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גַּם

gam · Hebrew · Strong's H1571 · 769 occurrences

What it means

properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather;

How the KJV renders it

again, alike, also, both and, but, either or, even, for all, likewise, moreover, nay neither, one, then, though, what, with, yea

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

Questions this word decides

• Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
• Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
• Should Christians pray to saints?
• What does John 8:58 mean ('before Abraham was, I am')?
• What does 1 Timothy 2:12 mean about women teaching?
• Is speaking in tongues for today?

Where it appears

769 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.