Biblica Analytica
H5973A Hebrew

עִם

im

with

Lexicon Entry

Definition
with
Transliteration
im
Strong's Number
H5973A
Occurrences
981

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

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# עִם (im): The Hebrew Preposition "With" The Hebrew preposition עִם (im) is one of the most frequently used words in the biblical text, appearing 981 times throughout the scriptures. Its fundamental meaning is "with," functioning as a relational term that connects entities, people, or concepts. This high frequency of occurrence reflects its essential role in expressing fundamental grammatical relationships in Hebrew, making it indispensable for constructing meaningful sentences and establishing connections between different elements of biblical discourse. The versatility of עִם demonstrates the breadth of relational concepts that Hebrew speakers conveyed through a single preposition. Beyond simple accompaniment, "with" in Hebrew can express association, relationship, instrument, and proximity—allowing a speaker to indicate anything from physical togetherness ("with you") to abstract relationships or conditions. This single word carries considerable semantic weight, serving as a linguistic bridge that connects subjects, objects, and the various circumstances surrounding biblical narratives, commands, and theological statements. The prevalence of עִם in biblical literature underscores its grammatical importance and the Hebraic way of conceptualizing relationships and interactions. Rather than requiring multiple specialized prepositions, Hebrew employs this single term across diverse contexts, suggesting that ancient Hebrew speakers understood these varied relational concepts—companionship, proximity, collaboration, and instrumental means—as fundamentally connected dimensions of the general notion of "

Source data & methodology
Strong's
H5973A
Lemma
עִם
Transliteration
im
Definition
with
Occurrences
981
Model
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
Prompt version
1

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Occurrences in Scripture

981 total occurrences across the text — showing 50

2 Chronicles 19:11

Behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of Yahweh; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all the king’s matters. Also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and may Yahweh be with the good.”

2 Chronicles 20:1

After this, the children of Moab, the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

2 Chronicles 20:6

and he said, “Yahweh, the God of our fathers, aren’t you God in heaven? Aren’t you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, so that no one is able to withstand you.

2 Chronicles 20:17

You will not need to fight this battle. Set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Go out against them tomorrow, for Yahweh is with you.’ ”

2 Chronicles 20:17

You will not need to fight this battle. Set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Go out against them tomorrow, for Yahweh is with you.’ ”

2 Chronicles 20:29

The fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that Yahweh fought against the enemies of Israel.

2 Chronicles 20:35

After this, Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. The same did very wickedly.

2 Chronicles 20:36

He joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish. They made the ships in Ezion Geber.

2 Chronicles 20:37

Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, Yahweh has destroyed your works.” The ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

2 Chronicles 21:1

Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city, and Jehoram his son reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 21:1

Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city, and Jehoram his son reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 21:3

Their father gave them great gifts of silver, of gold, and of precious things, with fortified cities in Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram, because he was the firstborn.

2 Chronicles 21:9

Then Jehoram went there with his captains and all his chariots with him. He rose up by night and struck the Edomites who surrounded him, along with the captains of the chariots.

2 Chronicles 21:9

Then Jehoram went there with his captains and all his chariots with him. He rose up by night and struck the Edomites who surrounded him, along with the captains of the chariots.

2 Chronicles 21:19

In process of time, at the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died of severe diseases. His people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.

2 Chronicles 22:7

Now the destruction of Ahaziah was of God, in that he went to Joram; for when he had come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom Yahweh had anointed to cut off Ahab’s house.

2 Chronicles 22:8

When Jehu was executing judgment on Ahab’s house, he found the princes of Judah and the sons of the brothers of Ahaziah, serving Ahaziah, and killed them.

2 Chronicles 23:1

In the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, Azariah the son of Obed, Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into a covenant with him.

2 Chronicles 23:3

All the assembly made a covenant with the king in God’s house. He said to them, “Behold, the king’s son must reign, as Yahweh has spoken concerning the sons of David.

2 Chronicles 23:8

So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they each took his men, those who were to come in on the Sabbath; with those who were to go out on the Sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest didn’t dismiss the shift.

2 Chronicles 24:4

After this, Joash intended to restore Yahweh’s house.

2 Chronicles 24:16

They buried him in David’s city among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.

2 Chronicles 24:16

They buried him in David’s city among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.

2 Chronicles 24:22

Thus Joash the king didn’t remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. When he died, he said, “May Yahweh look at it, and repay it.”

2 Chronicles 25:7

A man of God came to him, saying, “O king, don’t let the army of Israel go with you, for Yahweh is not with Israel, with all the children of Ephraim.

2 Chronicles 25:7

A man of God came to him, saying, “O king, don’t let the army of Israel go with you, for Yahweh is not with Israel, with all the children of Ephraim.

2 Chronicles 25:13

But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell on the cities of Judah, from Samaria even to Beth Horon, and struck of them three thousand, and took much plunder.

2 Chronicles 25:19

You say to yourself that you have struck Edom; and your heart lifts you up to boast. Now stay at home. Why should you meddle with trouble, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?’ ”

2 Chronicles 25:24

He took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in God’s house with Obed-Edom, and the treasures of the king’s house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.

2 Chronicles 25:28

They brought him on horses, and buried him with his fathers in the City of Judah.

2 Chronicles 26:2

He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

2 Chronicles 26:17

Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him eighty priests of Yahweh, who were valiant men.

2 Chronicles 26:19

Then Uzziah was angry. He had a censer in his hand to burn incense, and while he was angry with the priests, the leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priests in Yahweh’s house, beside the altar of incense.

2 Chronicles 26:23

So Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings, for they said, “He is a leper.” Jotham his son reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 26:23

So Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings, for they said, “He is a leper.” Jotham his son reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 27:5

He also fought with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. The children of Ammon gave him the same year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. The children of Ammon also gave that much to him in the second year, and in the third.

2 Chronicles 27:9

Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 28:10

Now you intend to degrade the children of Judah and Jerusalem as male and female slaves for yourselves. Aren’t there even with you trespasses of your own against Yahweh your God?

2 Chronicles 28:27

Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem, because they didn’t bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel; and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 29:10

Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Yahweh, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.

Nehemiah 9:8

found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his offspring, and have performed your words; for you are righteous.

2 Chronicles 32:3

he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the springs which were outside of the city, and they helped him.

2 Chronicles 32:7

“Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or dismayed because of the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude who is with him; for there is a greater one with us than with him.

2 Chronicles 32:7

“Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or dismayed because of the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude who is with him; for there is a greater one with us than with him.

2 Chronicles 32:8

An arm of flesh is with him, but Yahweh our God is with us to help us and to fight our battles.” The people rested themselves on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

2 Chronicles 32:8

An arm of flesh is with him, but Yahweh our God is with us to help us and to fight our battles.” The people rested themselves on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

2 Chronicles 32:9

After this, Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem, (now he was before Lachish, and all his power with him), to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah who were at Jerusalem, saying,

2 Chronicles 32:33

Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent of the tombs of the sons of David. All Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. Manasseh his son reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 33:20

So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house; and Amon his son reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 35:21

But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, “What have I to do with you, you king of Judah? I come not against you today, but against the house with which I have war. God has commanded me to make haste. Beware that it is God who is with me, that he not destroy you.”