, 18:2, 18:22, 18:26, 19:30, 19:40, 19:43, 20:26, 21:20
1 Kings (25): 1:6, 1:46, 1:47, 1:48, 2:5, 3:13, 3:18, 3:26, 4:15, 7:20, 7:31, 8:41, 10:11, 13:18, 14:14, 14:23, 14:24, 15:13, 16:7, 16:16, 17:20, 18:35, 21:19, 21:23, 22:22
2 Kings (16): 2:3, 2:5, 8:1, 9:27, 13:6, 16:3, 17:19, 17:41, 21:11, 21:16, 22:19, 23:15, 23:19, 23:24, 23:27, 24:4
1 Chronicles (12): 10:5, 10:13, 11:2, 12:38, 12:40, 18:11, 19:15, 20:6, 23:26, 24:31, 29:9, 29:24
2 Chronicles (33): 1:11, 6:32, 9:10, 12:12, 14:15, 15:16, 16:12, 17:11, 18:21, 19:8, 20:4, 20:13, 21:4, 21:11, 21:13, 21:17, 22:3, 22:5, 24:7, 24:12, 26:20, 28:2, 28:5, 28:8, 29:7, 29:35, 30:1, 30:12, 31:6, 34:27, 36:13, 36:14, 36:22
Ezra (1): 1:1
Nehemiah (17): 4:3, 4:22, 5:8, 5:10, 5:13, 5:14, 5:15, 5:16, 6:1, 6:7, 6:14, 6:17, 6:19, 12:43, 13:22, 13:23, 13:26
Esther (8): 1:9, 4:16, 5:12, 7:2, 7:8, 7:9, 9:13, 9:15
Job (22): 1:6, 2:1, 2:10, 7:11, 12:3, 13:2, 13:16, 15:10, 16:4, 16:19, 18:5, 19:18, 21:7, 23:2, 24:19, 28:27, 30:2, 30:8, 31:28, 33:6, 40:14, 41:9
Psalms (34): 8:7, 14:3, 19:11, 19:13, 23:4, 25:3, 37:25, 38:10, 41:9, 49:2, 52:5, 53:3, 71:18, 71:22, 71:24, 78:20, 78:21, 83:8, 84:2, 84:3, 84:6, 85:12, 95:9, 107:5, 118:11, 119:23, 119:24, 129:2, 132:12, 133:1, 137:1, 139:10, 139:12, 148:12
Proverbs (23): 1:26, 11:25, 14:13, 14:20, 16:4, 16:7, 17:15, 17:26, 17:28, 18:3, 18:9, 19:2, 19:24, 20:10, 20:11, 20:12, 21:13, 22:6, 23:15, 24:23, 25:1, 26:4, 28:9
Ecclesiastes (47): 1:11, 1:17, 2:1, 2:7, 2:8, 2:14, 2:15, 2:19, 2:21, 2:23, 2:24, 2:26, 3:11, 3:13, 4:4, 4:8, 4:11, 4:14, 4:16, 5:10, 5:16, 5:17, 5:19, 6:3, 6:5, 6:7, 6:9, 7:6, 7:14, 7:18, 7:21, 7:22, 8:10, 8:12, 8:14, 8:16, 8:17, 9:1, 9:3, 9:6, 9:11, 9:12, 9:13, 10:3, 10:20, 11:2, 12:5
Song of Solomon (2): 7:13, 8:1
Isaiah (29): 1:15, 5:2, 7:13, 7:20, 13:3, 14:8, 14:10, 21:12, 23:12, 26:12, 28:7, 28:29, 30:5, 30:33, 31:2, 40:24, 43:13, 44:12, 45:16, 47:3, 48:8, 49:15, 49:25, 57:6, 57:7, 66:3, 66:4, 66:8, 66:21
Jeremiah (47): 2:16, 2:33, 2:34, 2:36, 2:37, 3:8, 3:10, 4:12, 5:18, 5:28, 6:11, 6:15, 7:11, 8:7, 8:12, 10:5, 12:2, 12:6, 13:23, 13:26, 14:5, 14:18, 23:11, 25:14, 26:20, 27:6, 27:7, 28:14, 31:19, 31:36, 31:37, 33:21, 33:26, 36:6, 36:25, 40:11, 46:16, 46:21, 48:2, 48:7, 48:26, 48:34, 50:24, 51:12, 51:44, 51:49, 52:10
Lamentations (6): 1:8, 2:9, 3:8, 4:3, 4:15, 4:21
Ezekiel (26): 5:8, 5:11, 8:18, 9:10, 10:16, 16:28, 16:29, 16:41, 16:43, 16:52, 18:11, 20:12, 20:15, 20:23, 20:25, 21:9, 21:13, 21:17, 21:27, 23:35, 23:37, 24:3, 24:5, 24:9, 31:17, 39:16
Hosea (12): 3:3, 4:3, 4:5, 4:6, 5:5, 6:11, 7:9, 8:10, 9:12, 9:16, 10:6, 12:11
Joel (7): 1:12, 1:18, 1:20, 2:3, 2:12, 2:29, 3:4
Micah (1): 6:13
Habakkuk (1): 2:16
Zephaniah (3): 1:18, 2:12, 2:14
Zechariah (11): 3:7, 8:6, 8:21, 9:2, 9:7, 9:11, 9:12, 11:8, 12:2, 13:2, 14:14
Malachi (4): 1:10, 2:2, 2:9, 3:15
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).