Strongs Number: H1571
- Hebrew Word
- גַּם
- Transliteration
- gam
- Phonetic
- gam
- Part of Speech
- Adverb
- Strongs Definition
-
properly assemblage; used only adverbially {also} even: {yea} though; often repeated as correlation both ... and
- BDB Definition
-
1. also, even, indeed, moreover, yea
a. also, moreover (giving emphasis)
b. neither, neither...nor (with negative)
c. even (for stress)
d. indeed, yea (introducing climax)
e. also (of correspondence or retribution)
f. but, yet, though (adversative)
g. even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)
2. again, alike
- Origin
- By contraction from an unused root meaning to gather
- Bible Usage
- {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.