H5769 עוֹלָם (ʻôwlâm) o-lawm'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

forever: enduring

Strong's Definition

properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always

Derivation: or עֹלָם; from H5956 (עָלַם);

KJV Usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ([phrase] without end). Compare H5331 (נֶצַח), H5703 (עַד).

TWOT Reference: 1631a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world

1a) ancient time, long time (of past)

1b) (of future)

1b1) for ever, always

1b2) continuous existence, perpetual

1b3) everlasting, indefinite or unending future, eternity

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G104 G165 G166 G746

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עוֹלָם (o.lam) — forever: enduring. : enduring/eternal 1) long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world 1a) ancient time, long time (of past) 1b) (of future) 1b1) for ever, always 1b2) continuous existence, perpetual 1b3) everlasting, indefinite or unending future, eternity

עוֹלָם (o.lam) — Everlasting. This name means long duration, everlasting, perpetual Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)

עוֹלָם (o.lam) — forever: any time. : any_time 1) long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world 1a) ancient time, long time (of past) 1b) (of future) 1b1) for ever, always 1b2) continuous existence, perpetual 1b3) everlasting, indefinite or unending future, eternity

עוֹלָם (o.lam) — forever: antiquity. : old/ancient 1) long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world 1a) ancient time, long time (of past) 1b) (of future) 1b1) for ever, always 1b2) continuous existence, perpetual 1b3) everlasting, indefinite or unending future, eternity

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עֹולָם (H5769 · H5865) — עֵילֹום

noun m · עלם

Temporal Referents

forever, eternity = a reference to a period of time, either in the distant past or the distant future

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עוֹלָם 439 n.m. long duration, antiquity, futurity base

Bible Occurrences (414)

3:22 6:3 6:4 9:12 9:16 13:15 17:7 17:8 17:13 17:19 21:33 48:4 49:26

3:15 12:14 12:17 12:24 14:13 15:18 19:9 21:6 27:21 28:43 29:9 29:28 30:21 31:16 31:17 32:13 40:15

10:8 15:15 18:8 18:11 18:19 18:23 19:10 19:21 25:13

5:29 12:28 13:16 15:17 23:3 23:6 28:46 29:29 32:7 32:40 33:15 33:27

4:7 8:28 14:9 24:2

2:1

1:22 2:30 3:13 3:14 13:13 20:15 20:23 20:42 27:8 27:12

3:28 7:13 7:16 7:24 7:25 7:26 7:29 12:10 22:51 23:5

1:31 2:33 2:45 8:13 9:3 9:5 10:9

5:27 21:7

2:4 5:13 6:2 7:3 7:6 7:16 9:8 13:5 20:7 20:21 30:8 33:4

3:11 9:12

2:3 9:5 13:1

7:16 22:15 41:4

5:11 9:5 9:7 10:16 12:7 15:5 18:50 21:4 24:7 24:9 25:6 28:9 29:10 30:6 30:12 31:1 33:11 37:18 37:27 37:28 41:12 41:13 44:8 45:2 45:6 45:17 48:8 48:14 49:8 49:11 52:8 52:9 55:22 61:4 61:7 66:7 71:1 72:17 72:19 73:12 73:26 75:9 77:5 77:7 78:66 78:69 79:13 81:15 85:5 86:12 89:1 89:2 89:4 89:28 89:36 89:37 89:52 90:2 92:8 93:2 100:5 102:12 103:9 103:17 104:5 104:31 105:8 105:10 106:1 106:31 106:48 107:1 110:4 111:5 111:8 111:9 112:6 113:2 115:18 117:2 118:1 118:2 118:3 118:4 118:29 119:44 119:52 119:89 119:93 119:98 119:111 119:112 119:142 119:144 119:152 119:160 121:8 125:1 125:2 131:3 133:3 135:13 136:1 136:2 136:3 136:4 136:5 136:6 136:7 136:8 136:9 136:10 136:11 136:12 136:13 136:14 136:15 136:16 136:17 136:18 136:19 136:20 136:21 136:22 136:23 136:24 136:25 136:26 138:8 139:24 143:3 145:1 145:2 145:13 145:21 146:6 146:10 148:6

8:23 10:25 10:30 22:28 23:10 27:24

1:4 1:10 2:16 3:11 3:14 9:6 12:5

9:7 14:20 24:5 25:2 26:4 30:8 32:14 32:17 33:14 34:10 34:17 35:10 40:8 40:28 42:14 44:7 45:17 46:9 47:7 51:6 51:8 51:9 51:11 54:8 55:3 55:13 56:5 57:11 57:16 58:12 59:21 60:15 60:19 60:20 60:21 61:4 61:7 61:8 63:9 63:11 63:12 63:16 63:19 64:4 64:5

2:20 3:5 3:12 5:15 5:22 6:16 7:7 10:10 17:4 17:25 18:15 18:16 20:11 20:17 23:40 25:5 25:9 25:12 28:8 31:3 31:40 32:40 33:11 35:6 49:13 49:33 49:36 50:5 51:26 51:39 51:57 51:62

3:6 3:31 5:19

16:60 25:15 26:20 26:21 27:36 28:19 35:5 35:9 36:2 37:25 37:26 37:28 43:7 43:9 46:14

9:24 12:2 12:3 12:7

2:19

2:2 2:26 2:27 3:20

9:11

1:10

2:6

2:9 4:5 4:7 5:2 7:14

3:6

2:9

1:5

1:4 3:4

Genesis 3:22

Then the LORD God said, Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...

Genesis 6:3

So the LORD said, My Spirit {will} not contend with man forever, for he [is] mortal; his days {shall} be 120... years.

Genesis 6:4

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—... and afterward as well...— when the sons of God had relations with... the daughters of men. And they bore them [children] who [became] the mighty men of old, men of renown.

Genesis 9:12

And God said, This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, [a covenant] for all generations to come:

Genesis 9:16

And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that [is] on the earth.

Genesis 13:15

for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever....

Genesis 17:7

I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you...... and your descendants... after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

Genesis 17:8

And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing— all the land of Canaan— as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.