Hebrew

Also

גַּםStrong’s H1571

gam

Appears in 661 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Gam is the Hebrew word usually translated “also”, “as well as” and “both”. It appears in 661 verses of the Old Testament.

“And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.”

Daniel 11:8 KJV

Meaning

Also, even, indeed, moreover, yeaalso, moreover (giving emphasis) · neither, neither...nor (with negative) · even (for stress) · indeed, yea (introducing climax) · also (of correspondence or retribution) · but, yet, though (adversative) · even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)
(TWOT) again, alike

How it's translated

also 417
and also 244
as well as 43
both 39
nor 12
neither 9
that also 3
in that also 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Genesis 76
Ecclesiastes 47
Jeremiah 47
1 Samuel 46
2 Samuel 36
Psalms 34

37 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

All 661 verses, by book

Genesis 76: 3:6 3:22 4:4 4:22 4:26 6:3 6:4 7:3 10:21 13:5 13:16 14:7 14:16 15:14 16:13 17:16 19:21 19:34 19:35 19:38 20:4 20:5 20:6 20:12 21:13 21:26 22:20 22:24 24:14 24:19 24:25 24:44 24:46 26:21 27:31 27:33 27:34 27:38 27:45 29:27 29:30 29:33 30:3 30:6 30:8 30:15 30:30 31:15 32:6 32:18 32:19 32:20 33:7 35:17 37:7 38:10 38:11 38:22 38:24 40:15 42:22 42:28 43:8 44:9 44:10 44:16 44:29 46:4 46:34 47:3 47:19 48:11 48:19 50:9 50:18 50:23
Exodus 31: 1:10 2:19 3:9 4:9 4:10 4:14 5:2 5:14 6:4 6:5 7:11 7:23 8:21 8:32 10:24 10:25 10:26 11:3 12:31 12:32 12:38 12:39 18:18 18:23 19:9 19:22 21:29 21:35 33:12 33:17 34:3
Leviticus 3: 25:45 26:24 26:44
Numbers 17: 4:22 11:4 12:2 13:27 13:28 16:10 16:13 18:2 18:3 18:28 22:19 22:33 23:25 24:12 24:24 24:25 27:13
Deuteronomy 19: 1:28 1:37 2:6 2:15 3:3 3:20 7:20 9:19 9:20 10:10 12:30 12:31 22:22 23:2 23:3 23:18 26:13 28:61 32:25
Joshua 8: 1:15 2:12 2:24 7:11 9:4 10:30 22:7 24:18
Judges 21: 1:3 1:22 2:3 2:10 2:17 2:21 3:22 3:31 5:4 6:35 7:18 8:9 8:22 8:31 9:19 9:49 10:9 11:17 17:2 19:19 20:48
Ruth 8: 1:5 1:12 2:8 2:15 2:16 2:21 3:12 4:10
1 Samuel 46: 1:6 1:28 2:15 2:26 4:17 8:8 8:20 10:11 10:12 10:26 12:14 12:16 12:23 12:25 13:4 14:15 14:21 14:22 15:29 16:8 16:9 17:36 18:5 19:20 19:21 19:22 19:23 19:24 20:27 21:8 22:7 22:17 23:17 24:11 25:13 25:16 25:43 26:25 28:6 28:15 28:19 28:20 28:22 28:23 31:5 31:6
2 Samuel 36: 1:4 1:11 2:2 2:6 2:7 3:17 3:19 4:2 5:2 7:19 8:11 11:12 11:17 11:21 11:24 12:13 12:14 12:27 13:36 14:7 15:19 15:24 16:23 17:5 17:10 17:12 17:13 17:16 18:2 18:22 18:26 19:30 19:40 19:43 20:26 21:20
1 Kings 25: 1:6 1:46 1:47 1:48 2:5 3:13 3:18 3:26 4:15 7:20 7:31 8:41 10:11 13:18 14:14 14:23 14:24 15:13 16:7 16:16 17:20 18:35 21:19 21:23 22:22
2 Kings 16: 2:3 2:5 8:1 9:27 13:6 16:3 17:19 17:41 21:11 21:16 22:19 23:15 23:19 23:24 23:27 24:4
1 Chronicles 12: 10:5 10:13 11:2 12:38 12:40 18:11 19:15 20:6 23:26 24:31 29:9 29:24
2 Chronicles 33: 1:11 6:32 9:10 12:12 14:15 15:16 16:12 17:11 18:21 19:8 20:4 20:13 21:4 21:11 21:13 21:17 22:3 22:5 24:7 24:12 26:20 28:2 28:5 28:8 29:7 29:35 30:1 30:12 31:6 34:27 36:13 36:14 36:22
Ezra 1: 1:1
Nehemiah 17: 4:3 4:22 5:8 5:10 5:13 5:14 5:15 5:16 6:1 6:7 6:14 6:17 6:19 12:43 13:22 13:23 13:26
Esther 8: 1:9 4:16 5:12 7:2 7:8 7:9 9:13 9:15
Job 22: 1:6 2:1 2:10 7:11 12:3 13:2 13:16 15:10 16:4 16:19 18:5 19:18 21:7 23:2 24:19 28:27 30:2 30:8 31:28 33:6 40:14 41:9
Psalms 34: 8:7 14:3 19:11 19:13 23:4 25:3 37:25 38:10 41:9 49:2 52:5 53:3 71:18 71:22 71:24 78:20 78:21 83:8 84:2 84:3 84:6 85:12 95:9 107:5 118:11 119:23 119:24 129:2 132:12 133:1 137:1 139:10 139:12 148:12
Proverbs 23: 1:26 11:25 14:13 14:20 16:4 16:7 17:15 17:26 17:28 18:3 18:9 19:2 19:24 20:10 20:11 20:12 21:13 22:6 23:15 24:23 25:1 26:4 28:9
Ecclesiastes 47: 1:11 1:17 2:1 2:7 2:8 2:14 2:15 2:19 2:21 2:23 2:24 2:26 3:11 3:13 4:4 4:8 4:11 4:14 4:16 5:10 5:16 5:17 5:19 6:3 6:5 6:7 6:9 7:6 7:14 7:18 7:21 7:22 8:10 8:12 8:14 8:16 8:17 9:1 9:3 9:6 9:11 9:12 9:13 10:3 10:20 11:2 12:5
Song of Solomon 2: 7:13 8:1
Isaiah 29: 1:15 5:2 7:13 7:20 13:3 14:8 14:10 21:12 23:12 26:12 28:7 28:29 30:5 30:33 31:2 40:24 43:13 44:12 45:16 47:3 48:8 49:15 49:25 57:6 57:7 66:3 66:4 66:8 66:21
Jeremiah 47: 2:16 2:33 2:34 2:36 2:37 3:8 3:10 4:12 5:18 5:28 6:11 6:15 7:11 8:7 8:12 10:5 12:2 12:6 13:23 13:26 14:5 14:18 23:11 25:14 26:20 27:6 27:7 28:14 31:19 31:36 31:37 33:21 33:26 36:6 36:25 40:11 46:16 46:21 48:2 48:7 48:26 48:34 50:24 51:12 51:44 51:49 52:10
Lamentations 6: 1:8 2:9 3:8 4:3 4:15 4:21
Ezekiel 26: 5:8 5:11 8:18 9:10 10:16 16:28 16:29 16:41 16:43 16:52 18:11 20:12 20:15 20:23 20:25 21:9 21:13 21:17 21:27 23:35 23:37 24:3 24:5 24:9 31:17 39:16
Daniel 2: 11:8 11:22
Hosea 12: 3:3 4:3 4:5 4:6 5:5 6:11 7:9 8:10 9:12 9:16 10:6 12:11
Joel 7: 1:12 1:18 1:20 2:3 2:12 2:29 3:4
Amos 3: 4:6 4:7 7:6
Obadiah 2: 1:11 1:13
Micah 1: 6:13
Nahum 2: 3:10 3:11
Habakkuk 1: 2:16
Zephaniah 3: 1:18 2:12 2:14
Zechariah 11: 3:7 8:6 8:21 9:2 9:7 9:11 9:12 11:8 12:2 13:2 14:14
Malachi 4: 1:10 2:2 2:9 3:15

Hebrew dictionary

גַּם gam · also

1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea 1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis) 1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative) 1c) even (for stress) 1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax) 1e) also (of correspondence or retribution) 1f) but, yet, though (adversative) 1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case) 2) (TWOT) again, alike

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “also” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

AL'SO, adverb

[all and so.]

Likewise; in like manner.

“Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also” Matthew 6:21

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.