Even

The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: even, evening, evenings. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.

At a glance

How often each original word is translated “even” or one of its forms.

• עֶרֶב ereb112
• גַּם gam108
• καί kaí101
• כִּי kî29
• οὐδέ oudé16
• עַל al15
• ὄψιος ópsios14
• לֹא lô14
• עַד ad12
• אִם im11
• אַף aph7
• κἄν kán7

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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)

• עֶרֶב ereb(sun)set, eveningtranslated this way 112 times of its 130 uses · Strong’s H6153Noun  ·  Translated: evening 105, twilight 11, night 4, evenings 2

  Genesis 1:5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning — the first day.

  Exodus 12:18 In the first month you are to eat unleavened bread, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day.

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• גַּם gamalso, moreover, yeatranslated this way 108 times of its 625 uses · Strong’s H1571Conjunction  ·  Translated: even 107, and 100, also 64, too 43

  Genesis 20:4 Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?

  Exodus 2:19 “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”

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• כִּי kîburning, brandingtranslated this way 29 times of its 3,991 uses · Strong’s H3588Conjunction  ·  Translated: for 1,770, that 572, because 523, when 194

  Genesis 8:21 When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.

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• עַל alheighttranslated this way 15 times of its 4,859 uses · Strong’s H5921Preposition  ·  Translated: on 777, over 297, in 218, against 216Full study and all 3,996 verses →
• לֹא lônottranslated this way 14 times of its 4,657 uses · Strong’s H3808Adverb  ·  Translated: no 309, not 269, never 218, will not 156

  Genesis 31:27 Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.

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• עַד adas far as, even to, up to, until, whiletranslated this way 12 times of its 1,111 uses · Strong’s H5704Preposition  ·  Translated: until 348, to 278, far 48, forever 43

  Genesis 14:23 that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’

  Deuteronomy 2:5 Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.

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• אִם imiftranslated this way 11 times of its 889 uses · Strong’s H518Conjunction  ·  Translated: if 398, but if 95, or 64, and if 36

  Leviticus 25:54 Even if he is not redeemed in any of these ways, he and his children shall be released in the Year of Jubilee.

  Numbers 24:13 that even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the LORD? I must speak whatever the LORD says.

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• אַף aphalso, yeatranslated this way 7 times of its 110 uses · Strong’s H637Conjunction  ·  Translated: and 12, indeed 10, much more 9, much less 7

  Leviticus 26:28 then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.

  Deuteronomy 33:28 So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens drip with dew.

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• יְהֹוָה YehôvâhYahwehtranslated this way 6 times of its 6,473 uses · Strong’s H3068Noun  ·  Translated: lord 6,171, LORD's 127, surely as the lord 39, god 10Full study and all 5,509 verses →
• יָסַף yâsaphaddtranslated this way 5 times of its 202 uses · Strong’s H3254Verb  ·  Translated: again 36, add 23, longer 20, severely 12

  Genesis 37:5 Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

  1 Samuel 18:29 he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was David’s enemy.

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• שָׁמַיִם shâmayimsky, alofttranslated this way 5 times of its 410 uses · Strong’s H8064Noun  ·  Translated: heaven 163, heavens 141, air 43, sky 32

  Deuteronomy 10:14 Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.

  1 Kings 8:27 But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

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• גָּדוֹל gâdôlgreattranslated this way 5 times of its 501 uses · Strong’s H1419Adjective  ·  Translated: great 262, large 33, high 20, loud 14Full study and all 477 verses →
• בֵּן bênsontranslated this way 4 times of its 4,587 uses · Strong’s H1121Noun  ·  Translated: son 1,843, sons 892, Israelites 422, descendants 358Full study and all 3,473 verses →
• הוּא hûhe, shetranslated this way 3 times of its 1,425 uses · Strong’s H1931Pronoun  ·  Translated: he 269, it 151, that 114, on that 87

  Genesis 17:12 Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner — even those who are not your offspring.

  Numbers 5:14 and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself— or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—

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• עָלַם âlamconcealtranslated this way 3 times of its 27 uses · Strong’s H5956Verb  ·  Translated: ignore 5, even if he is unaware 3, hide 3, hidden 3

  Leviticus 5:2 Or if a person touches anything unclean— whether the carcass of any unclean wild animal or livestock or crawling creature— even if he is unaware of it, he is unclean and guilty.

  Leviticus 5:3 Or if he touches human uncleanness— anything by which one becomes unclean— even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty.

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• אַחַר acharbehindtranslated this way 3 times of its 556 uses · Strong’s H310Preposition  ·  Translated: after 123, behind 56, and after 22, after that 19

  Joshua 24:20 If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”

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• לָקַח lâqachtaketranslated this way 3 times of its 938 uses · Strong’s H3947Verb  ·  Translated: take 247, took 245, taken 40, get 26Full study and all 890 verses →
• אֲשֶׁר ăsherparticle of relationtranslated this way 3 times of its 3,225 uses · Strong’s H834Pronoun  ·  Translated: that 886, who 451, as 247, which 160Full study and all 2,844 verses →
• אֲנִי ănîItranslated this way 3 times of its 858 uses · Strong’s H589Pronoun  ·  Translated: i 580, and i 59, but i 36, surely 20Full study and all 787 verses →
• אֵלֶּה êl-lehthesetranslated this way 3 times of its 693 uses · Strong’s H428Pronoun  ·  Translated: these 377, things 36, of these 28, this 25Full study and all 655 verses →
• אֶחָד echâdonetranslated this way 2 times of its 855 uses · Strong’s H259Number  ·  Translated: one 278, first 43, and one 43, a 36Full study and all 688 verses →
• רָבָה râbâhbe, or become, much, many, greattranslated this way 2 times of its 219 uses · Strong’s H7235Verb  ·  Translated: multiply 39, multiplied 23, many 15, much 10Full study and all 207 verses →
• מְאֹד meôdmuchness, force, abundance, exceedinglytranslated this way 2 times of its 195 uses · Strong’s H3966Adverb  ·  Translated: greatly 28, very 12, was very 8, exceedingly 8Full study and all 186 verses →
• אָב âbfathertranslated this way 2 times of its 1,167 uses · Strong’s H1Noun  ·  Translated: father 518, fathers 341, father's 129, families 72Full study and all 1,040 verses →
• טֶרֶם ṭeremnot yet, ere, before thattranslated this way 2 times of its 53 uses · Strong’s H2962Adverb  ·  Translated: before 42, and before 3, even 2, still 1Full study and all 47 verses →
• אָנֹכִי ânôkîItranslated this way 2 times of its 351 uses · Strong’s H595Pronoun  ·  Translated: i 232, and i 28, i am 18, am i 11Full study and all 330 verses →
• אַתָּה attâhthoutranslated this way 2 times of its 1,026 uses · Strong’s H859Pronoun  ·  Translated: you 592, but you 62, and you 48, are you 47Full study and all 941 verses →
• עוֹד ôda going round, continuancetranslated this way 2 times of its 390 uses · Strong’s H5750Adverb  ·  Translated: longer 80, still 63, again 52, more 38Full study and all 372 verses →
• עָשָׂה âsâhdo, maketranslated this way 2 times of its 2,478 uses · Strong’s H6213Verb  ·  Translated: done 292, made 265, make 143, did 112Full study and all 2,206 verses →
• פֶּסֶל peselidol, imagetranslated this way 2 times of its 31 uses · Strong’s H6459Noun  ·  Translated: idol 10, graven image 8, idols 6, carved image 3Full study and all 31 verses →
• עִיר îrexcitementtranslated this way 2 times of its 1,034 uses · Strong’s H5892Noun  ·  Translated: city 583, cities 344, towns 21, town 13Full study and all 925 verses →
• שָׁם shâmthere, thithertranslated this way 2 times of its 551 uses · Strong’s H8033Adverb  ·  Translated: there 309, from there 42, and there 38, where 29Full study and all 502 verses →
• הִנֵּה hinnêhlo! behold!translated this way 2 times of its 689 uses · Strong’s H2009Interjection  ·  Translated: Behold 175, Look 83, saw 47, indeed 36Full study and all 662 verses →

Greek words (New Testament)

• καί kaíand, even, also, namelytranslated this way 101 times of its 6,414 uses · Strong’s G2532Conjunction  ·  Translated: and 5,245, then 262, also 157, even 101Full study and all 4,279 verses →
• οὐδέ oudéneither, nor, not eventranslated this way 16 times of its 77 uses · Strong’s G3761Conjunction  ·  Translated: nor 32, even 15, neither 8, no 8Full study and all 71 verses →
• ὄψιος ópsioslatetranslated this way 14 times of its 14 uses · Strong’s G3798Adjective  ·  Translated: evening 13, evening came 1Full study and all 14 verses →
• κἄν kánand if, even iftranslated this way 7 times of its 14 uses · Strong’s G2579Adverb  ·  Translated: even 7, if 3, just 1, and if 1Full study and all 13 verses →
• δέ début, on the other hand, andtranslated this way 6 times of its 1,642 uses · Strong’s G1161Conjunction  ·  Translated: but 784, and 340, now 117, then 101Full study and all 1,541 verses →
• ἑσπέρα hespéraeveningtranslated this way 3 times of its 3 uses · Strong’s G2073Noun  ·  Translated: evening 3Full study and all 3 verses →
• μηδέ mēdéand not, not eventranslated this way 3 times of its 25 uses · Strong’s G3366Conjunction  ·  Translated: or 11, not 7, nor 3, even 3Full study and all 22 verses →
• γάρ gárfortranslated this way 3 times of its 756 uses · Strong’s G1063Conjunction  ·  Translated: for 633, because 61, Indeed 20, fact 5Full study and all 733 verses →
• ἔτι étistill, yet, even nowtranslated this way 3 times of its 61 uses · Strong’s G2089Adverb  ·  Translated: still 22, more 8, again 7, while 6Full study and all 57 verses →
• ὀψέ opsélate, in the eveningtranslated this way 2 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s G3796Adverb  ·  Translated: evening 2, after 1, late 1Full study and all 4 verses →
• εἰ eiiftranslated this way 2 times of its 441 uses · Strong’s G1487Conjunction  ·  Translated: if 318, except 38, only 13, but 11Full study and all 415 verses →
• ἕως héōsuntil, as far astranslated this way 2 times of its 133 uses · Strong’s G2193Preposition  ·  Translated: until 65, to 31, while 7, long 6Full study and all 126 verses →
• ἐάν eániftranslated this way 2 times of its 256 uses · Strong’s G1437Conjunction  ·  Translated: if 200, unless 33, suppose 4, Even 2Full study and all 238 verses →
• εὑρίσκω heurískōI findtranslated this way 2 times of its 172 uses · Strong’s G2147Verb  ·  Translated: found 82, find 49, finds 14, Finding 4Full study and all 163 verses →
• μᾶλλον mâllonmore, rathertranslated this way 2 times of its 64 uses · Strong’s G3123Adverb  ·  Translated: more 30, rather 16, Instead 5, louder 2Full study and all 62 verses →
• τέ téand, bothtranslated this way 2 times of its 94 uses · Strong’s G5037Conjunction  ·  Translated: and 50, both 13, then 6, alike 5Full study and all 90 verses →
• ὅμως hómōsyet, neverthelesstranslated this way 2 times of its 3 uses · Strong’s G3676Conjunction  ·  Translated: Nevertheless 1, Even in the case 1, Even 1Full study and all 3 verses →
• πολύς polýsmuch, many, oftentranslated this way 2 times of its 338 uses · Strong’s G4183Adjective  ·  Translated: many 172, great 37, large 32, much 31Full study and all 307 verses →

Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.