עוֹלָם
forever
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 424 times (97%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 11 times (3%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct 1 time (0%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct 1 time (0%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 437 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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Genesis 13 verses
- Genesis 3:22 לְ/עֹלָֽם prep + n c ms Yahweh God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he put forth his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..."
- Genesis 6:3 לְ/עֹלָ֔ם prep + n c ms Yahweh said, "My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred twenty years."
- Genesis 6:4 מֵ/עוֹלָ֖ם prep + n c ms The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God's sons came to men's daughters. They bore children to them: the same were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
- Genesis 9:12 עוֹלָֽם n c ms God said, "This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
- Genesis 9:16 עוֹלָ֔ם n c ms The rainbow will be in the cloud. I will look at it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."
- Genesis 13:15 עוֹלָֽם n c ms for all the land which you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring forever.
- Genesis 17:7 עוֹלָ֑ם n c ms I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you.
- Genesis 17:8 עוֹלָ֑ם n c ms I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God."
- Genesis 17:13 עוֹלָֽם n c ms He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised. My covenant will be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
- Genesis 17:19 עוֹלָ֖ם n c ms God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
- Genesis 21:33 עוֹלָֽם n c ms Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God.
- Genesis 48:4 עוֹלָֽם n c ms and said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your seed after you for an everlasting possession.'
- Genesis 49:26 עוֹלָ֑ם n c ms The blessings of your father Have prevailed above the blessings of the ancient mountains, Above the bounty of the age-old hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, On the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.
Exodus 17 verses
- Exodus 3:15 לְ/עֹלָ֔ם prep + n c ms God said moreover to Moses, "You shall tell the children of Israel this, 'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.
- Exodus 12:14 עוֹלָ֖ם n c ms This day shall be to you for a memorial, and you shall keep it a feast to Yahweh: throughout your generations you shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.
- Exodus 12:17 עוֹלָֽם n c ms You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this same day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall you observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance forever.
- Exodus 12:24 עוֹלָֽם n c ms You shall observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to your sons forever.
- Exodus 14:13 עוֹלָֽם n c ms Moses said to the people, "Don't be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will work for you today: for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall never see them again.
- Exodus 15:18 לְ/עֹלָ֥ם prep + n c ms Yahweh shall reign forever and ever."
- Exodus 19:9 לְ/עוֹלָ֑ם prep + n c ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever." Moses told the words of the people to Yahweh.
- Exodus 21:6 לְ/עֹלָֽם prep + n c ms then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the door-post, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever.
- Exodus 27:21 עוֹלָם֙ n c ms In the tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Yahweh: it shall be a statute forever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
- Exodus 28:43 עוֹלָ֛ם n c ms They shall be on Aaron, and on his sons, when they go in to the tent of meeting, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the holy place; that they don't bear iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute forever to him and to his descendants after him.
- Exodus 29:9 עוֹלָ֑ם n c ms You shall dress them with belts, Aaron and his sons, and bind headbands on them: and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute: and you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.
- Exodus 29:28 עוֹלָ֗ם n c ms and it shall be for Aaron and his sons as their portion forever from the children of Israel; for it is a heave-offering: and it shall be a heave-offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, even their heave-offering to Yahweh.
- Exodus 30:21 עוֹלָ֛ם n c ms So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they not die: and it shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his descendants throughout their generations."
- Exodus 31:16 עוֹלָֽם n c ms Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
- Exodus 31:17 לְ/עֹלָ֑ם prep + n c ms It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.'"
- Exodus 32:13 לְ/עֹלָֽם prep + n c ms Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.'"
- Exodus 40:15 עוֹלָ֖ם n c ms You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to me in the priest's office. Their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
Leviticus 21 verses
- Leviticus 3:17 עוֹלָם֙ n c ms "'It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that you shall eat neither fat nor blood.'"
- Leviticus 6:18 עוֹלָם֙ n c ms Every male among the children of Aaron shall eat of it, as their portion forever throughout your generations, from the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. Whoever touches them shall be holy.'"
- Leviticus 6:22 עוֹלָ֕ם n c ms The anointed priest that will be in his place from among his sons shall offer it. By a statute forever, it shall be wholly burnt to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 7:34 עוֹלָ֔ם n c ms For the waved breast and the heaved thigh I have taken from the children of Israel out of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons as their portion forever from the children of Israel.'"
- Leviticus 7:36 עוֹלָ֖ם n c ms which Yahweh commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them. It is their portion forever throughout their generations.
- Leviticus 10:9 עוֹלָ֖ם n c ms "Drink no wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, that you don't die: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations:
- Leviticus 10:15 עוֹלָ֔ם n c ms The heaved thigh and the waved breast they shall bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before Yahweh: and it shall be yours, and your sons' with you, as a portion forever; as Yahweh has commanded."
- Leviticus 16:29 עוֹלָ֑ם n c ms "It shall be a statute to you forever: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and shall do no manner of work, the native-born, or the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you:
- Leviticus 16:31 עוֹלָֽם n c ms It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls; it is a statute forever.
- Leviticus 16:34 עוֹלָ֗ם n c ms "This shall be an everlasting statute for you, to make atonement for the children of Israel once in the year because of all their sins." It was done as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Leviticus 17:7 עוֹלָ֛ם n c ms They shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat idols, after which they play the prostitute. This shall be a statute forever to them throughout their generations.'
- Leviticus 23:14 עוֹלָם֙ n c ms You shall eat neither bread, nor roasted grain, nor fresh grain, until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your God. This is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
- Leviticus 23:21 עוֹלָ֛ם n c ms You shall make proclamation on the same day: there shall be a holy convocation to you; you shall do no regular work. This is a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
- Leviticus 23:31 עוֹלָם֙ n c ms You shall do no manner of work: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
- Leviticus 23:41 עוֹלָם֙ n c ms You shall keep it a feast to Yahweh seven days in the year: it is a statute forever throughout your generations; you shall keep it in the seventh month.
- Leviticus 24:3 עוֹלָ֖ם n c ms Outside of the veil of the Testimony, in the Tent of Meeting, shall Aaron keep it in order from evening to morning before Yahweh continually: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.
- Leviticus 24:8 עוֹלָֽם n c ms Every Sabbath day he shall set it in order before Yahweh continually. It is on the behalf of the children of Israel an everlasting covenant.
- Leviticus 24:9 עוֹלָֽם n c ms It shall be for Aaron and his sons; and they shall eat it in a holy place: for it is most holy to him of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire by a perpetual statute."
- Leviticus 25:32 עוֹלָ֖ם n c ms "'Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time.
- Leviticus 25:34 עוֹלָ֛ם n c ms But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
- Leviticus 25:46 לְ/עֹלָ֖ם prep + n c ms You may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession; of them may you take your slaves forever: but over your brothers the children of Israel you shall not rule, one over another, with harshness.
Numbers 9 verses
- Numbers 10:8 עוֹלָ֖ם n c ms The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and they shall be to you for a statute forever throughout your generations.
- Numbers 15:15 עוֹלָם֙ n c ms For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you, and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner [with you], a statute forever throughout your generations: as you are, so shall the foreigner be before Yahweh.
- Numbers 18:8 עוֹלָֽם n c ms Yahweh spoke to Aaron, I, behold, I have given you the charge of my heave-offerings, even all the holy things of the children of Israel; to you have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to your sons, as a portion forever.
- Numbers 18:11 עוֹלָ֑ם n c ms This is your: the heave-offering of their gift, even all the wave-offerings of the children of Israel; I have given them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, as a portion forever; everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it.
- Numbers 18:19 עוֹלָ֑ם עוֹלָ֥ם n c ms n c ms All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to Yahweh, have I given you, and your sons and your daughters with you, as a portion forever: it is a covenant of salt forever before Yahweh to you and to your seed with you.
- Numbers 18:23 עוֹלָם֙ n c ms But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations; and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
- Numbers 19:10 עוֹלָֽם n c ms He who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be to the children of Israel, and to the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them, for a statute forever.
- Numbers 19:21 עוֹלָ֑ם n c ms It shall be a perpetual statute to them: and he who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until even.
- Numbers 25:13 עוֹלָ֑ם n c ms and it shall be to him, and to his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 12 verses
- Deuteronomy 5:29 לְ/עֹלָֽם prep + n c ms Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children forever!
- Deuteronomy 12:28 עוֹלָ֔ם n c ms Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in the eyes of Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 13:16 עוֹלָ֔ם n c ms You shall gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street of it, and shall burn with fire the city, and all the spoil of it every whit, to Yahweh your God: and it shall be a heap forever; it shall not be built again.
- Deuteronomy 15:17 עוֹלָ֑ם n c ms then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also to your maid-servant you shall do likewise.
- Deuteronomy 23:3 עוֹלָֽם n c ms An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation shall none belonging to them enter into the assembly of Yahweh forever:
- Deuteronomy 23:6 לְ/עוֹלָֽם prep + n c ms You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
- Deuteronomy 28:46 עוֹלָֽם n c ms and they shall be on you for a sign and for a wonder, and on your seed forever.
- Deuteronomy 29:29 עוֹלָ֔ם n c ms The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
- Deuteronomy 32:7 עוֹלָ֔ם n c ms Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations: Ask your father, and he will show you; Your elders, and they will tell you.
- Deuteronomy 32:40 לְ/עֹלָֽם prep + n c ms For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live forever,
- Deuteronomy 33:15 עוֹלָֽם n c ms For the chief things of the ancient mountains, For the precious things of the everlasting hills,
- Deuteronomy 33:27 עוֹלָ֑ם n c ms The eternal God is [your] dwelling-place, Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, Said, Destroy.
Joshua 4 verses
- Joshua 4:7 עוֹלָֽם n c ms then you shall tell them, Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel forever.
- Joshua 8:28 עוֹלָם֙ n c ms So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap forever, even a desolation, to this day.
- Joshua 14:9 עוֹלָ֑ם n c ms Moses swore on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon your foot has trodden shall be an inheritance to you and to your children forever, because you have wholly followed Yahweh my God.
- Joshua 24:2 מֵֽ/עוֹלָ֔ם prep + n c ms Joshua said to all the people, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.
Judges 1 verse
1 Samuel 9 verses
- 1 Samuel 1:22 עוֹלָֽם n c ms But Hannah didn't go up; for she said to her husband, [I will not go up] until the child be weaned; and then I will bring him, that he may appear before Yahweh, and there abide forever.
- 1 Samuel 2:30 עוֹלָ֑ם n c ms Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, I said indeed that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever: but now Yahweh says, Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
- 1 Samuel 3:13 עוֹלָ֑ם n c ms For I have told him that I will judge his house forever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons did bring a curse on themselves, and he didn't restrain them.
- 1 Samuel 3:14 עוֹלָֽם n c ms Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be expiated with sacrifice nor offering forever.
- 1 Samuel 13:13 עוֹלָֽם n c ms Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you: for now would Yahweh have established your kingdom on Israel forever.
- 1 Samuel 20:15 עוֹלָ֑ם n c ms but also you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever; no, not when Yahweh has cut off the enemies of David everyone from the surface of the earth.
- 1 Samuel 20:23 עוֹלָֽם n c ms As touching the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold, Yahweh is between you and me forever.
- 1 Samuel 27:8 מֵֽ/עוֹלָ֔ם prep + n c ms David and his men went up, and made a raid on the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those [nations] were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as you go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.
- 1 Samuel 27:12 עוֹלָֽם n c ms Achish believed David, saying, He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant forever.
2 Samuel 10 verses
- 2 Samuel 3:28 עוֹלָ֑ם n c ms Afterward, when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before Yahweh forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
- 2 Samuel 7:13 עוֹלָֽם n c ms He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
- 2 Samuel 7:16 עוֹלָ֖ם עוֹלָֽם n c ms n c ms Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before you: your throne shall be established forever.
- 2 Samuel 7:24 עוֹלָ֑ם n c ms You did establish to yourself your people Israel to be a people to you forever; and you, Yahweh, became their God.
- 2 Samuel 7:25 עוֹלָ֑ם n c ms Now, Yahweh God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, confirm you it forever, and do as you have spoken.
- 2 Samuel 7:26 עוֹלָם֙ n c ms Let your name be magnified forever, saying, Yahweh of hosts is God over Israel; and the house of your servant David shall be established before you.
- 2 Samuel 7:29 לְ/עוֹלָ֖ם לְ/עוֹלָֽם prep + n c ms prep + n c ms now therefore let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you; for you, Lord Yahweh, have spoken it: and with your blessing let the house of your servant be blessed forever.
- 2 Samuel 12:10 עוֹלָ֑ם n c ms Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.'
- 2 Samuel 22:51 עוֹלָֽם n c ms Great deliverance gives he to his king, Shows loving kindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, forevermore.
- 2 Samuel 23:5 עוֹלָ֜ם n c ms Most assuredly my house is not so with God; Yet he has made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in all things, and sure: For it is all my salvation, and all [my] desire, Although he doesn't make it grow.
1 Kings 7 verses
- 1 Kings 1:31 לְ/עֹלָֽם prep + n c ms Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live forever.
- 1 Kings 2:33 לְ/עֹלָ֑ם עוֹלָ֖ם prep + n c ms n c ms So shall their blood return on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed forever: but to David, and to his seed, and to his house, and to his throne, shall there be peace for ever from Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 2:45 עוֹלָֽם n c ms But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Yahweh forever.
- 1 Kings 8:13 עוֹלָמִֽים n c mp I have surely built you a house of habitation, a place for you to dwell in forever.
- 1 Kings 9:3 עוֹלָ֑ם n c ms Yahweh said to him, I have heard your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before me: I have made this house holy, which you have built, to put my name there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
- 1 Kings 9:5 לְ/עֹלָ֑ם prep + n c ms then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, according as I promised to David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.
- 1 Kings 10:9 לְ/עֹלָ֔ם prep + n c ms Blessed be Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel: because Yahweh loved Israel forever, therefore made he you king, to do justice and righteousness.
2 Kings 2 verses
- 2 Kings 5:27 לְ/עוֹלָ֑ם prep + n c ms The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave to you, and to your seed forever. He went out from his presence a leper [as white] as snow.
- 2 Kings 21:7 לְ/עוֹלָֽם prep + n c ms He set the engraved image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which Yahweh said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever;
1 Chronicles 20 verses
- 1 Chronicles 15:2 עוֹלָֽם n c ms Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them has Yahweh chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister to him forever.
- 1 Chronicles 16:15 לְ/עוֹלָם֙ prep + n c ms Remember his covenant forever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
- 1 Chronicles 16:17 עוֹלָֽם n c ms Confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
- 1 Chronicles 16:34 לְ/עוֹלָ֖ם prep + n c ms Oh give thanks to Yahweh; for he is good; For his loving kindness endures forever.
- 1 Chronicles 16:36 הָ/עוֹלָ֖ם הָ/עֹלָ֑ם ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. All the people said, Amen, and praised Yahweh.
- 1 Chronicles 16:41 לְ/עוֹלָ֖ם prep + n c ms and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to Yahweh, because his loving kindness endures forever;
- 1 Chronicles 17:12 עוֹלָֽם n c ms He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
- 1 Chronicles 17:14 הָ/עוֹלָ֑ם עוֹלָֽם ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever; and his throne shall be established forever.
- 1 Chronicles 17:22 עוֹלָ֑ם n c ms For your people Israel did you make your own people forever; and you, Yahweh, became their God.
- 1 Chronicles 17:23 עוֹלָ֑ם n c ms Now, Yahweh, let the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, be established forever, and do as you have spoken.
- 1 Chronicles 17:24 עוֹלָם֙ n c ms Let your name be established and magnified forever, saying, Yahweh of Hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and the house of David your servant is established before you.
- 1 Chronicles 17:27 לְ/עוֹלָ֖ם לְ/עוֹלָֽם prep + n c ms prep + n c ms and now it has pleased you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you: for you, Yahweh, have blessed, and it is blessed forever.
- 1 Chronicles 22:10 עוֹלָֽם n c ms he shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
- 1 Chronicles 23:13 עוֹלָ֔ם עוֹלָֽם n c ms n c ms The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, forever, to burn incense before Yahweh, to minister to him, and to bless in his name, forever.
- 1 Chronicles 23:25 לְ/עוֹלָֽם prep + n c ms For David said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever:
- 1 Chronicles 28:4 לְ/עוֹלָ֔ם prep + n c ms However Yahweh, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever: for he has chosen Judah to be prince; and in the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel;
- 1 Chronicles 28:7 לְ/עוֹלָ֑ם prep + n c ms I will establish his kingdom forever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my ordinances, as at this day.
- 1 Chronicles 28:8 עוֹלָֽם n c ms Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of Yahweh, and in the audience of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of Yahweh your God; that you may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children after you forever.
- 1 Chronicles 29:10 מֵ/עוֹלָ֖ם עוֹלָֽם prep + n c ms n c ms Therefore David blessed Yahweh before all the assembly; and David said, You are blessed, Yahweh, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever.
- 1 Chronicles 29:18 לְ/עוֹלָ֔ם prep + n c ms Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of your people, and prepare their heart to you;
2 Chronicles 12 verses
- 2 Chronicles 2:4 לְ/עוֹלָ֖ם prep + n c ms Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual show bread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Yahweh our God. This is [an ordinance] forever to Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 5:13 לְ/עוֹלָ֖ם prep + n c ms it happened, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Yahweh; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Yahweh, [saying], For he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of Yahweh,
- 2 Chronicles 6:2 עוֹלָמִֽים n c mp But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you to dwell in forever.
- 2 Chronicles 7:3 לְ/עוֹלָ֖ם prep + n c ms All the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and the glory of Yahweh was on the house; and they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshiped, and gave thanks to Yahweh, [saying], For he is good; for his loving kindness endures for ever.
- 2 Chronicles 7:6 לְ/עוֹלָ֣ם prep + n c ms The priests stood, according to their offices; the Levites also with instruments of music of Yahweh, which David the king had made to give thanks to Yahweh, (for his loving kindness endures for ever), when David praised by their ministry: and the priests sounded trumpets before them; and all Israel stood.
- 2 Chronicles 7:16 עוֹלָ֑ם n c ms For now have I chosen and made this house holy, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
- 2 Chronicles 9:8 לְ/עוֹלָ֔ם prep + n c ms Blessed be Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you on his throne, to be king for Yahweh your God: because your God loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore made he you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.
- 2 Chronicles 13:5 לְ/עוֹלָ֑ם prep + n c ms Ought you not to know that Yahweh, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David forever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
- 2 Chronicles 20:7 לְ/עוֹלָֽם prep + n c ms Did not you, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it to the seed of Abraham your friend forever?
- 2 Chronicles 20:21 לְ/עוֹלָ֖ם prep + n c ms When he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who should sing to Yahweh, and give praise in holy array, as they went out before the army, and say, Give thanks to Yahweh; for his loving kindness endures forever.
- 2 Chronicles 30:8 לְ/עוֹלָ֔ם prep + n c ms Now don't you be stiff-necked, as your fathers were; but yield yourselves to Yahweh, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified forever, and serve Yahweh your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.
- 2 Chronicles 33:4 לְ/עוֹלָֽם prep + n c ms He built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh said, In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.
Ezra 2 verses
- Ezra 3:11 לְ/עוֹלָ֥ם prep + n c ms They sang one to another in praising and giving thanks to Yahweh, [saying], For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever toward Israel. All the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Yahweh, because the foundation of the house of Yahweh was laid.
- Ezra 9:12 עוֹלָ֑ם עוֹלָֽם n c ms n c ms now therefore don't give your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity forever; that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.
Nehemiah 3 verses
- Nehemiah 2:3 לְ/עוֹלָ֣ם prep + n c ms I said to the king, Let the king live forever: why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies waste, and the gates of it are consumed with fire?
- Nehemiah 9:5 הָ/עוֹלָ֖ם הָ/עוֹלָ֑ם ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, [and] Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless Yahweh your God from everlasting to everlasting; and blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
- Nehemiah 13:1 עוֹלָֽם n c ms On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God forever,
Job 3 verses
- Job 7:16 לְ/עֹלָ֣ם prep + n c ms I loathe my life. I don't want to live forever. Leave me alone; for my days are but a breath.
- Job 22:15 עוֹלָ֣ם n c ms Will you keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden,
- Job 41:4 עוֹלָֽם n c ms Will he make a covenant with you, That you should take him for a servant forever?
Psalms 138 verses
- Psalms 5:11 לְ/עוֹלָ֣ם prep + n c ms But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice, Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.
- Psalms 9:5 לְ/עוֹלָ֥ם prep + n c ms You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
- Psalms 9:7 לְ/עוֹלָ֣ם prep + n c ms But Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
- Psalms 10:16 עוֹלָ֣ם n c ms Yahweh is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land.
- Psalms 12:7 לְ/עוֹלָֽם prep + n c ms You will keep them, Yahweh, You will preserve them from this generation forever.
- Psalms 15:5 לְ/עוֹלָֽם prep + n c ms He who doesn't lend out his money for usury, Nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.
- Psalms 18:50 עוֹלָֽם n c ms He gives great deliverance to his king, And shows loving kindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, forevermore.
- Psalms 21:4 עוֹלָ֥ם n c ms He asked life of you, you gave it to him, Even length of days forever and ever.
- Psalms 24:7 עוֹלָ֑ם n c ms Lift up your heads, you gates; Be lifted up, you everlasting doors: The King of glory will come in.
- Psalms 24:9 עוֹלָ֑ם n c ms Lift up your heads, you gates; Yes, lift them up, you everlasting doors: The King of glory will come in.
- Psalms 25:6 מֵ/עוֹלָ֣ם prep + n c ms Yahweh, remember your tender mercies and your loving kindness, For they are from old times.
- Psalms 28:9 הָ/עוֹלָֽם ptcl def.art + n c ms Save your people, And bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, And bear them up forever.
- Psalms 29:10 לְ/עוֹלָֽם prep + n c ms Yahweh sat enthroned at the Flood. Yes, Yahweh sits as King forever.
- Psalms 30:6 לְ/עוֹלָֽם prep + n c ms As for me, I said in my prosperity, "I shall never be moved."
- Psalms 30:12 לְ/עוֹלָ֥ם prep + n c ms To the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
- Psalms 31:1 לְ/עוֹלָ֑ם prep + n c ms In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed: Deliver me in your righteousness.
- Psalms 33:11 לְ/עוֹלָ֣ם prep + n c ms The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, The thoughts of his heart to all generations.
- Psalms 37:18 לְ/עוֹלָ֥ם prep + n c ms Yahweh knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever.
- Psalms 37:27 לְ/עוֹלָֽם prep + n c ms Depart from evil, and do good; Live securely forever.
- Psalms 37:28 לְ/עוֹלָ֣ם prep + n c ms For Yahweh loves justice, And doesn't forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, But the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
- Psalms 41:12 לְ/עוֹלָֽם prep + n c ms As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, And set me in your presence forever.
- Psalms 41:13 מֵֽ֭/הָ/עוֹלָם הָ/עוֹלָ֗ם prep + ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.
- Psalms 44:8 לְ/עוֹלָ֖ם prep + n c ms In God we have made our boast all day long, We will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.
- Psalms 45:2 לְ/עוֹלָֽם prep + n c ms You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, Therefore God has blessed you forever.
- Psalms 45:6 עוֹלָ֣ם n c ms Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.
- Psalms 45:17 לְ/עֹלָ֥ם prep + n c ms I will make your name to be remembered in all generations. Therefore the peoples shall give you thanks forever and ever.
- Psalms 48:8 עוֹלָ֣ם n c ms As we have heard, so we have seen, In the city of Yahweh of Hosts, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever. Selah.
- Psalms 48:14 עוֹלָ֣ם n c ms For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.
- Psalms 49:8 לְ/עוֹלָֽם prep + n c ms For the redemption of their life is costly, No payment is ever enough,
- Psalms 49:11 לְֽ/עוֹלָ֗ם prep + n c ms Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, And their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.
- Psalms 52:8 עוֹלָ֥ם n c ms But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God's house. I trust in God's loving kindness forever and ever.
- Psalms 52:9 לְ֭/עוֹלָם prep + n c ms I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it. I will hope in your name, for it is good, In the presence of your saints.
- Psalms 55:22 לְ/עוֹלָ֥ם prep + n c ms Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
- Psalms 61:4 עוֹלָמִ֑ים n c mp I will dwell in your tent forever. I will take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah.
- Psalms 61:7 ע֭וֹלָם n c ms He shall be enthroned in God's presence forever. Appoint your loving kindness and truth, that they may preserve him.
- Psalms 66:7 עוֹלָ֗ם n c ms He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the nations. Don't let the rebellious rise up against him. Selah.
- Psalms 71:1 לְ/עוֹלָֽם prep + n c ms In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed.
- Psalms 72:17 לְֽ/עוֹלָ֗ם prep + n c ms His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.
- Psalms 72:19 לְ/ע֫וֹלָ֥ם prep + n c ms Blessed be his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and amen.
- Psalms 73:12 ע֝וֹלָ֗ם n c ms Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
- Psalms 73:26 לְ/עוֹלָֽם prep + n c ms My flesh and my heart fails, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- Psalms 75:9 לְ/עֹלָ֑ם prep + n c ms But I will declare this forever: I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
- Psalms 77:5 עוֹלָמִֽים n c mp I have considered the days of old, The years of ancient times.
- Psalms 77:7 הַֽ֭/לְ/עוֹלָמִים ptcl inter + prep + n c mp "Will the Lord reject us forever? Will he be favorable no more?
- Psalms 78:66 ע֝וֹלָ֗ם n c ms He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.
- Psalms 78:69 לְ/עוֹלָֽם prep + n c ms He built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he has established forever.
- Psalms 79:13 לְ/ע֫וֹלָ֥ם prep + n c ms So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, Will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations.
- Psalms 81:15 לְ/עוֹלָֽם prep + n c ms The haters of Yahweh would cringe before him, And their punishment would last forever.
- Psalms 85:5 הַ/לְ/עוֹלָ֥ם ptcl inter + prep + n c ms Will you be angry with us forever? Will you draw out your anger to all generations?
- Psalms 86:12 לְ/עוֹלָֽם prep + n c ms I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forevermore.
- Psalms 89:1 עוֹלָ֣ם n c ms I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
- Psalms 89:2 ע֭וֹלָם n c ms I indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them."
- Psalms 89:4 ע֭וֹלָם n c ms 'I will establish your seed forever, And build up your throne to all generations.'" Selah.
- Psalms 89:28 לְ֭/עוֹלָ֗ם prep + n c ms I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him.
- Psalms 89:36 לְ/עוֹלָ֣ם prep + n c ms His seed will endure forever, His throne like the sun before me.
About this entry
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“forever” is the headline sense of the Hebrew noun עולם (ʻôwlâm). Older and newer Bibles part ways — “ever” in the King James Version, “forever” (Berean Standard Bible) in modern versions. See the renderings breakdown. It turns up in 412 verses across 34 books, a common footprint. It concentrates in Psalms, which alone accounts for 33% of its uses. Its meaning spans more than one sense — see its full sense range. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H5769 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 412
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 412 distinct verses.
- 34 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 34 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #111
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 111 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 412 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 412 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 198 verses · 48%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 142 verses · 34%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 72 verses · 17%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Ever 197×, Endureth for ever 45×, Everlasting 40×
- American Standard Version: Ever 179×, Everlasting 47×, Endureth for ever 44×
- Berean Standard Bible: Forever 112×, Everlasting 55×, Endures forever 43×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Forever 204×, Eternity 77×, Is to forever 35×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H5769 across 431 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 54 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 8 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H5769 across 434 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 77 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H5769 across 341 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 35 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 98 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H5769 across 431 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 17 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
19 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 19 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. of past time:
- a. ancient time: יְמֵי ע׳ days of old Is 63:9, 11 Am 9:11 Mi 5:1; 7:14 Mal 3:4; יְמוֹת ע׳ Dt 32:7; עַם ע׳ Is 44:7 ancient people; גּוֹי מֵע׳ Je 5:15; חָרְבוֹת ע׳ old waste places Is 58:12 61:4, cf. Ez 26:20 b; פִּתְחֵי ע׳ ancient gates ψ 24:7, 9; ארח ע׳ Jb 22:15; נתבות ע׳ Je 6:16; שְׁבִילֵי ע׳ 18:15; גבול ע׳ Pr 22:28; 23:10; במות ע׳ Ez 36:2; מִן (םֵ)ע׳ from of old Is 64:3 Je 2:20 Jo 2:2, of the fathers Jos 24:2, the prophets Je 28:8, the ancient נפלים Gn 6:4; (Ez 32:27 𝔊 Co for מערלים; but 1 S 27:8 read מִטֵּלָם for מעולם We Dr HPS); בהם ע׳ long in them Is 64:4 (text dub.). e.g. Isaiah 63:9
- b. מֵתֵי ע׳ the long dead ψ 143:3 La 3:6; so עַם ע׳ Ez 26:20. e.g. Psalms 143:3
- c. of God, מֵע׳: former acts Is 46:9; as redeemer Is 63:16; of love ψ 25:6, judgment 119:52, dominion Is 63:19; long silence 42:14; 57:11*; his wisdom personif. Pr 8:23; his existence ψ 93:2. e.g. Isaiah 46:9
- d. of things: גבעות ע׳ ancient hills Gn 49:26 (J), Hb 3:6 (‖ הררי־עד), Dt 33:15 (‖ הררי קדם). e.g. Genesis 49:26
- e. pl. שְׁנוֹת עולמים ψ 77:6 years of ancient times; דורות עולמים Is 51:9; לעלמים Ec 1:10 in olden times. e.g. Psalms 77:6
- 2.
- a. indef. futurity, c. prep. for ever, always (sometimes = during the lifetime); עֶבֶד עולם slave for ever Dt 15:17; 1 S 27:12; Jb 40:28; עָבַד לע׳ serve for ever Ex 21:6 (E), Lv 25:46; עד ע׳ 1 S 1:22; גְּאֻלַּת ע׳ Lv 25:32 redemption at any time; הֲרַת ע׳ Je 20:17 ever pregnant (womb); כְּלִמַּת ע׳ v 11 of persecutors of Jeremiah; חרפת ע׳ 23:40; שַׁלְוֵי ע׳ ψ 73:12 alway at ease; יְחִי לע׳ (יחיה) may the king live always 1 K 1:31; Ne 2:3; cf. אֹרֶךְ יָמִים עולם ועד ψ 21:5; ישׁב עולם לפני אלהים 61:8; so of the pious, לע׳ לא ימוט 15:5; בל ימוט Pr 10:30, cf. ψ 30:7; other phr.: ψ 37:27, 28 41:13; 55:23; 61:8; 73:26; 121:8 Pr 10:25; ע׳ אשׁירה ψ 89:2 I will sing for ever (as long as I live), cf. 52:10; 115:18; 145:1, 2; הוֹדה לע׳ 30:13; 44:9; 52:11; 79:13; other emotions and activities continuous through life 5:12; 31:2 = 71:1, 75:10; 86:12; 119:44, 93, 98, 111, 112 Mi 4:5, cf. לע׳ 2:9. e.g. Deuteronomy 15:17
- b. = continuous existence, (1) of things: the earth, הָאָרֶץ לְעוֹלָם עֹמֶדֶת Ec 1:4; other phr.: ψ 78:69; 104:5, heavens and contents 148:6, ruined cities Is 25:2; 32:14 Ez 26:21; 27:36; 28:19, ruined lands Je 18:16; 25:9, 12; 49:13, 33; 51:26, 62 Ez 35:9 Zp 2:9; לעד עד ע׳ Is 30:8 for a witness for ever, in a book; (2) of nations: לעולם אהיה 47:7 (Babylon loqu.), cf. ψ 81:16 Ob 10; ישׁב לע׳ of Judah Jo 4:20; (3) families ψ 49:12 Is 14:20; the dynasty of Saul 1 S 13:13; house of Eli 2:30; (4) national relations: איבת ע׳ continual enmity Ez 25:15; 35:5; of exclusion from קהל י׳, עד ע׳ Dt 23:4 = Ne 13:1; various relations Is 32:17; 34:10; חרפת ע׳ perpetual reproach ψ 78:66, of dynasty of David 2 S 3:28; 12:10 1 K 2:33, families v 33 2 K 5:27 ψ 106:31 Je 35:6. e.g. Ecclesiastes 1:4
- c. of divine existence: אל עולם Gn 21:33 (J); אלהי ע׳ Is 40:28; חי אנכי לע׳ Dt 32:40; חֵי הע׳ Dn 12:7; of divine name, זה שׁמי לְע׳ Ex 3:15 (E), cf. 2 Ch 33:7 (v. supr.); blessing and praise of it 2 S 7:26 = 1 Ch 17:24, ψ 72:19; 135:13; of י׳ himself 89:53; attributes, אהבה Je 31:3 1 K 10:9; חסד Is 54:8 ψ 89:2; 138:8; לע׳ חַסְדּוֹ 1 Ch 16:34, 41 2 Ch 5:13; 7:3, 6; 20:21 Ezr 3:11 ψ 100:5; 106:1; 107:1; 118:1, 2, 3, 4, 29; 136:1 + 25 times, Je 33:11; כבוד ψ 104:31; אמת 117:2; 146:6; צדק 119:142; עצה 33:11; reign Ex 15:18 (E), ψ 10:16; 66:7; 92:9; 146:10 Je 10:10 Mi 4:7; יהוה לע׳ ישׁב ψ 9:8; 29:10; 102:13 La 5:19; presence in Zion 1 Ch 23:25; Is 33:14; 60:19, 20 Ez 37:28; 43:7, 9; his salvation Is 51:6, 8; זרעת ע׳ Dt 33:27 everlasting arms; כל אשׁר יעשׂה האלהים יהיה לע׳ Ec 3:14. e.g. Genesis 21:33
- d. of God’s covenant: בְּרִית ע׳ everlasting covenant Gn 9:16; 17:7, 13, 19 Ex 31:16 Lv 24:8 Nu 18:19 (all P), 2 S 23:5; 1 Ch 16:17 = ψ 105:10, Is 24:5; 55:3; 61:8 Je 32:40; 50:5; Ez 16:60; 37:26; covenant with Noah, לְדֹרֹת ע׳ Gn 9:12 (P); God remembers it 1 Ch 16:15 = ψ 105:8, ψ 111:5; will not break it, לע׳ Ju 2:1; אוֹת ע׳ Ex 31:17 (P); אוֹת עד ע׳ Dt 28:46. e.g. Genesis 9:16
- e. of God’s laws: דבר(ים) Is 59:21 ψ 119:89; משׁפט 119:160; עדות v 144, 152; חק ע׳ Ex 29:28; 30:21 (E), Lv 6:11, 15; 7:34; 10:15; 24:9 Nu 18:8, 11, 19 (P), also Je 5:22 (of bounds of sea); חק עד ע׳ Ex 12:24 (J), חֻקַּת ע׳ v 14, 17; 27:21; 28:43; 29:9 Lv 3:17; 7:36; 10:9; 16:29, 31, 34; 17:7; 23:14, 21, 31, 41; 24:3, 8; Nu 10:8; 15:15; 18:23; 19:10, 21 (P) (most of these in fact specif. Jewish and temporary); temple to bear God’s name, עד ע׳ 1 K 9:3 = 2 Ch 7:16; לע׳ 2 K 21:7 2 Ch 33:4; consecrated לע׳ 30:8; its ceremonies לע׳ 2:3; Levit. priesthood, לשׁרתו עד ע׳ 1 Ch 15:2; Aaronic priesthood, לברך בשׁמי עד ע׳ 23:13(×2). e.g. Isaiah 59:21
- f. of God’s promises: his word, יקום לע׳ Is 40:8; promised dynasty of David, עד (ה)ע׳ 2 S 7:13, 16(×2), 25 = 1 Ch 17:12, 14(×2), 23 ψ 18:51 = 2 S 22:51; 1 K 2:33, 45 1 Ch 22:10 ψ 89:5; לע׳ 1 K 9:5; 1 Ch 28:4, 7; 2 Ch 13:5 ψ 89:29, 37 2 S 7:29(×2) = 1 Ch 17:27(×2); of holy land 1 Ch 28:8, אֲחֻזַּת ע׳ Gn 17:8; 48:4 Lv 25:34 (P); given לע׳ Ex 32:13 (J) 2 Ch 20:7; עד ע׳ Gn 13:15, inherited לע׳ Is 60:21 ψ 37:18; עד ע׳ Is 34:17; dwelt in עד ע׳ Ez 37:25; other blessings, לע׳ Dt 5:29 Ho 2:21; עד ע׳ Dt 12:28; 2 S 7:24 = 1 Ch 17:22, ψ 133:3; שִׂמְחַת ע׳ Is 35:10; 51:11; 61:7; דֶּרֶךְ ע׳ ψ 139:24; שׁם ע׳ Is 56:5; 63:12; אות ע׳ 55:13; גאון ע׳ 60:15; Jerus. to abide לע׳ Je 17:25 ψ 125:1, cf. Je 31:40; עד ע׳ ψ 48:9. e.g. Isaiah 40:8
- g. of relations between God and his people, לע׳ 1 Ch 29:18 ψ 45:18; 85:6; 103:9; 145:21; Is 57:16; Je 3:5, 12; La 3:31; Jo 2:26, 27; עד (ה)ע׳ ψ 28:9 Mal 1:4. e.g. 1 Chronicles 29:18
- h. of Messianic dynasty and king: (ל)ע׳ ψ 110:4; having divine throne 45:7; name endures 72:17; established 89:38; God blesses him 45:3; of his reign, מעתה ועד ע׳ Is 9:6. e.g. Psalms 110:4
- i. = indefinite, unending future: live לע׳ Gn 3:22; Jb 7:16; הנביאים הלע׳ יִחְיוּ Zc 1:5 the prophets, can they live for ever? cf. חדל לע׳ ψ 49:9; c. neg. never Ezr 9:12; Pr 27:24. e.g. Genesis 3:22
- j. after death: שׁנת ע׳ Je 51:39, 57; בית ע׳ Ec 12:5; חַיֵּי ע׳ Dn 12:2; דראון ע׳ v 2; also v 3 Jon 2:7; Ec 2:16; 9:6. e.g. Jeremiah 51:39
- k. = age (duration) of the world: את העלם נתן בְּלִבָּם Ec 3:11 the age of the world he hath set, etc. (cf. especially NH; others i). e.g. Ecclesiastes 3:11
- l. pl. intens. everlastingness, eternity: תשׁועת עולמים Is 45:17; צדק עלמים Dn 9:24; צור עולמים Is 26:4 (RVm rock of ages); מלכוּת כל עלמים ψ 145:13; also 61:5; 77:8; 1 K 8:13 = 2 Ch 6:2. e.g. Isaiah 45:17
- m. special phr.: מ(ה)עולם (ו)עד (ה)עולם (מן) from everlasting to everlasting, of י׳ ψ 90:2, חסד י׳ 103:17; benedictions 1 Ch 16:36 = ψ 106:48, Ne 9:5; 1 Ch 29:10 ψ 41:14; the land given למן עולם ועד עולם Je 7:7; 25:5; מעתה ועד עולם from now and for ever ψ 115:18; 121:8 (i.e. as long as one lives); of people’s hope in God 131:3; dynasty of David Is 9:6; of God’s acts, words, etc. Mi 4:7; Is 59:21 ψ 125:2, cf. 113:2;—v. further i. עַד p. 723. e.g. Psalms 90:2
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Word origin
n.m. long duration, antiquity, futurity;—ע׳ Gn 9:12 + 405 times; עֹלָם 3:22 + 19 times; עֵילוֹם 2 Ch 33:7, read prob. עוֹלָם (for other explan. v. note in KitHpt); sf. עֹלָמוֹ Ec 12:5; pl. עוֹלָמִים Is 26:4 + 7 times, עֹלָמִים ψ 145:13 + 2 times; cstr. עוֹלְמֵי Is 45:17;—
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Derived from עלם (ʻâlam) (H5956) — to hide.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
עוֹלָם
- [strength, endurance,] nature, existence, world; (b. h.) life-time, eternity. Y. Ber. IV, 7ᵇ bot. (ref. to עד עולם, I Sam. I, 22) והלא אין עוֹלָמוֹ של לוי וכ׳ but the life-time (active service) of the Levite is only up to fifty years. Kidd. 15ᵃ (ref. to Ex. XXI, 6 לְעֹלָם) הוה אמינא לע׳ ממש I might have thought, that it meant really for ever (for life); קמשמע לן לע׳ לעולמו של יובל it is intimated (by ושבתם וכ׳, Lev. XXV, 10) that l’‘olam means up to the period of the jubilee. Ber. 17ᵃ עוֹלָמְךָ תראה בחייך וכ׳ mayest thou see (enjoy) thy existence during thy life-time, and thy future (reward be reserved) for the life of the world to come. Arakh. 16ᵇ bot. קיבל עולמו has received his reward in this world. Ber. IX, 5 כל חותמי … מן הע׳ (Bab. ed. 54ᵃ עד הע׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 20) in all conclusions of benedictions in the Temple they used to say, (Blessed is the Lord …) from everlasting; משקלקלו … אין ע׳ אלא אחד וכ׳ … when the heretics (or Sadducees) degenerated and said, there is only one world, they ordained the formula, From everlasting to everlasting. Pes. 56ᵃ; Tosef. ib. II (III), 19 they did not say ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לע׳ וָעֶד blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom for ever and ever. Gen. R. s. 30, a. fr. ראה ע׳ חדש has seen a new world (a great change). Cant. R. to I, 3, a. e. ע׳ שאין בו מות, v. אֲתָאנַסְיָא; a. fr.—Y. Ned. XI, 42ᶜ bot. פירות הע׳ the fruits of the world, i.e. coming from some other place, opp. צבורים בסידקי.—ע׳ הזה (abbrev. עה"ז) this world, mundane existence; ע׳ הבא (abbrev. עה"ב) the world to come, the hereafter, also the Messianic days; the days of resurrection. Pes. 50ᵃ לא כעה"ז עה"ב not as in this world (the present), will it be in the Messianic days. Ber. 51ᵃ זוכה ונוחל שני עולמים העה"ז והעה"ב will be permitted to inherit two worlds, this world and the hereafter. Ab. IV, 16, v. פְּרוֹזְדּוֹר. Snh. X, 1, a. fr. חלק לעה"ב a share in the world to come (resurrection); a. v. fr.—אומות הע׳ (abbrev. אוה"ע, א"ה), v. אוּמָּה.—בית ע׳ (euphem.) cemetery. Lev. R. s. 12, beg. (interch. with עֲלַם q. v.).—Pl. עוֹלָמִים, עוֹלָמִין, עוֹלָמוֹת. Ber. l. c., v. supra. Snh. 100ᵃ שלש מאות ועשרה ע׳ three hundred and ten worlds (existences of beatitude). Gen. R. s. 3, a. e. היה בורא ע׳ ומחריבן he created worlds and destroyed them again; a. fr.—בית ע׳ the permanent house, the Jerusalem Temple, opp. משכן the Tabernacle. Succ. 5ᵇ; a. fr.—לְעוֹלָם a) forever, always, under all circumstances. Y. Ber. V, 9ᵃ bot. חיים לע׳ a life for ever (not ceasing). Keth. IV, 5 לע׳ היא ברשות וכ׳ she (the betrothed) continues to be under the father’s jurisdiction (sharing his legal status), until she is wedded. B. Mets. 59ᵃ לע׳ … בכבוד אשתו under all conditions a man must guard the honor of his wife. Yeb. 46ᵃ, a. e. לע׳ אין גר עד וכ׳ a person is not considered a proselyte, until he has been circumcised and immersed; a. v. fr.—b) (dialectic term) at all events, in spite of your argument, still. Ḥull. 101ᵃ לע׳ קסבר וכ׳ Rab may still be of the opinion that &c.; Ber. 3ᵃ. Ib. 3ᵇ לע׳ בחד וכ׳ I may still say, it refers to one person and to recent debris; a. fr.—מֵע׳ לא never. Yoma 49ᵃ מע׳ לא שאלני וכ׳ never (in my life) did a person consult me about &c.; (Ḥull. 7ᵇ מימי). Sabb. 108ᵇ מע׳ לא טבע גברא וכ׳ never yet has a person been drowned in the Dead Sea; a. fr. e.g. 1 Samuel 1:22
עוּלֵם
- , v. sub עוּלֵימ׳.
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Forms in the corpus
The 67 distinct written forms H5769 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 7 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
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Other BDB entries built from the same root as H5769, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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- יעלם Yaʻlâm H3281 Jaalam
- עילם ʻÊylâm H5867 Elam
- עלמון ʻAlmôwn H5960 Almon
- עלמת ʻÂlemeth H5964 Alemeth
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 11 — not the complete family. 4 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 347 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 412 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 3:22
- Exodus 3:15
- Leviticus 3:17
- Numbers 10:8
- Deuteronomy 5:29
- Joshua 4:7
- Judges 2:1
- 1 Samuel 1:22
- 2 Samuel 3:28
- 1 Kings 1:31
- 2 Kings 5:27
- 1 Chronicles 15:2
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