But
אוּלָםStrong’s H0199ulam (u-lam)
Appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ulam is the Hebrew word usually translated “but”. It appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.”
Meaning
- But, but indeed (a strong adversative)
- However, nevertheless
How it's translated
- and but 16
- but 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 10
- Genesis 2
- 1 Samuel 2
- Exodus 1
- Numbers 1
- Judges 1
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 48:19And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
- Exodus 9:16And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
- Numbers 14:21But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.
- Judges 18:29And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
- 1 Samuel 20:3And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
- 1 Samuel 25:34For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
Hebrew dictionary
אוּלָם ulam · but
1) but, but indeed (a strong adversative) 2) however, nevertheless
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “but” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BUT, conjunction
[Eng.over.]
- “BUT, the greatest of these is charity” 1 Corinthians 13:13“lowly is wisdom” Proverbs 11:2
All definitions and other forms of “but”
BUT, noun
[Latin peto.]
- An end; a limit; a bound.
- The end of a plank in a ship's side or bottom, which unites with another; generally written butt.
BUT, verb intransitive
To be bounded by; to lie contiguous to; a word used in America. [See Abut.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.