5769 – עוֹלָם (olam)

forever

Type:	Noun Noun   masc. ♂ masculine
Hebrew:	עוֹלָם (olam)
Pronunciation:	å-lam    Listen
Gematria:	706(70 + 6 + 30 + 600)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	or עֹלָם from H5956 (עָלַם)
Usage:	439 times in OT

Description

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

Synonyms

עוֹלָם	olam	♂	H5769	(439 ggr)	forever
עַד	ad	♂	H5703	(49 ggr)	perpetuity
עָלַם	alam	♂	H5957	(20 ggr)	perpetuity

*The bars show how many times the word is used in the Old Testament.

Origin

or עֹלָם from H5956 (עָלַם):

עָלַם

alam

H5956

to conceal

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word olam was translated to the following:

ἀεί	aei	G0104	alway
αἰών	aion	G0165	ever
αἰώνιος	aionios	G0166	eternal
ἀρχή	arche	G0746	beginning

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