עוֹלָם
ʻôwlâm · o-lawm'
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
Lexicon
Derivation: or עֹלָם; from H5956 (עָלַם);
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
- 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
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: 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).
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To see and know that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עוֹלָם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
438 occurrences · 438 OT · 0 NT · 73 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for ever124 · 39%
- ever58 · 18%
- endureth for ever45 · 14%
- of old11 · 3%
- and ever8 · 3%
- evermore7 · 2%
- for an everlasting7 · 2%
- thee for ever5 · 2%
- everlasting5 · 2%
- shall never5 · 2%
- for evermore5 · 2%
- from everlasting4 · 1%
- an everlasting4 · 1%
- by a perpetual3 · 1%
- is an everlasting3 · 1%
- the old3 · 1%
- and everlasting3 · 1%
- the everlasting3 · 1%
- is everlasting3 · 1%
- shall endure for ever3 · 1%
- shall be for ever3 · 1%
- ye everlasting2 · 1%
- alway2 · 1%
- them for ever2 · 1%
- i will never2 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.