גַּם
gam · gam
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
Lexicon
Derivation: by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather;
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
- properly, assemblage
- used only adverbially also, even, yea, though
- often repeated as correl. both...and
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To carry, to lift up of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גַּם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
769 occurrences · 769 OT · 0 NT · 46 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- also2 · 8%
- for that he also1 · 4%
- even1 · 4%
- yea1 · 4%
- moreover unto him, we have both1 · 4%
- and1 · 4%
- and so1 · 4%
- moreover1 · 4%
- both we, and he also1 · 4%
- you yet1 · 4%
- when they be1 · 4%
- likewise1 · 4%
- now therefore1 · 4%
- so much as1 · 4%
- until there be not one1 · 4%
- over my people1 · 4%
- with1 · 4%
- yea, even1 · 4%
- therein;(though1 · 4%
- nevertheless even him1 · 4%
- what1 · 4%
- but1 · 4%
- of them are alike1 · 4%
- that this1 · 4%
- even to me1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.