אִם ʼim

Meaning

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

In the King James Version: (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.

Derivation: a primitive particle;

Where it is used

• Esther 5:4 “If it pleases the king,” Esther replied, “may the king and Haman come today to the banquet I have prepared for the king.”
• Esther 5:8 If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”
• Esther 5:12 “What is more,” Haman added, “Queen Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the banquet she prepared, and I am invited back tomorrow along with the king.
• Esther 6:13 Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”
• Esther 7:3 Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.
• Esther 8:5 “If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.
• Esther 9:13 Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”
• Job 1:11 But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
• Job 2:5 But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
• Job 4:17 ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?
• Job 6:5 Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?
• Job 6:6 Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?
• Job 6:12 Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze?
• Job 6:13 Is there any help within me now that success is driven from me?
• Job 6:28 But now, please look at me. Would I lie to your face?
• Job 6:30 Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?
• Job 7:4 When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
• Job 7:12 Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?
• Job 8:3 Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
• Job 8:4 When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.
• Job 8:5 But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
• Job 8:6 if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.
• Job 8:18 If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
• Job 9:3 If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
• Job 9:15 For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
• Job 9:16 If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.
• Job 9:19 If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
• Job 9:20 Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
• Job 9:23 When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
• Job 9:24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
• Job 9:27 If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’
• Job 9:30 If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
• Job 10:4 Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees?
• Job 10:5 Are Your days like those of a mortal, or Your years like those of a man,
• Job 10:14 If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.
• Job 10:15 If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.
• Job 11:2 “Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?
• Job 11:7 Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
• Job 11:10 If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?
• Job 11:13 As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
• Job 11:14 if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,
• Job 13:8 Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense?
• Job 13:9 Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?
• Job 13:10 Surely He would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.
• Job 14:5 Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
• Job 14:7 For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
• Job 14:8 If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,
• Job 14:14 When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
• Job 16:6 Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?
• Job 17:2 Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
• Job 17:13 If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
• Job 17:16 Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
• Job 19:5 If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,
• Job 20:6 Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,
• Job 20:12 Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,
• Job 21:4 Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
• Job 21:6 When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.
• Job 22:3 Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?
• Job 22:20 ‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’
• Job 22:23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents