Ulam אוּלָם

Ulam (Hebrew אוּלָם, Strong's H199) is a Hebrew conjunction meaning “but”. It occurs 19 times in 19 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Ulam, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 28:19
  And he called the name of that place Beth–el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
• Genesis 48:19
  And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”

Exodus

• Exodus 9:16
  And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

Numbers

• Numbers 14:21
  But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.“Yet as surely as I live and as surely as the whole earth is filled with the glory of the LORD,

Judges

• Judges 18:29
  And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 20:3
  And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
• 1 Samuel 25:34
  For in very deed, as the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 20:23
  And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.Meanwhile, the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they prevailed over us. Instead, we should fight them on the plains; surely then we will prevail.

Job

• Job 1:11
  But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
• Job 2:5
  But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
• Job 5:8
  I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
• Job 11:5
  But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
• Job 12:7
  But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.
• Job 13:3
  Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
• Job 13:4
  But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
• Job 14:18
  And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,
• Job 17:10
  But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.
• Job 33:1
  Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.“But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.

Micah

• Micah 3:8
  But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.

Notes

1. 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.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).