Alam עָלַם

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Alam
עָלַם
Transliterationalam
Strong's numberH5957
LanguageAramaic
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossperpetuity
Occurrences20 in 15 verses
Most frequent inDaniel (13)

Alam (Aramaic עָלַם, Strong's H5957) is an Aramaic masculine noun meaning “perpetuity”. It occurs 20 times in 15 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

perpetuity, antiquity, for ever
Aramaic of o.lam (עוֹלָם ": old" H5769J)

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

Translated as

KJVever (12), everlasting (4), old (2), never (1)
BSBforever (8), ancient (2), ever (2), is an everlasting (2), will never (1), is an eternal (1), will be an everlasting (1)

Verses

Every verse with Alam, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Ezra

Daniel

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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