עוֹלָם

forever

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H5769 Strong's Hebrew

ʻôwlâm Transliteration

/o-lawm'/ Pronunciation

Usage in the Hebrew Bible 437 appearances

Definition — BDB

long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world - ancient time, long time (of past) - (of future) - for ever, always - continuous existence, perpetual - everlasting, indefinite or unending future, eternity

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Strong's H5769 — עולם (ʻôwlâm), "forever". Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB, 1906). Lemma, https://lemma.gebible.app/w/H5769.

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Grammar key — what these labels mean

Noun: A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.

Common: A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.

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).

Masculine: Grammatically masculine.

Singular: One.
Plural: More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).

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Psalms 138 verses

Proverbs 6 verses

Ecclesiastes 6 verses

Isaiah 45 verses

Jeremiah 31 verses

Lamentations 3 verses

Ezekiel 15 verses

Daniel 4 verses

Hosea 1 verse

Hosea 2:19 לְ/עוֹלָ֑ם prep + n c ms I will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion.

Joel 4 verses

Amos 1 verse

Amos 9:11 עוֹלָֽם n c ms In that day I will raise up the tent of David who is fallen, and close up its breaches, and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;

Obadiah 1 verse

Obadiah 1:10 לְ/עוֹלָֽם prep + n c ms For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be cut off forever.

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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

Strong's · 1890

alway

Modern gloss

forever

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.
Genesis 3:22: first appearance; The earliest occurrence is in Genesis 3:22.
Malachi 3:4: last appearance; The latest occurrence is in Malachi 3:4.
#111: by frequency; Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 111 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).

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Most concentrated in

Psalms 138 verses 33%
Isaiah 45 verses 11%
Jeremiah 31 verses 8%

By section of the Old Testament

Pentateuch 72 · 17%
Historical 70 · 17%
Wisdom 154 · 37%
Prophets 116 · 28%

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:

“Ever” 197×
“Endureth for ever” 45×
“Everlasting” 40×
“Old” 18×
“Evermore” 15×
“Perpetual” 12×
“Thee for ever” 6×
“Shall never” 5×
“Ancient” 4×
“Old time” 4×
“Shall be for ever” 4×
“Anger for ever” 3×

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:

“Ever” 179×
“Everlasting” 47×
“Endureth for ever” 44×
“Evermore” 18×
“Old” 16×
“Perpetual” 10×
“Portion for ever” 4×
“Shall be for ever” 4×
“Ancient” 3×
“Anger for ever” 3×
“Is an everlasting” 3×
“Old time” 3×

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:

“Forever” 112×
“Everlasting” 55×
“Endures forever” 43×
“Permanent” 20×
“Ancient” 14×
“Is a permanent” 13×
“Old” 11×
“Eternal” 6×
“Ever” 5×
“Is to be a permanent” 5×
“Life” 4×
“Perpetual” 4×

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:

“Forever” 204×
“Eternity” 77×
“Is to forever” 35×
“Everlasting” 23×
“Eternal” 14×
“Enduring” 9×
“Ancient times” 7×
“Perpetuity” 7×
“Ancient” 6×
“Is forever” 6×
“Eternities” 4×
“Long ago” 4×

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

Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.

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;—

— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.

Derived from עלם (ʻâlam) (H5956) — to hide.

Part of speech: Noun Masculine TWOT: 1631a

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.

Form	Parsing	Example	Uses
עוֹלָֽם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Amos 9:11	73
לְ/עוֹלָ֣ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	2 Chronicles 7:6	53
עוֹלָ֑ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Deuteronomy 15:17	36
לְ/עוֹלָֽם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Deuteronomy 23:6	34
עוֹלָ֖ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Exodus 12:14	29
עוֹלָ֔ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Daniel 12:2	24
לְ/עוֹלָ֑ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Ecclesiastes 2:16	17
לְ/עוֹלָ֥ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Daniel 12:3	17
לְ/עוֹלָ֖ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	1 Chronicles 16:34	15
עוֹלָם֙	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Exodus 27:21	15
לְ/עוֹלָ֔ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Ecclesiastes 3:14	8
לְ/עֹלָֽם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Deuteronomy 5:29	6
עוֹלָ֗ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Exodus 29:28	6
עוֹלָ֛ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Exodus 28:43	6
עוֹלָ֣ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Job 22:15	6
עוֹלָ֥ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Jeremiah 17:4	5
לְ/עֹלָ֑ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Exodus 31:17	4
ע֝וֹלָ֗ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Psalms 73:12	4
ע֭וֹלָם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Psalms 61:7	4
עוֹלָמִֽים	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	1 Kings 8:13	4
הָ/עוֹלָ֑ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Daniel 12:7	3
לְ/עֹלָ֔ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Exodus 3:15	3
לְ/עֹלָ֥ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Exodus 15:18	3
לְ/עוֹלָ֗ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Psalms 117:2	3
מֵֽ/עוֹלָ֔ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	1 Samuel 27:8	3
עוֹלָמִ֑ים	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Isaiah 45:17	3
הָ/עוֹלָ֖ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	1 Chronicles 16:36	2
הָ/עוֹלָ֗ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Psalms 41:13	2
הָ/עוֹלָֽם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Psalms 28:9	2
לְ/ע֫וֹלָ֥ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Psalms 72:19	2
לְ/עֹלָ֣ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Job 7:16	2
לְ/עוֹלָם֙	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	1 Chronicles 16:15	2
לְ֭/עוֹלָם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Psalms 52:9	2
לְֽ/עוֹלָ֗ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Psalms 49:11	2
מֵ/עוֹלָ֖ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Genesis 6:4	2
מֵ/עוֹלָ֣ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Psalms 25:6	2
מֵֽ/עוֹלָם֙	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Ezekiel 26:20	2
עֹֽלָמִ֑ים	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Daniel 9:24	2
הַ/לְ/עוֹלָ֖ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Zechariah 1:5	1
הַ/לְ/עוֹלָ֥ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Psalms 85:5	1
הַֽ֭/לְ/עוֹלָמִים	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Psalms 77:7	1
הָ/עֹלָ֑ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	1 Chronicles 16:36	1
הָ/עֹלָם֙	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Ecclesiastes 3:11	1
הָ֣/עוֹלָ֔ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Joel 2:2	1
הָ֤/עוֹלָ֨ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Psalms 106:48	1
הָֽ/עוֹלָ֑ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Jeremiah 28:8	1
וּ/מֵ/עוֹלָ֥ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Isaiah 64:4	1
וּ/מֵ֣/עֹלָ֔ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Isaiah 57:11	1
וּ֝/לְ/עוֹלָ֗ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Psalms 119:160	1
וּֽ/מֵ/עוֹלָ֥ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Psalms 90:2	1
לְ/עֹֽלָמִ֔ים	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Ecclesiastes 1:10	1
לְ/עֹלָ֖ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Leviticus 25:46	1
לְ֝/עוֹלָ֗ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Psalms 89:52	1
לְ֭/עוֹלָ֗ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Psalms 89:28	1
מֵ/עוֹלָ֑ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Isaiah 46:9	1
מֵ/עוֹלָ֞ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Jeremiah 2:20	1
מֵ/עוֹלָ֥ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Psalms 119:52	1
מֵ/עוֹלָם֙	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Jeremiah 5:15	1
מֵ֭/עוֹלָם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Proverbs 8:23	1
מֵֽ/עוֹלָ֖ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Isaiah 63:16	1

The 60 most common forms are shown; 7 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.

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עלם ʻâlam H5956 to hide

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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.

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