Olam עוֹלָם

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Olam
עוֹלָם
Transliterationolam
Strong's numberH5769 (H5769G, H5769J, H5769I, H5769H)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossforever: enduring
Occurrences438 in 413 verses
Most frequent inPsalms (138)

Olam (Hebrew עוֹלָם, Strong's H5769) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “forever: enduring”. It occurs 438 times in 413 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H5769G: 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

H5769J: 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

H5769I: 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

H5769H: Everlasting

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

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVever (272), everlasting (63), old (22), perpetual (21), evermore (15), never (12), time (6), ancient (5), world (4), always (3), alway (2), long (2), and 4 other renderings
BSBforever (111), everlasting (55), endures forever (43), permanent (20), ancient (12), old (11), this is a permanent (7), eternal (5), this is to be a permanent (5), ever (5), life (4), perpetual (4), and 45 other renderings

Topics

Verses

Olam occurs in 413 verses, listed here by reference.

Genesis (13): 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

Exodus (17): 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

Leviticus (21): 3:17, 6:18, 6:22, 7:34, 7:36, 10:9, 10:15, 16:29, 16:31, 16:34, 17:7, 23:14, 23:21, 23:31, 23:41, 24:3, 24:8, 24:9, 25:32, 25:34, 25:46

Numbers (9): 10:8, 15:15, 18:8, 18:11, 18:19, 18:23, 19:10, 19:21, 25:13

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

Joshua (4): 4:7, 8:28, 14:9, 24:2

Judges (1): 2:1

1 Samuel (10): 1:22, 2:30, 3:13, 3:14, 13:13, 20:15, 20:23, 20:42, 27:8, 27:12

2 Samuel (10): 3:28, 7:13, 7:16, 7:24, 7:25, 7:26, 7:29, 12:10, 22:51, 23:5

1 Kings (7): 1:31, 2:33, 2:45, 8:13, 9:3, 9:5, 10:9

2 Kings (2): 5:27, 21:7

1 Chronicles (20): 15:2, 16:15, 16:17, 16:34, 16:36, 16:41, 17:12, 17:14, 17:22, 17:23, 17:24, 17:27, 22:10, 23:13, 23:25, 28:4, 28:7, 28:8, 29:10, 29:18

2 Chronicles (12): 2:4, 5:13, 6:2, 7:3, 7:6, 7:16, 9:8, 13:5, 20:7, 20:21, 30:8, 33:4

Ezra (2): 3:11, 9:12

Nehemiah (3): 2:3, 9:5, 13:1

Job (3): 7:16, 22:15, 41:4

Psalms (138): 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

Proverbs (6): 8:23, 10:25, 10:30, 22:28, 23:10, 27:24

Ecclesiastes (7): 1:4, 1:10, 2:16, 3:11, 3:14, 9:6, 12:5

Isaiah (45): 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

Jeremiah (31): 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, 50:5, 51:26, 51:39, 51:57, 51:62

Lamentations (3): 3:6, 3:31, 5:19

Ezekiel (15): 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

Daniel (4): 9:24, 12:2, 12:3, 12:7

Hosea (1): 2:19

Joel (4): 2:2, 2:26, 2:27, 3:20

Amos (1): 9:11

Obadiah (1): 1:10

Jonah (1): 2:6

Micah (5): 2:9, 4:5, 4:7, 5:2, 7:14

Habakkuk (1): 3:6

Zephaniah (1): 2:9

Zechariah (1): 1:5

Malachi (2): 1:4, 3:4

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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